24 Mar 99 - 04:38 PM (#65671) Subject: Lyrics needed:Malvina's God Bless the Grass From: sradovsk@fas.harvard.edu Just found this site and looked at what was up for Malvina, in terms of lyrics. The two I *always* seem to be wanting the words for are God Bless the Grass and They've Got the World in Their Pocket, but I wish there was a good place to go on the web and find lyrics for lots of her songs!! Does anyone know the current status of her albums -- is anything due to come out on CD ever? Are there videos of her available anywhere? Is it possible that this magnificent songwriter is being forgotten? I'd appreciate replies to my e-mail address -- sradovsk@fas.harvard.edu Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!
Susan God Bless the Grass (click) |
24 Mar 99 - 07:43 PM (#65706) Subject: RE: Lyrics needed:Malvina's God Bless the Grass From: Barbara "...but their pocket's got a hole." Give me a bit of time and I'll find it. I just have to locate her songbooks. Her daughter, Nancy Schimmel, still runs Schroeder Music out of the Parker Street house, I believe. I think it's 2020 Parker St., Berkeley CA. I'll check that when I find the music books and post again. Blessings, Barbara |
26 Mar 99 - 12:10 AM (#66030) Subject: Lyr Add: WORLD IN THEIR POCKET (Malvina Reynolds) From: Barbara Here ya go: WORLD IN THEIR POCKET (Malvina Reynolds c 1974) CHORUS: They've got the world in their pocket, Pocket, pocket, pocket They've got the world in their pocket Annd they're up there in contro-o-ol They've got the world in their pocket, They can shake it, they can rock it They can kick it for a goal They've got the world in their pocket, But their pocket's got a hole.
There's inflation and pollution; CHO
Unemployment is their glory
CHO
Takes a war to keep them parking, CHO. |
21 Jan 17 - 01:57 AM (#3833805) Subject: ADD: World in Their Pocket (Malvina Reynolds) From: Joe Offer I found this in The Malvina Reynolds Songbook (2nd enlarged edition, 1974, Schroder Music Company, page 102). It's different from Barbara's transcription in a few places - just punctuation and one word. WORLD IN THEIR POCKET (Malvina Reynolds) CHORUS: They've got the world in their pocket, Pocket, pocket, pocket They've got the world in their pocket And they're up there in contro-o-ol They've got the world in their pocket, They can shake it, they can rock it They can kick it for a goal They've got the world in their pocket, But their pocket's got a hole. There's inflation, and pollution; Everything's been bought on credit In this rotten institution, And they waste the gentle people 'Cause the system has no soul, They've got the world in their pocket, But their pocket's got a hole. CHORUS Unemployment is their glory, If a million children starve Why that's an old familiar story, And there's rage and there's rebellion, And there's grief from pole to pole. They've got the world in their pocket, But their pocket's got a hole. CHORUS Takes a war to keep them perking, And they have to bleed the world To keep their bloody system working But the system's self-destructing While they play that gangster role, They've got the world in their pocket, But their pocket's got a hole. CHORUS ©1974 Schroder Music Company |