Sing along

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 7:20 pm

On the 4th of July our family had our annual cookout, food-fest at my sister's house. I had the bright idea of having a sing along.

I printed up words to many, classic, easily learned songs and brought my mountain dulcimers for backup.

We had a great time! No stereos, televisions or radios. Just all of us singing and laughing.

The best loved song of all turned out to be "Darling Clementine". Most people don't know all the lyrics to that tune and some of them are hilarious in a dark, sick sort of way.

For example:

There's a churchyard on the hillside
Where the flowers grow and twine.
There grow roses, 'mongst the posies
Fertilized by Clementine

In my dreams she still doth haunt me
robed in garments soaked in brine
Though in life I used to hug her
Now she's dead, I draw the line.

The second favorite was "Mrs. Murphy's Chowder."

We've decided we're going to do this at every family gathering.

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 9:13 pm

IT WAS TUNEFULL, EVERY SPOONFULL!

Coffee · Post by **Coffee** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 4:14 am

Found a peanut, found a peanut

missy · Post by **missy** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 6:02 am

"No matter how young a prune may be,
It's always full of wrinkles."

"The ants go marching one by one,
Hurrah, Hurrah."

"She waded in the water and she got her ankles wet."

I was both a Girl Scout and went to summer camp - I know a ton of these.........

djm · Post by **djm** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 7:53 am

We're off to Dublin in the green, in the green.

Roddy McCorley

Green Grow the Rushes Ho

djm

Doug_Tipple · Post by **Doug_Tipple** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 8:19 am

"Ninety-nine bottles of beer on the wall,
Ninety-nine bottles of beer,
Take one down, pass it around,
Ninety-eight bottles of beer on the wall."

I suppose you'all remember the next verse.

crookedtune · Post by **crookedtune** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 8:30 am

Doug_Tipple wrote: I suppose you'all remember the next verse.

It's been awhile, Doug. Would you mind posting the rest of it?

mutepointe · Post by **mutepointe** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 8:43 am

bill grogan's goat is my wife's family's favorite song. this is done at picnics and most family functions. i've seen other words to this song too but these are the best.

bill grogan's goat (echo)
was feeling fine (echo)
ate three red shirts (echo)
from off the line. (echo)

bill took a stick (echo)
gave him a whack (echo)
and tied him to (echo)
the railroad track. (echo)

the whistle blew (echo)
the train drew nigh, (echo)
bill grogan's goat (echo)
was doomed to die. (echo)

he gave a groan (echo)
of awful pain (echo)
coughed up the shirts (echo)
and flagged the train. (echo)

missy · Post by **missy** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 9:09 am

Dos a beer, a Mexican beer
Ray, a guy who buys me beer
Me, a guy I buy beer for
Far, a long way for a beer

So, let's have another beer
La,la,la,la,la,la,la
Tea, is not as good as beer

Doug_Tipple · Post by **Doug_Tipple** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 9:24 am

mutepointe wrote:bill grogan's goat is my wife's family's favorite song. this is done at picnics and most family functions. i've seen other words to this song too but these are the best.

I used to play the guitar and sing for the old folks in nursing homes, VA hospitals, etc. One song that I often sang was Patty McGinty's Goat, although I suspect that many of my listeners had never heard of it. I heard Jean Redpath sing it on the radio, and I learned the lyrics by writing them down from the taped radio broadcast. Seeing the lyrics to Bill Grogan's Goat, I immediately thought of Patty McGinty's Goat The lyrics to the tune are about two thirds of the way down the list. These, evidently are the Irish lyrics, as the lyrics that I learned from Jean Redpath were a little different.

Caroluna · Post by **Caroluna** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 9:47 am

Oh, guys, coffee on the keyboard

WyoBadger · Post by **WyoBadger** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 11:50 am

How I missed her,
how I missed her,
how I missed my Clementine
'til I kissed her
little sister
and forgot my Clementine

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 12:49 pm

That's an interesting site, Doug.

Some songs I know well, some I know less well.

I think I preferred "Delaney's Donkey" to "Paddy McGinty's Goat".

"Delaney had a donkey, everyone admired,
Tempor'aly lazy, and permanently tired;
A leg at every corner and upon its neck, a head,
And a tail to let you know which end had wanted to be fed."

The one that makes me shiver is "Carrickfergus". I've heard it too many times. I have the same reaction as many people here have to the Londonderry Air.

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 5:13 pm

Flyingcursor wrote:The best loved song of all turned out to be "Darling Clementine". Most people don't know all the lyrics to that tune and some of them are hilarious in a dark, sick sort of way.

They really are....kind of like "Mack the Knife" . It's all jazzy and has a great beat, so you're dancing around to it while doing the dishes. Then all of a sudden you realise what he's really singing about

It sounds like you all had a great time, Fly Dood

I love stuff like that...I wish my extended family was more open to it.

Martin Milner · Post by **Martin Milner** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 7:25 pm

izzarina wrote:
They really are....kind of like "Mack the Knife" .

The only song I ever knew the lyrics to in German. We had a strange teacher.

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