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Wow! Don Johnson, doesn't even look his age! Had no idea Tim Conway was as old as it says! I love him, when he would say "Mis-si Suwickkens" and the little short men on his knees! He is still as funny as they come, in a "clean" way! Comedy, the way it ought to be!

Hey, Sharon Boone. I always liked Cheech Marin as well as I did Don Johnson, and you are right, gal. Tim Conway made 'em laugh.

Sorry that I don't know Helen Slater, and I just found out that she is NOT kin to Christian Slater, but I must have seen her, I guess. Anyway, folks, here's a song that she did, and the lyrics are lovely.

Any Day Now
by Helen Slater

It' s not in every window I pass by
Or when I wear my crimson winter scarf
It's certainly not when the summer rain falls
No, not at all, not then
It's not apparent in the morning sunlight
Or in the rustling of the Autumn leaves
I ve never come upon it
When the mellow breeze blows
No, not then

But when you are near and I' m inside your kisses
Your hand is resting gently on my knee
Of all the seven wonders my love, this is by far
The loveliest dream come true
How I m all a glow when I m with you

There s a house down the street
With an old stone porch
A eucalyptus hanging down low
It s got chipped paint, yard ain t
Nothing but an old dirt road
But baby it sure got soul
And if you call it home
And it' s the place you 'll be
I m staying close guaranteed
I m coming along with you, is where I'll be

Found a discounted fare
At United Air
A job at a Paris caf
Found a small flat not bad
Asking 35 for the day
And baby that's Okay
Cause if you call it home
And it' s the place you ll be
I m staying close guaranteed
I m coming along with you is where I' ll be

Money doesn 't matter
When there's someone who
Treasures every part of you
And life is a song, a notre chanson

Found a ten dollar bill
In the bottom of my shoes
Sun is settling down
Got star shine, moonshine
Every kind of spark flying
Like the fourth of July
And you re down on one knee
Behind the sand and sea saying
Girlfriend you' re gonna marry me
I m coming along with you , is where I'II be
I m coming along, with you life is a song
And where I' ll be

letty wrote :



it'll have to be an irish song for set !
have never heard him sing yet - except to the dogs

Hbg, I dedicated that Alvin song to Set because he had a thread about "chipmonks roasting on an open fire". I knew what he meant. Also a rather ribald parody. What a naughty Irishman he is.

Loved your song, Canada. Poor bonnie lassie undone by a Johnny.

Here's a very famous Irish song, folks

THE MINSTREL BOY
by Thomas Moore

The Minstrel Boy to the war is gone
In the ranks of death you will find him;
His father's sword he hath girded on,
And his wild harp slung behind him;"
Land of Song!" said the warrior bard,
"Tho' all the world betrays thee,
One sword, at least, thy rights shall guard,
One faithful harp shall praise thee!"

The Minstrel fell! But the foeman's chain
Could not bring that proud soul under;
The harp he lov'd ne'er spoke again,
For he tore its chords asunder;
And said "No chains shall sully thee,
Thou soul of love and brav'ry!
Thy songs were made for the pure and free,
They shall never sound in slavery!"

and here's the rest of the story, folks, and then I must say goodnight.

An emotionally stirring and inspirational song, The Minstrel Boy was written by Thomas Moore (1779-1852) who set it to the melody of The Moreen, and old Irish aire. It is believed by many that Moore composed the song as a memorial to several of his friends he had met while a student at Trinity College and who had participated in the 1798 rebellion of the United Irishmen. One died in prison, another was wounded, and a third captured and hanged. The song originally consisted of two verses. Due to its popularity, the song was a favorite of the many Irishmen who fought during the U.S. Civil War, primarily on the Union side. It was at this time that a third verse was added by unknown authors:


The Minstrel Boy will return we pray
When we hear the news we all will cheer it,
The minstrel boy will return one day,
Torn perhaps in body, not in spirit.
Then may he play on his harp in peace,
In a world such as Heaven intended,
For all the bitterness of man must cease,
And ev'ry battle must be ended.

Goodnight, all.

From Letty with love

Goodnight!

Who's gonna throw that minstrel boy a coin?
Who's gonna let it roll?
Who's gonna throw that minstrel boy a coin?
Who's gonna let it down easy to save his soul?

Oh, Lucky's been drivin' a long, long time
And now he's stuck on top of the hill.
With twelve forward gears, it's been a long hard climb,
And with all of them ladies, though, he's lonely still.

Who's gonna throw that minstrel boy a coin?
Who's gonna let it roll?
Who's gonna throw that minstrel boy a coin?
Who's gonna let it down easy to save his soul?

Well, he deep in number and heavy in toil,
Mighty Mockingbird, he still has such a heavy load.
Beneath his bound'ries, what more can I tell,
With all of his trav'lin', but I'm still on that road.

Who's gonna throw that minstrel boy a coin?
Who's gonna let it roll?
Who's gonna throw that minstrel boy a coin?
Who's gonna let it down easy to save his soul?


Bob Dylan

Good morning WA2K radio audience.

Well, my goodness, folks. Amigo is back. Good to have you with us again in our little cyber studio.

edgar, Bob Dylan must have been well versed in folk music. Thanks for the reminder, Texas.

It seems that today is the birthday of Antonin Dvorak, and this is a song based on his New World Symphony.

"Goin' Home" is based on a melody from the second movement, "Largo," of Antonin Dvorak's Symphony No. 9.

Goin' home, goin' home, I'm a goin' home;
Quiet-like, some still day, I'm just goin' home.
It's not far, just close by,
Through an open door;
Work all done, care laid by,
Goin' to fear no more.

Mother's there 'spectin' me,
Father's waitin' too;
Lots o' folk gather'd there,
All the friends I knew,
All the friends I knew.
Home, I'm goin' home!

Nothin lost, all's gain,
No more fret nor pain,
No more stumblin' on the way,
No more longin' for the day,
Going to roam no more!
Mornin' star lights the way,
Res'less dream all done;
Shadows gone, break o' day,
Real life just begun.
There's no break, There's no end
Just a livin' on;
Wide awake, with a smile
Goin' on and on.

Goin' home, goin' home, I'm just goin' home,
It's not far, just close by
Through an open door.
I'm a goin' home,
I'm just goin'
Goin' home, goin' home, goin' home, goin' home, goin' home, goin' home! "

It seems that Paul Robeson did that song. What a talent that man was.

my ex sang a duet with Paul Robeson on stage when she was a mere prat of a child. It was somewhere in Harlem in the late 1940's.

Hey, cowboy. Welcome back. That is a very interesting tidbit, dys. Paul also sang "The Minstrel Boy" and many other fine operatic songs. This one shows strength and sarcasm, folks.

I met my brother the other day
And gave him my right hand
As soon as ever my back was turned
He scandalized my name

Now do you call that a brother?
No, no
You call that a brother?
No, no
You call that a brother
No, no
Scandalize my name

I met my sister the other day
And gave her my right hand
As soon as ever my back was turned
She too scandalized my name

Now do you call that a sister?
No, no
You call that a sister?
No, no
You call that a sister?
No, no
Scandalize my name

I met my preacher the other day
And gave him my right hand
As soon as ever my back was turned
He too scandalized my name

Now do you call that religion?
No, no
You call that religion?
No, no
You call that religion?
No, no

(Robbie Robertson)

Who else is gonna bring you a broken arrow
Who else is gonna bring you a bottle of rain
There he goes moving across the water
There he goes turning my whole world around

Do you feel what I feel
Can we make it so that's part of the deal
I gotta hold you in these arms of steel
Lay your heart on the line this time

I wanna breathe when you breathe
When you whisper like that hot summer breeze
Count the beads of sweat that cover me
Didn't you show me a sign this time

Who else is gonna bring you a broken arrow
Who else is gonna bring you a bottle of rain
There he goes moving across the water
There he goes turning my whole world around, around

Do you feel what I feel
Do you feel what I feel
Ah can you see what I see
Can you cut behind the mystery
I will meet you by the witness tree
Leave the whole world behind

I want to come when you call
I'll get to you if I have to crawl
They can't hold me with these iron walls
We got mountains to climb, to climb

Who else is gonna bring you a broken arrow
Who else is gonna bring you a bottle of rain
There he goes moving across the water
There he goes turning my whole world around
turning my whole world around
turning my whole world around
turning my whole world around

Good morning.

Some of today's birthday celebs:

Liv Ullman, Norwegian actress/director (69); Ben Cross, actor (60)(Chariots of Fire, et al); Benjamin Bratt, actor (44)



and here's to Mr. Robeson. His life would make such a great movie, but only if they use his voice. If they ever make such a movie with someone else singing, I will not go to see it. Although he didn't star in the stage premiere of "Showboat", Kern and Hammerstein said they penned "Ol Man River" with Robeson in mind. Watched the original Showboat movie for the umpteenth time the other day and loved it.

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Troubles, any old troubles
Troubles, any old troubles
Give me your troubles one by one
I'll trade them all for a bag o' fun
Any old troubles

Tears, any old tears
Tears, any old tears
Sun's gonna rise in the morning yes
Set in the evening with a sweet caress
Any old tears

Pain, any old pain
Pain, any old pain
I don't care what you've been told
All that glitters sure ain't gold
I'm gonna take you on a happy train
First you gotta give me all of your pain,
Any old pain

Troubles, any old troubles
Troubles, any old troubles
Give me your troubles one by one
I trade them all for a bag o' fun
Any old troubles

Harry Belafonte

Hey, folks, Did y'all hear what I heard. It was that cowboy with some Robertson guy. Well, I saw Raggedy photo's and the trio was great of Liv, Ben and some Bratt guy. Plus Paul, of course.

Hey, edgar, We're all wild about Harry. Thanks, Texas.

This is for the dys, 'cause I know he likes it.

Said the night wind to the little lamb
Do you see what I see
Way up in the sky little lamb
Do you see what I see
A star, a star
Dancing in the night
With a tail as big as a kite
With a tail as big as a kite

Said the little lamb to the shepard boy
Do you hear what I hear
(Do You Hear What I Hear)
Ringing through the sky shepard boy
Do you hear what I hear
(Do hear What i hear)
A song, a song
High above the trees
With a voice as big as the sea
With a voice as big as the sea

Said the shepard boy to the mighty king
Do you know what I know


(Do You Know What I Know)

In your palace wall mighty king
Do you know what I know
(Do You Know What I Know)
A child, a child
Shivers in the cold
Let us bring him silver and gold
Let us bring him silver and gold

Said the king to the people everywhere
Listen to what I say
( Listen to what I say)
Pray for peace people everywhere
Listen to what I say
(Listen to what I Say)
The child, the child
Sleeping in the night
He will bring us goodness and light
He will bring us goodness and light

He will bring us goodness and light

Have to tease the cowboy a little. So many lyrics are removed because of copyright laws. Really too bad, that.

Humpty Dumpty Heart
LaVern Baker 1958

Who's giving that line to you
You think it's divine, do you
You're a crazy Humpty Dumpty heart
You're letting a grin kid you
You never did win, did you
Just a silly Humpty Dumpty heart
Don't mean to criticize, or say I'm wise
But if you will just recall, you sat on a garden wall
And you know what happened
You'll still have a chance won't you
You sure want romance, don't you
Hope, you're lucky, Humpty Dumpty heart

Was made famous by Ray Eberle & the Glenn Miller Orchestra 1941

edgar, there's another Humpty Dumpty heart song, but I cannot recall it just now. Well, Texas, you sent me to the archives about Glen, and here is some interesting info.

Glen Miller

A SHORT BIOGRAPHY
February 5, 1940 Glenn Miller and his orchestra recorded the big-band classic "Tuxedo Junction."

April 2, 1942 Glenn Miller and his orchestra recorded "American Patrol" at the RCA Victor studios in Hollywood.

"A band ought to have a sound all of its own. It ought to have a personality." - Glenn Miller

Alton Glenn Miller was born in Clarinda, Iowa on March 1, 1904. But it was in North Platte, Nebraska, several years later that Glenn actually got his musical start when, one day, his father brought home a mandolin. Glenn promptly traded it for an old battered horn, which he practiced every chance he got. In fact his mother worried, "It got to where Pop and I used to wonder if he'd ever amount to anything."

In 1923, Miller entered the University of Colorado, although he spent more time traveling to auditions and playing where and whenever he could. After flunking three of his five courses one semester, Glenn dropped out to concentrate on his career as a professional musician.

He toured with several orchestras and ended up in Los Angeles where he landed a spot in Ben Pollack's group, a band that included a guy named Benny Goodman. Here, Miller also got the chance to write some arrangements. Arriving in New York City, he soon sent for, and married his college sweetheart, Helen Burger in 1928, and for the next three years, earned his living as a free-lance trombonist and arranger.

Miller played and recorded with the likes of Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey (who on several of their records, featured an up-and-coming singer by the name of Bing Crosby), Gene Krupa, Eddie Condon and Coleman Hawkins. In addition, during that time, Glenn cut 18 sides for Goodman, and also worked
for radio studio conductors like Victor Young, Carl Fenton and Jacques Renard. In 1934, Miller became the musical director of the Dorsey Band, and later went on to organize The Ray Noble Orchestra, which included such players as Charlie Spivak, Peewee Erwin, Bud Freeman, Johnny Mince,
George Van Eps and Delmar Kaplan, among others.

In April 1935, Glenn Miller recorded, for the first time, under his own name. Using six horns, a rhythm section and a string quartet, he recorded "Moonlight on the Ganges" and "A Blues Serenade" for Columbia. But selling only a few hundred records, he continued his position with the Noble Orchestra.

In 1937, Glenn Miller stepped out to form his own band. There were a few recordings -- one for Decca and one for Brunswick -- a couple of week-long stints in New Orleans and Dallas, and many one-nighters, but it was not to be. Though the group would play one more date several days later in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Glenn gave his men their final notice on New Year's Eve at the Valencia Ballroom in York, Pennsylvania. Broke, depressed and having no idea what he was going to do, he returned to New York City.

It is said that Miller could never remember precisely the moment he decided to emphasize his new reed section sound. But it was during this disheartening interim, that he realized the unique sound -- produced by the clarinet holding the melodic line while the tenor sax plays the same note, and supported harmonically by three other saxophones -- just might be the individual and easily recognizable style that would set his band apart from all the rest.

Formed in March 1938, the second Glenn Miller Orchestra -- which would later include the likes of Tex Beneke, Marion Hutton, Ray Eberle, Paul Tanner, Johnny Best, Hal McIntyre, and Al Klinck -- soon began breaking attendance records all up and down the East Coast. At the New York State Fair in Syracuse it attracted the largest dancing crowd in the city's history. The next night it topped Guy Lombardo's all-time record at the Hershey Park Ballroom in Pennsylvania. The Orchestra was invited by ASCAP to perform at Carnegie Hall with three of the greatest bands ever -- Paul Whiteman, Fred Waring and Benny Goodman -- and created more of a stir than any of them.

There were record-breaking recordings, as well, such as "Tuxedo Junction", which sold 115,000 copies in the first week. "In the Mood", and "Pennsylvania 6-5000", all appearing on the RCA Victor Bluebird label. In early 1940, Down Beat Magazine announced that Miller had topped all other bands in its Sweet Band Poll, and capping off this seemingly sudden rise to the top, there was, of course, Glenn Miller's "Moonlight Serenade" radio series for Chesterfield cigarettes which aired three times a week over CBS. In 1941, it was off to Hollywood where the band worked on its first movie, "Sun Valley Serenade", which introduced the song -- and soon-to-be million selling record --"Chattanooga Choo Choo", and featured the Modernaires and the Nicholas Brothers. Then came "Orchestra Wives". But the war was starting to take its toll on many of the big bands as musicians, and the rest of
country's young men, began receiving draft notices.

On October 7, 1942, Alton Glenn Miller reported for induction into the Army and was immediately assigned to the Army Specialist Corps. His appointment as a Captain came after many months of convincing the military higher-ups that he could modernize the army band and ultimately improve the morale of the men. His training complete, he was transferred into the Army Air Corps, where he ultimately organized the Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band. Miller's goal of entertaining the fighting troops took another year to be realized, but in late 1943 he and the band were shipped out to England.

There, in less than one year, the Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band engaged in over 800 performances. Of these, 500 were broadcasts heard by millions. There were more than 300 personal appearances including concerts and dances, with a gross attendance of over 600,000. But Glenn was not to participate in the final six months of these activities.

In the Fall of 1944, the band was scheduled to be sent on a six-week tour of Europe and would be stationed in Paris during that time. Miller decided to go ahead, in order to make the proper arrangements for the group's arrival. And so, on December 15th, Glenn Miller boarded a transport plane to Paris, never to be seen again.

In his book "Glenn Miller & His Orchestra", George Simon wrote this about the man. "His favorite author was Damon Runyon. His favorite book was the Bible. Spencer Tracy and Olivia de Havilland were his favorite movie actor and actress. His big loves were trout fishing, playing baseball, listening to
good music, sleep and money. His pet hates were bad swing, early-morning telephone calls (he liked to sleep from 4 a.m. to noon), and the phrase 'goodbye now'. His favorite quotation, one he stated, was not from the Bible, nor from Runyon, but from Duke Ellington: 'It Don't Mean a Thing If it Ain't Got that Swing!'

Back later, folks, with a Mr. Miller Song.

good evening all you cats
still learning about all the music on my new ten-disk set .
here is one i had not heard of .
if this isn't the hottest , i don't know what is !
hbg

Rug Cutter's Function
(Lil Johnson?)
Transcribed from Lil Johnson, recorded April 22, 1936.
From Lil Johnson, Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Vol. 1: 23 April 1929 - 22 April 1936; Document Records DOCD-5307.

Here is the other one, letty.

Hank Thompson
Humpty Dumpty Heart

Humpty dumpty set on the wall humpty dumpty had a big fall
All the king's horses all the king's men could never put humpty together again
I've got a humpty dumpty heart you dropped it and broke it apart
All the king's horses all the king's men could never put humpty together again
Cause when I gave to you my heart you said that we must part
That was my doom my heart went boom I got a humpty dumpty heart
[ fiddle ]
My heart is a fragile thing when dropped it won't bounce or ring
It ain't no joke cause when it's broke no love song will it sing
I've got a humpty dumpty heart...
I didn't think you were that sort when I handed you my heart
You got it on a platter but you let it shatter my humpty dumpty heart
I've got a humpty dumpty heart...

hbg, You are right. That is one hot song, especially the spoken part.

That's the one, edgar. A whole lot of "Hanks" in the country genre, buddy.

Well, folks, I am a bit weary tonight, so I think that I will close with this song by Glen Miller.

Gaucho's Serenade


A Handful Of Stars
Glenn Miller
Written by Jack Lawrence and Ted Shapiro.
As recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on August 14th 1940 with Ray Eberle.

I recall the story,
That night of love and glory
A night that left my heart romantic scars
We stood so near to heaven
That I reached clear to heaven
And gathered you a handful of stars

Sweet remembered hour
When love began to flower
With moonlight through the trees like silver balls
And as the moon grew older
I reached across your shoulder
And gathered you a handful of stars

I placed my fingertips upon your lips
And stars fell in your eyes
Moonglow made a halo of your hair
Suddenly you looked at me and dreams began to rise
Oh, what things unspoken trembled in the air

Our hearts were madly beating
And then our lips were meeting
And Venus seemed to melt right into Mars
Then while we stood caressing
Blue heaven sent a blessing
A shower of a handful of stars...!

Lovely lyrics, no?

Goodnight all.

From Letty with love