There were green aligators and long necked geese
Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees
Some cats and rats and elephants
As sure as you were born
I just didn't see no unicorn
--?
Chicks and ducks and geese gonna scurry
When I take you out in my surrey
When I take you out in my surrey
With the fringe on top
--From "Oklahoma"
Let me tell you 'bout the birds and the bees
And the flowers and the trees
And the moon up above
And a thing called love
--?
Oh, my gosh, that's the Army song. (lol)
Raggedy - that's a pound sign (I think) and how much you owe prolly depends on what country is selling it (I think).
Is it just me or did "Heckle and Jeckle" pop into anyone else's head when they read the words "Listen to the Mockingbird"?
Now reading the lyrics, I'm thinking what a strange song to introduce cartoons.
Not long ago I heard my little niece singing along to a kid's tape that included "My Darling Clementine" - children's songs about drowning girls!?
....and they complain about "today's" lyrics....
Thanks Little K. It says Jewish music - JMD.Co.UK so it is probably coming from England. It says the site is secure. I'm going to chance it.
Quote:There were green aligators and long necked geese
Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees
Some cats and rats and elephants
As sure as you were born
I just didn't see no unicorn
--?
The Unicorn Song, by Shel Silverstein
Hear that lonesome whippoorwill,
He sounds too blue to fly.
The midnight train is whining low,
I'm so lonesome I could cry.
I've never seen a night so long
When time goes crawling by.
The moon just went behind a cloud
To hide its face and cry.
Did you ever see a robin weep,
When leaves began to die?
That means he's lost the will to live,
I'm so lonesome I could cry.
The silence of a falling star
Lights up a purple sky.
And as I wonder where you are
I'm so lonesome I could cry.
I see I was late on Whipoorwill
Jarlaxly - that was Shel Silverstien!?
We read his books all of the time and I had no idea.
Thank you!
Shel probably wrote other songs you didn't connect with him, such as Johnny Cash's Boy Named Sue and Dr Hooks Cover of the Rolling Stone.
Oh my!
Thanks edgar.
And here all this time I thought I was pretty up on things....
One mornin' when I was ridin'
In my old pickup truck
A beautiful bluebird came flyin' down
My eyes caught the color
As it lead me down the road
Dippin' and bobbin' in the sun
I've never seen that blue before
'cept in one place
And she's not here with me right now
So I followed all the way
To the top of the hill
That's where she kept on climbin' lord
Someday I will
Beautiful bluebird
See how she flies
Looks like she's always goin' home
If heaven had a window
Where the sun came shinin' through
Like a beautiful bluebird
I'd come flyin' back to you
Well it kind of struck me funny
Sort of made me smile
After all these years on this old road
How God could show me somethin'
Never say a word
There's so much that I don't know
I've never seen that blue before
Except in one place
And she's not here with me right now
I followed all the way to the top of the hill
That's where she kept on climbin' lord
And someday I will
Beautiful bluebird
See how she flies
Looks like she's always goin' home
If heaven had a window
Where the sun came shinin' through
Like a beautiful bluebird
I'd come flyin' back to you
Beautiful bluebird
See how she flies
Looks like she's always goin' home
If heaven had a window
Where the sun came shinin' through
Like a beautiful bluebird
I'd come flyin' back to you
That reminds me of Buffalo Springfield
Listen to my bluebird laugh.
She can't tell you why.
Deep within her heart, you see,
She knows only crying.
Just crying.
There she sits, a lofty perch
Strangest color blue.
Flying is forgotten now.
Thinks only of you.
Just you.
Oh yeah...
So, get all those blues,
Must be a thousand hues.
And be just differently used.
You just know.
You sit there mesmerized
By the depth of her eyes
That you can't categorize.
She got soul.
When my sugar walks down the street
The little birdies go "Tweet, tweet, tweet"
And in the evenin' when the sun go down
It's never dark when she's around
She's so affectionate I'll say this
And when she kisses me I'll stay kissed
When my sugar walks down the street
The little birdies go "Tweet, tweet, tweet"
And when my sugar walks down the street
All the birdies go "Tweet, tweet, tweet"
And in the evenin' when the sun go down
It's never dark when she's around
She's so affectionate and I'll say this
And when she kisses me I'll stay kissed
And when my sugar walks down the street
The little birdies go "Tweet, tweet, tweet"
You say you've got everything you want
And your bird can sing
But you don't get me
you don't get me
You say you've seen the seven wonders
And you bird is green
But you can't see me
you can't see me
When your prized possessions
start to weigh you down
Look in my direction
I'll be round, I'll be round
When your bird is broken
will it bring you down
You may be awoken
I'll be round, I'll be round
You tell me that you've heard every sound there is
And your bird can swing
But you can't hear me
You can't hear me
On our block all of the guys call her flamingo
Cause her hair glows like the sun, pretty flamingo
And her eyes can light the sky
When she moves she walks so fine like a flamingo
Crimson dress that clings so tight, pretty flamingo
She's out of reach and out of sight
When she walks by, she brightens up the neighbourhood
Oh every guy would make her his
If he just could, If she just would
Some sweet day, I'll make her mine pretty flamingo
Then every guy will envy me
Cause paradise is where I'll be
Pretty flamingo pretty flamingo
When she walks by she brightens up the neighbourhood
Oh every guy would make her his if he just could
If she just would
sha la la la la la la la pretty flamingo
sha la la la la la la la pretty flamingo
sha la la la la la la la pretty flamingo
When the swallows come back to Capistrano
That's the day you promised to come back to me
When you whispered, "Farewell", in Capistrano
Twas the day the swallows flew out to sea.
All the mission bells will ring
The chapel choir will sing
The happiness you'll bring
Will live in my memory
When the swallows come back to Capistrano
That's the day I pray that you'll come back to me