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Today's BD photo gallery:




Earl Holliman; Lola Falana; Virginia Madsen; Kristy McNichol; Harry Connick, Jr.

Well, There's our Raggedy with fabulous photo's. Thanks again, PA. for the quintet of Earl, Virginia, Kristy, Lola, and Harry.

Let's dedicate one from Harry to M.D. and J.M.:

Harry Connick, Jr.
Star Turtle1


My hands are red
Admittedly, the cross is mine
The time is come
Forsake the brine
Alone with the void for a thousand years
I am the first of the reptillian rocketeers
Doom shins its bitter brink
Its goblins casting stench to pave the way
I'm going off to seek the soul
Who'll teach me of the day
A boy will be born in the garden
I'll wait on a patch of green grass
Somehow he'll know to find me there
And place a star upon my crust
We'll trace the crescent's rim
Pawn's pursuit of deliverance
My soul a satchel for musical vim
Then I'll return to save my race.

And in the interim, the whale sounds. <smile>

just heard a snippet of this tune on the canadian country music awards show

There's a young men that a know
His age is 21
He comes from down in southern Colorado
Just out of the service
And he's looking for his fun
Someday soon going with him someday soon

My parents cannot stand him
Cause he rides the rodeo
My father says that he will leave me crying
I would follow him right down
The roughest road I know
Someday soon going with him someday soon

And when he comes to calm
My pa ain't got a good word to say
Guess its cause he was just as wild
In his younger days

So blow you ol' blue northern
Blow my love to me
He's drivin' in tonight from California
He loves his darn ol' rodeo
As much as he loves me
Someday soon going with him someday soon

Solo

And when he comes to calm
My pa ain't got a good word to say
Guess its cause he was just as wild
In his younger days

So blow you ol' blue northern
Blow my love to me
He's drivin' in tonight from California
He loves his darn ol' rodeo
As much as he loves me
Someday soon going with him someday soon

Ah, dj, it's good to see you back, Canada, and I just happened across this folk song of the 1800's so this will be for you, but stay away from those logs. <smile>


Young Man from Canada appear in the 1860s. There are other variations of the lyrics known as Peter Emberly, Peter Amberly or Peter Rambelay. These tunes recite the song of the death of a lumberman who is crushed by logs. Peter Rambelay is traced to the Miramichi River circa 1800.

I'm a young man from Canada
some six feet in my shoes
I left my home for Cariboo
on the first exciting news
In New York City I met a gent
introduced himself to me
Said I, "I come from Canada
so you can't come over me."

I sailed on the crazy Champion
all in the steerage too
I thought I'd got among the fiends
or other horrid crew
If you had only seen them feed,
it quite astonished me
And I'd been years in Canada
in a lumberman's shanty

With seventy-five upon my back
I came the Douglas way
And at an easy-going pace
made thirty miles a day
I landed here without a dime
in 1863
But I'd been years in Canada,
'twas nothing new to me

In best of homespun I was clad
so I was warmly dressed
The wool it grew near Montreal
in a place called Canada West
On Williams Creek they called me green
and Johnny come lately
But, ah, I came from Canada,
I ain't from the old country

I started out my mining life
by chopping cord wood
But I was born with axe in hand
so I could use it good
My chum was from the state of Maine,
somewhere near Tennessee
But, ah, I came from Canada
and he couldn't chop with me

In a short time I'd made a raise
and bought into a claim
There they called me engineer or carman,
'tis the same
The drifters then did try it on
to boss it over me
Said I, "I come from Canada
and I'm on the shoulderee."

In two weeks I got a div
which drove away all care
I went over to the wake-ups
and had a bully square
I danced all night till broad daylight
and a gal smiled sweet on me
Said I, "I come from Canada
and I'm on the marry-ee."

Now all young men who are in love
and sure I am there's some
Don't count your chicks before they're hatched
or they may never come
O when I asked that girl to wed
she only laughed at me
"You may come from Canada
but you can't come over me."

Goodnight, my friends.

From Letty with love

Hi Letty....your song just made me think of this....


I'm a travelin' man and I've made a lotta stops
all over the world
And in every port I own the heart of at least one lovely girl
I've a pretty senorita waitin' for me down in old Mexico
And if you're ever in Alaska stop and see my cute little Eskimo

Oh my sweet fraulien down in Berlin town
makes my heart start to yearn
And my China doll down in old Hong Kong
waits for my return
Pretty Polynesian baby over the sea I remember the night
When we walked in the sands of Waikiki and I held you oh so tight

Oh, I'm a travelin' man
Yes, I'm a travelin' man
Yes, I'm a travelin' man
Woe, I'm a travelin' man

I'm a travelin' man and I've made a lotta stops
all over the world
And in every port I own the heart of at least one lovely girl

I'm a travelin' man and I've made a lotta stops
all over the world
And in every port I own the heart of at least one lovely girl

Oh my sweet fraulien down in Berlin town
makes my heart start to yearn
And my China doll down in old Hong Kong
waits for my return
Pretty Polynesian baby over the sea I remember the night
When we walked in the sands of Waikiki and I held you oh so tight

Oh, I'm a travelin' man
Yes, I'm a travelin' man
Yes, I'm a travelin' man
Woe, I'm a travelin' man

Hi Letty and Shari.

I couldn't help but think about this song made popular by Australian singer Lucky Starr in 1962. "I've been everywhere man". It was later Americanized and recorded by several singers including Johnny Cash, here is his version.

JOHNNY CASH

"I've Been Everywhere"

I was totin my pack along the long dusty Winnemucca road
When along came a semi with a high canvas covered load
If your goin' to Winnemucca, Mack with me you can ride
And so I climbed into the cab and then I setteled down inside
He asked me if I'd seen a road with so much dust and sand
And I said, "Listen! I've traveled every road in this here land!"

I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
Crossed the deserts bare, man
I've breatherd the mountain air, man
Of travel I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere

I've been to:
Reno
Chicago
Fargo
Minnesota
Buffalo
Toronto
Winslow
Sarasota
Wichita
Tulsa
Ottawa
Oklahoma
Tampa
Panama
Mattawa
LaPaloma
Bangor
Baltimore
Salvador
Amarillo
Tocapillo
Barranquilla
And Padilla

I'm a Killer
I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
Crossed the deserts bare, man
I've breatherd the mountain air, man
Of travel I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere

I've been to:
Boston
Charleston
Dayton
Louisiana
Washington
Houston
Kingston
Texarkana
Monterey
Fairaday
Santa Fe
Tallapoosa
Glen Rock
Black Rock
Little Rock
Oskaloosa
Tennessee
Tennessee
Chicopee
Spirit Lake
Grand Lake
Devil's Lake
Crater Lake

For Pete's Sake
I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
Crossed the deserts bare, man
I've breatherd the mountain air, man
Of travel I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere

I've been to:
Louisville
Nashville
Knoxville
Ombabika
Schefferville
Jacksonville
Waterville
Costa Rock
Pittsfield
Springfield
Bakersfield
Shreveport
Hackensack
Cadillac
Fond du Lac
Davenport
Idaho
Jellico
Argentina
Diamantina
Pasadena
Catalina

See What I Mean
I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
Crossed the deserts bare, man
I've breatherd the mountain air, man
Of travel I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere

I've been to:
Pittsburgh
Parkersburg
Gravelbourg
Colorado
Ellensburg
Rexburg
Vicksburg
Eldorado
Larimore
Adimore
Haverstraw
Chatanika
Shasta
Nebraska
Alaska
Opalacka
Baraboo
Waterloo
Kalamazoo
Kansas City
Sioux City
Cedar City
Dodge City

What A Pity
I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
Crossed the deserts bare, man
I've breathed the mountain air, man
Of travel I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere

Good morning, WA2K listeners and contributors.

shari, welcome back, gal. Ah, we know Ricky Nelson, honey, and that kid was not bad at all, especially his good advice in Garden Party. Thanks for playing that one.

Dutchy, it is always good to see you. Yep, Johnny certainly did that one, although I heard it first by Hank Snow. Thanks, buddy. Nice to awaken to travelin' music. Sorta gets both eyes open. <smile>

Barry White
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Born September 12, 1944 in Galveston, TX
Died July 4, 2003

Barry Eugene White (September 12, 1944 - July 4, 2003) was an American record producer and singer responsible for the creation of numerous hit soul and disco songs. He conducted the Love Unlimited Orchestra, which consisted of live musicians, including string and percussion players. Records featuring White's deep bass voice and suave delivery were often used by couples wishing to create a romantic ambience. He was often affectionately referred to as the "Maestro" and "Walrus of Love" or "The Man with the Velvet Voice". All inclusive record sales of White's music with singles, albums, compilation usage and paid digital downloads as a singer, songwriter and producer now exceed 100 million world-wide.

Biography

White was born Barry Eugene Carter in Galveston, Texas, [1] and grew up in the high-crime areas of South Los Angeles, where he joined a gang at the age of 10. At 17, he was jailed for four months for stealing $30,000 worth of Cadillac tires.

After being jailed, White left gang life and began a musical career at the dawn of the 1960s in singing groups before going out on his own in the middle of the decade. The marginal success he had to that point was as a songwriter; his songs were recorded by rock singer Bobby Fuller and TV bubblegum act The Banana Splits. He was also responsible in 1963 for arranging "Harlem Shuffle" for Bob & Earl, which became a hit in the UK in 1969.

In 1969, he got his break backing up three talented singers in a girl group called Love Unlimited. Formed in imitation of the legendary Motown girl group The Supremes, the group members honed their talents with White for the next two years until they all signed contracts with 20th Century Fox Records. White produced, wrote and arranged the classic soul ballad "Walking in the Rain (With The One I Love)", which hit the Top 20 of the pop charts. The group would score more hits throughout the '70s and White eventually married the lead singer of the group, Glodean James.


Luciano Pavarotti and Barry White performing a duet at a fundraising concert in Modena, Italy, May 29, 2001While working on a few demos for a male singer, the record label suggested White step out in front of the microphone. He reluctantly agreed and the rest is history. His hits included "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby" (1973), "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up" (1973), "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" (1974), "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" (1974), "What Am I Gonna Do With You" (1975), "Let the Music Play" (1976), "Your Sweetness is My Weakness" (1978), "Change" (1982), "Sho' You Right" (1987), and "Practice What You Preach" (1994), among others.

He had been ill with chronically high blood pressure for some time, which resulted in renal failure in the autumn of 2002. He suffered a stroke in May 2003, after which he was forced to retire from public life. On July 4, 2003, he died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in West Hollywood. White was 58. His death was reported as being from renal failure. White was cremated, and His ashes were scattered by his family off the California coast. Barry White's last words on his death bed were, "Leave me alone - I'm fine".

Trivia

White's autobiography, Barry White: Love Unlimited, was written with Marc Eliot and published by Broadway Books in 1999.
His music was frequently showcased on the late-1990s television show Ally McBeal; the show often used esoteric references to what was going on inside character's heads. For example, John Cage (played by Peter MacNicol) would hear "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" play inside his head, in order to increase his confidence, often accompanied with a dance routine. The use of White's music on the show revitalized his career, and he eventually made a guest appearance during the show's second season.
White was the model for the character of Chef in the cartoon series South Park. He was offered the role [2], but declined; as a devout Christian, White was uncomfortable with South Park's often irreverent humor. Isaac Hayes took the part instead.
He also made a few appearances on The Simpsons, one of which involved the use of his deep bass voice played through speakers placed on the ground to attract snakes.
On September 20, 2004, he was inducted into the Dance Music Hall of Fame at a ceremony held in New York.
White followed a vegan lifestyle.
Was 6'3 1/2 according to imdb.com
The National Sea Life Centre in Birmingham, UK, while endeavouring to induce several pairs of tropical shark to mate, decided as a joke to pipe his hits into the shark tanks. Handlers were surprised to discover that a pregnancy resulted. [3]
Danil Ivanov was his song writer.
Was in talks to produce Marvin Gaye's last album, but because of Marvin's death, it never happened.

Rachel Ward
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rachel Claire Ward (born at Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, September 12, 1957), granddaughter of the 3rd Earl of Dudley, is an English actress (and more recently, a director) who has made most of her career in Australia.

She attended the Byam Shaw School of Art in London before leaving at 16 to become a top fashion model. In 1983 she was voted one of the ten most beautiful women in the United States.

She became well known when she starred opposite Richard Chamberlain in the television mini-series The Thorn Birds. She disappeared from pictures for three years and studied acting. Ward then reappeared in 1987, playing opposite her husband, Bryan Brown (whom she met on the set of The Thorn Birds), in The Good Wife. Married since 1983, they have three children: Rosie, Matilda (who has followed her parents into the acting profession), and Joe.

She briefly dated David Kennedy, son of Robert F Kennedy. In 2003, a portrait of Rachel Ward by artist Jan Williamson won the Packing Room award at the Archibald Prize.

Children in church
A little boy was in a relative's wedding.
As he was coming down the aisle, he would take
two steps, stop, and turn to the crowd.
While facing the crowd, he would put his hands up
like claws and roar.
So it went, step, step, ROAR, step, step, ROAR,
all the way down the aisle.
As you can imagine, the crowd was near tears from
laughing so hard by the time he reached the pulpit.
When asked what he was doing, the child sniffed
and said, "I was being the Ring Bear."
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One Sunday in a Midwest City, a young child was
"acting up" during the morning worship hour.
The parents did their best to maintain some sense
of order in the pew but were losing the battle.
Finally, the father picked the little fellow up
And walked sternly up the aisle on his way out.
Just before reaching the safety of the foyer, the
little one called loudly to the congregation, "Pray
for me! Pray for me!"
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One particular four-year old prayed, "And forgive
Us our trash baskets as we forgive those who put trash
in our baskets."
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A little boy was overheard praying: "Lord, if you
Can't make me a better boy, don't worry about it. I'm
Having a real good time like I am."
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A Sunday School teacher asked her little
children, as they were on the way to church service,
"And why is it necessary to be quiet in church?"
One bright little girl replied, "Because people
Are sleeping.
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A little boy opened the big and old family Bible
with fascination, looking at the old pages as he
turned them, something fell out of the Bible.
He picked it up and looked at it closely. It was
an old leaf from a tree that has been pressed in
between the pages.
"Mama, look what I found," the boy called out.
"What have you got there, dear?" his mother
asked. With astonishment in a young boy's voice he
answered, "It's Adam's suit".

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The preacher was wired for sound with a lapel
mike, and as he preached, he moved briskly about the
platform, jerking the mike cord as he went.
Then he moved to one side, getting wound up in
the cord and nearly tripping before jerking it again.
After several circles and jerks, a little girl
In the third pew leaned toward her mother and
whispered, "If he gets loose, will he hurt us?"
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Six-year old Angie, and her four-year old
Brother, Joel, were sitting together in church.
Joel giggled, sang and talked out loud.
Finally, his big sister had had enough. "You're
not supposed to talk out loud in church."
"Why? Who's going to stop me?" Joel asked.
Angie pointed to the back of the church and said,
"See those two men standing by the door? They're
hushers."
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My grandson was visiting one day when he asked ,
"Grandma, do you know how you and God are alike?"
I mentally polished my halo, while I asked, "No,
How are we alike?"
"You're both old," he replied.
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A ten-year old, under the tutelage of her
grandmother, was becoming quite knowledgeable about
the Bible.
Then, one day, she floored her grandmother by
asking, "Which Virgin was the mother of Jesus? The
Virgin Mary or the King James Virgin?"
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A Sunday school class was studying the Ten
Commandments.
They were ready to discuss the last one.
The teacher asked if anyone could tell her what
it was.
Susie raised her hand, stood tall, and quoted,
"Thou shall not take the covers off the neighbor's wife

Well, folks, our hawkman has completed his bio's and topped them off with great funnies about kids in church. Love 'em, Boston. I read carefully through all of your background information, Bob, but will wait for our Raggedy to do her "thang" before commenting.

Good mornin' Captain, good mornin' shine
Good mornin' Captain, good mornin' shine
Do you need another mule skinner,
Workin' on your new road line?

My line's been rollin'
I'm rollin' all the time
My line is work
I'm rollin' all the time
I can carve my initials (ha!)
On an old mule's behind

I said hey, little waterboy (hey!)
Bring that water bucket 'round
(Bring it 'round, bring it 'round, bring it 'round, bring it 'round)
I said hey, little waterboy
Bring that water bucket 'round
And if you don't like your job
Shut that water bucket down

It is (as I post this) 54 degrees and no rain forecast for today, I shall proceed to the patio and enjoy my cuppa tea.

Good Morning WA2K.

Today's BD Celeb Photo Gallery:

Well, listeners, there's our Raggedy with a trio of famous folks. Thanks, again, PA, for depicting that trio of Maurice and Barry and Rachel. I need to check out Barry more ( if you will pardon the pun) as I am not too acquainted with his music. I, do however, love Richard Wright

Dys gave us a weather report from his place in Albaturkey. Fifty four degrees? That's mule skinner weather, Cap'n. and you best have one of your indigenous folks do a rain dance.

Before I really get started on Mencken, who I really like, I want to play a song by Ray Stevens for sentimental reasons. <smile>

Artist: Ray Stevens
Song: Ahab The Arab


Let me tell you 'bout Ahab The Arab
The Sheik of the burning sand
He had emeralds and rubies just dripping off 'a him
And a ring on every finger of his hands

He wore a big ol' turban wrapped around his head
And a scimitar by his side
And every evening about midnight
He'd jump on his camel named Clyde...and ride

Spoken

Silently through the night to the sultan's tent where he would secretly meet up with Fatima of the Seven Veils, swingingest grade "A" number one U.S. choice dancer in the Sultan's whole harem, 'cause, heh, him and her had a thing going. You know, and they'd been carrying on for some time now behind the Sultan's back and you could hear him talk to his camel as he rode out across the dunes, his voice would cut through the still night desert air and he'd say (imitate Arabian speech) which is arabic for, "stop, Clyde!" and Clyde would say, (imitate camel voice). Which is camel for, "What the heck did he say anyway?"
Well....

He brought that camel to a screeching halt
At the rear of Fatima's tent jumped off Clyde,
Snuck around the corner and into the tent he went
There he saw Fatima laying on a Zebra skin rug
Wearing rings on her fingers and bells on her toes
And a bone in her nose ho, ho.
Spoken

There she was friends lying there in all her radiant beauty. Eating on a raisin, grape, apricot, pomegranate, bowl of chitterlings, two bananas, three Hershey bars, sipping on a "R C" Co-Cola listening to her transistor, watching the Grand Ole Opry on the tube reading the Mad magazine while she sung, "Does your chewing gum lose it's flavor?" and Ahab walked up to her and he said, (imitate Arabian speech) which is arabic for, "Let's twist again like we did last summer, baby." (laughter) You know what I mean! Whew! She looked up at him from off the rug, give him one of the sly looks, she said, (coy, girlish laugh) "Crazy baby".
'Round and around and around and around...etc.

And that's the story 'bout Ahab the Arab
The Sheik of the Burnin' sand
Ahab the Arab
The swinging Sheik of the burnin' sand.

Chitterlings? Love it!

This song is dedicated to our Walter who helped me to find the lyrics:

MANHATTAN TRANSFER Song Lyrics

On A Little Street In Singapore
(From the album "PASTICHE")

On a little street in Singapore
With me - beside a lotus covered door
A veil of moonlight on her lovely face
How pale the hands that held me in embrace

My sails tonight are filled with perfume of Shalimar
With temple bells that guide me to her shore
And then I hold you in my arms
And love the way I loved before
On a little street in Singapore

On a little street in Singapore
With me - beside a lotus covered door
A veil of moonlight on her lovely face
How pale the hands that held me in embrace

Thanks, Letty! (Actually, I had had the Jimmy Dorsey version in mind :wink: )

Well, Walter. Whoever did it, it is one great song. I think our Dutchy may have gotten the wrong clue, however.