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edgar and Eva, those were great songs, and I really appreciate your having played them here on our little radio. I did have to smile about Little Jimmy Dickens because I recall the Appalachian IQ test that showed just how culture bound these type things could be. One of the question was, What is a tater? My advisor didn't know the answer. <smile>

So, for our morning song, folks

Take an Old Cold 'Tater (And Wait)


When I was a little boy around the table at home
I remember very well when company would come
I would have to be right still until the whole crowd ate
My Mama always said to me "Jim take a tater and wait."

CHORUS:
Now 'taters never did taste good with chicken on the plate
But I had to eat 'em just the same
That is why I look so bad and have these puny ways
Because I always had to an old cold 'tater and wait.


And then the preachers they would come to stay awhile with us
I would have to slip around and raise a little fuss
In fear that I would spill the beans or break the china plate
My Mama always said to me, "Jim, take a 'tater and wait."

CHORUS:

Well I though that I'd starve to death before my time would come
All that chicken they would eat and just leave me the bun
The feet and neck were all that's left upon the china plate
It makes you pretty darn weak to take an old cold 'tater and wait.

CHORUS

Recorded by Little Jimmy Dickens
GG
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Good morning, have you seen…

My colouring book
Chad Jeremy


I've a most unusual colouring book
The kind you never see
Crayons ready, very well
Begin to colour me

These are the eyes that watched her as she walked away
Colour them grey
This is the heart that thought she would always be true
Colour it blue
These are the arms that held her and touched her then lost her somehow
Colour them empty now
This is the tie I wore until he came between
Colour it green
This is the room I sleep in and walk in and read in
Hidin' that nobody sees
Colour it lonely please
This is the girl, the one I depended upon
Colour her gone
Colour her gone
Colour her gone

Well, Try. Good early morning to you, dear. I love that song, and here's an answer by Cyndi:

you with the sad eyes
Don't be discouraged
Oh i realize
It's hard to take courage
In a world full of people
You can lose sight of it all
And the darkness inside you
Can make you feel so small

But i see your true colors
Shining through
I see your true colors
And that's why i love you
So don't be afraid to let them show
Your true colors
True colors are beautiful,
Like a rainbow

Show me a smile then,
Don't be unhappy, can't remember
When i last saw you laughing
If this world makes you crazy
And you've taken all you can bear
You call me up
Because you know i'll be there

And i'll see your true colors
Shining through
I see your true colors
And that's why i love you
So don't be afraid to let them show
Your true colors
True colors are beautiful,
Like a rainbow


(when i last saw you laughing)
If this world makes you crazy
And you've taken all you can bear
You call me up
Because you know i'll be there

And i'll see your true colors
Shining through
I see your true colors
And that's why i love you
So don't be afraid to let them show

Your true colors
True colors
True colors
Shining through

I see your true colors
And that's why i love you
So don't be afraid to let them show
Your true colors
True colors are beautiful,
Like a rainbow

She's a Rainbow
(Jagger/Richards)

She comes in colors ev'rywhere;
She combs her hair
She's like a rainbow
Coming, colors in the air
Oh, everywhere
She comes in colors

She comes in colors ev'rywhere;
She combs her hair
She's like a rainbow
Coming, colors in the air
Oh, everywhere
She comes in colors

Have you seen her dressed in blue?
See the sky in front of you
And her face is lik a sail
Speck of white so fair and pale
Have you seen a lady fairer?

She comes in colors ev'rywhere;
She combs her hair
She's like a rainbow
Coming, colors in the air
Oh, everywhere
She comes in colors

Have you seen her all in gold?
Like a queen in days of old
She shoots her colors all around
Like a sunset going down
Have you seen a lady fairer?

She comes in colors ev'rywhere;
She combs her hair
She's like a rainbow
Coming, colors in the air
Oh, everywhere
She comes in colors

She's like a rainbow
Coming, colors in the air
Oh, everywhere
She comes in colors

Lovely, edgar. So, folks, this is going to be a colors day. <smile>

From Vanessa Williams (Pocahontas)

You think you own whatever land you land on
The earth is just a dead thing you can claim
But I know every rock and tree and creature
Has a life, has a spirit, has a name

You think the only people who are people
Are the people who look and think like you
But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger
You learn things you never knew, you never knew

Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon
Or asked the grinning bobcat why he grins
Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind

Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest
And taste the sun-sweet berries of the earth
Come roll in all the riches all around you
And for once never wonder what they're worth

The rainstorm and the river are my brothers
The heron and the otter are my friends
[ these lyrics found on www.completealbumlyrics.com ]
And we're all connected to each other
In a circle, in a hoop that never ends

Have you ever heard a wolf cry to the blue corn moon
Or let the eagle tell you where he's been
Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind

How high does the sycamore grow
If you cut it down then you'll never know

And you'll never hear the wolf cry to the blue corn moon
For whether we are white or copper skinned
We need to sing with all the voices of the mountain
And to paint with all the colors of the wind
You can own the earth and still
All you own is earth until
You can paint with all the colors of the wind.

Judy Canova
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Judy Canova (November 20, 1913 - August 5, 1983) was an American comedienne, actress, singer and radio personality.

Born Juliette Canova in Waldo, Florida, her show business career began with a family vaudeville routine. She joined her sister Annie and brother Zeke, and their performances as the Three Georgia Crackers took them from theaters in Florida to a club in a New York City. Judy Canova sang, yodeled and played guitar. The standout in the family, she developed her persona as a wide-eyed likeable country bumpkin, often wearing her hair in braids and sometimes topped with a straw hat. When bandleader Rudy Vallee offered her a guest spot on his radio show, it opened the door to a career that spanned more than five decades.

The popularity of the Canova family led to numerous performances on radio in the 1930s, and they made their Broadway debut in the revue, Calling All Stars. An offer from Warner Bros. led to several bit parts before she signed with Republic Pictures. During her career she appeared in more than two dozen Hollywood films and made numerous records on the RCA Victor label.

In 1943, she began her own radio program, The Judy Canova Show, that ran for a dozen years, first on CBS and then on NBC. During World War II, she closed her show with the song "Goodnight, Soldier" ("wherever you may be... my heart's lonely... without you") and used her free time to sell U.S. War Bonds.

In the post-War years, she ended each show by singing a nursery song:

Go to sleep-y, little baby,
Go to sleep-y, little baby,
When you wake
You'll patty-patty cake,
And ride a shiny little pony.

When her radio program ended in 1955, Canova gave comedy performances on Broadway, television and in Las Vegas nightclubs through the early 1970s. In 1971, she toured with No, No Nanette.

Her daughter, Diana Canova, is an actress best known for her role on the ABC television sitcom, Soap.

In 1983, Judy Canova died from cancer at age 69 and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to the film industry (6821 Hollywood Boulevard) and a second star for her radio career (6777 Hollywood Boulevard).

(Spoken)Your son marches to the beat of a different drummer, comer.
(Spoken)But don't worry,
(Spoken)We'll have him joining the parade by the end of the term

The little boy went first day of school
He got some crayons and started to draw
He put colors all over the paper
For colors was what he saw
And the teacher said.. What you doin' young man
I'm paintin' flowers he said
She said... It's not the time for art young man
And anyway flowers are green and red
There's a time for everything young man
And a way it should be done
You've got to show concern for everyone else
For you're not the only one

And she said...
Flowers are red young man
Green leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than they way they always have been seen

But the little boy said...
There are so many colors in the rainbow
So many colors in the morning sun
So many colors in the flower and I see every one

Well the teacher said.. You're sassy
There's ways that things should be
And you'll paint flowers the way they are
So repeat after me.....

And she said...
Flowers are red young man
Green leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than they way they always have been seen

But the little boy said...
There are so many colors in the rainbow
So many colors in the morning sun
So many colors in the flower and I see every one

The teacher put him in a corner
She said.. It's for your own good..
And you won't come out 'til you get it right
And are responding like you should
Well finally he got lonely
Frightened thoughts filled his head
And he went up to the teacher
And this is what he said.. and he said

Flowers are red, green leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than the way they always have been seen

Time went by like it always does
And they moved to another town
And the little boy went to another school
And this is what he found
The teacher there was smilin'
She said...Painting should be fun
And there are so many colors in a flower
So let's use every one

But that little boy painted flowers
In neat rows of green and red
And when the teacher asked him why
This is what he said.. and he said

Flowers are red, green leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than the way they always have been seen.

But there still must be a way to have our children say . . .

There are so many colors in the rainbow
So many colors in the morning sun
So many colors in the flower and I see every one

Lyrics > H > Harry Chapin Lyrics > Flowers are red Song Lyrics



(I still remember Harry's kiss backstage at a concert - a concert when his backup couldn't make it and Harry and his guitar were the show -- and what a show it was. )

Evelyn Keyes
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Evelyn Keyes (b. November 20, 1919 -- some sources indicate 1916 -- in Port Arthur, Texas) is a United States actress.

She was married to Barton Bainbridge from 1938 until his death in 1940. Later she married and divorced actor Charles Vidor (1943 - 1945), actor John Huston (23 July 1946 - 1950), and bandleader Artie Shaw (1957 - 1985). Keyes said of her marriages, " I was always interested in the man of the moment, and there were so many such moments".

Her most notable film was Gone with the Wind (1939) in which she played Suellen O'Hara. Her autobiography, Scarlett O'Hara's Younger Sister: My Lively Life in and Out of Hollywood, was published in 1977. Keyes has expressed her opinion that Mrs. Mike was her best film.

She adopted a child many years ago during one of her marriages, but it is not clear if the child is still alive or what is the status of their relationship. [citation needed]

In 2005, Evelyn Keyes sued the estate of her late ex-husband Artie Shaw, claiming that she was entitled to one-half of Shaw's estate pursuant to a contract to make a will between them. In July 2006, a Ventura, California jury unanimously held that Keyes was entitled to almost one-half of Shaw's estate, or $1,420,000 ([1]).

She currently resides in Santa Barbara, California.

Estelle Parsons
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Estelle Margaret Parsons (born November 20, 1927 in Marblehead, Massachusetts) is an Academy Award-winning American theater, film and television actress.

After graduating from Connecticut College in 1949, Parsons initially studied law and then worked as a singer with a band before settling on an acting career in the early 1950s. Moving to New York, she worked as a writer, producer and commentator for The Today Show.

She has received Tony Award nominations for her work in The Seven Descents of Myrtle (1968), And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little (1971), Miss Margarida's Way (1978) and Mornings at Seven (2002).

Her film career includes an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her portrail of Blanche Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde (1967), and a nomination for Rachel, Rachel (1968). She also received a BAFTA Award nomination for her role in Watermelon Man (1970), and appeared in I Never Sang for My Father (1971), For Pete's Sake (1975), Dick Tracy (1992) and Boys on the Side (1995). She was also the original choice to play the part of Pamela Voorhees in the 1980 film Friday the 13th (the part later went to Betsy Palmer).

She also played the part of Roseanne Barr and Laurie Metcalf's pretentious mother, Beverly, on the long-running sitcom, Roseanne. Her other television credits include appearances on The Patty Duke Show, Frasier, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Bo Derek
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Bo Derek (born Mary Cathleen Collins on November 20, 1956, Long Beach, California) is an American film actress and model.

Derek is of Irish, German, Dutch and Welsh descent.[1] She was married to the actor and director John Derek, who was 30 years her senior, from 1974 until his death in 1998. They met during filming of a movie, and subsequently, John filed for divorce from his wife, actress Linda Evans.

She appeared in Orca: the Killer Whale (1977), in which her character's (Annie) leg was bitten off when the whale attacked her home on a pier.

Derek co-starred in the 1979 Blake Edwards film 10, in which she vied with Julie Andrews for Dudley Moore's attention. Her appearance in the popular sex farce shot her to instant stardom and status as a sex symbol.


Bo Derek with braided hair in the film 10Her beaded and plaited cornrow hairstyle in the film was widely copied and became eponymous.

The plotline of 10 involves a woman who seems better-than-perfect to the protagonist (Moore), until he actually gets to know her and realizes she cannot live up to his expectations. Subsequent films have not been well-received by either the public or critics. The 1981 film Tarzan, the Ape Man was a disappointment. The producers of the film were actually sued by the Edgar Rice Burroughs Estate over the name of the film, since it focused more on how many ways to disrobe Jane (Derek's role), than on Tarzan himself.

The sex-drenched Bolero (1984) essentially ended any possibility of a substantial film career. Critics and viewers looked carefully at the scenes of actual intercourse to spot a body double for Derek, and found none.

Her subsequent role in her husband's production Ghosts Can't Do It firmly cemented her reputation as a sex object.

She made the first of many appearances in Playboy, starting with the March 1980 issue. Her first pictorial (among others) was photographed by then husband John, on a secluded beach along an unnamed area of the Colorado River.

The twelve page spread featured a few with her and her pet greyhound together jogging and sunbathing, as well as her sailing and swimming in the river, all nude. She also made the cover (in a bikini). The issue was a sell-out.

Bolero and Tarzan, the Ape Man earned her the dubious honor of four Golden Raspberry Awards, as well as a nomination in 2000 as the "Worst Actress of the Century". Her most respectable showing was as Jamie Kennedy's mom and Ryan O'Neal's wife in Malibu's Most Wanted (2003).

She is a conservative Republican who supported George H.W. Bush and campaigned for his son, George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004, and she appeared at both Republican conventions.[2] Derek also appeared at public events with conservative Republican and supporter of what she calls "traditional" values, Congressman David Dreier of Southern California [3]. It is rumored that Derek has dated both Dreier and White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten. When asked about the nature of their relationship on the April 30, 2006 edition of Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace, Bolten was evasive, identifying Derek merely as a "friend" and as a "strong supporter of the President." According to Wallace, when President Bush heard of their rumored relationship Bush teased Bolten that together he and Derek were a "15".

Currently, Derek lives with her boyfriend, actor John Corbett, in the Santa Ynez Valley, California. She published her autobiography on February 5, 2002 entitled "Riding Lessons, Everything I learned in life I learned from horses."

She is currently in production on a nighttime soap opera "Fashion House" in San Diego, playing one of the main characters, evil Fashion designer, Maria Gianni. Bo was also chosen as one of the judges in the 2006 Miss Universe pageant.

Things You Can Say On Thanksgiving (And usually get away with)


1. Talk about a huge breast!

2. Tying the legs together keeps the inside moist.

3. It's Cool Whip time!

4. If I don't undo my pants, I'll burst!

5. Whew, that's one terrific spread!

6. I'm in the mood for a little dark meat.

7. Are you ready for seconds yet?

8. It's a little dry; do you still want to eat it?

9. Just wait your turn you'll get some!

10. Don't play with your meat.

11. Just spread the legs open and stuff it in.

12. Do you think you'll be able to handle all these people at once?

13. I didn't expect everyone to come at once!

14. You still have a little bit on your chin.

15. How long will it take after you stick it in?

16. You'll know it's ready when it pops up.

17. Wow, I didn't think I could handle all of that!

18. That's the biggest one I've ever seen!

19. How long do I beat it before it's ready?

Song: Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

He's a fool and don't I know it
But a fool can have her charms
I'm in love and don't I show it
Like a babe in arms

Men, are not a new sensation
I've done pretty well I think
But this half-pint imitation
Put me on the blink

I'm wild again, beguilded again
A simpering, whimpering child again
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered - am I

Couldn't sleep, and wouldn't sleep
And ------ I do, if I shouldn't sleep
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered - am I

Lost my heart, but what of it?
My mistake I agree
He's a laugh, but I love it
Because the laugh's on me

A pill he is, but still he is
All mine and I'll keep him until he is
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered - like me

La, da, da, da, da, di, dam
Mmmmmmm
La, da, da, da, da, da, dam
I guess the laugh's on me

I slept again, I tripped again
The way to my heart is unzipped again
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered - am I

Oh, my God, folks. Boston Bob must be through with his bio's. (stiffling a real laugh) Ahem. I'm not certain what those one liners allude to, hawk.(assumes a prim and proper stance)

Raggedy, I keep forgetting that a celeb kissed you. How long did it take before you washed your face? <smile>

That song by Harry Chapin is so very sad, and the worst part is that it is so very true.

Well, I guess we will dispense with the colors, and do an outlaw song in honor of Estelle Parsons.

Ah, Bob. That was a new version of Bewitched, honey, and we love it.

I would have to interrupt such wonderful togetherness with Bonnie and Clyde.

Bonnie And Clyde
GEORGIE FAME

Bonnie and Clyde were pretty lookin' people
But I can tell you people They were the devil's children,
Bonnie and Clyde began their evil doin'
One lazy afternoon down Savannah way,
They robbed a store, and high-tailed outa that town
Got clean away in a stolen car,
And waited till the heat died down,
Bonnie and Clyde advanced their reputation
And made the graduation
Into the banking business.
"Reach for the sky" sweet-talking Clyde would holler
As Bonnie loaded dollars in the dewlap bag,
Now one brave man-he tried to take 'em alone
They left him Iyin' in a pool of blood,
And laughed about it all the way home.
Bonnie and Clyde got to be public enemy number one
Running and hiding from ev'ry American lawman's gun.
They used to laugh about dyin',
But deep inside 'em they knew
That pretty soon they'd be lyin'
Beneath the ground together
Pushing up daisies to welcome the sun
And the morning dew.
Acting upon reliable information
A fed'ral deputation laid a deadly ambush.
When Bonnie and Clyde came walking in the sunshine
A half a dozen carbines opened up on them.
Bonnie and Clyde, they lived a lot together
And finally together they died,

Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot (1968):

Vous avez lu l'histoire
De Jesse James
Comment il vécu
Comment il est mort
Ça vous a plus hein
Vous en d'mandez encore
Et bien
Ecoutez l'histoire
De Bonnie and Clyde

Alors voilà
Clyde a une petite amie
Elle est belle et son prénom
C'est Bonnie
A eux deux ils forment
Le gang Barrow
Leurs noms
Bonnie Parker et Clyde Barrow

Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde

Moi lorsque j'ai connu Clyde
Autrefois
C'était un gars loyal
Honnête et droit
Il faut croire
Que c'est la société
Qui m'a définitivement abîmé

Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde

Qu'est-c' qu'on a pas écrit
Sur elle et moi
On prétend que nous tuons
De sang-froid
C'est pas drôl'
Mais on est bien obligé
De fair' tair'
Celui qui se met à gueuler

Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde

Chaqu'fois qu'un polic'man
Se fait buter
Qu'un garage ou qu'un' banque
Se fait braquer
Pour la polic'
Ça ne fait d'myster
C'est signé Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker

Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde

Maint'nant chaqu'fois
Qu'on essaie d'se ranger
De s'installer tranquill's
Dans un meublé
Dans les trois jours
Voilà le tac tac tac
Des mitaillett's
Qui revienn't à l'attaqu'

Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde

Un de ces quatr'
Nous tomberons ensemble
Moi j'm'n fous
C'est pour Bonnie que je tremble
Quelle importanc'
Qu'ils me fassent la peau
Moi Bonnie
Je tremble pour Clyde Barrow

Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde

D'tout'facon
Ils n'pouvaient plus s'en sortir
La seule solution
C'était mourir
Mais plus d'un les a suivis
En enfer
Quand sont morts
Barrow et Bonnie Parker

Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde

Pretty Boy Floyd

If you'll gather 'round me, children,
A story I will tell
'Bout Pretty Boy Floyd, an outlaw,
Oklahoma knew him well.

It was in the town of Shawnee,
A Saturday afternoon,
His wife beside him in his wagon
As into town they rode.

There a deputy sheriff approached him
In a manner rather rude,
Vulgar words of anger,
An' his wife she overheard.

Pretty Boy grabbed a log chain,
And the deputy grabbed his gun;
In the fight that followed
He laid that deputy down.

Then he took to the trees and timber
To live a life of shame;
Every crime in Oklahoma
Was added to his name.

But a many a starving farmer
The same old story told
How the outlaw paid their mortgage
And saved their little homes.

Others tell you 'bout a stranger
That come to beg a meal,
Underneath his napkin
Left a thousand dollar bill.

It was in Oklahoma City,
It was on a Christmas Day,
There was a whole car load of groceries
Come with a note to say:

Well, you say that I'm an outlaw,
You say that I'm a thief.
Here's a Christmas dinner
For the families on relief.

Yes, as through this world I've wandered
I've seen lots of funny men;
Some will rob you with a six-gun,
And some with a fountain pen.

And as through your life you travel,
Yes, as through your life you roam,
You won't never see an outlaw
Drive a family from their home.

Words and Music by Woody Guthrie

Well, folks. There's our Walter in multi-lingual gory(maybe I should say, "glory" )

You amaze me, Germany, and I do hope our listeners didn't get lost in translation. Thank you anyway.

Hey, Pogo. Missed your pretty boy Floyd song. He was in "O Brother Where Art Thou" as well.

The real Bonnie and Clyde ain't so purty:

Did somebody mention Woody Guthrie, Letty? I met his daughter, Nora, last Friday. Plans are already in the works for a 100th birthday celebration for Woody in 2012.

Eva, welcome back, dear. Upon my word, Oklahoma. That is the most amazing thing that I have ever heard. How wonderful that you have met Nora and that Woody is still remembered.

(my son couldn't talk today because of the oxygen mask)

Remembering Woody:
Dust Bowl Blues

I just blowed in, and I got them dust bowl blues,
I just blowed in, and I got them dust bowl blues,
I just blowed in, and I'll blow back out again.
I guess you've heard about ev'ry kind of blues,
I guess you've heard about ev'ry kind of blues,
But when the dust gets high, you can't even see the sky.

I've seen the dust so black that I couldn't see a thing,
I've seen the dust so black that I couldn't see a thing,
And the wind so cold, boy, it nearly cut your water off.

I seen the wind so high that it blowed my fences down,
I've seen the wind so high that it blowed my fences down,
Buried my tractor six feet underground.

Well, it turned my farm into a pile of sand,
Yes, it turned my farm into a pile of sand,
I had to hit that road with a bottle in my hand.

I spent ten years down in that old dust bowl,
I spent ten years down in that old dust bowl,
When you get that dust pneumony, boy, it's time to go.

I had a gal, and she was young and sweet,
I had a gal, and she was young and sweet,
But a dust storm buried her sixteen hundred feet.

She was a good gal, long, tall and stout,
Yes, she was a good gal, long, tall and stout,
I had to get a steam shovel just to dig my darlin' out.

These dusty blues are the dustiest ones I know,
These dusty blues are the dustiest ones I know,
Buried head over heels in the black old dust, I had to pack up and go.
An' I just blowed in, an' I'll soon blow out again.

I was just playing a vinyl record by Woody: Dustbowl Ballads.