Steve McQueen
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Birth name Terence Steven McQueen
Born March 24, 1930
Beech Grove, Indiana, USA
Died November 7, 1980, aged 50
Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico
Other name(s) Bandito
King Of Cool
Years active 1953 - 1980
Spouse(s) Barbara Minty (January 16, 1980 - November 7, 1980) (his death)
Ali MacGraw (August 31, 1973 - 1978) (divorced)
Neile Adams (November 2, 1956 - April 26, 1972) (divorced) 2 children
Notable roles Vin in The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Capt. Virgil "The Cooler Crack" Hilts in The Great Escape (1963)
Jake Holman in The Sand Pebbles (1966)
Det. Lt. Frank Bullitt in Bullitt (1968)
Doc McCoy in The Getaway (1972)
Henri Charrière in Papillon (1973)
Steve McQueen (March 24, 1930 - November 7, 1980) was an American movie actor, nicknamed "The King of Cool". He was one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1960s and 1970s due to a popular "anti-hero" persona. McQueen was combative with directors and producers; regardless, he was able to command large salaries and was in high demand.
Early life
He was born Terence Steven McQueen in Beech Grove (a suburban community bordering Indianapolis), Indiana. His father was a stunt pilot for an aerial circus and abandoned Steve and his mother shortly after McQueen was born. His mother left him at an early age to be raised in Slater, Missouri by his Uncle Claude. At the age of 12, he was unhappily reunited with his mother and a new, abusive step-father and went to live with them in Los Angeles, California. However, by the time he was 14 he was running with a street gang, so his mother sent him to the Boys Republic home for wayward boys in Chino Hills, California.
After McQueen left Chino, he drifted before joining the United States Marine Corps in 1947 and served until 1950. In 1952, with financial assistance provided by the G.I. Bill, McQueen began studying acting and auditioned to study at Lee Strasberg's Actors' Studio in New York. Of the 2000 people who tried out that year, only McQueen and Martin Landau were accepted. McQueen made his Broadway debut in 1955 in A Hatful of Rain.
Key appearances
Wanted: Dead or Alive
After various live and filmed television guest appearances in the mid-1950s, McQueen gained both regular employment and his 'break-out' role with the Western series Wanted: Dead or Alive. Filmed at Apacheland Studio from 1958 to 1961, McQueen played Josh Randall, a bounty hunter who had been introduced the previous year in an episode of Trackdown, a TV western featuring Robert Culp. Randall carried a sawed-off Winchester rifle nicknamed the "Mare's Leg", in contrast to the standard six-gun carried by most heroes. This added to the anti-hero image of the character, infused with a combination of mystery, alienation and detachment, which made this show stand out from the typical TV Westerns.
The Magnificent Seven
McQueen moved into film in the mid-1950s with bit parts in Girl on the Run (1953) and Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956). He secured his first lead role in the 1958 horror movie The Blob. He then replaced Sammy Davis, Jr. in the Frank Sinatra vehicle Never So Few in 1959 when Sinatra quarrelled with Davis. Director John Sturges cast McQueen in his next movie, promising to "give him the camera". The Magnificent Seven (1960), with Yul Brynner, Robert Vaughn, Charles Bronson, and James Coburn, became McQueen's first major hit.
The Great Escape
McQueen's next big film,1963's The Great Escape, told the fictionalized "true story" of a mass escape from a World War II POW camp. A spectacular motorcycle leap in the film's climax highlighted McQueen's role in the film. While a very accomplished motorcyclist, insurance reasons did not allow McQueen to perform the actual jump. His friend and fellow cycle enthusiast Bud Ekins, who resembled McQueen from a distance, actually made the jump. More information about this jump and the movie can be found by watching the special features documentary on The Great Escape DVD.
Bullitt and later films
Another successful film came in 1968 with Bullitt, with an unprecedented (and endlessly imitated) auto chase through San Francisco, with Bud Ekins again doubling for some of the more hazardous work. Prior to that, McQueen earned his only Academy Award nomination for the 1966 film The Sand Pebbles. McQueen also appeared in 1973's Papillon, the 1971 car race drama Le Mans, and in The Getaway in 1972.
McQueen was the world's highest paid actor by the time of The Getaway. After The Towering Inferno, co-starring with his long time friend and rival Paul Newman in 1974, McQueen did not return to film until 1978 with An Enemy of the People playing against type as an overweight, heavily bearded character, in this adaptation of the Henrik Ibsen play. The film was little seen and has never been released on Video or DVD, but is aired from time to time on PBS.
Marriages
McQueen was married three times.
He married actress Neile Adams on November 2, 1956 (divorced 1972), by whom he had a daughter Terry (born June 5, 1959; died at 38 on March 19, 1998 as a result of hemochromatosis, a condition in which the body produces too much iron destroying the liver), and a son, Chad McQueen (born December 28, 1960 and now an actor?-as is his grandson, Steven R. McQueen, born 1988). McQueen has 3 other grandchildren; Chase (born in 1995) and Madison (born in 1997) to Chad; and Molly Flattery born 1987 to Terry.
On August 31, 1973 he married his Getaway co-star, Ali MacGraw, with whom he had a passionate but tumultuous relationship (she left her husband, film producer Robert Evans for McQueen). They were divorced in 1978.
His third wife was model Barbara Minty whom he married on January 16, 1980, less than a year before his death.
Motor Racer
McQueen was an avid motorcycle and racecar enthusiast. When he had the opportunity to drive in a movie, he often did so himself, performing many of his own stunts.
The most memorable were the classic chase in Bullitt and the motorcycle chase scene in The Great Escape. The jump over the fence was actually done by Bud Ekins for insurance purposes. (However, McQueen did have a considerable amount of screen time while riding his motorcycle. According to the commentary track on the Great Escape DVD, it was difficult to find riders as skilled as McQueen and at one point in the film, due to clever editing, McQueen is seen in a German uniform chasing himself on another bike).
During his acting career, he considered becoming a professional race car driver. In the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring race, Peter Revson and McQueen (driving with a cast on his left foot from a motorcycle accident two weeks before) won in their (engine size) class and missed winning overall by a scant 23 seconds to Mario Andretti in a Ferrari with a Porsche 908/02. The same car was used as a camera car for Le Mans in the 24 Hours of Le Mans later that year, entered by his production company Solar Productions. However, the film was a box office flop that almost ruined McQueen's career. In addition, McQueen himself admitted that he almost died while filming the movie. Nonetheless, at this time decades later, LeMans is considered to be the most historically realistic and accurate, dramatic representation, of one of the most famous periods in the history of the race, as well as being the greatest auto racing movie of all time.
McQueen wanted to enter a Porsche 917 together with Jackie Stewart in the 1970 Le Mans race, but his film backers threatened to pull their support if he drove. Faced with driving for 24 hours in the race, or the entire summer making the film, McQueen opted to do the latter.
He also competed in off-road motorcycle racing. His first off-road motorcycle was a Triumph 500cc that he purchased from stunt man Bud Ekins. McQueen raced in many of the top off-road races on the West Coast during the ?'60s and early-1970s, including the Baja 1000, the Mint 400 and the Elsinore Grand Prix. In 1964, he represented the United States in the International Six Days Trial, a form of off-road motorcycling Olympics. He was inducted in the Off-road Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1976. In 1971, Solar Productions funded the now-classic motorcycle documentary On Any Sunday, in which McQueen himself is featured, along with racing legends Mert Lawwill and Malcolm Smith. Also in 1971, McQueen was on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine riding a Husqvarna dirt bike.
McQueen was interested in collecting classic motorcycles. By the time of his death, his collection included over 100 motorcycles and was valued in the millions of dollars.
In a segment filmed for The Ed Sullivan Show, McQueen drove Sullivan around a desert area in a dune buggy at high speed. At the end of the trip, all the breathless Sullivan could say was, "That was a helluva ride!"
He owned several exotic sportscars, including:
Porsche 917, Porsche 908 and Ferrari 512 race cars from the Le Mans film.
Ferrari 250 Lusso Berlinetta
Jaguar D-Type XKSS
Porsche 356 Speedster
To his dismay, McQueen was never able to own the legendary Ford Mustang GT that he drove in Bullitt, which featured a highly-modified drivetrain (including a NASCAR-style racing engine), which suited McQueen's driving style. There were two cars used for filming. Director Peter Yates recently stated in a radio interview that both vehicles are still in existance (BBC Radio 4, 7 January 2006) (see [1]), one of which is resting in a barn in Kentucky, the owner refusing to sell at any price.
Religious faith
McQueen was born into a non-practicing Catholic family. Later in life, soon after the discovery that he had cancer, McQueen attended a Billy Graham crusade and became a dedicated Christian, and undertook Bible studies.
Death
McQueen died at the age of 50, on November 7, 1980, in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico of a heart attack following surgery to remove or reduce a metastatic tumour in his liver. He had been diagnosed with mesothelioma in December 1979, and had travelled to Mexico in July 1980 for unconventional treatment after his doctors advised him that they could do nothing more to prolong his life. [1]
Controversy arose over McQueen's Mexican trip, because McQueen sought a very non-traditional treatment that used coffee enemas and laetrile, a supposedly "natural" anti-cancer drug available in Mexico but not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer caused by asbestos exposure. It is unclear whether the asbestos exposure came from his racing career or from an experience in the United States Marine Corps; he wore an asbestos-insulated racers suit in his race cars and when working on his own cars and motorbikes would use an asbestos soaked rag to cover his mouth from other fumes[citation needed], and McQueen said that he was exposed to the deadly insulating material during his stint in the Marines[citation needed].
In 1999, McQueen was posthumously inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame.
Even posthumously, Steve McQueen remains one of the highest paid iconic stars, and his estate carefully manages the licensing activity to avoid the commercial oversaturation common to many deceased celebrities. McQueen's personality and trademark rights are managed by Corbis Corporation, the well-known media company owned by Bill Gates.
Personal information
McQueen's height was approximately 5'9". He had a daily two-hour exercise regime, involving weightlifting and at one point running five miles, seven days a week. He also received personal martial arts training under Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris. However, he was also known for his prolific drug use (William Caxton claimed he smoked marijuana almost every day; others said he used a tremendous amount of cocaine in the early 70's). In addition, like most actors of his era, he was a smoker.
After Charles Manson incited the murder of five people including McQueen's close personal friends Sharon Tate and Jay Sebring at Tate's home on August 9, 1969, it was reported the McQueen was another potential target of the killers. According to his first wife, he then began carrying a handgun at all times in public, including at Sebring's funeral [2].
McQueen had an unusual reputation for demanding free items in bulk from studios when agreeing to do a film, such as electric razors, jeans and several other products. It was later found out that McQueen requested these things because he was donating them to the Boy's Republic reformatory school for displaced youth, where McQueen spent time during his youth. McQueen made occasional visits to the school to spend time with the students, often to play pool and to speak with them about his experiences.
McQueen learned the martial art Tang Soo Do from ninth degree blackbelt Pat E. Johnson, and served as one of the pall bearers at Bruce Lee's funeral in 1973. Chuck Norris taught McQueen's son karate, while Lee trained him in Jeet Kune Do. Later on, McQueen convinced Norris to attend acting classes.
His name was not, as sometimes thought, on President Richard Nixon's infamous Enemies List. It was McQueen's Hollywood rival actor Paul Newman who was on the list. Ironically, in real life, McQueen was quite conservative in his political views, and often backed the Republican party. He supported the war in Vietnam, was one of the few Hollywood stars who refused numerous requests to back Presidential hopeful Robert Kennedy in 1968, and turned down the chance to participate in the 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington. When McQueen heard he had been added to Nixon's Enemies List, he responded by immediately flying a giant American flag outside his house. Reportedly, his wife Ali McGraw responded to the whole affair by saying "But you're the most patriotic person I know."
McQueen commanded such celebrity status in the UK that when visiting Chelsea Football Club to watch a game he was personally introduced to the players in the dressing room during the half-time break.
Missed roles
McQueen was offered the lead role in Breakfast at Tiffany's but was unable to accept due to his Wanted: Dead or Alive contract. The role went to George Peppard. He also turned down Ocean's Eleven, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Driver, Apocalypse Now, and Dirty Harry. He had been interested in starring in First Blood, but could not due to his illness/death. He had also been offered the Kevin Costner role in The Bodyguard when it was first proposed in 1976. He was to play the lead in Quigley Down Under, which was scheduled for production in 1980, but due to his illness, the project was scrapped until a decade later, with Tom Selleck in the starring role.
McQueen was also interested in making the film version of Waiting for Godot. During his time away from film he developed an interest in the classic playwrights. This led him to Beckett's Godot, but the playwright had never heard of Steve McQueen.
Hobbies
Patented a specific bucket seat in a racecar. [3]
Was to co-drive in a Triumph 2500 PI for the British Leyland team in the 1970 London-Mexico rally, but had to turn it down due to movie commitments.
Owned and flew at least one antique aircraft which was hangared at Santa Paula Airport an hour northwest of Hollywood.
High prices for memorabilia
The tinted sunglasses worn by McQueen in the 1968 movie The Thomas Crown Affair sold at a Los Angeles auction for $70,200 in 2006. [2] One of his motorcycles, a 1937 Crocker, sold for a world record price of $276,500 at the same auction.
Legacy in popular culture
McQueen has developed a cult following. Numerous films, television shows and songs make reference to his charisma, his enthusiasm for racing and his reputation as the "King of Cool." For example, during the second season of the American medical drama series House, the title character Gregory House names his pet rat Steve McQueen. Another example was the 2002 Sheryl Crow song "Steve McQueen" featuring scenes from The Great Escape, Bullitt, and LeMans that also included appearances of NASCAR Nextel Cup driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr.. The philosophy of detached cool in 2000 comedy The Tao of Steve centers on 3 men - the fictional Steve Austin and Steve McGarrett and McQueen.
Kelly LeBrock
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Kelly LeBrock (born March 24, 1960, in New York, New York, USA) is a British actress and supermodel (measurements 34-24-34 (in 1982)), best known for her acting debut in The Woman in Red, and later on in the film, Weird Science. She was married to fellow actor Steven Seagal from 1987 to 1996, with whom she had three children, Annaliza, Dominick, and Arrisa. She was the Pantene spokeswoman who spoke what would become the pop-culture phrase, "Don't hate me because I'm beautiful."
Although LeBrock was born in New York, she was raised in London. She is the daughter of a French-Canadian father and an Irish mother.
Kelly began her career as a model at the age of sixteen. She went on to appear on hundreds of covers and magazines including a Christian Dior ad. Kelly also became one of Eileen Ford's most sought-after models.
LeBrock gave up her acting career in order to raise her children, and experienced a notable weight gain over the years. In 2005, expressing a desire to lose weight and restart her film career (as indicated in an interview for Entertainment Tonight), LeBrock was a contestant on VH-1's Celebrity Fit Club 3. She was captain of the team "Kelly's Bellies" on the show.
Ed was in trouble. He forgot his wedding anniversary. His wife was
really angry. She told him "Tomorrow morning, I expect to find a gift
in the driveway that goes from 0 to 200 in less than 6 seconds AND IT
BETTER BE THERE!".
The next morning, Ed got up early and left for work.
When his wife woke up, she looked out the window and sure enough, there
was a box gift-wrapped in the middle of the driveway. Confused, the
wife put on her robe and ran out to the driveway, brought the box back
in the house.
She opened it and found a brand new bathroom scale.
Ed has been missing since Friday.
Good morning, hawkman. Thanks for the celeb bio's and the morning smile, honey. I need to get me some of those scales.
Our Raggedy will be along shortly and she will have those photo's that we have come to know and love. Until then, listeners....
Sheryl Crow
Steve McQueen
Well I went to bed in Memphis
And I woke up in Hollywood
I got a quarter
in my pocket
And I'd call you if I could
But I don't know why
I gotta fly
I wanna rock and roll this party
I still wanna have some fun
I wanna leave you feeling breathless
Show you how the west was won
But I gotta fly
I gotta fly o
[CHORUS:]
Like Steve McQueen
All I need's a fast machine
I'm gonna make it all right
Like Steve McQueen
Underneath your radar screen
You'll never catch me tonite o I ain't takin' **** off no one
Baby that was yesterday
I'm an all American rebel
Making my big getaway
Yeah you know it's time
I gotta fly
[CHORUS]
We got rockstars in the Whitehouse
All our popstars look like porn
All my heroes hit the highway
They don't hang out here no more
You can call me anytime
You can page me all night long
But you won't catch this freebird
I'll already be long gone
Like Steve McQueen
All we need's a fast machine
And we're gonna make it all right
[CHORUS]
This by Leonard Cohen has Steve McQueen in it- -sort of.
Is this what you wanted
You were the promise at dawn,
I was the morning after.
You were Jesus Christ my Lord,
I was the money lender.
You were the sensitive woman,
I was the very reverend Freud.
You were the manual orgasm,
I was the dirty little boy.
And is this what you wanted
to live in a house that is haunted
by the ghost of you and me?
Is this what you wanted...
You were Marlon Brando,
I was Steve McQueen.
You were K.Y. Jelly,
I was Vaseline.
You were the father of modern medicine,
I was Mr. Clean.
You where the whore and the beast of Babylon,
I was Rin Tin Tin.
And is this what you wanted...
And is this what you wanted...
You got old and wrinkled,
I stayed seventeen.
You lusted after so many,
I lay here with one.
You defied your solitude,
I came through alone.
You said you could never love me,
I undid your gown.
And is this what you wanted...
And is this what you wanted...
I mean is this what you wanted...
That's right, is this what you wanted...
That's quite a song, edgar, but then all of Cohen's songs are quite, quite, right? <smile>
Like Donna says and sings about Leonard, folks...........
"He's a rebel"
He's a rebel and you may not like his
looks or his style
but he's faster than light and he
can walk a miracle mile
he'll point you out and he'll pull you in
I guarantee he'll be your best friend
He's a rebel and he's gonna be good anyhow
and the boys in the group they just
want to drag him way down
he's so straight ahead, he'll blow your mind
he can be strong and yet so kind
Chorus
What you see is what you get
and what you get you won't regret
'cause he's on the line
what you want is what he's got and
what he's got, he's got a lot
'cause it's allright
it's allright
Ooh he's a rebel, written up in the
lambs book of life
and there'll be no escape because
the stage has been set for a while
if he comes your way, he'll make you
surrender
his story's clear and his voice
so tender
Repeat chorus
If he comes your way he'll make you
surrender
his words are clear and his
love's forever
he's a rebel and he doesn't conform
that's for sure
society rules and it's fallin' right
down to the core
he always leaves you wanting him more
He's a rebel
see that rebel
yeah, that's a rebel
that's a rebel
see that rebel
there's the rebel
there's the rebel
Wishing a good day to all.
Faces to match Bob's bios.
Really liked Norman Fell, particularly in The Graduate.
There's our famous photographer, folks, with a trio of celeb's and their faces. Thanks PA
We're looking at Norman, and Steve, and Kelly.
"Don't hate me because I'm beautiful?" Actually, Kelly, the beautiful women of the world have a difficult time. Poem for today:
The Beauty Of A Woman
The beauty of a woman Is not in the clothes she wears,
The figure that she carries, Or the way she combs her hair.
The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes,
Because that is the doorway to her heart,
the place where love resides.
The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole,
But true beauty in a woman Is reflected in her soul.
It is the caring that she lovingly gives,
The passion that she shows,
And the beauty of a woman
With passing years
only grows.
edgar, I simply do not remember Norman in The Graduate.
Speaking of graduate, listeners, here's some breaking news.
Updated: 9:03 a.m. ET March 24, 2007
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - University of Florida President Bernie Machen said Friday he was "tremendously disappointed" with the school's Faculty Senate vote to deny former Gov. Jeb Bush an honorary degree.
The Senate voted 38-28 Thursday against giving the honorary degree to Bush, who left office in January.
"Jeb Bush has been a great friend of the University of Florida," said Machen, adding that the Senate's action is "unheard of."
The rest of the story:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17768626/
He looks perplexed, no?
Norman Fell was Dustin Hoffman's landlord near the college. He didn't like Dustin and wanted him out.
G. I. Jive
Johnny Mercer
[Words and Music by Johnny Mercer]
This is the G. I. Jive
Man alive
It starts with the bugler blowin' reveille
Over your bed when you arrive
Jack, that's the G. I. Jive
Roodley-toot
Jump in your suit
Make a salute
Boot
After you wash and dress
More or less
You go get your breakfast
In a beautiful little café they call, the Mess
Jack, when you convalesce
Outta your seat
Into the street
Make with the feet
Reet
If you're a P-V-T, your duty
Is to salute to L-I-E-U-T
But if you brush the L-I-E-U-T
The M-P makes you K-P on the Q-T
This is the G. I. Jive
Man alive
They give you a private tank
That features a little device called, fluid drive
Jack, after you revive
Chuck all your junk
Back in the trunk
Fall on your bunk
Clunk
---- Instrumental Interlude ----
This is the G I Jive
Man alive
They give you a private tank
That features a little device called, fluid drive
Jack, if you still survive
Chuck all your junk
Back in the trunk
Fall on your bunk
Clunk
Soon you're countin' jeeps
But before you count to five
Seems you're right back diggin' that G. I. Jive
edgar, I had to go through the archives to find the cast of The Graduate, but still couldn't recall Norman Fell. I saw that one in Baltimore. I do recall the songs of Simon and Garfunkel, however. Especially loved "The Sound of Silence."
So, you know how I adore Johnny mercer, Texas, and since we're back to war songs, how about Mr. Berlin.
Oh! How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning (1918) Lyrics
I've been a soldier quite a while
And I would like to state
The life is simply wonderful
The Army food is great
I sleep with ninety-seven others in a wooden hut
I love them all
They all love me
It's very lovely but
Oh! How I hate to get up in the morning
Oh! How I'd love to remain in bed
For the hardest blow of all
Is to hear the bugler call
Ya gotta get up
Ya gotta get up
Ya gotta get up this morning
Someday I'm going to murder the bugler
Someday they're going to find him dead
I'll amputate his reveille
And step upon it heavily
And spend the rest of my life in bed
[alternate lines in 2nd chorus:]
And then I'll get that other pup
The guy who wakes the bugler up
And spend the rest of my life in bed.
Fantastic lyrics.
The partisan
(by Anna Marly and Hy Zaret)
When they poured across the border
I was cautioned to surrender,
this I could not do;
I took my gun and vanished.
I have changed my name so often,
I've lost my wife and children
but I have many friends,
and some of them are with me.
An old woman gave us shelter,
kept us hidden in the garret,
then the soldiers came;
she died without a whisper.
There were three of us this morning
I'm the only one this evening
but I must go on;
the frontiers are my prison.
Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing,
through the graves the wind is blowing,
freedom soon will come;
then we'll come from the shadows.
Les Allemands étaient chez moi,
ils me dirent, ``Signe toi,''
mais je n'ai pas peur;
j'ai repris mon arme.
J'ai changé cent fois de nom,
j'ai perdu femme et enfants
mais j'ai tant d'amis;
j'ai la France entière.
Un vieil homme dans un grenier
pour la nuit nous a cachés,
les Allemands l'ont pris;
il est mort sans surprise.
The Germans were at my home
They said, ``Sign yourself,''
But I am not afraid
I have retaken my weapon.
I have changed names a hundred times,
I have lost wife and children
But I have so many friends;
I have all of France.
An old man, in an attic
Hid us for the night
The Germans captured him
He died without surprise.
Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing,
through the graves the wind is blowing,
freedom soon will come;
then we'll come from the shadows.
Ah, edgar. That is too lovely to be a war song. Shall we try the Spanish American War?
Well, they're strollin' in the gloamin',
When the roses are in bloom.
A soldier and his sweetheart, brave and true.
And their hearts are filled with sorrow,
For their thoughts are of tomorrow,
As she pins a rose upon his coat of blue.
"Do not ask me, love, to linger,
"When you know not what to say.
"For duty calls your sweetheart's name again.
"And your heart need not be sighing,
"That I'll be among the dying.
"I'll be with you when the roses bloom again."
When the roses bloom again,
And the sun is on the river:
The Mockingbird will sing it's sweet refrain.
And in the days of Auld Lang Syne,
I'll be with you, sweetheart mine.
Oh, I'll be with you when the roses bloom again.
With the rattle of the battle,
Came a whisper soft and low:
"Our soldier, he is fallen in the fray."
"I am dying, I am dying,
"And I know I've got to go,
"But I wanna tell you before I pass away."
"There's a far and distant river,
"Where the roses are in bloom,
"And a sweetheart who is waiting there for me.
"And it's there, I pray you'll take me.
"I'll be faithful, don't forsake me.
"I'll be with you when the roses bloom again."
When the roses bloom again,
And the sun is on the river:
The Mockingbird will sing it's sweet refrain.
And in the days of Auld Lang Syne,
I'll be with you, sweetheart mine.
Oh, I'll be with you when the roses bloom again.
Soldier, soldier, will you marry me
With your musket, fife and drum?
Oh how can I marry such a pretty little girl
When I have no coat to put on?
Off to the tailor she did go
As fast as she could run
She brought him back the finest that was there
Now soldier, put it on
Soldier, soldier, will you marry me
With your musket, fife and drum?
Oh how can I marry such a pretty little girl
When I have no shoes to put on?
Off to the cobbler she did go
As fast as she could run
She brought him back the finest that was there
Now soldier, put them on
Soldier, soldier, will you marry me
With your musket, fife and drum?
Oh how can I marry such a pretty little girl
When I have no hat to put on?
Off to the hatter she did go
As fast as she could run
She brought him back the finest that was there
Now soldier, put it on
Soldier, soldier, will you marry me
With your musket, fife and drum?
Oh how can I marry such a pretty little girl
When I've a wife and child
Hey, Texas. You're supposed to identify which war. Did we skip one?
How about the Mexican-American War, buddy.
MAID OF MONTERREY
The moon was shining brightly
Upon the battle plain;
The gentle breeze fanned lightly
The features of the slain.
Our guns had hushed their thundering,
Our drums in silence lay;
Then came the señorita,
The Maid of Monterrey.
She cast a look of anguish
On dying and on dead;
Her lap she made a pillow
For those who groaned and bled;
And when our bugles sounded
Just at the break of day,
All blessed the señorita,
The Maid of Monterrey.
She gave the thirsty water,
She dressed the bleeding wound;
Her gentle prayer she uttered
For those who groaned around.
And when the dying soldier
One brief prayer did pray,
He blessed the señorita,
The Maid of Monterrey.
Although she loved her nation
And prayed that it might live,
Yet for the dying foeman
She had a tear to give.
Then cheers to that bright beauty
Who drove death's pangs away,
The meek-eyed señorita,
The Maid of Monterrey.
Nellie nellie (Civil War)
Hey Nellie, Nellie, come to the window.
Hey Nellie, Nellie, look at what I see.
He's ridin' into town on a sway-back mule.
He's got a tall black hat and he looks like a fool.
But he sure is talkin' like he's been to school, and it's 1853.
Hey Nellie, Nellie, listen what he's sayin'.
Hey Nellie, Nellie, he says it's gettin' late.
Says all them black folks should be free,
To walk around the same as you and me.
He's talkin' about a thing they call democracy, and it's 1858.
Hey Nellie, Nellie, come to the window.
Hey Nellie, Nellie, hand me down my gun.
For the men are cheerin' and the boys are too,
They're all puttin' on their coats of blue.
And I ain't got no time to sit and talk to you, and it's 1861.
Hey Nellie, Nellie, come to the window.
Hey Nellie, Nellie, I've come back alive.
My coat of blue is stained with red,
And the man in the tall black hat is dead.
But we sure will remember all the things he said, and it's 1865.
Hey Nellie, Nellie, come to the window.
Hey Nellie, Nellie, look at what I see.
There are white folks and colored walkin' side by side,
A-marchin' in a column that's a century wide.
It was a long and a hard and a bloody ride, and it's 1963.
Magazine
Up in the little room, looking down, everybody's passing time
Princess dressed in wool, dreaming eyes, whispering her rhymes
"Rain play my song today, no one wants to know me anyway"
Perfect lover where are you?
I can't wait much more for you to come true
Shining prince inside my head,
Live inside a palace underneath my bed
And everybody knows who they are in a velvet garden of rhinestone stars
Shine down on me satin queen, overlords of insane scenes
They go dancing cross the pages of the magazine
Typewriter steel and gray, work away, everybody's going home
Over across town, caught in a crowd, still living alone
Little room for her out of the rain
A little something for the pain
Lady-in-waiting potentially for the lord of the rock 'n roll aristocracy
Dreaming in photographs at night, love's like sand held in your hand so tight
And everybody know who they are in a velvet garden of rhinestone stars
Shine down on me satin queen, overlords of insane scenes
They go dancing cross the pages of the magazine
Everyday's like the day before
Come in tired and lock the door
Paint your space with magic hands
Shining slick and dandy
Shining slick and dandy
Smile at your fans
"C'mon pretty boy sing for us take me"
Take me over the edge
I know you're good enough
And everybody knows who they are in a velvet garden of rhinestone stars
Shine down on me satin queen, overlords of insane scenes
They go dancing cross the pages of the magazine
Artist: Heart
Album: Magazine
