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I Pity the Fool
Bobby "Blue" Bland not Mr. T

I pity the fool
I said, I pity the fool
Woah, I pity the fool, yeah
I said, I pity the fool

That falls in love with you
And expects you to be true
Oh, I pity the fool

Look at the people
I know you wonder
What they're doing
They're just standing there
Watching you make a fool of me

Look at the people
I know you wonder
What they're doing
They're just standing there
Watching you make a fool of me

Oh, I pity the fool
I pity the fool
That falls in love with you
Oh, I pity the fool
I pity the fool
That falls in love with you

She'll break your heart one day
Then she'll laugh and walk away
Oh, I pity the fool

Look at the people
I know you wonder
What they're doing
They're just standing there
Watching you make a fool of me

Look at the people
I know you wonder
What they're doing
They're just standing there
Watching you make a fool of me

Oh, I pity the fool
I said, I pity the fool
Mmm, I pity the fool, yeah

Time for a Poe quiz.

What costume did Fortunato wear in The Cask of Amontillado?

The man wore motley. He had on a tight-fitting parti-striped dress and his head was surmounted by the conical cap and bells. - Poe

We have a winner, folks. (sorta)

It was a fool's cap. Poe and his irony.



Same as Prosper Merrimee's Fortunato in Mateo Falcone.

Thanks, sublime and dj. You guys know how to play.

Jacques Cousteau? Why, my goodness. That is a sublime sobriquet. Love it.

It seems that bigdice is having a birthday, folks, and he and Urs celebrated it in Florida. (clever couple)

So, here's a song for him from Jacques and all of us. Can you guess why?

Need to know
If you're letting go
It's alright
Didn't know
I was hurting you so
It's alright
You came to me from nowhere
With nothing
And no one
Hold tight
Goes to show
You never really know
It's alright
This is just one of those lonely nights
Lonely nights
The good times gonna come
See me then investing so much
In you
Came so close
To the edge
I do
In the end
We let it all go
We let it float away
On the breeze
'Round the bend
The sun is in the sky
It's starting to look like
It's gonna be
A bright
Beautiful Birthday.

poor jimmy witherspoon must have had a really hard time !
since he's such a good musician , i sure hope he's doing allright now !
hbg

i hope you won't find any ROCKS in your bed tonight - unless they are diamonds - keep looking for them !
hbg

Hehe, I just noticed my name change, not too shabby.

When you post reyn's name, you get Howdy Doody.

But what happens when you post Reyn's name?

Nevermind.

Hey, hamburger. What we need is "mo money", honey. Thanks, Canada for Witherspoon, Ella, and the Duke.

Well, Jacques, that song was by AquaLung and that is what Cousteau invented.

edgar, Howdy Doody time? So kids let's go.

Bad City Rollers



Money-can't make you turn your head now
Money-can't get you into bed now
Money
Honey-can't give more than you get now.

Money Honey you aint' got no respect
But I like to watch you just to see what you can get
And Money Honey gets you breakfast in bed
And Money Honey
oh you drive me out my head.

Living like a princess with a frown
Giving-l can't afford to cry on
Money
Honey
hey
girl come on
don't bring me down.

Money Honey you ain't got no respect . . .

Money-must it buy all I can get now
Money-without it how far will I get now
Money
Honey
holt it you'd be losing my respect now.

Money Honey you ain't got no respect .

re-yn is Howdy Doody today.

I see, edgar. Then this is for Reyn from Viv:

Elvis Presley

(Words & music by Tepper - Bennett)
Every time you look at me
I'm as helpless as can be
I become a puppet on a string
You can do 'most anything with me

All you do is touch my hand
And your wish is my command
I become a puppet on a string
You can do 'most anything with me

If you really love me
Darling please be kind
I offer you the truest love
That you will ever find

Take my heart and please be fair
Handle it with loving care
For I'm just a puppet on a string
You can do 'most anything with me

If you really love me
Darling please be kind
I offer you the truest love
That you will ever find

Take my heart and please be fair
Handle it with loving care
For I'm just a puppet on a string
You can do 'most anything with me
You can do 'most anything with me

monty python's "money song"

Love that python, hbg, and here's another by them.

Monty Python I've Got A Lovely Bunch Of Coconuts

Down at an English fair
One evening I was there,
When I heard a showman shouting
Underneath the flare:

Hoi've got a lo-ve-ly bunch o' coconuts.
There they are a-standin' in a row.
Big ones, small ones, some as big as yer 'ead!
Give 'em a twist, a flick o' the wrist,
That's what the showman said.

Hoi've got a lo-ve-ly bunch o' coconuts.
Hevery ball yer throw will make me rich.
There stands me wife, the idol of me life,
Singin' "roll a-bowl a ball, a penny a pitch!

Singin' roll a-bowl a ball, a penny a pitch!
Singin' roll a-bowl a ball, a penny a pitch!
Roll a-bowl a ball, roll a-bowl a boll, singin' roll a-bowl a ball a penny a pitch!

Instumental

I've got a lo-ve-ly bunch of coconuts (They're lovely!)
There they are a standing in a row.
(One, two, three, four)
Big ones, small ones, some as big as your head
(And bigger)
Give 'em a twist, a flick of the wrist, thats what the showman said.

Now that hoi've got a lo-ve-ly bunch of coconuts.
(La-da-de-da-da)
Hevery ball you throw will make me rich.
(Have a banana)
There stands me wife, the idol of me life,
Singin' roll a-bowl a ball, a penny a pitch!

All together now!

Singin' roll a-bowl a ball, a penny a pitch!
(Harmony!)
Singin' roll a-bowl a ball, a penny a pitch!
Roll a-bowl a ball, roll a-bowl a ball, singin' roll a-bowl a ball, a penny a pitch.

Instumental

Singin' roll a-bowl a ball, a penny a pitch!

...to church on sunday , but shimmy on monday ,,,

hamburger, bless Billie wherever she is. She was right. It ain't nobody's business.

Well, I must say good night.

Love, love, love, love to you all.

From Letty with love

Although the 32nd of March is already yesterday, here's my favourite song about fooling others
(Lonnie Donegan)



Now, this here's the story about the Rock Island line
Now, the Rock Island line is a railroad line
And it runs down into New Orleasn
And just outside of New Orleans is a big toll gate
And all the trains that go through the toll gate
Why, they gotta pay the man some money
Less of course, they got certain things on board
Then they okay, then they don't ever have to pay the man nothin'
And right now, we see a train
She's comin' on down the line
And when she got up here to the toll gate
The-a depot, he shout down to the driver
He want to know what he got on board
So he say a
What you got on board there, boy
And the driver, he sing right on back
Down to the depot agent
Tell him what he got on board
The got a way of singing

I got sheep, I got cows
I got horses, I got pigs
I got all livestock
I got all livestock
I got all livestock

And the man say, well, he say
Your alright there, boy
You don't have to pay me nothin'
Just get 'em on through
So the train go through the toll gate
And as it go through
It got up a little bit of steam
And a, a little bit of speed
And when he sees me
On the other side of the toll gate
They, the driver shout back
Down the line to the man
'Course you don't hear what he say now
But home down the Rock Island line

I fooled you, I fooled you
I got pig iron, I got pig iron
I got all pig iron

He said, tell you where I'm goin', boy
Goin' down the Rock Island line, yes, yes
She's a mighty good road
Oh well, the Rock Island line
She's a mighty good road
Rock Island line is the road to ride
Ya, the Rock Island line
Is a mighty good road
And if you want to ride
You gotta ride it
Like you find it
Get your ticket at the station
On the Rock Island line
Well, I may be right
I may be wrong
I know you're gonna miss me when I'm gone

Ya,the Rock Island line
She's a mighty good road
Rock Island line is the road to ride
Ya, the Rock Island line
she's a mighty good road
And if you want to ride
You gotta ride it
Like you find it
Get your ticket at the station
On the Rock Island line

A B C, W X Y Z
Cat's in the cupboard
But he don't see me

Now, the Rock Island line
She's a mighty good road
Rock Island line is the road to ride
Ya, the Rock Island line
She's a mighty good road
And if you want to ride
You gotta ride it
Like you find it
Get your ticket at the station
On the Rock Island line

Hallaluah, I'm safe from sin
The good Lord's comin'
For to see me again

Keep it goin'

And the Rock Island line
She's a mighty good road
Rock Island line is the road to ride
Ya, the Rock Island line
She's a mighty good road
And if you want to ride
You gotta ride it
Like you find it
Get your ticket at the station
On the Rock Island line

The Rock Island line
She's a mighty good road
Rock Island line is the road to ride
Ya, the Rock Island line
She's a mighty good road
And if you want to ride
You gotta ride it
Like you find it
Get your ticket at the station
On the Rock Island line

Good morning, WA2K listeners and contributors.

Well, my goodness, there's our Walter aboard the Rock Island Lion. My dad was a railroad man, and that gave me a great boost this morning. Thanks for your observation, Germany, and especially the funny way of saying that it is April 2.

Here's one for the rails.

Bringin' on water and shovelin' coal
Tryin' to make some honest pay
My Papa said, "Son it's a good old job"
"Just a workin' on the railway"
Up with the sun most everyday
Down to the railroad yard
Drivin' those spikes and liftin' ties
And fixin' those railroad cars

Chorus:
I'm workin', I'm workin', I'm workin' hard
Just a workin' in the railway yard
I'm workin', I'm workin', I'm workin' hard
Just a workin' in the railway yard

Spreadin' that gravel underneath the tracks
Replacin' those worn out ties
The sound of the metal hittin' iron and steel
As another train rolls by
Swingin' that hammer 'til my body aches
Poundin' 'til my hands are red
Doin' everything from checkin' brakes
To buildin' the flagman's shed

Chorus

I tell everyone the pay ain't much
And the work is mighty hard
They say, "Joe why don't you quite
A workin' in the railway yard"
But I just smile and shake my head
'Cause I could never see the day
When I'm not gettin' my hands a dirty
Just a workin' on the railway

Chorus

Buddy Ebsen
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Birth name Christian Rudolf Ebsen Jr.
Born April 2, 1908
Belleville, Illinois, USA
Died July 6, 2003

Buddy Ebsen (April 2, 1908 - July 6, 2003) was an American actor and dancer, who is best-remembered for his role as Jed Clampett in the popular television series The Beverly Hillbillies.





Early years

Born Christian Rudolf Ebsen Jr. in Belleville, Illinois; his father, Christian Ebsen, was Danish and his mother, Frances, was Latvian.[1] He was raised in Belleville until age 10, when his family moved to Palm Beach County, Florida. After a brief stay there, Ebsen and his family, in 1920, relocated to Orlando, Florida. Ebsen and his sisters learned to dance at the dance studio his father operated in Orlando. He graduated from Orlando High School in 1926. Initially interested in a medical career, Ebsen attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida from 1926-1927; and then Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida from 1927-1928. Family financial problems, that resulted from the collapse of the Florida land boom, forced him to leave college for good at age 20.


Professional career

Ebsen left Orlando in the summer of 1928 to try his luck as a dancer. When he arrived in New York, he had $26.75 in his pocket. He and his sister Vilma Ebsen formed an act and performed in supper clubs and in vaudeville ?- they were known as "The Baby Astaires". On Broadway they appeared as members of the chorus in Whoopee (1928), Flying Colors (1932) and the Ziegfeld Follies of 1934. A rave from Walter Winchell, who saw them perform in Atlantic City, gave them a boost and led to a booking at the Palace Theatre, the pinnacle of the vaudeville world.

In 1936, the Ebsens were approached by MGM for a screen test, and signed a two year contract with a two-year option, with their salary to be $1,500 a wekk for each of them. They moved to Hollywood, and made their film debut in Broadway Melody of 1936. This was to be Vilma's first and only film - a contract problem prevented her from making any other films, and she shortly retired from show busness - but Buddy appeared in numerous screen musicals including 1936's Born to Dance and Captain January (in which he danced with Shirley Temple), Broadway Melody of 1938 (in which he danced with a young Judy Garland) and The Girl of the Golden West (1938). He partnered with Eleanor Powell and Frances Langford, among others, and also danced solo.

Ebsen was noted for his unusual, almost surreal dancing and singing style (see, for example, his contribution to the "Swingin' the Jinx Away" finale of Born to Dance), which may be a reason that Walt Disney chose Ebsen to be filmed dancing in front of a grid as an aide to animating Mickey Mouse's dancing in Disney's Silly Symphonies.


Despite having turned down Louis B. Mayer's offer of an exclusive contract with MGM, earning Mayer's warning that he would never get a job in Hollywood again, he was cast in the role of "The Scarecrow" in the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz, but later swapped roles with Ray Bolger, who was to play "The Tin Man". Ebsen recorded all his songs, went through all the rehearsals, and started filming with the rest of the cast, but he was rushed to the hospital nine days after filming began when his lungs seized after a week of inhaling aluminum dust from the "tin" makeup.

While Ebsen was in the hospital for two weeks, recovering from his near-fatal reaction to the dust, he was replaced by Jack Haley. Haley didn't run the same risk, as the makeup was changed in the meantime from a dust to a paste. (Although Haley re-recorded most of Ebsen's vocals, Ebsen's midwestern voice with the enunciated "r" in the word "wizard" can still be heard on the soundtrack during a couple of the reprises of "We're Off to See the Wizard".) As noted in a documentary included with the 2005 DVD release of Wizard of Oz, MGM did not publicize the reasons for Ebsen leaving the film, and even Haley wasn't made aware of why Ebsen left until later. In an interview videotaped before his death (also included on the DVD), Ebsen recalled that the studio heads didn't believe he was sick until someone tried to order Ebsen back to the set and was intercepted by an angry nurse. Footage of Ebsen as "The Tin Man" was included as an extra with the U.S. 50th anniversary video release of the film.

(Ironically, despite the nearly fatal makeup reaction, Ebsen far outlived almost all the cast and crew members of The Wizard of Oz, except for a few Munchkins ?- although to be fair he was somewhat younger than almost all of his major co-stars, except, of course, for Judy Garland.)

After the Oz debacle, Ebsen return to Broadway, where he starred in Yokel Boy (1939). In films, he appeared only in minor Westerns for many years. From 1941 to 1946, Ebsen served as a lieutenant in the United States Coast Guard.

Ebsen lost yet another iconic landmark role: he was originally slated to play Davy Crockett for the Walt Disney television series in the mid-1950s, until Disney saw Fess Parker. Parker played Crockett and Ebsen was demoted to Crockett's fictional sidekick "George Russell" for the series, which became an tremendous sensation.

Ebsen had a notable film role as a country veterinarian "Doc Golightly" who was married to "Holly Golightly" (Audrey Hepburn) in the 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany's. This is credited with bringing him to the attention of the producers of the The Beverly Hillbillies, who offered him the role of Jed Clampett, patriarch of a hillybilly family who struck it rich and moved to Beverly Hills. Ebsen had been thinking about retiring, but changed his mind after reading the script.

Ebsen finally became truly famous with The Beverly Hillbillies. Although the 1962 series was scorned by critics, the show was a massive hit, attracting as many as sixty million viewers on CBS between 1962 and 1971. Although Irene Ryan as Granny received the most critical notice, earning two Emmy nominations, and Donna Douglas received the most fan mail and media publicity, Ebsen was the show's most prominent star in the ensemble cast. The series was still earning good ratings when it was canceled by CBS because advertisers began shunning shows that attracted a rural audience.

Because Ebsen, unlike many in Hollywood, was a conservative Republican, some fallout resulted from his refusal to endorse fellow Beverly Hillbillies co-star Nancy Kulp for a Congressional seat in Pennsylvania. Ebsen asserted that she was "too liberal" for his tastes and instead endorsed her opponent; they never spoke again.

Ebsen later starred in a TV detective series, Barnaby Jones, beginning in 1973 and running through 1980. His last work was mainly in television, reprising his Beverly Hillbillies and Barnaby Jones roles.

Although generally retired from acting as he entered his 80s, he had an amusing cameo in the film version of The Beverly Hillbillies, again playing "Barnaby Jones", with the TV theme underscoring the scene. This cameo would prove to be his final motion picture appearance, although Ebsen would go on to appear in an episode of the 1994 revival of Burke's Law and, in 1999, make his final acting appearance anywhere, providing a voice for an episode of King of the Hill. Illness and infirmity kept him from a cameo on Son of the Beach.

As Ebsen entered his 90s, he continued to keep active, and there were media reports that he had begun work on his first novel about a year before his death at the age of 95. One of the last known on camera interviews with Buddy Ebsen was conducted by Steven F. Zambo. A small portion of this interview can be seen in the 2005 PBS program The Pioneers of Primetime.

Buddy Ebsen has a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame.