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Cwm Rhondda is Welsh for "Help Me Rhonda" in case anyone is wondering.
Hey Raggedy..ah yes the movie quizzes. Are you still faster than the rest?
T´was very kind of you to holler so when I poked my nose in last..
Shaking off now.

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Cwm Rhondda

Composed by John Hughes (1873-1932)
Words by William Williams (1716-1791)

Arglwydd, arwain trwy'r anialwch,
Fi, bererin gwael ei wedd,
Nad oes ynof nerth na bywyd
Fel yn gorwedd yn y bedd:
Hollalluog
Ydyw'r Un a'm cwyd i'r lan.

Agor y ffynhonnau melus
'N tarddu i maes o'r Graig y sydd;
Colofn dan rho'r nos i'm harwain,
A rho golofn niwl y dydd;
Rho i mi fanna
Fel na bwyf yn llwfwrhau.


Pan yn troedio glan Iorddonen,
Par i'm hofnau suddo i gyd
Dwg fi drwy y tonnau geirwon
Draw i Ganaan-gartref clyd;
Mawl diderfyn
Fydd i'th enw byth am hyn.

Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah,
Pilgrim, through this barren land;
I am weak, but Thou art mighty,
Hold me with Thy pow'rful hand:
Strong Deliverer, strong Deliverer,
Be Thou still my strength and shield.

Open Thou the crystal fountain,
Whence the healing streams do flow;
Let the fiery cloudy pillar
Lead me all my journey through:
Bread of Heaven, bread of Heaven,
Feed me now and evermore.


When I tread the verge of Jordan,
Bid my anxious fears subside;
Bear me through the swelling current,
Land me safe on Canaan's side:
Songs of praises, songs of praises,
I will ever give to Thee.

Cocher Bailey's sister Lily
Taken poorly in Caerphilly
Something happened to her liver
And she overflowed the river

Did you ever see
Did you ever see
Did you ever see
Such a funny thing before

<Francis making an approbating moue> :wink:

Hey Bob! What? You sure are ugly this morning. I'm ugly every morning. Yeah, but worse this morning. I didn't think I could get uglier. Well you can. Remember that morning long ago when you turned the mirror around to face the wall. I remember. Doesn't that make it hard to shave? Not really. You just use the same means you have to ID women. Wuzzat? Use the braille method. You better get to work. ok. Good morning listeners. The idea of working made Old Man River pop into my head. Hope you enjoy it.



Old Man River from Showboat

by William Warfield


Ol' man river.

That ol' man river.

He don't say nothin'

But he must know somethin'

Cause he just keeps rollin'

He keeps rollin' along.

Rollin' along.

---

He don't plant tators

He don't plant cotton.

Them that plants 'em is soon forgotten.

But ol' man river

He keeps rollin' along.

---

You and me

We sweat and strain.

Body all achin'

And wracked with pain.

Tote that barge.

Lift that bale.

Get a little drunk

And you land in jail.

-----

I gets weary

Sick of tryin'

I'm tired of livin'

Feared of dyin'

But ol' man river

He's rollin' along.


Hey Bob. What? That's kind of a heavy song for early in the morning. Couldn't you give them something light and fluffy. I'm not light and fluffy before coffee. Gotcha.

Good morning, WA2K.

Bob, you are absolutely right. Although it's a beautiful morning here, I need coffee to kick start my engine. After that, I will have a happier moue. <smile> Isn't it marvelous talking to ones self? It always makes for such sparkling conversation.

Delightful assortment of songs and people on our small station. When I become more lucid, I want to hear and see each one.

Speaking of hollering, hebba. There are all kinds of names containing the word "holler" in West, by God, Virginia. One that comes to mind is possom holler. Did you know that there is a wooly opossom of South America called a philanderer?

p-o-s-em-sem-I
p-o-s-em-possum pie.

Don't ask me where that came from, listeners. It just surfaced, gasping for air.

Let's have a brief review:

Bob and Gilbert and Sullivan
edgar and Neil Young
McTag and his inCHOIRing mind to the tune of Taffy, the Welshman.

There used to be a slogan that we would use after choir practice in The First Presbyterian Church. "Join the choir and see the pubs."

Well, audience, I hope that I acknowledged all contributors this morning.


Thought for Today: ``Time was invented by Almighty God in order to give ideas a chance.'' - Nicholas Murray Butler, American educator (1862-1947).



04/04/05 20:00

Good morning Letty my love. As you can see I've now had my coffee. I feel perkier. The ocean was gorgeous this morning. So I'll find someone to sing By the Beautiful sea.


By the Beautiful Sea


By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea,
You and me, you and me, oh how happy we'll be.
When each wave comes 'a rolling in
We will sing or swim and we'll float and fool around the water.

Over and under and then up for air.
Pa is rich, Ma is rich, so now what do we care.
I love to be beside your side, beside the sea,
Beside the seaside, by the beautiful sea.

Hamburgers, hot dogs, ice cream, soda pop.
Bathing suits, umbrellas, sun glasses, fishing poles.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry, Ladies and Gentlemen. Step right up and see one of the
greatest attractions of the boardwalk. And all it costs you is one thin dime,
ten cents, on tenth of a dollar. First I want you to meet the Thin Man. What's
that, lady? You say you can't see him? That's because he's standing sideways."

"Say, mister!"

"Get away boy, ya bother me! See Leena, the Laughing Hyena. What's that, mister?
You want me to make Leena laugh? Tell you what I'm going to do. I'll tell her a
joke. Leena, why does the chicken cross the road? Quiet, Leena, I'm not through
yet. And speaking of animals, right here in the next cage is a weasel. That's
right a peanut weasel."

"Hey, mister!"

"Go peddle your papers! I also want to call your attention to-"

I won't!
"You will!"
"I won't!"
"You will!"
"I won't!"
"I'm going home to Mother!"
"I'll go with you!"

"Think nothing of it, folks, that's just the half-man-half-woman having an
agreement with itself. Quiet Leena! Everybody wants to get into the act."

"Hey, mister!"

"Go home and tell your mother she want you! And now ladies and gentlemen, we
also have one of the greatest and most thrilling acts of all times. You've seen
men dive from 100 feet into a tank of water. Well we have the world's greatest
diver with us tonight."

"Hey!"

"He will dive from 300 feet into a damp dishrag."

"Hey!"

"And he's going to do it right now. There he goes!!"

"Hey, mister! Mister!"

"Well, what's on your mind, sonny?"

"They sent me to tell you they couldn't find the dishrag!"

I love to be beside your side, beside the sea,
Beside the seaside, by the beautiful sea.

Now wasn't that uplifting and Spike Jones did it so well. I'll be patient and wait for the accolades.

Accolades and laurel leaves to Bob. The ocean here is mightier than the sword, Boston. It's so fickle, though. It changes color on a whim. Unfortunately the mighty dunes are marred with the ugliest of landscapes, and that would be the sand diggers. For the necessary evil:

The Steam Shovel
by Charles Malam
The dinosaurs are not all dead
I saw one raise its iron head
To watch me walking down the road
Beyond our house today.
Its jaws were dripping with a load
Of earth and grass that it had cropped.
It must have heard me where I stopped,
Snorted white steam my way,
And stretched its long neck out to see.
And chewed and grinned quite amiably.

Might as well follow through with some steam:

James Taylor

G C
G G7 C7
Well, Im a steam roll-er, babe,-- Im bound to roll all over you.
Yes, Im a steam roll-er, now

G
D7 C
-babe, Im bound to roll__ all over you___________ Im gon-na
in-ject your soul with some

F/G C7 G C
C#dim G A7 D7
sweet rock and roll________and shoot you full of rhythm and blues._____

G C7
G G7 C7
Well, Im a cement mix-er A churn-ing urn of burning funk_
Yes, Im a ce-ment

Bb
C7 Bb G G7
mixer for you, babe,_____ A churning urn of burnin funk

D7 C F/G
C7
Well, Im a De-mo-li-tion der-by,__ yea!__ A heft-y hunk of
steaming junk.


G E7 A7 D7 G D7(+9)

G C7
Now, Im a na-palm bomb, babe, just guar-an_teed to blow your
mind.___ G7 G7(+9)

C7
G
Yea, Im a na-palm bomb___ for you , ba - by,___
Whoa_____guar-an -teed, just____Guar_


G7
D7 (+9) Db7 C7
an - teed__ to blow your mind, yea.___ If I cant have your
love for my own__now,__


F C7 G
E9 A7 D7
sweet child, wont be noth-ing left be-hind___. It seems like lately,
babe,__ got a bad case of


G G7(+9)
steam roller blues.

Hey, McTag. Try that one on your banjo.

Oh! I misunderstood. When I read laurel leaves I thought she was p****d off.

badda-boom

Don't get pissedoff too often, honey. Should I do so, I always think on hemlock and then decide that foxglove may be more beneficial for the heart.

As he convalesces, let us play one of my favorite Neil Young songs ....


OLD MAN

Old man look at my life,
I'm a lot like you were.
Old man look at my life,
I'm a lot like you were.

Old man look at my life,
Twenty four and there's so much more
Live alone in a paradise
That makes me think of two.

Love lost, such a cost,
Give me things that don't get lost.
Like a coin that won't get tossed
Rolling home to you.

Old man take a look at my life I'm a lot like you
I need someone to love me the whole day through
Ah, one look in my eyes and you can tell that's true.

Lullabies, look in your eyes,
Run around the same old town.
Doesn't mean that much to me
To mean that much to you.

I've been first and last
Look at how the time goes past.
But I'm all alone at last.
Rolling home to you.

Old man take a look at my life I'm a lot like you
I need someone to love me the whole day through
Ah, one look in my eyes and you can tell that's true.

Old man look at my life,
I'm a lot like you were.
Old man look at my life,
I'm a lot like you were.

As George enters stage left in his drum role, we welcome Tico back with a plantive song from Neil Young.(he's from Toronto, right?)

For Arnie:

The Andrews sisters - Tico tico
Oh, Tico Tico, Tick
Oh, Tico Tico, Tock
This Tico Tico, he's the cuckoo in my clock.
And when he says "cuckoo",
He means it's time to woo,
It's Tico time for all the lovers on the block.


I''v got a heavy date,
A tete a tete at eight,
So speak, Oh Tico, tell me if it's getting late?
If I'm on time, cuckoo,
But if I'm late I, woo-woo!
The one my heart is gone to may not want to wait!


For just a birdie, and a birdie who goes nowhere,
He knows of every lover's lane and how to go there;
For in affairs of the heart
My Tico's terribly smart,
He tells me: "Gently, sentiment'ly at the start!"


Oh, Oh, I hear my little Tico Tico calling
Because the time is right and shades of night are falling.
I love that not-so-cuckoo cuckoo in the clock,
Tico Tico Tico Tico Tico Tock!!!

Back later, listeners.

This is cyberspace, WA2K radio.

I wanted to sing "Walk like an Egyptian" but after my trip to Egypt, I found out that they also walk on two legs

Oh, my Gawd, listeners. It's the Hindi from Indi, back again with his droll sense of humour.

And how did you find the Nile, oh noble one? Hope you didn't smile at any crocodiles.

...continuing the Egyptian theme...


Well I said he had a lot of potential
He was only misunderstood
You know he didn't really mean to treat me so bad
He wanted to be good
And I swore one day I would tame him
Even though he loved to run hog wild
Just call me Cleopatra everybody, 'cause I'm the Queen of Denial

I knew he didn't have any money
Yeah that's why he couldn't buy me a ring
Oh and just because he bought himself a brand new pickup truck
Really didn't prove anything
And he never had to say he loved me
I could see it every time he smiled
Just call me Cleopatra everybody, 'cause I'm the Queen of Denial

Oh Queen of Denial, buyin' all his alibis
Queen of Denial, floatin' down a river of lies

Well I'm not gonna jump to conclusions
Or throw away this perfect romance
Even though I caught him dancin' last night
With a girl in a leopard skin pants
Yeah, he's probably stuck in traffic
And he'll be here in a litte while
Just call me Cleopatra everybody, 'cause I'm the Queen of Denial

Oh Queen of Denial, buyin' all his alibis
Queen of Denial, just floatin' down a river of lies

Queen of Denial, George? Wonderful how you play around with words at just the proper moment.

A few animal facts:

Differences between the alligator and the crocodile?

You can't see an alligator's teeth when it's mouth is closed; its lower teeth fit snugly into pits in the upper jaw. In contrast, a crocodile's lower teeth are always visible.

Alligators have a broad snout, while crocodiles have a thinner snout.

Alligators tend to be grayish black in color, whereas crocodiles have a light tan appearance.

Alligators can only be found in the southeastern United States and in some parts of China. Crocodiles can be found all over the world.

In the wild, alligators tend to run away. While not exactly wallflowers, they certainly prefer their own company. Some species of crocodiles, on the other hand, have legendary tempers. The Salt Water Crocodile and the Nile Crocodile have been known to eat people.
Obviously, these two creatures have more in common than not. Alligators, caimans, crocodiles, and gharials are all referred to as crocodilians, and the last 25 years have been very kind to them. Thanks to conservation efforts and threatened animal legislation, 16 of the 23 species have been returned to sustainable population levels.




· What's the difference between African and Asian elephants?
· What's the difference between frogs and toads?
· What's the difference between mules, donkeys, burros, and jackasses?

The first caller to cite the differences, becomes a recipient of a scholarship to a local college specializing in animal husbandry

another Dave Bromberg classic "Sharon"
Went to this carnival, three years ago.
No big deal, ferris wheel, the same ole' stuff you know.
There was a man outside with a speech outside a tent,
And he said it to me, and this is how it went.
Folks, you know she walks, she talks,
She crawls on her belly like a reptile.
Same ole' line except one part,
You don't need no money, boy, you pay with your heart
Oh Sharon, what do you do to these men?
You know the same rowdy crowd that was here last night is back again.
Wandered around, and looked around for a seat.
The light went low, and the band played a beat.
Out came this girl, wearing a scarf and sleeves
Did a little dance that made me weak in the knees.
That girl, she danced like her back had no bone.
The band played a tune called the Main Street Moan.
She smiled a smile the whole world could see.
She turned around, and she looked right at me.
I must have jumped six feet in the air,
And when I came down, that girl wasn't there.
Oh Sharon, what do you do to these men?
You know the same rowdy crowd that was here last night is back again.
Out came this guy with a big ole' beard,
And furry arms, man he looked like a bear.
He said that all there is, there's no more to the show
If you wanna breathe right, I think you better go.
I didn't think twice, headed straight for the door,
And when I left, I heard that big bear roar
Oh Sharon, what do you do to these men?
You know the same rowdy crowd that was here last night is back again.
Every time that carnival came, I was right there.
Lord, I learned to stay away from that mean ole' bear.
Just like the man said from his speech at the start,
When that carnival left town it took a piece of my heart.
I still get this funny feeling way down in my bones,
Whenever I hear a band play the Main Street Moan.
Oh Sharon, what do you do to these men?
You know the same rowdy crowd that was here last night is back again.
Oh Sharon, what do you do to these men?
You know the same rowdy crowd that was here last night is back again.