@edgarblythe,
Well, edgar. I love Johnny's Twelth of Never. Didn't know that George did it as well. Thanks, Texas.
I didn't know Jack Johnson either, but I was surprised to find out that he was from Oahu Hawaii. That's where the yitwails live, and since it was Jack's birthday, I found that to be a bit of synchronicity.
Here's the song that refers to "Nero fiddling", y'all.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPpzKu6p7Lo&feature=related
B.B. King and Chuck Berry also did this one but there were no lyrics, so I shall supply them for our listeners just in case that fellow was hard to understand.
There was adam, happy as a man could be
Till eve got him messin with that old apple tree
Aint that just like a woman?
Aint that just like a woman?
Aint that just like a woman?
Theyll do it every time
Lot took his wife down to the corner for a malted
She wouldnt mind her business, boy, did she get salted
Aint that just like a woman?
Aint that just like a woman?
Aint that just like a woman?
Theyll do it every time
Samson thought delilah was on the square
Till one night she clipped him all his hair
Aint that just like a woman?
Aint that just like a woman?
Aint that just like a woman?
Theyll do it every time
From our history books we all learned
Nero fiddled while rome was burned
Aint that just like a woman?
Aint that just like a woman?
Aint that just like a woman?
Theyll do it every time
Marie antoinette met some hungry cats at the gate
They was crying for bread, she said, let them eat cake
Aint that just like a woman?
Aint that just like a woman?
Aint that just like a woman?
Theyll do it every time
You can buy a woman clothes
And give her money on the side
No matter what you do
She aint never satisfied
Aint that just like a woman?
Aint that just like a woman?
Aint that just like a woman?
Theyll do it every time
