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Letty
 
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Reply Mon 18 Jul, 2005 02:45 pm
How very odd, listeners. I did some research on Boo's song and came up with this:


World War I gave us "All Quiet on the Western Front," "Over There," and Hemingway.The Second War gave us a thousand movies, some memorable songs, "Mister Roberts," The Naked and the Dead, and "From Here to Eternity." Vietnam has been a cottage industry of films, books and endless debate. Those of us who fought in Korea didn't have a song, not even a protest song. We had no Bob Dylan. There were a few movies, a few good books, and "M*A*S*H." Which is why the Americans who went to Korea nearly half a century ago deserve books like this, "Korean Vignettes" with it's magnificent "faces of war." A forgotten war? Not when we are reminded of men like these who fought there. Forget Korea? We might as well forget the young men we ourselves were. And the young men left behind.

James Brady
Plt Ldr, Co XO & Bn S-2
USMC Korea 1951-1952
Mr. Brady is a correspondent for PARADE magazine and
author of "The Coldest War," a memoir of Korea.
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bobsmythhawk
 
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Reply Mon 18 Jul, 2005 03:04 pm
Media! Media! Media! I am aghast. When will they learn how to communicate? Just look at these jaw dropping examples.

Actual Newspaper Headlines (collected by journalists)

1. Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says
2. Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers
3. Safety Experts Say School Bus Passengers Should Be Belted
4. Drunk Gets Nine Months in Violin Case
5. Survivor of Siamese Twins Joins Parents
6. Farmer Bill Dies in House
7. Iraqi Head Seeks Arms
8. Is There a Ring of Debris around Uranus?
9. Stud Tires Out
10. Prostitutes Appeal to Pope
11. Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over
12. Soviet Virgin Lands Short of Goal Again
13. British Left Waffles on Falkland Islands
14. Lung Cancer in Women Mushrooms
15. Eye Drops off Shelf
16. Teacher Strikes Idle Kids
17. Reagan Wins on Budget, But More Lies Ahead
18. Squad Helps Dog Bite Victim
19. Shot Off Woman's Leg Helps Nicklaus to 66
20. Enraged Cow Injures Farmer with Ax
21. Plane Too Close to Ground, Crash Probe Told
22. Miners Refuse to Work after Death
23. Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant
24. Stolen Painting Found by Tree
25. Two Soviet Ships Collide, One Dies
26. Two Sisters Reunited after 18 Years in Checkout Counter
27. Killer Sentenced to Die for Second Time in 10 Years
28. Never Withhold Herpes Infection from Loved One
29. Drunken Drivers Paid $1000 in `84
30. War Dims Hope for Peace
31. If Strike isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last a While
32. Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures
33. Enfields Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide
34. Red Tape Holds Up New Bridge
35. Deer Kill 17,000
36. Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead
37. Man Struck by Lightning Faces Battery Charge
38. New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group
39. Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft
40. Kids Make Nutritious Snacks
41. Chef Throws His Heart into Helping Feed Needy
42. Arson Suspect is Held in Massachusetts Fire
43. British Union Finds Dwarfs in Short Supply
44. Ban On Soliciting Dead in Trotwood
45. Lansing Residents Can Drop Off Trees
46. Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half
47. New Vaccine May Contain Rabies
48. Man Minus Ear Waives Hearing
49. Deaf College Opens Doors to Hearing
50. Air Head Fired
51. Steals Clock, Faces Time
52. Prosecutor Releases Probe into Undersheriff
53. Old School Pillars are Replaced by Alumni
54. Bank Drive-in Window Blocked by Board
55. Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors
56. Some Pieces of Rock Hudson Sold at Auction
57. Sex Education Delayed, Teachers Request Training
58. Include your Children When Baking Cookies
59. 4-H Girls Win Prizes for Fat Calves
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Diane
 
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Reply Mon 18 Jul, 2005 03:08 pm
Yitwail, I'm such a tough old broad that google spit out the Constipation Blues at my request. Here goes:

CONSTIPATION BLUES - 3 April 2004
PegLeg Camp, Anza-Borrego DSP, CA

Ya ate too much cheese and not enough beans
Grapes insteada cabbage,
well ya know what that means
-
[chorus:]
Wo, wo, ya got the Constipation Blues
-
Ya ate too many pancakes and not enough granola
Two days later yer headin' for the toilet
[chorus]
-
[break:] Take some exLax, take it fast
Stop that gas comin' outa yer ass, man
[chorus]
-
[instrumental]
-
Ya fart real strong an' ya fart real loud
Ya can knock down Tokyo, now ain't ya proud?
[chorus]
-
Ya melted lotsa chedder on yer brussel sprouts
3 days later yer still tryin' to squeeze'em out
[chorus]
-
[break again] [instrumental] [chorus] [chorus]

Hmmm.

Bob I loved your list of newspaper headlines. Isn't it amazing how an innocent little word can change the connotion of a sentence and how an idiot editor can let those things get through?

There are some insurance claim excuses that are mind blowing.
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bobsmythhawk
 
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Reply Mon 18 Jul, 2005 03:11 pm
Thanks for the praise, Di. I'd like to reciprocate but yours was really a bummer.
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Letty
 
  1  
Reply Mon 18 Jul, 2005 03:32 pm
All a case of misplace modifiers, Bob. Great, however. Thanks, Boston.

Lord, and to think Diane used to be timid. Laughing I guess being on the "dystaff" side would sorta baptise a person, right listeners?

I just remembered, listeners. I watched O'Brother Where Art Thou a couple of days ago and I still love every song from it.

Sooooo, for Diane and dys:(with a wry smile, of course)

As I went down in the river to pray
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the starry crown
Good Lord, show me the way !

O sisters let's go down,
Let's go down, come on down,
O sisters let's go down,
Down in the river to pray.

As I went down in the river to pray
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the robe and crown
Good Lord, show me the way !

O brothers let's go down,
Let's go down, come on down,
Come on brothers let's go down,
Down in the river to pray.

As I went down in the river to pray
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the starry crown
Good Lord, show me the way !

O fathers let's go down,
Let's go down, come on down,
O fathers let's go down,
Down in the river to pray.

As I went down in the river to pray
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the robe and crown
Good Lord, show me the way !

O mothers let's go down,
Let's go down, don't you want to go down,
Come on mothers let's go down,
Down in the river to pray.

As I went down in the river to pray
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the starry crown
Good Lord, show me the way !

O sinners let's go down,
Let's go down, come on down,
O sinners let's go down,
Down in the river to pray.

As I went down in the river to pray
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the robe and crown
Good Lord, show me the way !
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yitwail
 
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Reply Mon 18 Jul, 2005 04:20 pm
diane, it's not often i get outgoogled, but thanks for tying up a loose end, so to speak. Rolling Eyes
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Letty
 
  1  
Reply Mon 18 Jul, 2005 04:29 pm
Ahem. Now back to the news:

Wild panda causes panic in southwest China Mon Jul 18, 7:39 AM ET



BEIJING (AFP) - A wild panda who ventured into a southwest Chinese city caused panic among residents who thought she was a thief before she was finally captured by firemen after a lengthy chase.



The animal was found in the early hours of Saturday in Dujiangyan city in Sichuan province, climbing over a fence and entering a housing estate, numerous media reports said Monday.

Local residents at first thought she was a thief and alerted police.

More agile than most pandas in zoos or reserves, the animal hopped from roof to roof, evading residents who tried to capture it.

She was later seen in a river. After swimming two kilometers (1.24 miles), the panda climbed up a riverside tree to rest.

An anaesthetist managed to shoot the bear with a tranquilizer and after it fell asleep, firemen climbed up the tree, tied the panda to a rope and lifted it down.

The endangered animals normally avoid people, preferring to live high in the bamboo-forested mountains, but the mountains around Dujiangyan city are a major habitat for the animals.

Panda experts interviewed by the Xinhua news agency said it might have been hunting for "Mr. Right" as she was of puberty age.

"Alternatively, she might have been driven by her mother away from home to lead an independent life," said Li Desen, a zoologist with the Wolong giant panda research center in Sichuan.

She also could have fallen into a river while searching for a habitat and was washed all the way into the city proper, Li said.

Doctors later found the panda suffered liver and kidney dysfunctions and had injured her paws.

She has not taken a bite of the fresh bamboo leaves and glucose her keepers have prepared for her.

"She's obviously scared during the adventure, but she's probably not feeling well either," Li said.

Researchers are interviewing eyewitnesses to determine where the panda came from, apparently in hopes of eventually returning her home.

There are only about 1,590 of the endangered species living in the wild, all in China. Another 161 have been raised in captivity.

Deforestation, development and poaching have contributed to their demise.

So sad, folks.
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Letty
 
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Reply Mon 18 Jul, 2005 04:46 pm
For our vanishing Pandas:




He lives all alone but the bamboo forest knows him
Now his land is taken by man he's got nowhere left to go
When he used to roam through all of China's mountains
It was his home--the only place he knows

He was born on the mountain's Eastern side
Where the sun brings the morning to the sky
In the snow the human hunters hide
A shot is heard but no one hears him cry

Oh Panda Bear--my gentle friend
I don't want to say goodby
Oh Panda Bear--when will the killing end
When will we see the light?

He can feel the night, the last sunset is in his eyes
They will carry him away, take his beauty for their prize
Ah, but hunger would have come when the bamboo forest died

Oh Panda Bear--you can't seem to win
No matter how hard you try
Oh Panda Bear--my gentle friend
I don't want to say goodbye

Now his body lies on the mountain's Western side
He was sold to a man whose money has no pride
Shining fur traded for gold but the price is too high
His kind is almost gone He wants to survive

He was born on the mountain's Eastern side
Where the sun brings the morning to the sky
If we will try to share that morning light
We will find that we all have the right to life

Oh Panda Bear--my gentle friend
I don't want to say goodbye
Oh Panda Bear--when will the killing end
When will we get it right?
Panda
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Mon 18 Jul, 2005 06:28 pm
Grizzely Bear

Oh that grizzely, grizzely grizzely bear
Oh that grizzely, grizzely grizzely bear
I said that grizzely, grizzely grizzely bear
Oh that grizzely, grizzely grizzely bear

I'm gonna tell you a story 'bout that grizzely bear
I'm gonna tell you a story 'bout that grizzely bear
Oh you better watch out for that grizzely bear
'Cause he's a mean old grizzely, grizzely bear
Oh that grizzely, grizzely grizzely bear
I said that grizzely, grizzely grizzely bear

He come a walkin' and a talkin' that grizzely bear
He come a huffin' and a puffin' that grizzely bear
He come a wobblin' and a swabblin' that grizzely bear
He's a mean old grizzely, grizzely bear
Oh that grizzely, grizzely grizzely bear
I said that grizzely, grizzely grizzely bear

He had long black hair that grizzely bear
He had big blue eyes that grizzely bear
Oh well a tell me who was that grizzely bear
I say the capt'n was the grizzely, grizzely bear
Oh that grizzely, grizzely grizzely bear
I shot me a grizzely, grizzely grizzely bear
Oh well that grizzely, grizzely grizzely bear
I said the capt'n ain't nothin' but a grizzely bear

Oh well my momma was a scared o' that grizzely bear
Oh yes my momma was a scared o' that grizzely bear
Oh well my poppa went a-huntin' for that grizzely bear
Yes my poppa went a-huntin' for that grizzely bear
Oh that grizzely, grizzely grizzely bear
I said that grizzely, grizzely grizzely bear
Oh well that grizzely, grizzely grizzely bear
I say that grizzely, grizzely grizzely bear

Oh well I ain't a-scared o' that grizzely bear
I tell you I ain't a-scared o' that grizzely bear
Ah now listen while I tell you 'bout that grizzely bear
I said listen while I tell you 'bout that grizzely bear
Oh that grizzely, grizzely grizzely bear
I said I'm gonna kill that grizzely bear
Oh well that grizzely, grizzely grizzely bear
I say I'm gonna kill that grizzely bear

Oh that grizzely, grizzely grizzely bear
I say that griz griz grizzely grizzely bear
Oh that grizzely, grizzely grizzely bear
I say that grizzely, grizzely grizzely bear

I'm gonna kill-a that grizzely bear
Oh well a I'm gonna cut that grizzely bear
Oh well-a I'm gonna stomp that grizzely bear
I'm gonna put him in a box that grizzely bear
Yes that grizzely grizzely grizzely bear
He's a mean old grizzely grizzely bear
I'm gonna bite that grizzely grizzely bear
I said a I'm a-gonna kill that grizzely bear
Oh that grizzely grizzely grizzely bear
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djjd62
 
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Reply Mon 18 Jul, 2005 06:36 pm
The Bear Went Over the Mountain

Tune: For He's a Jolly Good Fellow
Written By: Unknown
Copyright Unknown

The bear went over the mountain,
The bear went over the mountain,
The bear went over the mountain,
To see what he could see

To see what he could see,
To see what he could see

The other side of the mountain,
The other side of the mountain,
The other side of the mountain,
Was all that he could see

Was all that he could see,
Was all that he could see,
The other side of the mountain,
Was all that he could see!
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Mon 18 Jul, 2005 06:42 pm
Talkin Bear Mountain Massacree - Dylan

I saw it advertised one day,
Bear Mountain picnic was comin' my way.
"Come along 'n' take a trip,
We'll bring you up there on a ship.
Bring the wife and kids
Bring the whole family."
Yippee!

Well, I run right down 'n' bought a ticket
To this Bear Mountain Picnic.
But little did I realize
I was in for a picnic surprise.
Had nothin' to do with mountains.
I didn't even come close to a bear.

Took the wife 'n' kids down to the pier,
Six thousand people there,
Everybody had ticket for the trip.
"Oh well." I said, "it's a pretty big ship.
Besides, anyway, the more the merrier."

Well, we all got on 'n' what d'ya think,
That big old boat started t' sink
More people kept a-pilin' on,
That old ship was a-slowly goin' down.
Funny way t' start a picnic.

Well, I soon lost track of m' kids 'n' wife,
So many people there I never saw in m' life
That old ship sinkin' down in the water,
Six thousand people tryin' t' kill each other,
Dogs a-barkin', cats a-meowin',
Women screamin', fists a-flyin', babies cryin',
Cops a-comin', me a-runnin'.
Maybe we just better call off the picnic.

I got shoved down 'n' pushed around,
All I could hear there was a screamin' sound,
Don't remember one thing more,
Just remember walkin' up on a little shore,
Head busted, stomach cracked,
Feet splintered, I was bald, naked. . .
Quite lucky to be alive though.

Feelin' like I climbed outa m' casket,
I grabbed back hold of m' picnic basket.
Took the wife 'n' kids 'n' started home,
Wishin' I'd never got up that morn.

Now, I don't care just what you do,
If you wanta have a picnic, that's up t' you.
But don't tell me about it, I don't wanta hear it,
'Cause, see, I just lost all m' picnic spirit.
Stay in m' kitchen, have m' own picnic. . .
In the bathroom.

Now, it don't seem to me quite so funny
What some people are gonna do f'r money.
There's a bran' new gimmick every day
Just t' take somebody's money away.
I think we oughta take some o' these people
And put 'em on a boat, send 'em up to Bear Mountain . . .
For a picnic.
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Letty
 
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Reply Mon 18 Jul, 2005 07:04 pm
ah, listeners, bear in mind that our BEAR is all right and posting stuff on A2K. <smile>

good grief, folks. I just happened to remember a book I read once, called The Night of the Grizzly. I do believe that it had to do with oil rigs and such.

edgar and dj, we can always count on you both for great stuff, whether old or new.

Well, Letty is definitely had too much to bear today, so I must say goodnight a wee bit early.

Guide me safely through the night,
Wake me with the morning light.

Blowin' kisses to everyone here.

From Letty with love.
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AngeliqueEast
 
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Reply Mon 18 Jul, 2005 07:17 pm
Diane wrote:
Yitwail, I'm such a tough old broad that google spit out the Constipation Blues at my request. Here goes:

CONSTIPATION BLUES - 3 April 2004
PegLeg Camp, Anza-Borrego DSP, CA

Ya ate too much cheese and not enough beans
Grapes insteada cabbage,
well ya know what that means
-
[chorus:]
Wo, wo, ya got the Constipation Blues
-
Ya ate too many pancakes and not enough granola
Two days later yer headin' for the toilet
[chorus]
-
[break:] Take some exLax, take it fast
Stop that gas comin' outa yer ass, man
[chorus]
-
[instrumental]
-
Ya fart real strong an' ya fart real loud
Ya can knock down Tokyo, now ain't ya proud?
[chorus]
-
Ya melted lotsa chedder on yer brussel sprouts
3 days later yer still tryin' to squeeze'em out
[chorus]
-
[break again] [instrumental] [chorus] [chorus]

Hmmm.

Bob I loved your list of newspaper headlines. Isn't it amazing how an innocent little word can change the connotion of a sentence and how an idiot editor can let those things get through?

There are some insurance claim excuses that are mind blowing.



I never heard that song before, great song! Ha, ha, ha, ha Thanks for sharing it.
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Mon 18 Jul, 2005 08:38 pm
Been a Jerry Lee Lewis fan since 1957.

Middle Age Crazy

Today he traded his '98 Oldsmobile
He got a heck of a deal on a new Porsche car
He isn't wearing his usual gray business suits
He's got jeans and high boots with an embroidered star

Cause today he's 40 years old, going on 20
But don't look for the gray in his hair
Cause he ain't got any
He's got a young thing beside him
That just melts in his hands
And he's middle aged crazy
Trying to prove he still can

He's got a woman he's loved for a long, long time at home
But the thrill is all gone, when they turn down the lights
And today he's 40 years old, going on 20
And don't look for the gray in his hair
Cause he ain't got any

And that young thing beside him, you know she understands
He's just middle aged crazy
Trying to prove he still can
Yes, he's middle aged crazy
Trying to prove he still can.
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Diane
 
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Reply Mon 18 Jul, 2005 10:56 pm
A little wimsy before retiring:

Rhyme of the Chivalrous Shark

Most chivalrous fish of the ocean
To ladies forbearing and mild,
Though his record be dark,
is the man-eating shark,
Who will eat neither woman nor child.

He dines upon seamen and skippers,
And tourists his hunger assuage,
And a fresh cabin boy
will inspire him with joy
If he's past the maturity age.

A doctor, a lawyer, a preacher,
He'll gobble one any fine day,
But the ladies, God bless 'em
He'll only address 'em
Politely and go on his way.

I can readily cite you an instance
Where a lovely young lady of Breem,
Who was tender and sweet
and delicious to eat
Fell into the bay with a scream.

She struggled and flounced in the water,
And signaled in vain for her bar,
And she'd surely been drowned
if she hadn't been found
By a chivalrous man-eating shark.

He bowed in a manner most polished
Thus soothing her impulses wild.
"Don't be frightened," he said,
"I've been properly bred,
And will eat neither woman nor child."

Then her proffered his fin and she took it
Such gallantry none can dispute.
While the passengers cheered
as the vessel they neared
And a broadside was fired in salute.

And they soon stood alongside the vessel,
When a life-saving dinghy was lowered
With the pick of the crew,
And her relatives too
And the mate and the skipper aboard.

So they took her aboard in a jiffy,
And the shark stood attention the while,
Then he raised on his flipper
and ate up the skipper
And went on his way with a smile.

And this shows that the prince of the ocean,
To ladies forbearing and mile,
Though his record be dark
Is the man-eating shark,
Who will eat neither woman nor child.

Oh no, is Alfred Packer with me in some weird way? Did djjd's lyrics do me in? Do I have people being eaten on my mind? Hope I don't dream tonight....but sweet dreams to everyone else. http://www.coolsmilies.net/affection/kiss2.gif
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Letty
 
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Reply Tue 19 Jul, 2005 03:45 am
Good morning, WA2K radio.

Ahhhh, it is so peaceful and quiet this morning, and I enjoyed edgar's Jerry Lee and Diane's Chivalrous Shark music.

Speaking of different songs, listeners. Here's a funny one that we'll dedicate to the hamster:


Bye, Bye, System
(to Bye, Bye, Blackbird)
by Albert Corda, Richard Holmes & David Kinder
Pack up all your I and O.
Here we go.
Core is low.
Bye, bye, system.

Watch the swapper swap you out.
Moan and cry,
Scream and shout.
Bye, bye, system.

No interpreter can understand me.
SOS has given up and banned me.

RIB block errors did me in.
JD swapped,
Just can't win.
System, bye, bye.

I don't understand one word of that song, but I do know the original melody and lyrics:

Wrap up all my cares and woes,
Here I go swinging low,
Bye, bye blackbird.
Where somebody waits for me,
Sugar sweet, so is he,
Bye, bye blackbird.

No one seems to love or understand me,
Oh, what hard luck stories they all hand me.

Make my bed and light the light,
I'll be home, late tonight,

Black bird, bye bye.
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Tue 19 Jul, 2005 04:35 am
I Don't Care if the Sun Don't Shine

(M. David)


Well, I don't care if the sun don't shine.
I get my lovin' in the evening time
When I'm with my baby.

Well, it ain't no fun with the sun around.
I get going when the sun goes down
And I'm with my baby.

Well, that's when we're gonna kiss and kiss
and kiss and kiss,
And we're gonna kiss some more.
Who cares how many times we kiss,
'Cause at a time like this, who keeps score?

Well, I don't care if the sun don't shine
I get my loving in the evening time
When I meet my baby.

And it don't matter if it's sleet or snow,
The drive-in's cozy when the lights are low
And I'm with my baby.

Makes no difference if the rain comes down
I don't notice when she's around.
Oh boy, what a baby.

Well, that's when we're gonna kiss and kiss
and kiss and kiss
and
We're gonna kiss some more.
Well, one kiss from my baby doll
Makes me hot-
More more more more.

Well, I don't care if the sun don't shine
I get my loving in the evening time
When I'm with my baby.

Well, that's when we're gonna kiss and kiss
and kiss and kiss
and
We're gonna kiss some more.
Well, one kiss from my baby doll
Makes me hot-
More more more more.

Well, I don't care if the sun don't shine
I get my loving in the evening time
When I'm with my baby.
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bobsmythhawk
 
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Reply Tue 19 Jul, 2005 04:49 am
Vikki Carr
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Vikki Carr (born July 19, 1941 in El Paso, Texas as Florencia Bisenta de Casillas Martinez Cardona). American singer who has sung in a variety of music genres, including jazz, pop and country, but has enjoyed her greatest success singing in Spanish.

In 1966 she toured Vietnam with actor/comedian Danny Kaye. The following year her album It Must Be Him was nominated for three Grammy Awards. The title track from that album reached No. 3 on the music charts. Altogether she had three songs which made it to the top 40 in the late '60s, including With Pen in Hand in 1969.

In 1968, she taped six Vikki Carr specials for London Weekend TV. That same year she was voted "Outstanding Entertainer of the Year" in Los Angeles. In 1970, she was named "Woman of the Year" by the Los Angeles Times. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1981. Carr also achieved the rare feat of singing for five presidents during her career: Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and George Bush.

In the '80s and '90s she had enormous success in the Latin music world, winning Grammy Awards for Best Mexican-American Recording in 1985 for the album Simplemente Mujer; for Latin Pop Album in 1992 for the disc Cosas del Amor; and for Best Mexican-American Recording in 1995 for Recuerdo a Javier Solis. She also received Grammy nominations for the discs Brindo a La Vida, Al Bolero, A Ti (1993) and Emociones (1996). Her numerous Spanish-language hit singles include Total, Disculpame, Dejame, Hay Otro en Tu Lugar, Esos Hombres, Mala Suerte and Cosas del Amor. The latter song spent more than two months at No. 1 on the U.S. Latin charts in 1991, her biggest Spanish-language U.S. hit. Her Spanish-language albums have been certified gold and platinum in the United States, Mexico, Chile, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Colombia and Ecuador.

In recent years, she taped a PBS TV special, Vikki Carr: Memories, Memorias (1999}, in which she performed popular bilingual tunes from the '40s and '50s. Her guests were Pepe Aguilar, Arturo Sandoval and Jack Jones. In 2000, she released a bilingual holiday album, The Vikki Carr Christmas Album. In 2002, she appeared to great acclaim in a Los Angeles production of the Stephen Sondheim musical Follies, which also featured Hal Linden, Patty Duke and Harry Groener.

Respected as both an artist and a humanitarian, she devotes time to many charities including the United Way, the American Lung Association, the Muscular Dystrophy Association and St. Jude's Hospital. For 22 years she held benefit concerts to support Holy Cross High School in San Antonio, Texas. In 1971, she established the Vikki Carr Scholarship Foundation, dedicated to offering college scholarships to Hispanic students in California and Texas. To date, the Foundation has awarded more than 280 scholarships totaling over a quarter of a million dollars.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikki_Carr


Can't Take My Eyes Off You
Lyrics and Music by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio



You're just too good to be true.
Can't take my eyes off you.
You'd be like Heaven to touch.
I wanna hold you so much.
At long last love has arrived
And I thank God I'm alive.
You're just too good to be true.
Can't take my eyes off you.

Pardon the way that I stare.
There's nothing else to compare.
The sight of you leaves me weak.
There are no words left to speak,
But if you feel like I feel,
Please let me know that it's real.
You're just too good to be true.
Can't take my eyes off you.

I love you, baby,
And if it's quite alright,
I need you, baby,
To warm a lonely night.
I love you, baby.
Trust in me when I say:
Oh, pretty baby,
Don't bring me down, I pray.
Oh, pretty baby, now that I found you, stay
And let me love you, baby.
Let me love you.

You're just too good to be true.
Can't take my eyes off you.
You'd be like Heaven to touch.
I wanna hold you so much.
At long last love has arrived
And I thank God I'm alive.
You're just too good to be true.
Can't take my eyes off you.

I love you, baby,
And if it's quite alright,
I need you, baby,
To warm a lonely night.
I love you, baby.
Trust in me when I say:
Oh, pretty baby,
Don't bring me down, I pray.
Oh, pretty baby, now that I found you, stay..
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bobsmythhawk
 
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Letty
 
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Reply Tue 19 Jul, 2005 05:03 am
Good morning, edgar and Bob.

First, "I Don't Care if the Sun Don't Shine, " is exactly my sentiment this morning. Whew!

Bob, I didn't have the least notion that Vikki Carr was Mexican-American nor that she was married to Danny Kaye. What a big surprise. I like "Can't Take my Eyes off You", but I don't think our edgar does.

Thought for Today: ``The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious ... the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science.'' - Albert Einstein (1879-1955).



07/18/05 20:00



Sooooo, in response to Albert:

But Beautiful Lyrics

Love is funny or it?s sad
Or it?s quiet or it?s mad
It?s a good thing or it?s bad
But beautiful

Beautiful to take a chance and if you fall, you fall
And I?m thinking I wouldn?t mind at all

Love is tearful or it?s gay
It?s a problem or it?s play
It?s a heartache either way
But beautiful

And I?m thinking if you were mine, I?d never let you go
And that would be but beautiful, I know.

<instrumental>

Love is tearful or it?s gay
It?s a problem or it?s play
It?s a heartache either way
But it?s beautiful

And I?m thinking if you were mine, I?d never let you go
And that would be but beautiful, I know.

And if our editors will be so kind as to remove the question marks, I would be very appreciative.
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