WA2K Radio is now on the air

I'm just getting warmed up, Gus. Thank you. That was a kind thing to say, so for you:


Artist: Murray Mclaughlin Tabs/Chords
Song: The Farmer Song Tab


A A6 A A6
Dusty old farmer out working your fields
A A6 E E/F#
Hanging down over your tractor wheels
E E/F# E E/F#
The sun beatin' down turns the red pain to orange
E E/F# A A6
And rusty old patches of steel
A A6 A A6
There's no farmer songs on that car radio
A A6 D
Just cowboys, truck drivers and pain
Bm A F#m
Well this is my way to say thanks for the meal
A E A A6
And I hope there's no shortage of rain


A A6 A A6
Chorus Straw hats and old dirty hankies
======= A A6 E E/F#
Mopin' a face like a shoe
E E/F# E E/F#
Thanks for the meal here's a song that is real
E E/F# A A6
From a kid from the city to you

Ah, edgar. That reminds me of:

Just As Though You Were Here lyrics


<instrumental strings intro>
I'll wake each morning and I'll promise to laugh
I'll say Good morning to your old photograph
Then I'll speak to you, dear, just as though you were here
When purple shadows start to welcome the dark
I'll take the same old stroll we took through the park
And I'll cling to you, dear, just as though you were here
But I know so well that distance and time will finally tear us apart
The farther you go, the longer you stay, the deeper the doubts in my heart
Each night before I wander off into sleep
I'll bring to light the tears I've buried so deep
Then I'll kiss you, my dear, just as though you were here
<instrumental break-horns, harp, and strings>
And when I hear a lonesome train, I'm afraid
I'll think of all those trips we never quite made
Fragile dreams that we planned
Then I'll reach for your hand
Just as though, just as though you were here

I would like some polka. Please.

of course, Gus:

In memory of Nat Cole and John Denver:

A country dance was being held in a garden
I felt a bump and heard an Oh, beg your pardon
Suddenly I saw polka dots and moonbeams
All around a pug-nosed dream






The music started and was I the perplexed one
I held my breath and said May I have the next one
In my frightrnrd arms, polka dots and moonbeams
Sparkled on a pug-nosed dream

There were questions in the eyes of other dancers
As we floated over the floor
There were questions but my heart knew all the answers
And perhaps a few things more

Now in a cottage made of lilacs and laughter
I know the meaning of the words ever after
And Ill always see polka dots and moonbeams
When I kiss my pug-nosed dream

Words by Johnny Burke, Music by Jimmy van Heusen

The Beer Barrel Polka
(Brown-Tim-Vejvoda)


There's a garden, what a garden
Only happy faces bloom there
And there's never any room
For a worry or a gloom
There's music, and there's dancing
And a lot of sweet romancing
When they play the polka
They all get in the swing
Everytime you hear that Oom-pah-pah
Everbody feels so tra-la-la-la
They only want to come back for one thing
They crowd around and sing trolly-olly-ay
And you hear that rumble on the floor
It's a big (HA HA HA HA) surprise you're waiting for
Then all at once everybody, everybody, forms a ring
(Spoken: Come on everybody get up and form a ring. That's
the way, everybody get up and form a big ring. That's the way.
Then all at once you form a ring. Everybody get up and form a
ring. Here's a tenth of everybody....)
For miles around, you'll hear them sing

Roll out the barrel, We'll have a barrel of fun
Roll out the barrel, we've got the blues on the run
Zing Boom Terrara
Join in a glass of good cheer
Now it's time to roll the barrel
For the gang's all here (Spoken: Take it away boys!)

Well, thank you, edgar. I misunderstood Gus' request.

And for our Aussie friends:

G'day
Aussie Songs

Home among the gum trees

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree


Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree,

Merry, merry king of the bush is he,

Laugh, Kookaburra, Laugh, Kookaburra,

Gay your life must be.



Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree

Eating all the gumdrops he can see

Stop, Kookaburra, Stop, Kookaburra

Leave some there for me.


Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree,

Counting all the monkeys he can see

Stop, Kookaburra, Stop, Kookaburra,

That's no monkey, that's me.

and for the world:

We Are The World


Written and composed by michael jackson and lionel richie
(usa for africa)

Lionel richie
There comes a time when we heed a certain call

Lionel richie & stevie wonder
When the world must come together as one

Stevie wonder
There are people dying

Paul simon
And it's time to lend a hand to life

Paul simon & kenny rogers
The greatest gift of all

Kenny rogers
We can't go on pretending day by day

James ingram
That someone, somewhere will soon make a change

Tina turner
We are all part of god's great big family

Billy joel
And the truth, you know, love is all we need

Chorus:
Michael jackson
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving

Diana ross
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives

Michael & diana ross
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me

Dionne warwick
Send them your heart
So they'll know that someone cares

Dionne warwick & willie nelson
And their lives will be stronger and free

Willie nelson
As God has shown us by turning stones to bread

Al jarreau
So we all must lend a helping hand

Chorus:
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving

Bob dylan
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me

Michael jackson
When you're down and out, there seems no hope at all

Huey lewis
But if you just believe there's no way we can fall

Cindy lauper
Well, well, well, well let us realize that a change can only come

Kim carnes
When we stand together as one

Chorus:
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving

There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me

We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving

There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me

We are the world......

We Are the World is a project organized by Harry Belafonte.

Venezuela

I met her in Venezuela
With a basket on her head.
And if she loved others she did not say
But I knew she'd do to pass away
To pass away the time in Venezuela.
To pass away the time in Venezuela.

I bought her a sash of blue
A beautiful sash of blue.
Because I knew that she could do
With all the tricks I knew she knew
To pass away the time in Venezuela.
To pass away the time in Venezuela.

Her lingo was strange, but the thought of her smile,
The thought of her beautiful smile.
Will haunt me and taunt me for many a mile
For she was my gal and she did the while
To pass away the time in Venezuela,
To pass away the time in Venezuela.

And when the wind was out to sea
The wind was out to see.
And she was taking leave of me
I said, "Cheer up. There'll always be
Sailors ashore in Venezuela.
Sailors ashore in Venezuela."

in my cynical, youthful days (as opposed to my now much more mature cynical days), we used to sing the song as "we arm the world, we arm the children"

edgar, I did not know that about Harry. Thanks, Texas.

and your Venezuela song is perfect.

Well, listeners, have we covered it all?

We have certainly attempted to include everyone here, and I think we have.

dj, you interjected just the right amount of reality. Thanks, Canada.

Well, I must run out for a late night supper.

This is cyber space, WA2K radio.

Well, listeners, it's dark here and the day would not be complete without a tribute to Americans. So, regardless of how we feel about the precursors to 9/11. here is a touching tribute that was written prior to a "date that shall go down in history"

Air and AA flights, the workers in the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and all the innocent bystanders.

Our prayers go out to the friends and families of the deceased.

IF I KNEW

If I knew it would be the last time
That I'd see you fall asleep,
I would tuck you in more tightly
and pray the Lord, your soul to keep.

If I knew it would be the last time
that I see you walk out the door,
I would give you a hug and kiss
and call you back for one more.

If I knew it would be the last time
I'd hear your voice lifted up in praise,
I would video tape each action and word,
so I could play them back day after day.

If I knew it would be the last time,
I could spare an extra minute
to stop and say "I love you,"
instead of assuming you would KNOW I do.

If I knew it would be the last time
I would be there to share your day,
Well I'm sure you'll have so many more,
so I can let just this one slip away.

For surely there's always tomorrow
to make up for an oversight,
and we always get a second chance
to make everything just right.

There will always be another day
to say "I love you,"
And certainly there's another chance
to say our "Anything I can do?"

But just in case I might be wrong,
and today is all I get,
I'd like to say how much I love you
and I hope we never forget.

Tomorrow is not promised to anyone,
young or old alike,
And today may be the last chance
you get to hold your loved one tight.

So if you're waiting for tomorrow,
why not do it today?
For if tomorrow never comes,
you'll surely regret the day,

That you didn't take that extra time
for a smile, a hug, or a kiss
and you were too busy to grant someone,
what turned out to be their one last wish.

So hold your loved ones close today,
and whisper in their ear,
Tell them how much you love them
and that you'll always hold them dear

Take time to say "I'm sorry,"
"Please forgive me," "Thank you," or "It's okay."
And if tomorrow never comes,
you'll have no regrets about today.

That's Letty's goodnight to all of you from all of us.

and, of course, with love.

Good morning, all!

I've thought , this could be some help for my dear co-listeners :wink:



Have a nice start in the - and wonderful - week!

Maurice Chevalier
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Maurice Chevalier (September 12, 1888 - January 1, 1972) was a French actor and popular entertainer. He was born in Paris, France in 1888 and made his name as a star of musical comedy, appearing in public as a singer and dancer at an early age.
Maurice Chevalier often wore a boater hat, tilted to the side.
Enlarge
Maurice Chevalier often wore a boater hat, tilted to the side.

It was in 1901 that he first began in show business at the tender age of 13. He was singing at a cafe for free when a well-known member of the theater saw him and suggested that he try out for a local musical. He did, and got the part.

In 1909 he became the partner of the biggest female star in France at the time, Mistinguett at the Folies Bergére: they eventually became long-time lovers.

During World War I, he entered the armed services, was shot in the back, won the Croix de Guerre and became a prisoner of war.

After the war he became popular in Britain, and began a film career. He also made his first attempt at a career on Broadway, but he had to give up performing for several months because of a mental breakdown. By 1929 he had recovered and moved to Hollywood, where he landed his first American film role in Innocents of Paris. In 1930, Chevalier was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, for two roles: The Love Parade and The Big Pond.

He returned to France in 1935, and spent most of World War II in seclusion, though he made brief appearances, on one occasion as part of a prisoner exchange. After the war it was alleged that he had been a collaborator with the Vichy regime, though these claims were disputed and he was formally acquitted.

By the 1950s and 1960s, he rediscovered his popularity with new audiences, appearing in the movie musical, Gigi (1958) with Leslie Caron and Hermione Gingold, with whom he shared the song "I Remember It Well", and several Walt Disney films.

Chevalier's trademark was a casual straw hat, which he always wore on stage with his tuxedo. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1651 Vine Street. The Marx Brothers used Chevalier's image in a famous sequence from the film Monkey Business. They stole his passport and each brother impersonated Chevalier, complete with boater hat, to get off a boat they had stowed away on. Each brother sang "If A Nightingale Could Sing Like You" in his own manner, with Harpo Marx using a record player on his back for his version.

Maurice Chevalier died on January 1, 1972 at 83, and was interred in the cemetery of Marnes la Coquette in Hauts-de-Seine, France.

Maurice Chevalier's trademark laugh is transcribed as "Onh-onh-onh".

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


I'm Glad I'm Not Young Anymore
Performed by Maurice Chevalier

HONORЙ:
Poor boy!
Poor boy!
Down hearted and depressed and in a spin
Poor boy!
Poor boy!
Oh, youth can really do a fellow in!

How lovely to sit here in the shade
With none of the woes of man and maid
I'm glad I'm not young anymore.
The rivals that don't exist at all.
The feeling you're only two feet tall.
I'm glad that I'm not young anymore.

No more confusion
No morning-after surprise.
No more self delusion
That when you 're telling those lies
She isn't wise...
And even if love comes through the door
The can that goes on forevermore.
Forever more is shorter than before.
Oh, I'm so glad that I'm not young anymore.

The tiny remark that tortures you
The fear that your friends won't like her too
I'm glad that I'm not young anymore
The longing to end the stale affair
Until you find out she doesn't care
I'm glad that I'm not young anymore.

No more frustration
No star-crossed lover am I
No aggravation
Just one reluctant reply
"Lady, goodbye!"

The fountain of youth
Is --
Methuselah is my patron saint
I've never been so comfortable before
Oh, I'm so glad that I am not young anymore!

Margaret Hamilton
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.


Margaret Hamilton (December 9, 1902 - May 16, 1985) was an American film actress.

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Hamilton was a schoolteacher who turned to acting, making her screen debut in 1933 in Zoo in Budapest. She appeared in such films as These Three (1936), Saratoga and Nothing Sacred (both 1937), and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938).

In 1939, she played the role of the Wicked Witch of the West opposite Judy Garland's Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz and created not only her most famous role, but one of the screen's most memorable villains. Hamilton's effective and frightening portrayal during audition eventually secured her the role over the originally cast, but more glamorous, Gale Sondergaard. During the actual filming, Hamilton suffered severe burns when the trapdoor elevator she was riding on the soundstage malfunctioned during her fiery exit from Munchkinland. Hamilton had to recuperate in a hospital and at home for six weeks after the accident before returning to the set to complete her work on the now-classic film, albeit refusing to have anything to do with fire, requiring a stand-in.

She appeared regularly in supporting roles in films until the early 1950s, and sporadically thereafter. Hamilton starred in a now-forgotten film noir from one of the "poverty row" studios, entitled Bungalow 13 (1948), which co-starred Richard Cromwell. During the 1960s and 1970s she appeared on television, and had a small role in the made-for-TV film The Night Strangler (1973). She continued acting regularly until 1979, and was often asked about her experiences on the set of The Wizard of Oz. Hamilton said she sometimes worried about the effect that her monstrous film role had on children. It should be noted that in real life Hamilton dearly loved children and gave generously to charities benefitting them. She often joked about children coming up to her and asking her why she had been so mean to poor Dorothy. She appeared on an episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, where she explained to children that she was only playing a role.

Hamilton was married briefly in the 1930s and had one son, whom she raised on her own.

Throughout the 1970s, Hamilton lived in New York City's Gramercy Park neighborhood and appeared on local TV ads for organizations promoting the welfare of companion animals. She eventually moved to Salisbury, Connecticut and died there in 1985 from a heart attack at the age of 82.

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

Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead!


Ding Dong! The Witch is dead. Which old Witch? The Wicked Witch!
Ding Dong! The Wicked Witch is dead.

Wake up - sleepy head, rub your eyes, get out of bed.
Wake up, the Wicked Witch is dead. She's gone where the goblins go,
Below - below - below. Yo-ho, let's open up and sing and ring the bells out.
Ding Dong' the merry-oh, sing it high, sing it low.
Let them know
The Wicked Witch is dead!

George Jones
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.



George Glenn Jones (born September 12, 1931), nicknamed The Possum, is an American country singer known for his distinctive voice and phrasing that frequently evoke the raw emotions caused by grief, unhappy love, and emotional hardship. He is second to Eddy Arnold in the number of songs he had has on the country charts. Since at least the early 1980s he has frequently been referred to as "the greatest living country singer." Almost as often he is called "the Rolls-Royce of country singers." Frank Sinatra once called him "the second best white male singer."

Jones was born with a broken arm in Saratoga, Texas and grew up in the settlements north of Beaumont around the Big Thicket. By age 24, he had been married twice, served in the Marines, and developed his skills as a country musician and singer. "Why Baby Why" was his first top-five hit in 1955.

Jones' drinking was legendary and for a great part of his life he woke up to a Bloody Mary and spent the rest of the day drinking bourbon. In the mid 1970s he added cocaine to whiskey. His self-destructive bent brought him close to death and from the height of fame in the '70s to the inside of a mental hospital in Alabama at the end of the decade. During this period, he missed so many booked engagements that he was known as "No-Show" Jones.

His third wife, Tammy Wynette, was the passion of his life. The pair were married in 1969 and performed a string of duets together but Tammy could not keep him off the booze and after a turbulent relationship the couple divorced in 1975. It was his fourth (and present) wife, Nancy Sepulvado, whom Jones credits for rescuing him from the bottle. The pair were married in 1983 and they live outside the town of Franklin, Tennessee.

In his biography I lived to Tell It All, published in 1996, Jones sets out a chronicle of his life and his bad behaviour.

Despite the hard living, hard drinking past, George Jones continues to make albums and play to his loyal fans. He spends up to 165 days a year on the road.

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

George Jones
White Lightning
Written by - Jape Richardson
From - White Lightning and Other Favorites

Well, down in Houston, Texas, way back in the hills
Me and my Pappy Daddy had a hand in a still
We brewed white lightnin' 'til the sun went down
Then fill him a jug and he'd pass it around
Mighty, mighty pleasin, Pappy's corn squeezin'
White lightnin'

Well, the G-men, T-men, the Revenuers, too
Searchin' for the place where he made his brew
They were looking, tryin' to book him
But Pappy kept a-cookin'
White lightnin'

Well, I asked my Pappy Daddy why he called his brew
White lightnin' 'stead of mountain dew
I took a little sip and right away I knew
As my eyes bugged out and my face turned blue
Lightnin' started flashin', thunder started crashin'
My goodness, white lightnin'

Well, the G-men, T-men, the Revenuers, too
Searchin' for the place where he made his brew
They were looking, tryin' to book him
But Pappy kept a-cookin'
White lightnin'

Good morning, WA2K radio fans and contributors. What a lovely day it promises to be here, and I hope all is well in your little corner of the world.

Walter, that is a fantastic site. Where do you come up such unusual material for all of our listeners? Maim that tune? Well, Germany, it has been done.

Bob, for once I was familiar with every single subject of your bios.

Mencken is one of my favorites, Boston. His observation about language is what tuned me in to the sound as opposed to the meaning.

If I could compare Mencken to anyone here, it would be Gus. <smile>

Good morning W2K.

Today's birthdays:

1449 - Lorenzo de Medici, Italian politician (d. 1492)
1494 - King Francis I of France (d. 1547)
1575 - Henry Hudson, Dutch explorer
1605 - William Dugdale, English antiquarian (d. 1686)
1688 - Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1731)
1690 - Peter Dens, Belgian Catholic theologian (d. 1775)
1812 - Richard Hoe, American inventor and industrialist (d. 1886)
1818 - Richard Gatling, American weapons inventor (d. 1903)
1880 - H. L. Mencken, American journalist and author (d. 1956)
1888 - Maurice Chevalier, French singer and actor (d. 1972)
1891 - Don Pedro Albizu Campos, advocate for Puerto Rican independence (d. 1965)
1892 - Alfred A. Knopf, American publisher (d. 1984)
1897 - Irene Joliot-Curie, French physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 1956)
1901 - Ben Blue, Canadian actor and comedian (d. 1975)
1902 - Margaret Hamilton, American actress (d. 1985)
1913 - Jesse Owens, American athlete (d. 1980)
1914 - Desmond Llewelyn, Welsh actor (d. 1999)
1915 - Frank McGee, American journalist (d. 1974)
1916 - Tony Bettenhausen, American race car driver (d. 1961)
1921 - Stanisław Lem, Polish writer
1931 - Sir Ian Holm, English actor
1931 - George Jones, American singer
1934 - Glenn Davis, American athlete
1937 - George Chuvalo, Canadian boxer
1940 - Mickey Lolich, baseball player
1942 - Linda Gray, American actress
1943 - Maria Muldaur, American singer
1943 - Michael Ondaatje, Sri Lankan-born writer
1944 - Leonard Peltier, American activist
1944 - Barry White, American singer (d. 2003)
1951 - Joe Pantoliano, American actor
1952 - Neil Peart, Canadian musician and author
1954 - Peter Scolari, American actor
1955 - Neil Jeffery English Person
1956 - Ricky Rudd, American race car driver
1957 - Rachel Ward, English actress
1958 - Wilfredo Benitez, American boxer
1963 - Amy Yasbeck, American actress
1966 - Ben Folds, American musician
1967 - Pat Listach, baseball player
1973 - Paul Walker, American actor
1973 - Darren Campbell, British athlete
1978 - Ruben Studdard, American singer
1980 - Yao Ming, Chinese basketball player
1980 - Sean Burroughs, baseball player
1983 - Jeremy Bass, student wikipedia editor
1986 - Emmy Rossum, American actress and singer