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fun phun & more Letty. Tis midnight and time perchance too sleep. I'll catch on the morrow

for some reason the dustman song always reminds me of this tune

The Quartermaster's Song



There are snakes, snakes, snakes
Big as garden rakes,
At the store! At the store!
There are snakes, snakes, snakes,
Big as garden rakes, at the Quartermaster's store.

Chorus
My eyes are dim I can-not see.
I have not got my specs with me.
I have not got my specs with me.

There are mice, mice, mice
Running though the rice,
At the store! At the store!
There are mice, mice, mice,
Running through the rice, at the Quartermaster's store.

Chorus

Continue with each of the following:
3. lice - living on the mice.
4. rats - big as alley cats.
5. roaches - big as football coaches
6. watches - big as sasquaches
7. bears - but no one really cares
8. beavers - with little meat cleavers
9. foxes - stuffed in little boxes

Good night, honey. Always great to see London here.

Lord have mercy, dj, you are the master of all things bright and beautiful, Canada.

Well, folks, I have some stuff to do, I rekon. Back later.

one of the songs that i've enjoyed since childhood is the sailor's song " Rolling Home ..."
sailors all over the world have added their own little touch to it. while in canada it's "rolling home to newfoundland" , in hamburg it is "rolling home to dear old hamburg".
no matter what, i always enjoy hearing it and singing along ... well, humming along. hbg

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Lay aloft, you hearty sailors,
See your braces are all clear,
Get your bunts and clew lines ready,
For Newfoundland we will steer.

REFRAIN

Rolling Home to dear Newfoundland,
Sailing Home across the sea,
Sailing home to dear old Newfie,
Coming back, fair land to thee.

To Malacca's fair haired daughters
Unto ye we'll bid adieu;
But we won't forget the good times
That we had along with you.

Lay aloft you hearty sailors,
Now our topsails for to store;
We are now out in mid ocean
In a heavy storm and snow.

Around Cape Race on a winter's morning,
And her decks all ice and snow,
You can hear the sailors swearing
On the hardships they go through.

Now we're off the Narrows
The … got us in tow
Towing in to St. John's harbour
Where we'll meet our friend …



Lay aloft, you hearty sailors,
See your braces are all clear,
Get your bunts and clew lines ready,
For Newfoundland we will steer.

REFRAIN

Rolling Home to dear Newfoundland,
Sailing Home across the sea,
Sailing home to dear old Newfie,
Coming back, fair land to thee.

To Malacca's fair haired daughters
Unto ye we'll bid adieu;
But we won't forget the good times
That we had along with you.

Lay aloft you hearty sailors,
Now our topsails for to store;
We are now out in mid ocean
In a heavy storm and snow.

Around Cape Race on a winter's morning,
And her decks all ice and snow,
You can hear the sailors swearing
On the hardships they go through.

Now we're off the Narrows
The … got us in tow
Towing in to St. John's harbour
Where we'll meet our friend …



Lay aloft, you hearty sailors,
See your braces are all clear,
Get your bunts and clew lines ready,
For Newfoundland we will steer.

REFRAIN

Rolling Home to dear Newfoundland,
Sailing Home across the sea,
Sailing home to dear old Newfie,
Coming back, fair land to thee.

To Malacca's fair haired daughters
Unto ye we'll bid adieu;
But we won't forget the good times
That we had along with you.

Lay aloft you hearty sailors,
Now our topsails for to store;
We are now out in mid ocean
In a heavy storm and snow.

Around Cape Race on a winter's morning,
And her decks all ice and snow,
You can hear the sailors swearing
On the hardships they go through.

Now we're off the Narrows
The … got us in tow
Towing in to St. John's harbour
Where we'll meet our friend …



Lay aloft, you hearty sailors,
See your braces are all clear,
Get your bunts and clew lines ready,
For Newfoundland we will steer.

REFRAIN

Rolling Home to dear Newfoundland,
Sailing Home across the sea,
Sailing home to dear old Newfie,
Coming back, fair land to thee.

To Malacca's fair haired daughters
Unto ye we'll bid adieu;
But we won't forget the good times
That we had along with you.

Lay aloft you hearty sailors,
Now our topsails for to store;
We are now out in mid ocean
In a heavy storm and snow.

Around Cape Race on a winter's morning,
And her decks all ice and snow,
You can hear the sailors swearing
On the hardships they go through.

Now we're off the Narrows
The … got us in tow
Towing in to St. John's harbour
Where we'll meet our friend …

and I must say goodnight for now, listeners and friends.

Swiftly out from the friendly lilt of the band,
The crowd's good laughter, the loved eyes of men,
I am drawn nightward; I must turn again
Where, down beyond the low untrodden strand,
There curves and glimmers outward to the unknown
The old unquiet ocean. All the shade
Is rife with magic and movement. I stray alone
Here on the edge of silence, half afraid,

Waiting a sign. In the deep heart of me
The sullen waters swell towards the moon,
And all my tides set seaward.
From inland
Leaps a gay fragment of some mocking tune,
That tinkles and laughs and fades along the sand,
And dies between the seawall and the sea.

Rupert Brooke

From Letty with love

i hear frank sinatra - g'nite ! hbg

Three Coins in a Fountain - Frank Sinatra

Three coins in a fountain
Each one seeking happiness
Thrown by three hopeful lovers
Which one will the fountain bless

Three hearts in a fountain
Each heart longing for its home
There they lie in the fountain
Somewhere in the heart of Rome

Which one will the fountain bless
Which one will the fountain bless

Three coins in a fountain
Through the ripples how they shine
Just one wish will be granted
One heart will wear a Valentine

Make it mine, make it mine, make it mine

The only song that I know all the lyrics to (off the top of my head) is:

Grab a bucket and mop
Scrub the bottom and top
Tell me, "What does this mean?"
It means that McDonald's is clean!

You deserve a break today
So come on and get away
To McDonald's!

Does this date me? :wink:

Following on from the attempted guitar playing "Bonanza" debacle, I have now wheeled the Steinway in, so that I can give you a quick burst of "Lily Marlene".



<shuffle shuffle>

Plinky plinky plink plink
Plinky plinky plink
Plinky plinky plink plink
A-plinky plinky plink
Plinky plink plink plink plink plink plink
A-plink plink plink
A-plink plink plink
A-p-l-i-n-k-y plink plink p-l-i-n-k plink
A-p-l-i-n-k-y plink plink plink.


Thank you.

I'd know it anywhere, milord.

Lily Marlene was a translation of a German song, very popular with their troops in WWI it was too.

The original version was

"Bangy bangy bang bang
Bangy bangy thump..."

Actually, it was an anti-war song, composed/texted 1915

A request from DK.
Can someone play "Gentle On My Mind" please.
Hey Letty..all is well. Carving and carving and so on.

Good morning WA2K listeners and contributors.

All of us here appreciate hamburgers' sea shanty. Thanks Canada, and I can't think of anyone better to go to bed by than Frank.

Tico, I do wonder if there is any song that Frank hasn't done. Thanks for that version of the three coins.

Reyn, McDonalds and Wall Mart. They have become international institutions, and I never hear that little commercial that I don't think of Cav. but with a smile.

Lord Ellpus, that Steinway needs tuning, dear. Lack of attention, even to a Grand, can cause it to be permanently damaged, and I don't believe that our McTag is the one for the job. His onomatopoeias are a bit off key.

So, we have the song that was great propaganda, and Walter has supplied us with the history.

hebba, it is great to see you back in our studio, and all of us are delighted that you're still carving and creating. Here's your song:

Campbell Glen

Lyrics for Song: Gentle on My Mind
Lyrics for Album: Very Best of Glen Campbell

It's knowin' that your door is always open
And your path is free to walk
That makes me tend to leave my sleepin' bag
Rolled up and stashed behind your couch
And it's knowin' I'm not shackled
By forgotten words and bonds
And the ink stains that have dried upon some line
That keeps you in the back roads
By the rivers of my memory
That keeps you ever gentle on my mind

It's not clingin' to the rocks and ivy
Planted on their columns now that bind me
Or something that somebody said because
They thought we fit together walkin'
It's just knowing that the world
Will not be cursing or forgiving
When I walk along some railroad track and find
That you're movin' on the back roads
By the rivers of my memory
And for hours you're just gentle on my mind

Though the wheat fields and the clothes lines
And the junkyards and the highways come between us
And some other woman's cryin' to her mother
'cause she turned and I was gone
I still might run in silence
Tears of joy might stain my face
And the summer sun might burn me till I'm blind
But not to where I cannot see
You walkin' on the back roads
By the rivers flowin' gentle on my mind

I dip my cup of soup back from a gurglin' cracklin' cauldron
In some train yard
My beard a rustlin' coal pile
And a dirty hat pulled low across my face
Through cupped hands 'round a tin can
I pretend to hold you to my breast and find
That you're waitin' from the back roads
By the rivers of my memory
Ever smilin', ever gentle on my mind.

Orange Blossom Special - Johnny Cash


Look a-yonder comin'
Comin' down that railroad track
Hey, look a-yonder comin'
Comin' down that railroad track
It's the Orange Blossom Special
Bringin' my baby back

Well, I'm going down to Florida
And get some sand in my shoes
Or maybe Californy
And get some sand in my shoes
I'll ride that Orange Blossom Special
And lose these New York blues

"Say man, when you going back to Florida?"
"When am I goin' back to Florida? I don't know, don't reckon I ever will."
"Ain't you worried about getting your nourishment in New York?"
"Well, I don't care if I do-die-do-die-do-die-do-die."

Hey talk about a-ramblin'
She's the fastest train on the line
Talk about a-travellin'
She's the fastest train on the line
It's that Orange Blossom Special
Rollin' down the seaboard line

There's our edgar, folks, riding the rails of the Orange Blossom Special. I've been watching for the release of Joaquin Phoenix's movie of Johnny Cash on dvd. I hope it's not a disappointing flick.

Small anecdote, listeners, concerning a grand piano. The local symphony orchestra in Virginia featured a well know pianist and my husband participated. His sole function was to walk on stage, replete in tux, and lift the top of the grand, then walk off. He received more applause than the pianist.

Ah, the sun is rising in my small studio, and I think of how we all feel the light of day in our own special way.

Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy
Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry
Sunshine on the water looks so lovely
Sunshine almost always makes me high

If I had a day that I could give you
I'd give to you a day just like today
If I had a song that I could sing for you
I'd sing a song to make you feel this way

Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy
Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry
Sunshine on the water looks so lovely
Sunshine almost always makes me high

If I had a tale that I could tell you
I'd tell a tale sure to make you smile
If I had a wish that I could wish for you
I'd make a wish for sunshine all the while

Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy
Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry
Sunshine on the water looks so lovely
Sunshine almost always makes me high
Sunshine almost all the time makes me high
Sunshine almost always

Wow those are beautiful lyrics.
I´ve never heard them properly but have always enjoyed the melody. Really fine lyrics.
Thankyou Letty.

Well, hebba. I'm glad you enjoyed the song. It's always great to see our Dane via England here.

Listeners, our hebba is a wonderful "wood carver" and I do wish he could show us some of his work. Art is a song in its own way, just as poetry can be.

It seems that most of our countries are now represented.

News update:




Government showdown could break up Internet, experts warn Mon Nov 14, 3:49 PM ET



TUNIS (AFP) - A tense dispute over US control of the Internet in the run-up to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) could eventually lead to the break-up of the global network and hamper seamless browsing, officials warned.



The warning came as the United States told EU participants at negotiations on Internet governance that it was determined to maintain its oversight over the technical and administrative infrastructure at the root of the network.

In a letter seen by AFP, US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice and Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez called on the British presidency of the European Union to drop its proposal for an international alternative.

"We ask the EU to reconsider its new position on Internet governance and work together with us to bring the benefits of the information society to all," the United States wrote.

Good morning everybody.

PA could use some of that sunshine on its shoulders, Letty. I love that song, but I always choke up when I hear it and I don't really know why.
PA's winds today are a test to see if my new roof, completed last evening, will hold up.

Hi Hebba.

Today's birthdays, and I see one of Letty's favorite people there:

42 BC - Tiberius, Roman emperor (d. 37)
1603 - Augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior (d. 1673)
1717 - Jean le Rond d'Alembert, French mathematician and encyclopædist (d. 1793)
1720 - Carlo Antonio Campioni, Italian composer (d. 1788)
1766 - Rodolphe Kreutzer, French violinist (d. 1831)
1836 - David Kalakaua of Hawaii, last king of Hawaii (d. 1891)
1862 - Charles Turner, Australian cricketer (d. 1944)
1873 - W. C. Handy, American composer (d. 1958)
1889 - George Kaufman, American playwright (d. 1961)
1892 - Guo Moruo, Chinese writer (d. 1978)
1894 - Richard Nikolaus Graf Coudenhove-Kalergi, Austrian politician (d. 1972)
1895 - Paul Hindemith, German composer (d. 1963)
1896 - Oswald Mosley, British fascist (d. 1980)
1896 - Lawrence Tibbett, American actor and singer (d. 1960)
1905 - Eddie Condon, American musician (d. 1973)
1907 - Burgess Meredith, American actor (d. 1997)
1916 - Daws Butler, voice actor (d. 1988)
1922 - Gene Amdahl, American computer scientist
1922 - José Saramago, Portuguese writer, Nobel Prize laureate
1924 - Mel Patton, American athlete
1928 - Clu Gulager, American actor
1930 - Chinua Achebe, Nigerian author
1938 - Robert Nozick, American philosopher (d. 2002)
1943 - Michael Cimino, American film director
1952 - Shigeru Miyamoto, Japanese video game designer
1954 - Bruce Edwards, golf caddy (d. 2004)
1958 - Marg Helgenberger, American actress
1961 - Frank Bruno, British-born boxer
1962 - Josh Silver, American keyboardist and record producer (Type O Negative)
1964 - Diana Krall, Canadian singer
1964 - Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Italian actress
1967 - Lisa Bonet, American actress
1970 - Martha Plimpton, American actress
1971 - Alexander Popov, Russian swimmer
1971 - Waqar Younis, Pakistani cricketer
1974 - Paul Scholes, English footballer
1977 - Oksana Baiul, Ukrainian figure skater
1977 - Maggie Gyllenhaal, American actress
1978 - Gary Naysmith, Scottish footballer
1981 - Allison Crowe, Canadian singer and songwriter
1984 - Kimberly J. Brown, American actress

Well, there's our Raggedy, listeners. Thanks again, PA, for the celeb updates. We'll give our listeners some time to review them all and then comment. I don't think there is one person who doesn't love Diana Krall, right?

Back later, folks, after I take a look through our archives.