Songs That Tell Stories

I have a record of Phil doing Preacher and the bear.
And Harry McClintock sure reminds me of Ramblin' Jack.

I didn't know that story, MJ.

exquisite story edgar

I thought so.

Didn't know that one by The Stones, edgar, but methinks they may have been poking a bit of fun at the preacher. Love the expression " girl with the far away eyes"

Another poem and song, buddy.

first, the poem.

Ozymandias

by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)

I met a traveler from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal these words appear:
“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

Now the music with the poem.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eIOD0-fEko&feature=related

That's a fine work by Shelley, letty.

Did not know one of your songs that told stories, edgar. They were, however, excellent.

Another poem that tells a story.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2nU9N9bvds&feature=related

It has been a long time since I read that one, letty.

edgar, are we allowed to combine oddities and humor with songs that tell stories?

Let's give it a try.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0XCxr3Wgok

Some historians claim that Kin Arthur really existed.

I saw that movie when it was in the theaters, I think, 1964. It was a cutely done tale, although I thought they could have been more creative with the material.

Ah, edgar, Your Big Big World by Johnny reminded me of this. You already know of it.



Cape Canaveral woman passes, no one notices
July 2, 2011 - 22:52
Investigators identify the woman whose skeletal remains were found in a car in her garage late last year.

Bank contractors, inspectors and even the new owner of a foreclosed home walked past the silver Chevrolet Nova in the garage numerous times before discovering the former homeowner -- dead on the front seat.

After the 57-year-old was found, possibly more than a year after her death, it took law enforcement officials months more to positively identify Kathryn Norris Kunzweiler's skeletal remains.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dsz4dB6DuM

That Beatles song is one of their greatest, to me, letty. I remember reading about that woman who was not found for so long. It happens.