This song is nice and cute and all, but it's much more about the scene than the song. The story: Babe the pig is sick and wont drink his medicine. the farmer is usually very serious and never shows much emotion, but he loses himself for a moment. The result: HILARIOUS!!!!
The song is called If I had Words and is an Irish tune (big surprise coming from me, huh?) . If you want to hear the full song, Dana Winner does a great version.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Dare You To Move
Dare You To Move isn't really a song that nobody has heard. Anybody who saw A Walk To Remember has heard it, but I'm posting it today in honor of my new kid. He was born on Monday night and I love him to death. So: Welcome to the planet, Jefrey Peter Whitmore. I dare you to live!
Thursday, April 7, 2011
CLOUDBURST!!!
You know what the trouble is with songs that nobody has heard? They're really hard to find!
My brother, David, upon graduation high school, went on a cross-country road trip and brought me back a CD called 'The Gents of Jazz" and it had a lot of really great songs on it It was the summer of my Junior year and we wore that CD out. My best friend AJ LOVED cloudburst. Now that things are warming up here in Utah, I had that summer on my mind. , but I've never been able to find any of the same versions of those songs again, except for "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen" with Louis Armstrong. Anyway, after browsing Youtube for a significant portion of my morning, I found this version of Cloudburst and I think it's the best. It's awesome because the lyrics are insanely fast!
My brother, David, upon graduation high school, went on a cross-country road trip and brought me back a CD called 'The Gents of Jazz" and it had a lot of really great songs on it It was the summer of my Junior year and we wore that CD out. My best friend AJ LOVED cloudburst. Now that things are warming up here in Utah, I had that summer on my mind. , but I've never been able to find any of the same versions of those songs again, except for "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen" with Louis Armstrong. Anyway, after browsing Youtube for a significant portion of my morning, I found this version of Cloudburst and I think it's the best. It's awesome because the lyrics are insanely fast!
I was blue and I was always wearing a frown, because my gal had turned me down
then we met and you can bet I knew from the first,
you were my love
cause thats when the old gray cloud burst!
My heart really flew the day you caught my eye
cause thats when the old gray cloud burst!
My heart really flew the day you caught my eye
I hope that we two will never
say goodbye-
Clouds of gray have silver linings when they're reversed; I found your love, and
that's when the old gray cloud burst!
Hey, baby! I'm gonna tell you 'bout your lovin' and your kissin' and your
huggin' and your sweet turtle dovin' pretty baby; I won't be satisfied 'til I
hear 'em play "Here comes the Bride"; Listen to me baby and I don't mean maybe,
listen to my story it's terrifically true! I wanna find a way to tell you that I
really go for you--I hope you really believe me baby 'cause I certainly do!
'Cause you're thrillin' me, you're really, really thrillin' when you tell me
that you prob'ly got a kind of crush on me, that moves me, grooves me,
how devine can one woman be? Oh little darlin' I'm really fallin'; you got me
goofy and gay, I'm bound to get carried away! Just think, you're gonna be mine
someday!
Oh, let's spin a little, spark a little, stop a little, park a little, live
a little, love a little, maybe turtle dove a little; baby; every time you hold me
so near, nobody loves me like you, dear! Let's stop a little, tease a little,
prob'ly maybe squeeze a little, try a little, sigh a little, maybe i can lie a
little bit, gonna tell you the truth I'm gonna love you and that's it!
'Cause I love you baby, love you baby, love you baby, love you baby, love you
baby with all my heart! Ooh, listen to me when I tell you that a lot of little
ladies got away but I know, I know pretty baby I know, I know pretty baby, I
know you're the one, yes you're the one, I knew it when I met ya what a break
to get ya!
When it's cloudy and gray and that's the worst, how do you get that
cloud to burst?
Ya gotta find a lover, find a lover, find a lover, find a lover!
When it's silvery under clouds of gray, how ya gonna chase the gray
away?
You gotta find a little girl and make her love you a lot; don't ever
leave--
em sittin, are you're really gonna ruin the plot!
(Sounds easy, does it?)
Light as a breeze through the trees, boy...
(How pleasant was it?)
Pleasant as one summer breeze, boy!
(it's wonderful what a love can do--look at what love has done for you!)
Weell I'm a lucky lover, a lucky lover, I've got the love you should discover!
(I was blue and I was always wearing a frown, because my gal had turned me down;
then we met and you can bet I knew from the first, you were my love cause that's
when the old gray cloud burst!)
Take a look at me, boy, take another look, take another look, take another look,
take another good long look at me, love opened my eyes and now I see!
(Clouds of gray have silver linings when they reversed; I found your love and
that's when the old gray cloud burst!
say goodbye-
Clouds of gray have silver linings when they're reversed; I found your love, and
that's when the old gray cloud burst!
Hey, baby! I'm gonna tell you 'bout your lovin' and your kissin' and your
huggin' and your sweet turtle dovin' pretty baby; I won't be satisfied 'til I
hear 'em play "Here comes the Bride"; Listen to me baby and I don't mean maybe,
listen to my story it's terrifically true! I wanna find a way to tell you that I
really go for you--I hope you really believe me baby 'cause I certainly do!
'Cause you're thrillin' me, you're really, really thrillin' when you tell me
that you prob'ly got a kind of crush on me, that moves me, grooves me,
how devine can one woman be? Oh little darlin' I'm really fallin'; you got me
goofy and gay, I'm bound to get carried away! Just think, you're gonna be mine
someday!
Oh, let's spin a little, spark a little, stop a little, park a little, live
a little, love a little, maybe turtle dove a little; baby; every time you hold me
so near, nobody loves me like you, dear! Let's stop a little, tease a little,
prob'ly maybe squeeze a little, try a little, sigh a little, maybe i can lie a
little bit, gonna tell you the truth I'm gonna love you and that's it!
'Cause I love you baby, love you baby, love you baby, love you baby, love you
baby with all my heart! Ooh, listen to me when I tell you that a lot of little
ladies got away but I know, I know pretty baby I know, I know pretty baby, I
know you're the one, yes you're the one, I knew it when I met ya what a break
to get ya!
When it's cloudy and gray and that's the worst, how do you get that
cloud to burst?
Ya gotta find a lover, find a lover, find a lover, find a lover!
When it's silvery under clouds of gray, how ya gonna chase the gray
away?
You gotta find a little girl and make her love you a lot; don't ever
leave--
em sittin, are you're really gonna ruin the plot!
(Sounds easy, does it?)
Light as a breeze through the trees, boy...
(How pleasant was it?)
Pleasant as one summer breeze, boy!
(it's wonderful what a love can do--look at what love has done for you!)
Weell I'm a lucky lover, a lucky lover, I've got the love you should discover!
(I was blue and I was always wearing a frown, because my gal had turned me down;
then we met and you can bet I knew from the first, you were my love cause that's
when the old gray cloud burst!)
Take a look at me, boy, take another look, take another look, take another look,
take another good long look at me, love opened my eyes and now I see!
(Clouds of gray have silver linings when they reversed; I found your love and
that's when the old gray cloud burst!
Thursday, March 31, 2011
As Time Goes By
I had a terribly difficult time choosing which song to blog about today, but I settled upon this one. I have been amazed over the last few days at how many people have never seen Casablanca!!! Seriously, if you're reading this and you haven't seen it, get it RIGHT NOW!! Borrow it from your local library, steal it from your mom, or get it at Amazon, (it's less than ten bucks!!) and I PROMISE you'll love it! This clip is from one of my favorite parts:
GAAAAAH!H!H!H!H!H!H!!!! FINE!! I GIVE UP!!!!!! THERE'S NOT A SINGLE CLIP OF THE SONG THAT WILL LET ME EMBED IT IN MY BLOG!!!!!!!! Stupid copyright laws! can't they see I'm endorsing here! bah!
ok. I'm done now. CLICK HERE to see the video. Enjoy!
GAAAAAH!H!H!H!H!H!H!!!! FINE!! I GIVE UP!!!!!! THERE'S NOT A SINGLE CLIP OF THE SONG THAT WILL LET ME EMBED IT IN MY BLOG!!!!!!!! Stupid copyright laws! can't they see I'm endorsing here! bah!
ok. I'm done now. CLICK HERE to see the video. Enjoy!
Thursday, March 24, 2011
What'll I Do?
No, What'll YOU do??? hehe. Just kidding. Written in 1923 by America's Minstrel (Irving Berlin), this masterpiece has been covered by 34 notable artists like Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Perry Como, Johnny Mathis, and many others. It's one that everybody must have known in my parents time, but seems to have been forgotten by Generation X, or whatever we call ourselves. I learned a few lines of this song for a choral variety show, along with many other war-related songs like 'Over There', 'When Johnny Comes Marching Home' and the classic 'Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy' (GO ANDREWS SISTERS!!!!). We performed that show for several audiences in Washington DC, which I think is pretty spiffy. I cant decide which version I like most, but I think I'll go with the Nat King Cole Trio's version from the late 1940's :
Enjoy!
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Mi Mancherai
This is one of those songs that attracted me just because of the sheer awesomeness of the vocals. It may also have something to do with my obsession with Italian :) Its a fun one to sing :) It's not until you see the translation that the tragedy of it hits you.
"I’ll miss you, if you go away
I’ll miss your serenity
Your words like songs in the wind
And Love, that you take away.
I’ll miss you, if you go away
Now and forever I don’know how to live
And joy, my friend, goes away with you
I’ll miss you, I’ll miss you, because you go away
Because the love in you is dead
Because, because...
Nothing it’s gonna change, I know
And inside of me I feel you
I’ll miss you, I’ll miss you, because you go away
Because the love in you is dead
Because, because...
Nothing it’s gonna change, I know
And inside of me I feel you
I’ll miss the immensity
Of our days and nights,us together
Your smiles when it’s getting dark
Your being naive like a little girl
I’ll miss you, my love
I look at myself and I find emptiness inside of me
And joy, my friend, goes away with you"
I love it!
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Bus Stop
I'm noticing patterns in the songs I post about: Either it's old, or its Irish. and sometimes its old AND Irish. Anyway, here's another one that I don't know how I heard or where or why, but it's got a nice love story and a funky beat. Let's hear it for the Hollies!
The Hollies are an English band. They started in Manchester back in the early sixties and as you can tell they have a very unique harmony style :) A cool tidbit is this: The Hollies have never actually broken up! They still play! I found a video of them playing a live concert in 2007! cazy huh? that would make some of them like 70! I hope I'm that active at 70...
Da Lyrics:
"Bus stop, wet day, she's there, I say
Please share my umbrella
Bus stop, bus goes, she stays, love grows
Under my umbrella
All that summer we enjoyed it
Wind and rain and shine
That umbrella, we employed it
By August, she was mine
Every morning I would see her waiting at the stop
Sometimes she'd shopped and she would show me what she bought
Other people stared as if we were both quite insane
Someday my name and hers are going to be the same
That's the way the whole thing started
Silly but it's true
Thinkin' of a sweet romance
Beginning in a queue
Came the sun the ice was melting
No more sheltering now
Nice to think that that umbrella
Led me to a vow
Every morning I would see her waiting at the stop
Sometimes she'd shopped and she would show me what she bought
Other people stared as if we were both quite insane
Someday my name and hers are going to be the same
Bus stop, wet day, she's there, I say
Please share my umbrella
Bus stop, bus goes, she stays, love grows
Under my umbrella
All that summer we enjoyed it
Wind and rain and shine
That umbrella, we employed it
By August, she was mine."
Sweet Huh?
The Hollies are an English band. They started in Manchester back in the early sixties and as you can tell they have a very unique harmony style :) A cool tidbit is this: The Hollies have never actually broken up! They still play! I found a video of them playing a live concert in 2007! cazy huh? that would make some of them like 70! I hope I'm that active at 70...
Da Lyrics:
"Bus stop, wet day, she's there, I say
Please share my umbrella
Bus stop, bus goes, she stays, love grows
Under my umbrella
All that summer we enjoyed it
Wind and rain and shine
That umbrella, we employed it
By August, she was mine
Every morning I would see her waiting at the stop
Sometimes she'd shopped and she would show me what she bought
Other people stared as if we were both quite insane
Someday my name and hers are going to be the same
That's the way the whole thing started
Silly but it's true
Thinkin' of a sweet romance
Beginning in a queue
Came the sun the ice was melting
No more sheltering now
Nice to think that that umbrella
Led me to a vow
Every morning I would see her waiting at the stop
Sometimes she'd shopped and she would show me what she bought
Other people stared as if we were both quite insane
Someday my name and hers are going to be the same
Bus stop, wet day, she's there, I say
Please share my umbrella
Bus stop, bus goes, she stays, love grows
Under my umbrella
All that summer we enjoyed it
Wind and rain and shine
That umbrella, we employed it
By August, she was mine."
Sweet Huh?
Thursday, March 3, 2011
China Roses
Hi everybody! sorry it's been so long! There have been some medical issues going on in the family so I've not been able to post.... BUT I"M BACK NOW! So, here's one of Enya's least popular songs. Enya is great. I'll say that again, for effect... Enya is GREAT! and I love this song. So here's the lyrics, for your enjoyment, and I'll give you some of my interpretation afterward, since Enya lyrics can be a little cryptic :)
"Who can tell me if we have heaven,
who can say the way it should be;
Moonlight holly, the Sappho Comet,
Angel's tears below a tree.
You talk of the break of morning
as you view the new aurora,
Cloud in crimson, the key of heaven,
one love carved in acajou.
One told me of China Roses,
One a Thousand nights and one night,
Earth's last picture, the end of evening:
hue of indigo and blue.
A new moon leads me to
woods of dreams and I follow.
A new world waits for me;
my dream, my way.
I know that if I have heaven
there is nothing to desire.
Rain and river, a world of wonder
may be paradise to me.
I see the sun.
I see the stars."
Saturday, February 19, 2011
You are the New Day
The King Singers was established in 1968 by 6 choral scholars at King's College in Cambridge England. This group became popular in the mid 1970's and has been growing strong ever since. They now perform over 160 concerts a year in various places all over the world. I first discovered this song when So. Sevier High School's Women Choir performed it. I naturally looked it up online as soon as I could.
This song inspires me to be a better me. To remember that everyday is a new chance to make something great of myself. I can only hope that it brings the same kind of comfort to you that it has to me on so many occasions.
Like all good songs this song also ends on the best possible note. My favorite part is the last verse that reads: "Hope is my philosophy Just needs days in which to be Love of life means hope for me borne on a new day." Hope is my philosophy and just like Sally from the Peanuts Gang i'm going to sing it at the top of my lungs!
Here are the lyrics:
I will love you more than me
and more than yesterday
If you can but prove to me
you are the new day
Send the sun in time for dawn
Let the birds all hail the morning
Love of life will urge me say
you are the new day
When I lay me down at night
knowing we must pay
Thoughts occur that this night might
stay yesterday
Thoughts that we as humans small
could slow worlds and end it all
lie around me where they fall
before the new day
One more day when time is running out
for everyone
Like a breath I knew would come I reach for
the new day
Hope is my philosophy
Just needs days in which to be
Love of life means hope for me
borne on a new day
You are the new day
This song inspires me to be a better me. To remember that everyday is a new chance to make something great of myself. I can only hope that it brings the same kind of comfort to you that it has to me on so many occasions.
Like all good songs this song also ends on the best possible note. My favorite part is the last verse that reads: "Hope is my philosophy Just needs days in which to be Love of life means hope for me borne on a new day." Hope is my philosophy and just like Sally from the Peanuts Gang i'm going to sing it at the top of my lungs!
Here are the lyrics:
I will love you more than me
and more than yesterday
If you can but prove to me
you are the new day
Send the sun in time for dawn
Let the birds all hail the morning
Love of life will urge me say
you are the new day
When I lay me down at night
knowing we must pay
Thoughts occur that this night might
stay yesterday
Thoughts that we as humans small
could slow worlds and end it all
lie around me where they fall
before the new day
One more day when time is running out
for everyone
Like a breath I knew would come I reach for
the new day
Hope is my philosophy
Just needs days in which to be
Love of life means hope for me
borne on a new day
You are the new day
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Lets Get Lost
So I happened across this song as I was reviewing a blog and I REALLY like it. Its a style that I've not heard ever before, and the nearest thing to it is probably Jewel, except Jewel didn't have a twin sister who could do awesome harmony with her! Haylee McClellan and Chelsea Allen promised us for weeks on their blogs that they'd post a song, and I kept watching for it. I've known quite a few amateur musicians (being one myself) and for the most part they just don't cut the mustard, so I wasn't expecting alot when I hit the play button. Needless to say I was blown away. They were gracious enough to send me the lyrics so here they are!
Nothing ever seems to go your way
Push yourself to the limit, nothing changes
Day by day you lose your light,
You can't find your way
Chorus:
I wanna get lost in your eyes
Dance on your rainy days
I want to fly by your side
Show you the way you take my breath away
My breath away
Facing your biggest fear
I won't disappear
Running away, baby stay
I will help you find
Chorus:
Let's get lost in this sky
Chase all these shooting stars
No reason to wonder why
I'll show you the way to my heart, to my heart
It's your part
I can't find a reason to let you go
I found your light
I'm chasing these feelings, and losing control
In your smile I'll hide
Chorus:
Let's get lost in this night
Dance on these shooting stars
Let's fly side by side
You found your way back to my heart, back to my heart
It's your part
Nothing ever seems to go your way
Push yourself to the limit, nothing changes
Day by day you lose your light,
You can't find your way
Chorus:
I wanna get lost in your eyes
Dance on your rainy days
I want to fly by your side
Show you the way you take my breath away
My breath away
Facing your biggest fear
I won't disappear
Running away, baby stay
I will help you find
Chorus:
Let's get lost in this sky
Chase all these shooting stars
No reason to wonder why
I'll show you the way to my heart, to my heart
It's your part
I can't find a reason to let you go
I found your light
I'm chasing these feelings, and losing control
In your smile I'll hide
Chorus:
Let's get lost in this night
Dance on these shooting stars
Let's fly side by side
You found your way back to my heart, back to my heart
It's your part
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Delibes' Flower Duet
I have no idea what it's talking about. I don't even know for sure what language its in (which is rare for me) . All I know is that it sounds GREAT! So I haven't looked up the lyrics for you. This is a good song to listen to if you need to relax, or do get some wiggles out by doing ballet in your socks in the kitchen... not that a manly person like myself would ever do something like that. Anyway, I hope you enjoy it as much as I do :) (click here for the video)
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Matthew
Had an uncle named Matthew
Was his fathers only boy
Born just south of Colby, Kansas
Was his mothers pride and joy
Yes, and joy was just the thing that he was reaised on
Love was just the way to live and die
Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield
Blue, just a Kansas Summer sky
All the stories that he told me
Back when I was just a lad
All the memories thathe gave me
All the good times that he had
Growing up a Kansas farmboy
Life was mostly having fun
Riding on his daddies shoulders
Behind the mule beneath the sun
Yes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised on
Love was just the way to live and die
Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield
Blue, just a Kansas Summer sky
Well, I guess there were some hard times
And I'm told some years were lean
They had a storm in forty-seven
A twister came and stripped them clean
He los the farm and lost his family
He lost his wheat and lost his home
But he found the family bible
Faith as solid as a stone
Yes and joy was just the thing that he was raised on
Love was just a way to live and die
Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield
Blue, just a Kansas Summer sky
So he came to live at our house
and he came to work the lan
He came to ease my daddies burden
And he came to be my friend
So I wrote this down for Matthew
And it's for him the song is sun
Riding on his daddies shoulders
Behind a mule beneath the sun
Yes and joy was just the thing that he was raised on
Love was just a way to live and die
Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield
Blue, just a Kansas Summer sky.
John Denver: Songwriter, Actor, and Humanitarian. A unique personality who always maintained that people pretty much everywhere are the same in heart and in spirit.... hehe. I remember that from a medley of his songs I performed in high school choir. Matthew is is about accepting life as it is and enjoying it. Looking over his Bio on Wikipedia, it looks like he knew about that from experience. He moved all over the place in his childhood! It couldn't have been easy being named "Henry Paul Deutschendorf, Jr." either! Anyway, I spent some time last semester in an environmental psychology class, and we learned about a ton of reasons that being outside is beneficial, especially for kids, and how kids get less and less free time outside, unlike Matthew. I bet you can find some yourself! Here's the challenge: spend some time outside, then come back a and tell me how it was! See if you can remember any good time from your childhood and just remember what it's like to be outdoors.
If you just need a laugh check out these blogs: http://thekeythree.blogspot.com/ and http://ramelltaylor.blogspot.com/
Thursday, February 3, 2011
A Long Line of Love
A Long Line of Love is one of my favorite songs of all time. I'll post the lyrics first and talk later :)
I bought a beautiful diamond ring
I offered it ot the sweetest thing I know
And she said she would take it
We started making some wedding plans
She looked at me and she took my hand and said
"Are you sure we can make it?"
I said my granddad's still in love with my grandma
I said my dad still thinks my moms the sweetest thing he ever saw
I come from a long line of love
When the time get hard we don't give
Forever's in my heart and in my blood
You see I come from a long line of love
Years went by and we had a son
Now he thinks that he's found some one for him
And they're planning a wedding
He called me up on the phone today
Just to see what I had to say to him
Did I think he was ready?
I said what his grandfather used to say to me
It's been handed down for ages
It runs in the family
You come from a long line of love
When the times get hard we don't give up
Forever's in your heart and in your blood
Son you come from a long line of love
We come from a long line of love
Released by Michael Martin Murphy in 1985, I'm not sure how my dad found this one. He doesn't listen to country and he would have been teaching school at the time, but one way or another, this was one of my favorite songs to hear him play.
I feel like too many people "give up" too easily. And before you go thinkin' that I don't know what I'm talking about, yes, I've been divorced. I feel like my first wife gave up too easily when she left me. I treated her the very best I could. This life isn't easy. It's not easy for anyone. "Life is pain, Highness; anyone who tells you different is selling something" goes the quote from The Princess Bride. The point is that we take on the hard things! That we live through the tough times and came out on top. At my second wedding, I had my dad play this song because I still believe it. My grandpa's still in love with my grandma and my dad still thinks my mom is the cutest thing he ever saw. I do come from a long line of love and I've seen couples go through rough times and not give up. So don't give up!
-Rob
oh, bytheway, My buddy Roeun has some great outdoorsy pics on his blog. Might give you some good recreation ideas. Or if you just need some inspiration to get through the day, Kylie has some quotes.
I bought a beautiful diamond ring
I offered it ot the sweetest thing I know
And she said she would take it
We started making some wedding plans
She looked at me and she took my hand and said
"Are you sure we can make it?"
I said my granddad's still in love with my grandma
I said my dad still thinks my moms the sweetest thing he ever saw
I come from a long line of love
When the time get hard we don't give
Forever's in my heart and in my blood
You see I come from a long line of love
Years went by and we had a son
Now he thinks that he's found some one for him
And they're planning a wedding
He called me up on the phone today
Just to see what I had to say to him
Did I think he was ready?
I said what his grandfather used to say to me
It's been handed down for ages
It runs in the family
You come from a long line of love
When the times get hard we don't give up
Forever's in your heart and in your blood
Son you come from a long line of love
We come from a long line of love
Released by Michael Martin Murphy in 1985, I'm not sure how my dad found this one. He doesn't listen to country and he would have been teaching school at the time, but one way or another, this was one of my favorite songs to hear him play.
I feel like too many people "give up" too easily. And before you go thinkin' that I don't know what I'm talking about, yes, I've been divorced. I feel like my first wife gave up too easily when she left me. I treated her the very best I could. This life isn't easy. It's not easy for anyone. "Life is pain, Highness; anyone who tells you different is selling something" goes the quote from The Princess Bride. The point is that we take on the hard things! That we live through the tough times and came out on top. At my second wedding, I had my dad play this song because I still believe it. My grandpa's still in love with my grandma and my dad still thinks my mom is the cutest thing he ever saw. I do come from a long line of love and I've seen couples go through rough times and not give up. So don't give up!
-Rob
oh, bytheway, My buddy Roeun has some great outdoorsy pics on his blog. Might give you some good recreation ideas. Or if you just need some inspiration to get through the day, Kylie has some quotes.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Muskrat Love
Popular demand demands that I include Muskrat Love as one of the best songs you've never heard. Written in 1972 by Willis Allan Ramsay, Muskrat Love was originally entitled Muskrat Candlelight and is considered to be one of the WORST popular love songs ever. In my many years of listening to the radio, I've only heard it played once! It was covered by America (who rocks!) and Captain and Tenille, which is the version that you've probably heard if any.
So, you ask, how did I find this song? As a child, my father would often sing my brothers and me to sleep and play his guitar. He was around in the seventies and knew this song, and it was one of our favorites because the thought of two muskrats "whirling, twirling, and tangoing" made us giggle. This song is an important part of my childhood, darnit! Anyway, here's the lyrics. Hope you enjoy!
Muskrat, muskrat candlelight
Doin' the town and doin' it right
In the evenin'
It's pretty pleasin'
Muskrat Susie, Muskrat Sam
Do the jitterbug out in muskrat land
And they shimmy
And Sammy's so skinny
And they whirled and they twirled and they tangoed
Singin' and jingin' the jango
Floatin' like the heavens above
It looks like muskrat love
Nibbling on bacon, chewin' on cheese
Sammy says to Susie "Honey, would you please be my missus?"
And she say yes
With her kisses
And now he's ticklin' her fancy
Rubbin' her toes
Muzzle to muzzle, now anything goes
As they wriggle, and Sue starts to giggle
And they whirled and they twirled and they tangoed
Singin' and jingin' the jango
Floatin' like the heavens above
It looks like muskrat love
-Rob
P.S. If you like my blog, you should see my friend Daniels: http://super-sizeme.blogspot.com/ and Roberts: http://www.socialmediacrm.blogspot.com/ !
So, you ask, how did I find this song? As a child, my father would often sing my brothers and me to sleep and play his guitar. He was around in the seventies and knew this song, and it was one of our favorites because the thought of two muskrats "whirling, twirling, and tangoing" made us giggle. This song is an important part of my childhood, darnit! Anyway, here's the lyrics. Hope you enjoy!
Muskrat, muskrat candlelight
Doin' the town and doin' it right
In the evenin'
It's pretty pleasin'
Muskrat Susie, Muskrat Sam
Do the jitterbug out in muskrat land
And they shimmy
And Sammy's so skinny
And they whirled and they twirled and they tangoed
Singin' and jingin' the jango
Floatin' like the heavens above
It looks like muskrat love
Nibbling on bacon, chewin' on cheese
Sammy says to Susie "Honey, would you please be my missus?"
And she say yes
With her kisses
And now he's ticklin' her fancy
Rubbin' her toes
Muzzle to muzzle, now anything goes
As they wriggle, and Sue starts to giggle
And they whirled and they twirled and they tangoed
Singin' and jingin' the jango
Floatin' like the heavens above
It looks like muskrat love
-Rob
P.S. If you like my blog, you should see my friend Daniels: http://super-sizeme.blogspot.com/ and Roberts: http://www.socialmediacrm.blogspot.com/ !
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Dulaman
Dulaman
You'd never think that a song about seaweed could be so great! It's also surprising how many times it's been recorded. Coming from an Irish fishing song, It was first recorded by Clannad, an Irish folk group, in their native Gaelic (one of the six Celtic languages fyi). If you've heard of Enya, it may interest you to know that Clannad is mainly made up of Enya's brothers and sisters. She left to go solo in 1981 (says wikipedia anyway). According to native speaker gaeilge101 "The song used 2 types of seaweed as metaphors for 2 MEN one the father and the other the man who wants to marry his daughter".
Here's the English Translation from the original Clannad recording:
Seaweed of the yellow cliff
Irish seaweed
Seaweed of the yellow cliff
Irish Seaweed
Oh gentle daughter
Here come the wooing men
Oh gentle mother
Put the wheels in motion for me
There is a yellow-gold head
On the Irish seaweed
There are two blunt ears
On the Irish seaweed
We'll go to Newry
With the Irish seaweed
I would buy expensive shoes
Said the Irish seaweed
The Irish seaweed has
Beautiful black shoes
The Irish seaweed has
A beret and trousers
I spent time telling her the story
That I would buy a comb for her
The story she told back to me
That she is well-groomed
"What did you bring from the land?"
Says the Irish seaweed
"Courting with your daughter"
Says the stately seaweed
"You're not taking my daughter"
Says the Irish seaweed
"Well, I'd take her with me"
Says the stately seaweed.
Seaweed of the yellow cliff
Seaweed of the mountain
Seaweed from the sea
Seaweed.
Weird eh? Wait till you listen to the Anuna version! Anuna is a really amazing men's choir, also Irish. I strongly suggest listening to their version.
Personally, my favorite of all the many recordings of Dulaman is Celtic Woman's which is performed live at Slane Castle. (TOTALLY not fair! I want to sing at a castle....)
Good stuff! We'll see you next time on: The BEST songs you've never heard!
You'd never think that a song about seaweed could be so great! It's also surprising how many times it's been recorded. Coming from an Irish fishing song, It was first recorded by Clannad, an Irish folk group, in their native Gaelic (one of the six Celtic languages fyi). If you've heard of Enya, it may interest you to know that Clannad is mainly made up of Enya's brothers and sisters. She left to go solo in 1981 (says wikipedia anyway). According to native speaker gaeilge101 "The song used 2 types of seaweed as metaphors for 2 MEN one the father and the other the man who wants to marry his daughter".
Here's the English Translation from the original Clannad recording:
Seaweed of the yellow cliff
Irish seaweed
Seaweed of the yellow cliff
Irish Seaweed
Oh gentle daughter
Here come the wooing men
Oh gentle mother
Put the wheels in motion for me
There is a yellow-gold head
On the Irish seaweed
There are two blunt ears
On the Irish seaweed
We'll go to Newry
With the Irish seaweed
I would buy expensive shoes
Said the Irish seaweed
The Irish seaweed has
Beautiful black shoes
The Irish seaweed has
A beret and trousers
I spent time telling her the story
That I would buy a comb for her
The story she told back to me
That she is well-groomed
"What did you bring from the land?"
Says the Irish seaweed
"Courting with your daughter"
Says the stately seaweed
"You're not taking my daughter"
Says the Irish seaweed
"Well, I'd take her with me"
Says the stately seaweed.
Seaweed of the yellow cliff
Seaweed of the mountain
Seaweed from the sea
Seaweed.
Weird eh? Wait till you listen to the Anuna version! Anuna is a really amazing men's choir, also Irish. I strongly suggest listening to their version.
Personally, my favorite of all the many recordings of Dulaman is Celtic Woman's which is performed live at Slane Castle. (TOTALLY not fair! I want to sing at a castle....)
Good stuff! We'll see you next time on: The BEST songs you've never heard!
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