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Favorite "Story Songs"Tell us your Favorite "Songs That Tell a Story".Freeper Canteen 9~7~12`
Posted on 09/06/2012 5:03:56 PM PDT by fatima
~Favorite Story Song's~
Tanya Tucker - Delta Dawn
Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on Could it be a faded rose from days gone by And did I hear you say he was a-meeting you here today To take you to his mansion in the sky
She's forty-one and her daddy still calls her "baby" All the folks around Brownsville say she's crazy 'Cause she walks around town with a suitcase in her hand Looking for a mysterious dark-haired man
In her younger days they called her Delta Dawn Prettiest woman you ever laid eyes on Then a man of low degree stood by her side And promised her he'd take her for his bride
Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on Could it be a faded rose from days gone by And did I hear you say he was a-meeting you here today To take you to his mansion in the sky
*Video*
Sammy Davis Jnr "Mr Bojangles"
I knew a man Bojangles and he danced for you In worn out shoes Silver hair, a ragged shirt and baggy pants The old soft shoe
He jumped so high He jumped so high Then he'd lightly touched down
Mr Bojangles Mr Bojangles Mr Bojangles Dance
I met him in a cell in New Orleans I was Down and out He looked to me to be the eyes of age As he spoke right out
He talked of life He talked of life He lightly slapped his leg instead
He said the name Bojangles and he danced a lick Across the cell He grabbed his pants for a better stance He jumped so high He clicked his heels
He let go a laugh He let go a laugh Shook back his clothes all around
Mr Bojangles Mr Bojangles Mr Bojangles Dance
We danced for those at minstrel shows and county fairs Throughout the south We spoke in tears of fifteen years How his dog and him They travelled about
His dog up and died He up and died After twenty years he still grieves
They said I dance now at every chance and honky tonks For drinks and tips But most the time I spend behind these county bars Cause I drinks a bit
He shook his head and as he shook his head I heard someone ask please
Mr Bojangles Mr Bojangles Mr Bojangles Dance
Mr Bojangles Mr Bojangles Mr Bojangles
*Video*
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To: fatima
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posted on
09/06/2012 6:19:01 PM PDT
by
Humbug
To: HiTech RedNeck
Thanks HiTech RedNeck,I’ll give a listen later when I have some time ((((Hugs)))
162
posted on
09/06/2012 6:20:20 PM PDT
by
fatima
(Free Hugs Today :))
To: fatima
“Gimme Three Steps by Lynyrd Skynyrd, “Good Bye, Blue Skies” by Pink Floyd, and “Singring and the Glass Guitar” by Todd Rundgren and Utopia.
163
posted on
09/06/2012 6:20:39 PM PDT
by
Emperor Palpatine
(I need a good stiff drink. How 'bout you?)
To: fatima
164
posted on
09/06/2012 6:20:39 PM PDT
by
NurdlyPeon
(It's down to 'anybody but Obama'. And may God forgive me for what I must do in November.)
To: Lloyd227
165
posted on
09/06/2012 6:21:03 PM PDT
by
fatima
(Free Hugs Today :))
To: fatima
Ah, all the commercial stuff here has got it out classed.
166
posted on
09/06/2012 6:21:55 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(let me ABOs run loose, lew (or is that lou?))
To: fatima
To: fatima
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot
Fancy - Rheba’s version
Sink the Bismarck - unknown
To: Delhi Rebels
Love this song!!! A Pirate Looks at Forty.
He has SO many good ones!
169
posted on
09/06/2012 6:22:29 PM PDT
by
republicanbred
(...and when I die I'll be republican dead.)
To: fatima
love story songs. This one is my current favorite:
Lyrics sample:
said Red Molly to James that's a fine motorbike
A girl could feel special on any such like
Said James to Red Molly, well my hat's off to you
It's a Vincent Black Lightning, 1952
And I've seen you at the corners and cafes it seems
Red hair and black leather, my favorite color scheme
And he pulled her on behind
And down to Box Hill they did ride
Richard Thompson 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
170
posted on
09/06/2012 6:23:01 PM PDT
by
Michael.SF.
(Romney was right about the Olympics, but neither the Brits or the Dems will admit it.)
To: fatima
171
posted on
09/06/2012 6:24:01 PM PDT
by
SMGFan
(SMGfan is not "Sub Machine Gun" fan)
To: HiTech RedNeck
To: Publius
You really should hear the one with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Gerald Moore at the piano.
173
posted on
09/06/2012 6:24:44 PM PDT
by
Emperor Palpatine
(I need a good stiff drink. How 'bout you?)
To: fatima
“Buenas Noches From a Lonely Room (She Wore Red Dresses)” by Dwight Yoakum
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posted on
09/06/2012 6:25:24 PM PDT
by
aomagrat
(Gun owners who vote for democrats are too stupid to own guns.)
To: HiTech RedNeck
Nope. Never heard it in English.
175
posted on
09/06/2012 6:25:42 PM PDT
by
Publius
(Leadership starts with getting off the couch.)
To: Hot Tabasco; Kathy in Alaska
I wish I could.I can’t find the audio with either singer.Must be copyrights.Maybe Kathy has it.Thanks Hot Tabasco ((((Hugs))))
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posted on
09/06/2012 6:27:53 PM PDT
by
fatima
(Free Hugs Today :))
To: fatima
177
posted on
09/06/2012 6:28:19 PM PDT
by
Publius
(Leadership starts with getting off the couch.)
To: fatman6502002
“Leaving on a jet plane - Chantal Kreviazuk”
I much prefer this version, which has long since been erased from the internet:
Naked On A Jet Plane
(Lyrics to the tune of “Leaving On A Jet Plane”)
All their clothes are off, they’re ready to go.
The stewardess walks in through the door.
They say they’ve spilled their coffee, let it dry.
Well, I booked my ticket on Southwest.
But then I saw the pilot’s chest.
They’ve stripped down to their skivies when they fly.
So fly me and strip for me
It’s a nightmare trip for me.
Close the cockpit door before you go.
Cause their naked on a jet plane.
Don’t know when I will fly again.
Don’t let your undies show.
Southwest fired them for their stupid prank.
I wondered just how much they drank.
Just one more beer they wouldn’t wear a thing.
First the pilot’s drunk and then he’s nude.
And then they feed us crappy food.
In first class you can see their ding-a-ling.
So, fly me and strip for me.
It’s a nightmare trip for me.
Close the cockpit door before you go.
Cause their naked on a jet plane.
I don’t know when I will fly again.
Naked on a jet plane.
I don’t know when I will fly again.
Naked on a jet plane.
I don’t know when I will fly again.
Don’t let your undies show.
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posted on
09/06/2012 6:28:35 PM PDT
by
pops88
(Standing with Breitbart for truth.)
To: fatima
179
posted on
09/06/2012 6:28:35 PM PDT
by
Fiji Hill
(Deo Vindice!)
To: Sir Francis Dashwood
Randall Knife by Guy Clark
My father had a Randall knife
My mother gave it to him
When he went off to WWII
To save us all from ruin
If you've ever held a Randall knife
Then you know my father well
If a better blade was ever made
It was probably forged in hell
My father was a good man
A lawyer by his trade
And only once did I ever see
Him misuse the blade
It almost cut his thumb off
When he took it for a tool
The knife was made for darker things
And you could not bend the rules
He let me take it camping once
On a Boy Scout jamboree
And I broke a half an inch off
Trying to stick it in a tree
I hid it from him for a while
But the knife and he were one
He put it in his bottom drawer
Without a hard word one
There it slept and there it stayed
For twenty some odd years
Sort of like Excalibur
Except waiting for a tear
My father died when I was forty
And I couldn't find a way to cry
Not because I didn't love him
Not because he didn't try
I'd cried for every lesser thing
Whiskey, pain and beauty
But he deserved a better tear
And I was not quite ready
So we took his ashes out to sea
And poured `em off the stern
And threw the roses in the wake
Of everything we'd learned
When we got back to the house
They asked me what I wanted
Not the lawbooks not the watch
I need the things he's haunted
My hand burned for the Randall knife
There in the bottom drawer
And I found a tear for my father's life
And all that it stood for
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