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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





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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: PubliusMM

Me likie the sausage:)Thanks PubliusMM ((((Hugs))))

Big Bad John-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cITjfIMXN0g


141 posted on 09/06/2012 6:09:35 PM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: fatima

“CONVOY” C. W. McCall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWO_AIh8drk


142 posted on 09/06/2012 6:10:00 PM PDT by Tucker39 ( Psa 68:19Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits; even the God of our salvation.KJV)
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To: fatima
Thanks, fatima, for today's Tell Us Your Favorite "Song That Tells A Story".


143 posted on 09/06/2012 6:10:18 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)))
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To: fatima
The Shangri-las: "Give Us Your Blessings"
144 posted on 09/06/2012 6:10:42 PM PDT by Publius (Leadership starts with getting off the couch.)
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To: fatima

30,000 Pounds of Bananas - Harry Chapin
2112 - Rush
Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis - Tom Waits
Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow - Frank Zappa
Lucky Man - Emerson Lake & Palmer
Me & My Uncle - Grateful Dead
The Gift - Velvet Underground
The Mississippi Squirrel Revival - Ray Stevens
Then Came the Last Days of May - Blue Oyster Cult


145 posted on 09/06/2012 6:11:20 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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To: vipervomit

Good one vipervomit ((((Hugs))))

Ballad of the Green Berets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX4Flhw0HSA


146 posted on 09/06/2012 6:12:05 PM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: fatima
Franz Schubert: "On the Bridge"

Written by Schubert in 1826 for Bruce Springsteen.

147 posted on 09/06/2012 6:13:21 PM PDT by Publius (Leadership starts with getting off the couch.)
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To: fatima

Hi, (((fatima)))!


148 posted on 09/06/2012 6:13:27 PM PDT by pookie18 (...OK, plan C: Newt or Rick...I guess it's plan D now)
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To: fatima

Fatima!My favorite song would be Taxi By Harry Chapin.Actually any of the Songs on His Greatese Stories Live.They’re all Great.


149 posted on 09/06/2012 6:13:43 PM PDT by puppypusher (The World is going to the dogs.)
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To: novemberslady

That’s the one I was gonna suggest! :) It always reminds me
of some friends I have that live near the Big Lake.


150 posted on 09/06/2012 6:13:54 PM PDT by luvie (All my heroes wear camos)
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To: Publius

The piano is even more spectacular than the vocal. Does anybody do this in English?


151 posted on 09/06/2012 6:13:54 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (let me ABOs run loose, lew (or is that lou?))
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel
Cletus.D!!


152 posted on 09/06/2012 6:14:10 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)))
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To: fatima

Ah,,,, thanks for the hugs and the clip! I hadn’t seen that one! His singing is a bit flat, but I’ll bet that’s because his vocal monitor was a bit too loud. Seen that often,,,,, even been a victim myself! A friend who worked at a record store brought me the promo copy of that album. It was 24 hours before I even flipped it over, and heard side two! It was that intense! I must’ve played “Manic Depression” 25 times! It was like,,,, “You mean it’s okay for me to play like this?”


153 posted on 09/06/2012 6:14:16 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: Some Fat Guy in L.A.

Clockwork Angels - Rush
Scenes From A Memory - Dream Theater
Cygnus X-1 Book 1 and Book 2 - Rush
The Necromancer - Rush
Freeze, The Enemy Within, The Weapon, Witch Hunt Parts 1,2,3, and 4 of Fear - Rush.


154 posted on 09/06/2012 6:14:52 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache (In a world where I feel so small, I can't stop thinking big.)
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To: BwanaNdege

“Tom T Hall - ‘Old Dogs Children And Watermelon Wine’”

Wonderful song.


155 posted on 09/06/2012 6:15:35 PM PDT by ChowChowFace
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To: fatima
The Irish Rovers: "The Unicorn Song"
156 posted on 09/06/2012 6:15:35 PM PDT by Publius (Leadership starts with getting off the couch.)
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To: fatima

“Blood on the Coal” - The Folksmen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3J-_fAavm4


157 posted on 09/06/2012 6:16:07 PM PDT by llmc1
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To: fatima

Revelation - Waylon Jennings

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYlBObi-SC0

It’ll curdle the marrow of your bones.


158 posted on 09/06/2012 6:17:42 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: fatima
Winnie the Wailer--Lonnie Johnson, 1932 (Ruby Newman & His Orchestra also had a fine version of this tune)

Minnie the Moocher--Cab Calloway & His Cotton Club Orchestra, 1931

Minnie the Mermaid--Bernie Cummins & His Hotel New Yorker Orchestra, 1930

159 posted on 09/06/2012 6:18:37 PM PDT by Fiji Hill (Deo Vindice!)
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To: Publius
Publius!!


160 posted on 09/06/2012 6:18:37 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)))
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