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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: PubliusMM
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posted on
09/06/2012 6:09:35 PM PDT
by
fatima
(Free Hugs Today :))
To: fatima
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)
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.~)))
To: fatima
144
posted on
09/06/2012 6:10:42 PM PDT
by
Publius
(Leadership starts with getting off the couch.)
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)
To: vipervomit
146
posted on
09/06/2012 6:12:05 PM PDT
by
fatima
(Free Hugs Today :))
To: fatima
147
posted on
09/06/2012 6:13:21 PM PDT
by
Publius
(Leadership starts with getting off the couch.)
To: 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)
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.
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posted on
09/06/2012 6:13:43 PM PDT
by
puppypusher
(The World is going to the dogs.)
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)
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?))
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.~)))
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?”
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.
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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.)
To: BwanaNdege
“Tom T Hall - ‘Old Dogs Children And Watermelon Wine’
Wonderful song.
To: fatima
156
posted on
09/06/2012 6:15:35 PM PDT
by
Publius
(Leadership starts with getting off the couch.)
To: fatima
157
posted on
09/06/2012 6:16:07 PM PDT
by
llmc1
To: fatima
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.)
To: fatima
159
posted on
09/06/2012 6:18:37 PM PDT
by
Fiji Hill
(Deo Vindice!)
To: Publius
Publius!!
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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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