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THE LIFE OF A FIREMAN
OH, FOR THE LIFE OF A FIREMAN,
OH, FOR THE LIFE OF A FIREMAN,
TO STAND UPON THE ENGINE RED,
AND SHOUT TO THE HORSES,
GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD!
THE FIREMAN'S BAND, THE FIREMAN'S BAND,
HERE'S MY HEART AND HERE'S MY HAND.
HERE'S MY HEART AND HERE'S MY HAND.
NOW DON'T YOU REALLY, REALLY THINK,
THAT IT'S TIME WE HAD A DRINK,
(A HELL OF A LONG ONE)
THE FIREMAN'S BAND, THE FIREMAN'S BAND,
HERE'S MY HEART AND HERE'S MY HAND.
CLANG, CLANG, CLANG,
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
THE DAMN FIRE'S OUT!
Submitter comment:
A COLLEGE SONG
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): OCCUPATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 12-04-1969
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WE SURE CAN DRINK
CHORUS:
AND WE CAN, WE CAN, WE CAN, WE CAN,
DEMOLISH FORTY BEERS,
DRINK RUM, DRINK RUM, DRINK RUM, DRINK RUM,
AND COME ALONG WITH US,
FOR WE DON'T GIVE A DAMN FOR ANY DAMN MAN
WHO DON'T GIVE A DAMN FOR US.
GODIVA WAS A LADY FROM COVENTRY DID RIDE,
FOR TO SHOW TO ALL THE VILLAGERS HER BARE AND LILY WHITE HIDE,
THE MOST OBSERVANT MAN THERE, AN ENGINEER, OF COURSE,
WAS THE ONLY ONE TO NOTICE THAT GODIVA RODE A HORSE.
CHORUS:
NOW I HAVE RIDDEN FORTY MILES, AND I WILL RIDE AS FAR,
WITH THE MAN WHO TAKES ME FROM THIS HORSE, AND LEADS ME TO A BAR.
THE ONES WHO TOOK HER STEED, AND STOOD HER TO A BEER,
WERE A BLEARY EYED SURVEYOR AND A DRUNKEN ENGINEER.
CHORUS:
SIR FRANCIS DRAKE AND HIS MEN, SAILED OUT FROM CALWAY BAY,
THEY HEARD THE SPANISH WHISKEY NAVY WAS SAILING OUT THAT WAY,
BUT THE ENGINEERS HAD BEAT THEM BY A NIGHT AND HALF A DAY,
AND THOUGH THEY WERE DRUNK AS TARMINTORS YOU COULD HEAR THEM SAY,
CHORUS:
Submitter comment:
A SONG LEARNED IN COLLEGE
TUNE: "RAMBLING WRECK FROM GEORGIA TECH"
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 11-20-1969
DON'T PUT MY BOY IN PRISON
A MOTHER WAS WEEPING AND WAILING
THE COURTROOM WAS FILLED WITH A CROWD
THE JUDGE SAYS WHY MADAME, WHAT'S AILING
AND THE POOR WOMAN SHOUTED OUT LOUD
DON'T PUT MY BOY IN PRISON
DON,T TAKE MY BOY FROM ME
THOUGH FROM THE BANKS HE TOOK MONEY
HE JUST WANTED SAMPLES YOU SEE.
DON'T SEND MY BOY TO PRISON
DOWN WHERE THE GANGSTERS SWARM
THOUGH HE SET THE ORPHANAGE ON FIRE
HE JUST DID IT SO HE COULD BE WARM.
DON'T PUT MY BOY IN PRISON
FOR NEVER MORE WILL HE ROAM
HE DIDN'T STEAL THAT CHICKEN
IT JUST FOLLOWED HIM HOME.
DON'T SEND MY BOY TO PRISON
WHERE ALL IS COLD AND NUMB
HE DIDN'T STEAL THAT PORK CHOP
THE PORK CHOP JUST STUCK TO HIS THUMB.
DON'T PUT MY BOY IN PRISON
WHERE HE WILL EAT STALE BREAD
JUST FIND THE GUY THAT WROTE THIS STORY
AND SEND HIM THERE INSTEAD.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD FROM AARON ANDERSON WHO HAD TRAVELLED AROUND THE
WORLD AS A SAILOR.
Where learned: NO LOCATION INDICATED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
LEMME KISS YUH
WHAT IS YOUR NAME LITTLE BOY?
MY NAME IS LEMME.
LEMME WHAT LITTLE BOY?
LEMME KISS YUH!
WHAT IS YOUR NAME LITTLE GIRL?
MY NAME IS IDA.
IDA WHAT LITTLE GIRL?
IDA'NT (DON'T) WANTA!
WHAT IS YOUR NAME LITTLE BOY?
MY NAME IS LEMME.
LEMME WHAT LITTLE BOY?
LEMME KISS YUH!
WHAT IS YOUR NAME LITTLE GIRL?
MY NAME IS ASKA.
ASKA WHAT LITTLE GIRL?
ASKA MY MOMMA!
WHAT IS YOUR NAME LITTLE BOY?
MY NAME IS LEMME.
LEMME WHAT LITTLE BOY?
LEMME KISS YUH!
WHAT IS YOUR NAME LITTLE GIRL?
MY NAME IS OLLIE.
OLLIE WHAT LITTLE LITTLE GIRL?
OLLIE RIGHT! (PUCKER LIPS AND KISS THE AIR)
Submitter comment:
OBTAINED FROM CAMP STAPLETON ABOUT TWELVE YEARS AGO [1953]. ONE OF THE
COUNSELORS TAUGHT IT TO US AS WE SAT AROUND THE CAMPFIRE
SINGING.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): GESTURE ; KNOCK KNOCK JOKE ; QUESTION AND ANSWER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
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SHOW ME THE WAY TO GO HOME
I,M TIRED AND I WANT TO GO TO BED
WELL I HAD A LITTLE DRINK ABOUT AN HOUR AGO AND
IT WENT RIGHT TO MY HEAD
WHEREVER I MAY ROAM
LAND OR SEA OR FOAM
YOU CAN ALWAYS HEAR ME
SINGING THIS SONG
SHOW ME THE WAY TO GO HOME.
(CONTINUE WITH TRANSLATION)
(TRANSLATION)
INDICATE THE WAY TO MY HABITUAL ABODE
I,M TIRED AND I WANT TO GO TO BED
WELL I HAD A LITTLE ALCHOLIC AWILE AGO
AND IT WENT RIGHT TO MY CEREBELLUM
WHEREVER I MAY PREAMBULATE
ON LAND OR SEA OR ATMOSPHERE AT ANY RATE
YOU CAN ALWAYS HEAR ME SINGING
THIS WARNING;
INDICATE THE WAY TO MY HABITUAL ABODE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 09-29-1969
AND THERE WAS GRANNY SWINGING ON THE OUTHOUSE DOOR,
WITHOUT HER NIGHTY;
AND GRANDPA YELLING "MORE, MORE, MORE." HE'S GONNA GET SOME.
Submitter comment:
A LITTLE DITTY QUITE POPULAR AMONG OT;S, VARIOUS
FRATS, AND ENGINEERRS.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Keyword(s): Lyrics ; MUSIC ; RHYME ; SONG ; Tune ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
NOBODY LIKES ME.
EVERYBODY HATES ME,
I,M GOING TO GO EAT WORMS.
REFRAIN:
BIG, FAT, JUICY ONES.
SMALL, THIN, SLABBY ONES.
ITSY, BITSY, FUZZY, WUZZY WORMS.
FIRST YOU GET A BUCKET,
THEN YOU GET A SHOVEL,
THEN YOU GET A BUCKET FULL OF WORMS.
REFRAIN
FIRST YOU BITE THEIR HEADS OFF,
THEN YOU SUCK THEIR GUTS OUT,
OH, HOW THEY WIGGLE AND SQUIRM.
UP COMES ONE WORM,
UP COMES TWO WORMS,
UP COMES THREE LITTLE WORMS.
REFRAIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BATTLE CREEK
Keyword(s): WORMS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
HOW DRY I AM
HOW DRY I AM,
HOW WET I'LL BE
IF I DON'T FIND
THE BATHROOM KEY.
Submitter comment:
KEYPUNCHER NOTES THAT SHE KNOWS ANOTHER VERSE TO THIS SONG.
IT FOLLOWS.
I FOUND THE KEY,
IT WAS TO LATE.
FOR THERE IT WAS
UPON THE FLOOR
AND IT WASN'T GINGERALE.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Lansing
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 09-15-1969
PARTY POOPER
EVERY PARTY HAS A POOPER,
THAT'S WHY I INVITED YOU
PARTY POOPER.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS SOMETIMES SUNG.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: RATHSKELLER
Keyword(s): Lyrics ; Music' ; RHYME ; SONG ; Tune ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 11-18-1968
DOWN IN THE MEDDY (MEADOW)
IN AN ITTY BITTY POOL
SWAM THREE LITTLE FISHIES
AND A MAMA FISHY TOO
SWIM SAID THE MAMA FISH
SWIM AS FAST AS YOU CAN
AND THEY SWAM AND THEY SWAM
RIGHT OVER THE DAM
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Lyrics ; MUSIC ; SONG ; Tune
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 12-01-1967
FUZZY WUZZY WAS A BEAR
FUZZY WUZZY HAD NO HAIR
FUZZY WUZZY WASN'T FUZZY WUZZY
WAS HE?
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: COLLECTOR DOES NOT REMEMBER
Keyword(s): Lyrics ; MUSIC ; poem ; RHYME ; SONG ; Tune ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 10-08-1968
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU,
YOU BELONG IN A ZOO,
WITH THE LIONS AND TIGERS,
AND THE MONKEYS LIKE YOU.
Submitter comment:
SUNG AS A SECOND VERSE TO HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Lyrics ; MUSIC ; RHYME ; SONG ; TAUNT ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 11-09-1968
STEELBALL IS A RACE HORSE,
I WISH HE WAS MINE,
HE NEVER DRANK WATER,
HE ONLY DRANK WINE.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: RATHSKELLER
Keyword(s): Lyrics ; PUN ; RHYME ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 11-19-1968
SILLY SONG
MARY HAD A STEAMBOAT,
STEAMBOAT HAD A BELL,
MARY WENT TO HEAVEN,
STEAMBOAT WENT TO ....
HELL_O OPERATOR,
DIAL NUMBER NINE,
IF THEY DON'T ANSWER,
KICK THEM IN THE . . . .
BEHIND THE REFRIGERATOR
IS A PIECE OF GLASS,
MARY SLIPPED
AND FELL UPON HER . . . .
ASK ME NO MORE QUESTIONS AND I'LL TELL YOU NO LIES,
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BATTLE CREEK
Keyword(s): JOKE ; Lyric ; MUSIC ; SONG ; Tune ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
WHEN IT'S SPRINGTIME IN ALASKA,
AND IT'S 99 BELOW.
AND THE ESKIMO RUNS BAREFOOT,
THROUGH 40 FEET OF SNOW.
THE POLAR BEAR SITS IN THE SUNSHINE,
AND THE SEALS SING ALL THE DAY,
WHEN IT'S SPRINGTIME IN ALASKA,
I'LL BE COMING BACK YOUR WAY.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Keyword(s): Lyrics ; MUSIC ; SONG ; Tune
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 11-23-1968
BREAT BIG JARS OF GREASY GRIMMY GOPHER'S GUTS
MURDILATED [sic] MONKEY'S MEAT
CONCENTRATED BIRDIES FEET
GREAT BIG JARS OF ALL PURPOSE PORPOISE PUS
AND ME WITHOUT A SPOON OR A FLAVORED STRAW.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
[sic] probably is "mutilated"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; CHILDREN ; Funny ; GROSS ; JOKE ; MUSIC ; SONG ; Tune
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 09-29-1969