skeptic Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 So, Old Grey Eagle; did you recognize it, or did you have to look it up? Not too many would recognize it, and most younger people here likely do not even know who he is. I will be going to a performance of his in Palm Springs November 8th. Just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apache Bob Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Skeptic - "A safe place to land" is on my favorites list. Thanks. 1.Oh, we grow things mighty big down in Kentucky But there's nothing in that state that can compare To a cow that we once had us And the name of her was Gladys Boy, you should have seen the neighbors stop and stare. She stood 10 feet tall and had one purple eyeball It took eight of us to milk her, here is why: She had 27 spigots And the tourists all bought tickets Just to watch us milk and hear us loudly cry-y-y-y... (Chorus) Oh, pass the udder udder and I'll pass it to my brudder And I'll pass the udder udder dis-a-way So we passed the udder udder and I passed it to my brudder Oh, we really had our hands full every day. 2. We created quite a spectacle, I grant you But we milked her just as pretty as you please And while people said "How funny," We raked in enough durn money To go out and order ermine BVD's. Father turned her on her back one Sunday morning Gladys said "I'm upside down, now what's the gag?" "Well, the reason why," said Pop "is so the cream will be on top." "Gosh," the cow said, "in that case, it's in the bag!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evmori Posted October 10, 2008 Author Share Posted October 10, 2008 Great tune from my youth! Spent some time feelin' inferior standing in front of my mirror Combed my hair in a thousand ways but I came out looking just the same Daddy said, "Son, you better see the world I wouldn't blame you if you wanted to leave But remember one thing don't lose your head to a woman that'll spend your bread" So I got out Paris was a place you could hide away if you felt you didn't fit in French police wouldn't give me no peace They claimed I was a nasty person Down along the Left Bank minding my own Was knocked down by a human stampede Got arrested for inciting a peaceful riot when all I wanted was a cup of tea I was accused I moved on Down in Rome I wasn't getting enough of the things that keeps a young man alive My body stunk but I kept my funk at a time when I was right out of luck Getting desperate indeed I was Looking like a tourist attraction Oh my dear I better get out of here 'for the Vatican don't give no sanction I wasn't ready for that, no no I moved right out east yeah! On the Peking ferry I was feeling merry sailing on my way back here I fell in love with a slit eyed lady by the light of an eastern moon Shangai Lil never used the pill She claimed that it just ain't natural She took me up on deck and bit my neck Oh people I was glad I found her Oh yeah I was glad I found her I firmly believe that I didn't need anyone but me I sincerely thought I was so complete Look how wrong you can be The women I've known I wouldn't let tie my shoe They wouldn't give you the time of day But the slit eyed lady knocked me off my feet God I was glad I found her And if they had the words I could tell to you to help you on the way down the road I couldn't quote you no Dickens, Shelley or Keats 'cause it's all been said before Make the best out of the bad just laugh it off You didn't have to come here anyway So remember, every picture tells a story don't it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGreyEagle Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 There used to be a standard Boy Scout reply about knowing and utilizing your resources and I do ... get a job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apache Bob Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Did "23 skidoo" mean more that leaving quickly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicki Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 The Silhouettes did that one (get a job)! and, oh my, did the lyrics reflect the times: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSScout Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Halloween is coming up... Look up "The Cremation of Sam MaGee" By Robert Service Too long for here .(This message has been edited by SSScout) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGreyEagle Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Now, I CAN recite the Cremation of Sam Macgee from memory and do so quite frequently. Perhaps too frequently but yet, that one I have down cold Also in the repoitore The Ballad of William Sycamore Casey at the Bat The Bugville Boys (Casey's Redemption) Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeptic Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 OGE That just Frost's me............ Build any walls lately? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwd-scouter Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Who could forget Lost in Space? The Jupiter 2? June Lockhart? That Major Don West was hot! OK, I was very young then. Danger Will Robinson. Oh the pain, the pain. Here's another one, anyone remember? It's about time, it's about space, About two men in the strangest place... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGreyEagle Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Build a Wall? Nope, I was to busy on the road not taken to build a wall Loved Lost in Space, in that silver spacesuit June certainly was busting out all over, although my heart, truth to be told, was pledged to Angela Cartwright. Billy Mummy was also in it, be very careful or you could be wished out to the cornfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asm 411 Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Vicki, "My socks! I can't move my socks!" That brought back a lot of memories. Thanks. I don't think I would want to share many those with my younger Scouts or older ones for that matter. Lincoln Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apache Bob Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Have to add one more for friends and buddies to did not make it here. I remember them and miss them. Oh Wall Phillip L. Woodall Oh wall on wall of granite stone Not tomb or glory chart Reflects the pain of shattered bone And shrapnel in the heart. Mothers moan. Warriors weep. Abe and George look on Silent souls would angels keep Inside the great black stone America, America, see No shining perfect star. Your undercoat of memory Reveals an ugly scar. Remember how the warriors died In places hardly known. Remember tears that widows cried Beside the great black stone. La Drang, Phuoc Yen, Hamburger Hill, Khe Sanh, hundreds more, Five thousand days to maim and kill The victims of the war. Peace comes now upon the mall Where painful memories start To would those standing by the wall With shrapnel in the heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeptic Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 While in college in Arizona my ex and I had a 12" bw tv on which I loved to watch Lost in Space and Twelve-o-clock High. I was deprived in the late 50's, most of the 60's, and even early 70's, having little access to tv. We lived in the desert with no reception unless you had an aerial 40+ feet high. Then was just too poor to have one, or working too many hours. So now, I find myself watching any of the "oldie" stations on cable. Think I have finally seen all the MASH ones, and most of the Bewitched, Genie, Beaver, and so on; but some of the really old ones do not show up much. Waiting for the Waltons to come back on someday, as I often was at work or school during their hey day. Still do not think have seen all the Little House episodes, but they tend to replay what must have been the most popular, or maybe they were only allowed to buy so many? Would like FAME to reappear, as well as a few of the more obscure late 50's sitcoms. Also, Reagan's old program, Twenty Mule Team or something like that. Speaking of old programs; I have always found it funny in a way that on the old Gunsmoke radio program, Matt Dillon was played by Robert Cannon; voice fit perfectly, but compare to James Arnett on the TV version. Just is comical to me. Sure there are lots of others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apache Bob Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Frodo Lives. Mighty Mouse is alive and well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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