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message 1351: by Simon (Highwayman) (new)

Simon (Highwayman) (highwayman) | 4276 comments I managed to find Frank Crumit on Napster last night.

I plan to have them play 'The Pig Got Up and Slowly Walked Away' at my funeral.......


message 1352: by Simon (Highwayman) (new)

Simon (Highwayman) (highwayman) | 4276 comments He sings it sounding drunk.....

PIG GOT UP AND SLOWLY WALKED AWAY, THE
(Music: F W Bowers / Lyrics: Benjamin Hapgood Burt)


Frank Crumit - 1934
Johnny Bond - 1966
Jim Croce - 1975

Also recorded by: Sam Hinton; Rudy Vallee;
Harry Belafonte; Clinton Ford; Acker Bilk.



One evening in October
When I was about one-third sober
And was taking home a load with manly pride
My poor feet began to stutter
So I lay down in the gutter
And a pig came up and lay down by my side

Then we sang "It's All Fair Weather"
And "Good Fellows Get Together"
Till a lady passing by was heard to say
She says, "You can tell a man who boozes
By the company he chooses"
And the pig got up and slowly walked away

Yes, the pig got up and slowly walked away
Slowly walked away, slowly walked away
Yes, the pig got up and he turned and winked at me
As he slowly walked away

I also well remember
One evening in November
When I was creeping home at break of day
For in my exhilaration
I engaged in conversation
With a cab-horse, right on the corner of Broadway

I was filled up to the eyeballs
With a flock of gin and highballs
So I whispered to the cab-horse old and grey
I says, "It's these all-night homeward marches
That gave us both our fallen arches."
And the old horse laughed and slowly walked away

Yes, the old horse laughed and slowly walked away
Slowly walked away, he slowly walked away
And the old horse laughed and he turned and winked at me
As he slowly walked away
As he slowly walked away


Gingerlily - The Full Wild | 34228 comments its only 2:30 in the afternoon - how are you already drunk? and have you un-sticked yourself from the bed yet?


message 1354: by Simon (Highwayman) (new)

Simon (Highwayman) (highwayman) | 4276 comments Done a days work now. Just off for lottery tickets. I have to go past the pheasant on the way home.


Gingerlily - The Full Wild | 34228 comments Go past?


message 1356: by Emma (new)

Emma (emzibah) | 4125 comments Gingerlily (Dungeon Mistress) wrote: "Go past?"

Not sure he knows the meaning of that sentence!!


Gingerlily - The Full Wild | 34228 comments Not where a pub is concerned anyway...


message 1358: by Patti (baconater) (new)

Patti (baconater) (goldengreene) | 56525 comments Geoff (G. Robbins) wrote: "Listening to the best of Jake Thackray. Patti will be so pleased. ;)"

You may listen but it's been banned in my house.


message 1359: by Maureen (Mews) (new)

Maureen (Mews) (mews) | 711 comments Need a good version of "Ain't No Sunshine" to youtube. Need a little sunshine in my day today :(


message 1360: by Chris (new)

Chris Parker (chrisparker) | 74 comments Gingerlily (Dungeon Mistress) wrote: "I'm listening to thump, thump, thump coming in through the wall from next door. Not impressed."

Sorry to hear that, Gingerlily. Must be something badly wrong eith their tumble dryer...


Geoff (G. Robbins) (merda constat variat altitudo) (snibborg) | 8204 comments Maureen (Mews) wrote: "Need a good version of "Ain't No Sunshine" to youtube. Need a little sunshine in my day today :("

It's got to be the original Bill Withers version in by opinion. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIdIqb...


message 1362: by Patti (baconater) (new)

Patti (baconater) (goldengreene) | 56525 comments It was probably trying to come through the wall to meet up with GL's washing machine.

Dave has Edgar Broughton Band playing. Meh.


message 1363: by Simon (Highwayman) (new)

Simon (Highwayman) (highwayman) | 4276 comments Soundtrack to 'More'
Pink Floyd.


message 1364: by Patti (baconater) (new)

Patti (baconater) (goldengreene) | 56525 comments Now he's playing Gentle Giant. Double meh.


Rosemary (grooving with the Picts) (nosemanny) | 8590 comments Belle and Sebastian, The Boy with the Arab Strap. One of my favourite albums EVER.


message 1366: by P.A. (new)

P.A. Fenton (pfenton) | 151 comments I'm listening to an album by a guy called Stephen Ridley. The album is called Butterfly in a Hurricane. I saw him down in Camden Town today, playing on a piano on the street outside one of the markets. Being today, in London, it was about -4, and he had to play in gloves, but he still sat there pounding away with a surprising dexterity for a guy whose fingers must have been numb, even with the wool gloves. I had to buy the album. Really passionate, energetic singer-songwriter, the album is just his voice and the piano, a mix of jazz, blues and ballads. Any fan of piano-centered music should buy this album.


message 1367: by Maureen (Mews) (new)

Maureen (Mews) (mews) | 711 comments Jose Gonzalez - Heartbeats

Love this song. It does make me cry though.


Geoff (G. Robbins) (merda constat variat altitudo) (snibborg) | 8204 comments Listening to Duke by Genesis.


message 1369: by G.R. (new)

G.R. Yeates (gryeates) | 11 comments I've been listening to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTnz7M...


message 1370: by Simon (Highwayman) (new)

Simon (Highwayman) (highwayman) | 4276 comments Just heard Whitney Houston is dead.......


message 1371: by Elaine (last edited Feb 12, 2012 01:39AM) (new)

Elaine (lanybum) Simon (Highwayman) wrote: "Just heard Whitney Houston is dead......."

Sad news. She was only 48 apparently.


message 1372: by Simon (Highwayman) (new)

Simon (Highwayman) (highwayman) | 4276 comments She used to be the goodie goodie of music years ago didn't she?

What went wrong?


message 1373: by Chris (new)

Chris Parker (chrisparker) | 74 comments She went off the rails due to drugs and alcohol several years ago and I don't think she ever recovered.


message 1374: by Elle (new)

Elle (louiselesley) | 6579 comments I'm listening to her albums today in her honour.


message 1375: by Simon (Highwayman) (new)

Simon (Highwayman) (highwayman) | 4276 comments I just played all her Napster tracks. She had a good voice and other nice features....

Money really doesn't always buy happiness.


Geoff (G. Robbins) (merda constat variat altitudo) (snibborg) | 8204 comments Sadly her voice was badly affected by her drug abuse, after that there was only one way, down.


Geoff (G. Robbins) (merda constat variat altitudo) (snibborg) | 8204 comments Listening to Solar Fire by Manfred Mann's Earthband this afternoon.


message 1378: by Patti (baconater) (new)

Patti (baconater) (goldengreene) | 56525 comments Dave played manfred Mann yesterday.


Geoff (G. Robbins) (merda constat variat altitudo) (snibborg) | 8204 comments I'm listening to Richard Thompson's Mirror Blue this afternoon.


Geoff (G. Robbins) (merda constat variat altitudo) (snibborg) | 8204 comments Listening to Heart and Soul by Joy Division.


message 1381: by Elle (new)

Elle (louiselesley) | 6579 comments My Mother has that Lana person one from the US - I personally find her truly horrible.


message 1382: by Patti (baconater) (new)

Patti (baconater) (goldengreene) | 56525 comments Dave's just made a move toward the sound system! On no!

I was having such a lovely, chilled afternoon, too. :(

Oh Lordy. He's playing The Monkees. Shoot me. Shoot me now.


Gingerlily - The Full Wild | 34228 comments Bang, there goes tranquilizer dart. Into Dave.


message 1384: by Karina (new)

Karina Kantas Was listening to a Hoberstank album today.


Geoff (G. Robbins) (merda constat variat altitudo) (snibborg) | 8204 comments Patti (Mango Mad) wrote: "Dave's just made a move toward the sound system! On no!

I was having such a lovely, chilled afternoon, too. :(

Oh Lordy. He's playing The Monkees. Shoot me. Shoot me now."


The original plastic band. Mind you, some great writers worked for them, not least Neil Diamond.


message 1386: by Simon (Highwayman) (new)

Simon (Highwayman) (highwayman) | 4276 comments Dave needs a holiday. I've seen it before, when they start playing the monkeys it is time to evac them.


message 1387: by Patti (baconater) (new)

Patti (baconater) (goldengreene) | 56525 comments He needs something, that's for sure.

Alf term next week should help, I hope.


message 1388: by Patti (baconater) (new)

Patti (baconater) (goldengreene) | 56525 comments Oops. If anyone sees an 'haitch' anywhere, it's mine. I seem to have dropped one.


message 1389: by Emma (new)

Emma (emzibah) | 4125 comments Patti (Mango Mad) wrote: "Oops. If anyone sees an 'haitch' anywhere, it's mine. I seem to have dropped one."

Lol!


message 1391: by Patti (baconater) (new)

Patti (baconater) (goldengreene) | 56525 comments Oh there it is! Thanks GL.

Where'd you find I?


message 1392: by Patti (baconater) (new)

Patti (baconater) (goldengreene) | 56525 comments Oh ferpityssake.

Now my 't' has run off.


message 1393: by Emma (new)

Emma (emzibah) | 4125 comments t


message 1394: by Patti (baconater) (new)

Patti (baconater) (goldengreene) | 56525 comments Thanks so much, Ems!

That's erfect!


message 1395: by Patti (baconater) (new)

Patti (baconater) (goldengreene) | 56525 comments Hmmm.

Excuse me a moment. I seem to need a 'p'...


message 1396: by Elle (new)

Elle (louiselesley) | 6579 comments Are you drunk dear?


message 1397: by Emma (new)

Emma (emzibah) | 4125 comments Patti (Mango Mad) wrote: "Hmmm.

Excuse me a moment. I seem to need a 'p'..."


Well, use the loo then! Teehee


message 1398: by Jay-me (Janet) (new)

Jay-me (Janet)  | 3784 comments Ar you using my laptop thn Patti?


message 1399: by Patti (baconater) (new)

Patti (baconater) (goldengreene) | 56525 comments Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Nope!


Gingerlily - The Full Wild | 34228 comments Your H was stuck in my hair Patti. Wonder how it got there!


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