In article <3F0D6C52.804425EE@att.net>, Robert writes
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>"Rosalie B." wrote:
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>> "Da Parrot-chick" wrote:
>> >Robert \"Doc\" Adelman
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>> >> >Alphonsus Cassell wrote:
>> >> >> Who is Stan Freberg?
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>> >> > Ahh, you're showing your age or nationality! He was a brilliant
>> >> >satirist and occasional parody song writer of the 60's in the US. He had
>> >> >great fun up to (I believe) the Nixon administration, when poking fun at
>> >> >Presidents and governments became so easy that anyone could do it, and
>> >> >did. It ruined the market for the really thoghtful and provocative
>> >> >stuff.
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>> >> >More Caribbean related- try "Barefoot Man" who did "SCUBA-Do" among
>> >> >other snorkeltastic tunages.
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>> >> >How about Tom Lehrer?
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>> >> I can't think of any Caribbean related ones that he did off hand,
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>There was a Caribbean riff to "Polution", remember?
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>> >> although I mostly know his early stuff and the only two that I can
>> >> think of at the moment are the Weinersnitzel Waltz and the Boy Scout
>> >> Marching Son.
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>> >Howzabout "National Brotherhood Week"? We celebrate the time when it's
>> >here, just be grateful that it doesn't last all year!
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>> I don't know that one.
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> Oh the white folks, hate the black folks,
> and the black folks, hate the white folks.
> To hate all but the right folks,
> is an old established rule...
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> The rich folks hate the poor folks
> the poor folks hate the rich folks-
> all of my folks hate all of your folks...
> etc.
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> But during National Brotherhood Week
> Lena Horne and Sheriff Clark are dancing cheek to cheek-
> It's fun to eulogize, the people you despise-
> as long as you don't let 'em in your school.
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> or:
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>First we got the bomb and that was good
>cause we love peace and motherhood-
>Then Russia got the bomb but that's okay
>cause the balance of power's maintained that way-
>Then China got the bomb but have no fears-
>they can't wipe us out for at least five years..
> who's next?
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>and my previously (The Boy Scouts Marching Song) mentioned favorite:
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> If you're looking for adventure of a new and different kind-
> and chance to meet a Girl Scout who is similarly inclined...
> dont be nervous- don't be flustered- don't be scared...
> Be Prepared!
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>Then there was the "Vatican Rag".
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>> grandma Rosalie
And "Poisoning pigeons in the Park", "The Old Irish Ballad" (About a
maid I'll sing a song/ sing rickety tickety tin etc.) "My home Town"
(The guy who took a knife and monogrammed his wife etc (non pc)), and
the A-Bomb testing song - can't recall the name but "midst the flowers
and the cactus/I'll watch the fellas practice/ dropping bombs through
the clear desert air... is some of the lyrics.
Wasn't a professor of mathematics at HARVARD OR mit OR SOMETHING.
Regardless - He was (possibly still is) brilliant! He and Victor Borge -
what a duo that would have been.
This is like all our yesterdays.
Tom W.
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Tom Withycombe
Dorset/UK
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