Favorite "Story Songs"Tell us your Favorite "Songs That Tell a Story".Freeper Canteen 9~7~12`

[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





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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









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[fatima]

Me likie the sausage:)Thanks PubliusMM ((((Hugs))))

Big Bad John-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cITjfIMXN0g

[Tucker39]

“CONVOY” C. W. McCall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWO_AIh8drk

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, fatima, for today's Tell Us Your Favorite "Song That Tells A Story".

[Publius]

The Shangri-las: "Give Us Your Blessings"

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

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

[fatima]

Good one vipervomit ((((Hugs))))

Ballad of the Green Berets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX4Flhw0HSA

[Publius]

Franz Schubert: "On the Bridge"

Written by Schubert in 1826 for Bruce Springsteen.

[pookie18]

Hi, (((fatima)))!

[puppypusher]

Fatima!My favorite song would be Taxi By Harry Chapin.Actually any of the Songs on His Greatese Stories Live.They’re all Great.

[luvie]

That’s the one I was gonna suggest! :) It always reminds me
of some friends I have that live near the Big Lake.

[HiTech RedNeck]

The piano is even more spectacular than the vocal. Does anybody do this in English?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Cletus.D!!

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

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?”

[My Favorite Headache]

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.

[ChowChowFace]

“Tom T Hall - ‘Old Dogs Children And Watermelon Wine’”

Wonderful song.

[Publius]

The Irish Rovers: "The Unicorn Song"

[llmc1]

“Blood on the Coal” - The Folksmen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3J-_fAavm4

[DuncanWaring]

Revelation - Waylon Jennings

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYlBObi-SC0

It’ll curdle the marrow of your bones.

[Fiji Hill]

Winnie the Wailer--Lonnie Johnson, 1932 (Ruby Newman & His Orchestra also had a fine version of this tune)

Minnie the Moocher--Cab Calloway & His Cotton Club Orchestra, 1931

Minnie the Mermaid--Bernie Cummins & His Hotel New Yorker Orchestra, 1930

[Kathy in Alaska]

Publius!!