Posted on 04/26/2018 5:01:57 PM PDT by fatima
The Wild Rover!
Oh yes! Many thanks.
Somewhere in the Okanogan valley we were picked up by a guy and this song came on the radio. All we heard was the opening bass lines, before he changed the station. I knew the song, so did she, he didn't. It became stuck in my head and hers as well. We soon identified the song, but not the lyrics.
Over the course of the next 30-40 miles I worked the lyrics out in my head. He stopped for something and left us alone in the car. I turned around to her and sang the song. We both got a huge laugh out of the song and especially it's dark lyrics:
"The cryin tires,
the bustin glass,
the painful scream,
That I heard last
Sweet Home Alabama
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Puff, the Magic Dragon. by Peter, Paul & Mary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu_rItLPTXc
Lucille - Kenny Rogers
“You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille (You B____! You S___! You W____!)”
Alabama Stomp--Gus C. Edwards (1926)
Lucille--The Drifters (1954)
67 replies, and nobody has added “You never even called me by my name” by David Allan Coe
I’m beyond words...
Surprised nobody mentioned “American Pie”, yet.
Very interesting tune, and it certainly belongs on this thread. I never heard of the song or the singer until I read your post.
“...and it’s One...Two...Three...Four...Five.......Senses Working Overtime....”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptMsTv4p0Z8
How about Cherry Pie?
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Also before I forget, the other one sang in the lovely vacation spot of South Vietnam .. cannot think of any grunt or Gyrene much less Air Mobile grunt that didn't know the words. Armed Forces radio must have played this every 15 minutes.
Take me home always on a road trip :)Thanks Alberta’s Child ((((Hugs))))
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