I think it was a by Elmo & Patsy (of "Grandma Got Run Over By A
Reindeer" fame), or another group that sounds like them. Had double
entendres in it about how Momma kept the family fed during hard times,
like when Uncle died "she gave us the cold shoulder". Very upbeat song.
:-) The chorus ended with "Even when she died, she died upon a bed of
lettuce."

It's bugging me because I can't find any references to it *anywhere*,
and my google-fu is usually pretty good. Also did a lyrics search at
last.fm and an artist search on E&P and those turned up nothing.

Anybody help me out here? Thanks.

Bob

zxcvbob wrote:

> I think it was a by Elmo & Patsy (of "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer"
> fame), or another group that sounds like them. Had double entendres in it
> about how Momma kept the family fed during hard times, like when Uncle
> died "she gave us the cold shoulder". Very upbeat song. :-) The chorus
> ended with "Even when she died, she died upon a bed of lettuce."
>
> It's bugging me because I can't find any references to it *anywhere*, and
> my google-fu is usually pretty good. Also did a lyrics search at last.fm
> and an artist search on E&P and those turned up nothing.
>
> Anybody help me out here? Thanks.

Google this, exactly as I have written it (which means use the quotes):

"died upon a bed of lettuce"

You will get two hits. At least one attributes it to a group and
includes the album it was supposedly on.

--
Blinky
Killing all posts from Google Groups -
The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org

zxcvbob wrote:
> I think it was a by Elmo & Patsy (of "Grandma Got Run Over By A
> Reindeer" fame), or another group that sounds like them. Had double
> entendres in it about how Momma kept the family fed during hard times,
> like when Uncle died "she gave us the cold shoulder". Very upbeat song.
> :-) The chorus ended with "Even when she died, she died upon a bed of
> lettuce."
>
> It's bugging me because I can't find any references to it *anywhere*,
> and my google-fu is usually pretty good. Also did a lyrics search at
> last.fm and an artist search on E&P and those turned up nothing.
>
> Anybody help me out here? Thanks.
>
> Bob

See if "Roast Chicken Faces" by the Toons from the album "Live Toons" is
what you're looking for. The Dr. Demento newsgroup archive has a few
mentions of it. Also search for the title on Youtube.

In article >,
zxcvbob > wrote:

> I think it was a by Elmo & Patsy (of "Grandma Got Run Over By A
> Reindeer" fame), or another group that sounds like them. Had double
> entendres in it about how Momma kept the family fed during hard times,
> like when Uncle died "she gave us the cold shoulder". Very upbeat song.
> :-) The chorus ended with "Even when she died, she died upon a bed of
> lettuce."
>
> It's bugging me because I can't find any references to it *anywhere*,
> and my google-fu is usually pretty good. Also did a lyrics search at
> last.fm and an artist search on E&P and those turned up nothing.
>
> Anybody help me out here? Thanks.
>
> Bob

I don't know about THAT one, but at least one comes to mind:

"About a maid I'll sing a song,
Sing rickety-tickety-tin,
About a maid I'll sing a song
Who didnt have her family long.
Not only did she do them wrong,
She did evryone of them in, them in,
She did evryone of them in.

One morning in a fit of pique,
Sing rickety-tickety-tin,
One morning in a fit of pique,
She drowned her father in the creek.
The water tasted bad for a week,
And we had to make do with gin, with gin,
We had to make do with gin.

Her mother she could never stand,
Sing rickety-tickety-tin,
Her mother she cold never stand,
And so for her a cyanide soup she planned.
The mother died with a spoon in her hand,
And her face in a hideous grin, a grin,
On Her face in a hideous grin.

She set her sisters hair on fire,
Sing rickety-tickety-tin,
She set her sisters hair on fire,
And as the smoke and flame rose highr,
Se Danced around the funeral pyre,
A' Playin a violin, -olin,
A' Playin a violin.

She loaded her brother down with stones,
Sing Rickety-tickety-tin,
She loaded her brother down with stones,
And sent him off to davy jones.
All they, found were some bones,
And occasional pieces of skin, of skin,
And Occasional pieces of skin.

One day when she had nothing to do,
Sing rickety-tickety-tin,
One day when she had nothing to do,
She cut her baby brother in two,
And served him up as an irish stew,
And invited the neighbors in, -bors in,
And Invited the neighbors in.

And finally when at last the police came by,
Sing rickety-tickety-tin,
And finally at last when the police came by,
Her little pranks she could not deny,
For To do so she would have to lie,
And for lying, she knew was a sin, a sin,
And for Lying she knew was a sin.

My tragic tale, I wont prolong,
Sing Rickety-tickety-tin,
My tragic tale I wont prolong,
And if you do not like me song,
You've yourselves to blame if its too long,
You should never have let me begin, begin,
You should never have let me begin.
--
Peace! Om

"Any ship can be a minesweeper. Once." -- Anonymous

whirled peas wrote:
> zxcvbob wrote:
>> I think it was a by Elmo & Patsy (of "Grandma Got Run Over By A
>> Reindeer" fame), or another group that sounds like them. Had double
>> entendres in it about how Momma kept the family fed during hard times,
>> like when Uncle died "she gave us the cold shoulder". Very upbeat
>> song. :-) The chorus ended with "Even when she died, she died upon a
>> bed of lettuce."
>>
>> It's bugging me because I can't find any references to it *anywhere*,
>> and my google-fu is usually pretty good. Also did a lyrics search at
>> last.fm and an artist search on E&P and those turned up nothing.
>>
>> Anybody help me out here? Thanks.
>>
>> Bob
>
> See if "Roast Chicken Faces" by the Toons from the album "Live Toons" is
> what you're looking for. The Dr. Demento newsgroup archive has a few
> mentions of it. Also search for the title on Youtube.


That might be it. Thanks! Not sure why I thought it was Elmo and
Patsy, but I searched the Dr. Demento archive and almost all the E&P
songs were derivatives of "Grandma".

Bob

On Jan 14, 2:19*pm, Omelet > wrote:
> In article >,

> My tragic tale, I wont prolong,
> Sing Rickety-tickety-tin,
> My tragic tale I wont prolong,
> And if you do not like me song,
> You've yourselves to blame if its too long,
> You should never have let me begin, begin,
> You should never have let me begin.

And you're always welcome at our house
Any time of the day
You are always welcome at our house
and we home you will stay!

maxine in ri

what? You want all the lyrics?

Omelet wrote:
> In article >,
> zxcvbob > wrote:
>
>> I think it was a by Elmo & Patsy (of "Grandma Got Run Over By A
>> Reindeer" fame), or another group that sounds like them. Had double
>> entendres in it about how Momma kept the family fed during hard times,
>> like when Uncle died "she gave us the cold shoulder". Very upbeat song.
>> :-) The chorus ended with "Even when she died, she died upon a bed of
>> lettuce."
>>
>> It's bugging me because I can't find any references to it *anywhere*,
>> and my google-fu is usually pretty good. Also did a lyrics search at
>> last.fm and an artist search on E&P and those turned up nothing.
>>
>> Anybody help me out here? Thanks.
>>
>> Bob
>
> I don't know about THAT one, but at least one comes to mind:
>
> "About a maid I'll sing a song,
> Sing rickety-tickety-tin,
> About a maid I'll sing a song
> Who didnt have her family long.
> Not only did she do them wrong,
> She did evryone of them in, them in,
> She did evryone of them in.
[snip]


by Tom Lehrer, right?

Bob

In article
>,
maxine in ri > wrote:

> On Jan 14, 2:19*pm, Omelet > wrote:
> > In article >,
>
> > My tragic tale, I wont prolong,
> > Sing Rickety-tickety-tin,
> > My tragic tale I wont prolong,
> > And if you do not like me song,
> > You've yourselves to blame if its too long,
> > You should never have let me begin, begin,
> > You should never have let me begin.
>
> And you're always welcome at our house
> Any time of the day
> You are always welcome at our house
> and we home you will stay!
>
> maxine in ri
>
> what? You want all the lyrics?

I'm sure I could google them. ;-)
I can play the above one on the guitar...
--
Peace! Om

"Any ship can be a minesweeper. Once." -- Anonymous

In article >,
zxcvbob > wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
> > In article >,
> > zxcvbob > wrote:
> >
> >> I think it was a by Elmo & Patsy (of "Grandma Got Run Over By A
> >> Reindeer" fame), or another group that sounds like them. Had double
> >> entendres in it about how Momma kept the family fed during hard times,
> >> like when Uncle died "she gave us the cold shoulder". Very upbeat song.
> >> :-) The chorus ended with "Even when she died, she died upon a bed of
> >> lettuce."
> >>
> >> It's bugging me because I can't find any references to it *anywhere*,
> >> and my google-fu is usually pretty good. Also did a lyrics search at
> >> last.fm and an artist search on E&P and those turned up nothing.
> >>
> >> Anybody help me out here? Thanks.
> >>
> >> Bob
> >
> > I don't know about THAT one, but at least one comes to mind:
> >
> > "About a maid I'll sing a song,
> > Sing rickety-tickety-tin,
> > About a maid I'll sing a song
> > Who didnt have her family long.
> > Not only did she do them wrong,
> > She did evryone of them in, them in,
> > She did evryone of them in.
> [snip]
>
>
> by Tom Lehrer, right?
>
> Bob

Dunno. Dad taught me that song when I was a kid. :-)
I can play it on the guitar.
--
Peace! Om

"Any ship can be a minesweeper. Once." -- Anonymous

"Omelet" > wrote in message
news
> In article >,
> zxcvbob > wrote:
>
>> I think it was a by Elmo & Patsy (of "Grandma Got Run Over By A
>> Reindeer" fame), or another group that sounds like them. Had double
>> entendres in it about how Momma kept the family fed during hard times,
>> like when Uncle died "she gave us the cold shoulder". Very upbeat song.
>> :-) The chorus ended with "Even when she died, she died upon a bed of
>> lettuce."
>>
>> It's bugging me because I can't find any references to it *anywhere*,
>> and my google-fu is usually pretty good. Also did a lyrics search at
>> last.fm and an artist search on E&P and those turned up nothing.
>>
>> Anybody help me out here? Thanks.
>>
>> Bob
>
> I don't know about THAT one, but at least one comes to mind:


Called The Irish Ballad.

Dimitri


>
> "About a maid I'll sing a song,
> Sing rickety-tickety-tin,
> About a maid I'll sing a song
> Who didnt have her family long.
> Not only did she do them wrong,
> She did evryone of them in, them in,
> She did evryone of them in.
<snip>


Tom Lehrer first album 7inch 33 IIRC.

Also Be Prepared - The Boy Scouts Marching song;

You know: of all the songs Ive ever sung, that is the one Ive had the most
requests not to.
I have time for one more here. this one is a little song dedicated to the
boy scouts of america. [applause] we seem to have a convention here tonight.
the boy scouts of america, those noble litt
Bastions of democracy, and the american legion of tomorrow. their motto
is... I would like to state at this time that I am not now and have never
been... a member of the boy scouts of america.
Motto is, as you know, be prepared! and that is the name of this song.

Be prepared! thats the boy scouts marching song,
Be prepared! as through life you march along.
Be prepared to hold your liquor pretty well,
Dont write naughty words on walls if you cant spell.

Be prepared! to hide that pack of cigarettes,
Dont make book if you cannot cover bets.
Keep those reefers hidden where youre sure
That they will not be found
And be careful not to smoke them
When the scoutmasters around
For he only will insist that it be shared.
Be prepared!

Be prepared! thats the boy scouts solemn creed,
Be prepared! and be clean in word and deed.
Dont solicit for your sister, thats not nice,
Unless you get a good percentage of her price.

Be prepared! and be careful not to do
Your good deeds when theres no one watching you.
If youre looking for adventure of a
New and different kind,
And you come across a girl scout who is
Similarly inclined,
Dont be nervous, dont be flustered, dont be scared.
Be prepared!

In article >,
Omelet > wrote:

<snip>
> My tragic tale, I wont prolong,
> Sing Rickety-tickety-tin,
> My tragic tale I wont prolong,
> And if you do not like me song,
> You've yourselves to blame if its too long,
> You should never have let me begin, begin,
> You should never have let me begin.

Another song of the genre is "The Willow Garden". I like Doc Watson's
version of that one.

leo

whirled peas wrote:

> zxcvbob wrote:
>> I think it was a by Elmo & Patsy (of "Grandma Got Run Over By A
>> Reindeer" fame), or another group that sounds like them. Had double
>> entendres in it about how Momma kept the family fed during hard times,
>> like when Uncle died "she gave us the cold shoulder". Very upbeat song.
>> :-) The chorus ended with "Even when she died, she died upon a bed of
>> lettuce."
>>
>> It's bugging me because I can't find any references to it *anywhere*,
>> and my google-fu is usually pretty good. Also did a lyrics search at
>> last.fm and an artist search on E&P and those turned up nothing.
>>
>> Anybody help me out here? Thanks.
>>
>> Bob
>
> See if "Roast Chicken Faces" by the Toons from the album "Live Toons" is
> what you're looking for. The Dr. Demento newsgroup archive has a few
> mentions of it. Also search for the title on Youtube.

While it isn't about cannibalism, I remember a silly song done by, I
*think*, the Kingston Trio about being eaten by a boa constrictor. As I
remember it, it went something like...

I'm being eaten by a boa constrictor
A boa constrictor, a boa constrictor
I'm being eaten by a boa constrictor
And I don't like it - one bit

Oh, gee - he's up to my knee

Oh, fiddle - he's reached my middle

Oh, heck - he's up to fmrg wngk gch mrf...



--
Blinky
Killing all posts from Google Groups -
The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org

zxcvbob wrote:
>
> Anybody help me out here?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVbGnspgy_8

zxcvbob > wrote in
:

> I think it was a by Elmo & Patsy (of "Grandma Got Run Over By A
> Reindeer" fame), or another group that sounds like them. Had double
> entendres in it about how Momma kept the family fed during hard times,
> like when Uncle died "she gave us the cold shoulder". Very upbeat
> song.
>:-) The chorus ended with "Even when she died, she died upon a bed of
> lettuce."
>
> It's bugging me because I can't find any references to it *anywhere*,
> and my google-fu is usually pretty good. Also did a lyrics search at
> last.fm and an artist search on E&P and those turned up nothing.
>
> Anybody help me out here? Thanks.
>
> Bob

I was going to ask if you'd tried looking on the funny music project
site (www.thefump.com), but I just went there myself and you can only
search by title.

One I really like which I found there (not about cannibalism I'm afraid
but vaguel food related) is Go Drosophila Go. It struck my funny bone
because in my work we intercept and have to clear consignments of live
Drosophila coming in, through the mail, to universities for research.
Drosophila is the genus to which fruit flies belong. The lyrics are
below. You'll see the last line ends mid word - it ends with the sound
of a slap..

We come
In through a rip in the window screen
And the good vibrations of the washing machine
There are kids and a dog but we just can't stop
There's a ripe banana on the countertop
And if we had 'em, we'd stuff our cheeks,
There's enough for us to live on for weeks,
If you toss it out, it's too late anyway,
We're here and we're here to stay.

And we're friendly, harmless little tiny flies
And we're up your nose and in front of your eyes
Why we keep coming back you'll never know
Go! Drosophila, go!

Our full name is Drosophila Melanogaster
And you'll wish you could send us to Madagascar
The slightest morsel or the smallest drop
Is an invitation to set up shop
A hot dog bun or a week-old peach
Will be invaded like Omaha Beach
A potato chip or an orange rind,
Is a big honkin' neon sign.

And you've used enough Lysol to kill Rodan
But you missed one grape in the garbage can
Might as well give up, it's the status quo,
Go! Drosophila, go!

In genetics research, we're a plus
We've got big DNA and we breed like us
We could've had a science career, it's true,
But we'd rather hang around right here with you

We don't understand why you're afraid of flies
'Cause you're only a billion times our size
We're as big as the dot on the letter "i",
But you flail like Frankenstein when we come by,
Bring your sticky paper, your Off and Raid,
We were already dying and our eggs are laid,
You'll think you're finally rid of us when
It starts all over again!

Just abandon your kitchen when we come to play,
You didn't need those calories anyway,
Nyeah nyeah nyeah nyean nyeah nyeah nyeah, you're too slow,
Go! Drosophila, go!
Go! Drosophila, go!
Go! Drosoph-


--
Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

On Jan 15, 4:37*am, Blinky the Shark > wrote:
> whirled peas wrote:
> > zxcvbob wrote:
> >> I think it was a by Elmo & Patsy (of "Grandma Got Run Over By A
> >> Reindeer" fame), or another group that sounds like them. *Had double
> >> entendres in it about how Momma kept the family fed during hard times,
> >> like when Uncle died "she gave us the cold shoulder". *Very upbeat song.
> >> :-) *The chorus ended with "Even when she died, she died upon a bed of
> >> lettuce."
>
> >> It's bugging me because I can't find any references to it *anywhere*,
> >> and my google-fu is usually pretty good. *Also did a lyrics search at
> >> last.fm and an artist search on E&P and those turned up nothing.
>
> >> Anybody help me out here? *Thanks.
>
> >> Bob
>
> > See if "Roast Chicken Faces" by the Toons from the album "Live Toons" is
> > what you're looking for. The Dr. Demento newsgroup archive has a few
> > mentions of it. Also search for the title on Youtube.
>
> While it isn't about cannibalism, I remember a silly song done by, I
> *think*, the Kingston Trio about being eaten by a boa constrictor. *As I
> remember it, it went something like...
>
> I'm being eaten by a boa constrictor
> A boa constrictor, a boa constrictor
> I'm being eaten by a boa constrictor
> And I don't like it - one bit
>
> Oh, gee - he's up to my knee
>
> Oh, fiddle - he's reached my middle
>
> Oh, heck - he's up to fmrg wngk gch mrf...
>
> Blinky
> Killing all posts from Google Groups -
> The Usenet Improvement Project:http://improve-usenet.org

Oh heck, he's up to my neck,

Oh dread, he's up to my mmmf.

maxine in ri
repository of silly song lyrics

On 2009-01-15, Sheldon > wrote:
> zxcvbob wrote:
>>
>> Anybody help me out here?
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVbGnspgy_8

Sheb Wooley. I can't believe I remember that name.

Holy crap! I'm becoming Sheldon. Quick... someone pass me a rusty razor
blade.

nb

>> While it isn't about cannibalism, I remember a silly song done by, I
>> *think*, the Kingston Trio about being eaten by a boa constrictor. As I
>> remember it, it went something like...
>>
>> I'm being eaten by a boa constrictor
>> A boa constrictor, a boa constrictor
>> I'm being eaten by a boa constrictor
>> And I don't like it - one bit
>>
>> Oh, gee - he's up to my knee
>>
>> Oh, fiddle - he's reached my middle
>>
>> Oh, heck - he's up to fmrg wngk gch mrf...
>>
>> Blinky
>> Killing all posts from Google Groups -
>> The Usenet Improvement Project:http://improve-usenet.org
>
> Oh heck, he's up to my neck,
>
> Oh dread, he's up to my mmmf.
>
> maxine in ri
> repository of silly song lyrics


I heard that one on a Burl Ives record.

Bob

--
"We were getting hungry down on the farm
so Mama snuck into the zoo and stole a monkey's arm.
She cooked it up for dinner
It was mighty good we told her
When we asked her for dessert she gave us the cold shoulder."

>
> Oh heck, he's up to my neck,
>
> Oh dread, he's up to my mmmf.
>
> maxine in ri
> repository of silly song lyrics- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Maxine, do you have the "Billboard Song?" My kids learned it at YMCA
camp when they were young, but neither one could ever sing it so I
recognized the tune. I'd like to hear the tune for it .... I have the
words.

N.

On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:52:36 -0600, zxcvbob wrote:

> I think it was a by Elmo & Patsy (of "Grandma Got Run Over By A
> Reindeer" fame), or another group that sounds like them. Had double
> entendres in it about how Momma kept the family fed during hard times,
> like when Uncle died "she gave us the cold shoulder". Very upbeat song.
> :-) The chorus ended with "Even when she died, she died upon a bed of
> lettuce."
>
> It's bugging me because I can't find any references to it *anywhere*,
> and my google-fu is usually pretty good. Also did a lyrics search at
> last.fm and an artist search on E&P and those turned up nothing.
>
> Anybody help me out here? Thanks.
>
> Bob

are you looking for 'timothy' by the bouys (written by rupert holmes)?

Trapped in a mine that had caved in
And everyone knows the only ones left
Were Joe and me and Tim
When they broke through to pull us free
The only ones left to tell the tale
Were Joe and me

Timothy, Timothy, where on earth did you go?
Timothy, Timothy, God why don't I know?

Hungry as hell no food to eat
And Joe said that he would sell his soul
For just a piece of meat
Water enough to drink for two
And Joe said to me, "I'll have a swig
And then there's some for you."

Timothy, Timothy, Joe was looking at you
Timothy, Timothy, God what did we do?

I must have blacked out just around then
'Cause the very next thing that I could see
Was the light of the day again
My stomach was full as it could be
And nobody ever got around
To finding Timothy
Timothy...

there's an .mp3 he

<http://groups.google.com/group/rec.music.rock-pop-r+b.1970s/browse_thread/thread/2d1fcd08617d5b86>

a dr. demento favorite, apparently it was a radio hit in the pittsburgh
area.

your pal,
blake

On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:52:36 -0600, zxcvbob wrote:

> I think it was a by Elmo & Patsy (of "Grandma Got Run Over By A
> Reindeer" fame), or another group that sounds like them. Had double
> entendres in it about how Momma kept the family fed during hard times,
> like when Uncle died "she gave us the cold shoulder". Very upbeat song.
> :-) The chorus ended with "Even when she died, she died upon a bed of
> lettuce."
>
> It's bugging me because I can't find any references to it *anywhere*,
> and my google-fu is usually pretty good. Also did a lyrics search at
> last.fm and an artist search on E&P and those turned up nothing.
>
> Anybody help me out here? Thanks.
>
> Bob

oops. didn't red the clues. disregard previous message.

your pal,
blake

Omelet wrote:
> In article >,
> zxcvbob > wrote:
>
>> I think it was a by Elmo & Patsy (of "Grandma Got Run Over By A
>> Reindeer" fame), or another group that sounds like them. Had double
>> entendres in it about how Momma kept the family fed during hard times,
>> like when Uncle died "she gave us the cold shoulder". Very upbeat song.
>> :-) The chorus ended with "Even when she died, she died upon a bed of
>> lettuce."
>>
>> It's bugging me because I can't find any references to it *anywhere*,
>> and my google-fu is usually pretty good. Also did a lyrics search at
>> last.fm and an artist search on E&P and those turned up nothing.
>>
>> Anybody help me out here? Thanks.
>>
>> Bob
>
> I don't know about THAT one, but at least one comes to mind:
>
> "About a maid I'll sing a song,
> Sing rickety-tickety-tin,
> About a maid I'll sing a song
> Who didnt have her family long.
> Not only did she do them wrong,
> She did evryone of them in, them in,
> She did evryone of them in.
>
> One morning in a fit of pique,
> Sing rickety-tickety-tin,
> One morning in a fit of pique,
> She drowned her father in the creek.
> The water tasted bad for a week,
> And we had to make do with gin, with gin,
> We had to make do with gin.
>
> Her mother she could never stand,
> Sing rickety-tickety-tin,
> Her mother she cold never stand,
> And so for her a cyanide soup she planned.
> The mother died with a spoon in her hand,
> And her face in a hideous grin, a grin,
> On Her face in a hideous grin.
>
> She set her sisters hair on fire,
> Sing rickety-tickety-tin,
> She set her sisters hair on fire,
> And as the smoke and flame rose highr,
> Se Danced around the funeral pyre,
> A' Playin a violin, -olin,
> A' Playin a violin.
>
> She loaded her brother down with stones,
> Sing Rickety-tickety-tin,
> She loaded her brother down with stones,
> And sent him off to davy jones.
> All they, found were some bones,
> And occasional pieces of skin, of skin,
> And Occasional pieces of skin.
>
> One day when she had nothing to do,
> Sing rickety-tickety-tin,
> One day when she had nothing to do,
> She cut her baby brother in two,
> And served him up as an irish stew,
> And invited the neighbors in, -bors in,
> And Invited the neighbors in.
>
> And finally when at last the police came by,
> Sing rickety-tickety-tin,
> And finally at last when the police came by,
> Her little pranks she could not deny,
> For To do so she would have to lie,
> And for lying, she knew was a sin, a sin,
> And for Lying she knew was a sin.
>
> My tragic tale, I wont prolong,
> Sing Rickety-tickety-tin,
> My tragic tale I wont prolong,
> And if you do not like me song,
> You've yourselves to blame if its too long,
> You should never have let me begin, begin,
> You should never have let me begin.

Ah, one of my favorite Tom Lehrer songs and the only
one I have completely memorized all the way thru. Being
of Irish descent I was somehow drawn to it. But then I
love all his songs!

Kate

--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?

Blinky the Shark wrote:
> whirled peas wrote:
>
>> zxcvbob wrote:
>>> I think it was a by Elmo & Patsy (of "Grandma Got Run Over By A
>>> Reindeer" fame), or another group that sounds like them. Had double
>>> entendres in it about how Momma kept the family fed during hard times,
>>> like when Uncle died "she gave us the cold shoulder". Very upbeat song.
>>> :-) The chorus ended with "Even when she died, she died upon a bed of
>>> lettuce."
>>>
>>> It's bugging me because I can't find any references to it *anywhere*,
>>> and my google-fu is usually pretty good. Also did a lyrics search at
>>> last.fm and an artist search on E&P and those turned up nothing.
>>>
>>> Anybody help me out here? Thanks.
>>>
>>> Bob
>> See if "Roast Chicken Faces" by the Toons from the album "Live Toons" is
>> what you're looking for. The Dr. Demento newsgroup archive has a few
>> mentions of it. Also search for the title on Youtube.
>
> While it isn't about cannibalism, I remember a silly song done by, I
> *think*, the Kingston Trio about being eaten by a boa constrictor. As I
> remember it, it went something like...
>
> I'm being eaten by a boa constrictor
> A boa constrictor, a boa constrictor
> I'm being eaten by a boa constrictor
> And I don't like it - one bit
>
> Oh, gee - he's up to my knee
>
> Oh, fiddle - he's reached my middle
>
> Oh, heck - he's up to fmrg wngk gch mrf...

Actually that was written by Shel Silverstein.
I first saw it as just the lyrics in an article
in Playboy with a bunch of Shel Silverstein poems/song lyrics.
I like the one about the termite, singing a lament that,
"Everything's going to be plastic by and by."
And then there's the one "I'm singing this song from
inside of a lion, and it's awfully dark in here . . . ."
Kate

--
Kate Connally
€œIf I were as old as I feel, Id be dead already.€�
Goldfish: €œThe wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.€�
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?

Kate Connally wrote:

> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>
>> whirled peas wrote:
>>
>>> zxcvbob wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think it was a by Elmo & Patsy (of "Grandma Got Run Over By A
>>>> Reindeer" fame), or another group that sounds like them. Had double
>>>> entendres in it about how Momma kept the family fed during hard times,
>>>> like when Uncle died "she gave us the cold shoulder". Very upbeat
>>>> song.
>>>> :-) The chorus ended with "Even when she died, she died upon a bed of
>>>> lettuce."
>>>>
>>>> It's bugging me because I can't find any references to it *anywhere*,
>>>> and my google-fu is usually pretty good. Also did a lyrics search at
>>>> last.fm and an artist search on E&P and those turned up nothing.
>>>>
>>>> Anybody help me out here? Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> Bob
>>>
>>> See if "Roast Chicken Faces" by the Toons from the album "Live Toons" is
>>> what you're looking for. The Dr. Demento newsgroup archive has a few
>>> mentions of it. Also search for the title on Youtube.
>>
>>
>> While it isn't about cannibalism, I remember a silly song done by, I
>> *think*, the Kingston Trio about being eaten by a boa constrictor. As I
>> remember it, it went something like...
>>
>> I'm being eaten by a boa constrictor
>> A boa constrictor, a boa constrictor
>> I'm being eaten by a boa constrictor
>> And I don't like it - one bit
>>
>> Oh, gee - he's up to my knee
>>
>> Oh, fiddle - he's reached my middle
>>
>> Oh, heck - he's up to fmrg wngk gch mrf...
>
>
> Actually that was written by Shel Silverstein.
> I first saw it as just the lyrics in an article
> in Playboy with a bunch of Shel Silverstein poems/song lyrics.
> I like the one about the termite, singing a lament that,
> "Everything's going to be plastic by and by."
> And then there's the one "I'm singing this song from
> inside of a lion, and it's awfully dark in here . . . ."
> Kate
>

What did the first cannibal say to the second cannibal as they were
eating a clown?

"Does this taste funny to you?"
--
JL

zxcvbob wrote:
>>> While it isn't about cannibalism, I remember a silly song done by, I
>>> *think*, the Kingston Trio about being eaten by a boa constrictor. As I
>>> remember it, it went something like...
>>>
>>> I'm being eaten by a boa constrictor
>>> A boa constrictor, a boa constrictor
>>> I'm being eaten by a boa constrictor
>>> And I don't like it - one bit
>>>
>>> Oh, gee - he's up to my knee
>>>
>>> Oh, fiddle - he's reached my middle
>>>
>>> Oh, heck - he's up to fmrg wngk gch mrf...
>>>
>>> Blinky
>>> Killing all posts from Google Groups -
>>> The Usenet Improvement Project:http://improve-usenet.org
>>
>> Oh heck, he's up to my neck,
>>
>> Oh dread, he's up to my mmmf.
>>
>> maxine in ri
>> repository of silly song lyrics

Peter, Paul, and Mary recorded it.
Written by Shel Silverstein.

Kate

--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?

Joseph Littleshoes wrote:
>
> What did the first cannibal say to the second cannibal as they were
> eating a clown?
>
> "Does this taste funny to you?"
> --
> JL


Well, it was a pretty safe bet that he didn't say "Bite me"

Bob
--
I was eatin' rump roast, Sis was having a ball
Daddy kept us fed for weeks because he was so tall...

zxcvbob wrote:

>>> While it isn't about cannibalism, I remember a silly song done by, I
>>> *think*, the Kingston Trio about being eaten by a boa constrictor. As
>>> I remember it, it went something like...
>>>
>>> I'm being eaten by a boa constrictor
>>> A boa constrictor, a boa constrictor
>>> I'm being eaten by a boa constrictor
>>> And I don't like it - one bit
>>>
>>> Oh, gee - he's up to my knee
>>>
>>> Oh, fiddle - he's reached my middle
>>>
>>> Oh, heck - he's up to fmrg wngk gch mrf...
>>>
>>> Blinky
>>> Killing all posts from Google Groups - The Usenet Improvement
>>> Project:http://improve-usenet.org
>>
>> Oh heck, he's up to my neck,
>>
>> Oh dread, he's up to my mmmf.

Right! I was thinking it stopped at neck.


--
Blinky
Killing all posts from Google Groups -
The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org

Kate Connally wrote:

> zxcvbob wrote:
>>>> While it isn't about cannibalism, I remember a silly song done by, I
>>>> *think*, the Kingston Trio about being eaten by a boa constrictor. As
>>>> I remember it, it went something like...
>>>>
>>>> I'm being eaten by a boa constrictor
>>>> A boa constrictor, a boa constrictor
>>>> I'm being eaten by a boa constrictor
>>>> And I don't like it - one bit
>>>>
>>>> Oh, gee - he's up to my knee
>>>>
>>>> Oh, fiddle - he's reached my middle
>>>>
>>>> Oh, heck - he's up to fmrg wngk gch mrf...
>>>>
>>>> Blinky
>>>> Killing all posts from Google Groups - The Usenet Improvement
>>>> Project:http://improve-usenet.org
>>>
>>> Oh heck, he's up to my neck,
>>>
>>> Oh dread, he's up to my mmmf.
>>>
>>> maxine in ri
>>> repository of silly song lyrics
>
> Peter, Paul, and Mary recorded it.

That was my other guess.

> Written by Shel Silverstein.

I did not know that.

--
Blinky
Killing all posts from Google Groups -
The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org

zxcvbob wrote:

> Joseph Littleshoes wrote:
>>
>> What did the first cannibal say to the second cannibal as they were
>> eating a clown?
>>
>> "Does this taste funny to you?"
>> --
>> JL

> Well, it was a pretty safe bet that he didn't say "Bite me"

A cannibal heading out on a hunt when he passed another tribesman on the
path.


--
Blinky
Killing all posts from Google Groups -
The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org

In article .net>,
Blinky the Shark > wrote:

> whirled peas wrote:
>
> > zxcvbob wrote:
> >> I think it was a by Elmo & Patsy (of "Grandma Got Run Over By A
> >> Reindeer" fame), or another group that sounds like them. Had double
> >> entendres in it about how Momma kept the family fed during hard times,
> >> like when Uncle died "she gave us the cold shoulder". Very upbeat song.
> >> :-) The chorus ended with "Even when she died, she died upon a bed of
> >> lettuce."
> >>
> >> It's bugging me because I can't find any references to it *anywhere*,
> >> and my google-fu is usually pretty good. Also did a lyrics search at
> >> last.fm and an artist search on E&P and those turned up nothing.
> >>
> >> Anybody help me out here? Thanks.
> >>
> >> Bob
> >
> > See if "Roast Chicken Faces" by the Toons from the album "Live Toons" is
> > what you're looking for. The Dr. Demento newsgroup archive has a few
> > mentions of it. Also search for the title on Youtube.
>
> While it isn't about cannibalism, I remember a silly song done by, I
> *think*, the Kingston Trio about being eaten by a boa constrictor. As I
> remember it, it went something like...
>
> I'm being eaten by a boa constrictor
> A boa constrictor, a boa constrictor
> I'm being eaten by a boa constrictor
> And I don't like it - one bit
>
> Oh, gee - he's up to my knee
>
> Oh, fiddle - he's reached my middle
>
> Oh, heck - he's up to fmrg wngk gch mrf...

I remember that one from grade school. <g>
--
Peace! Om

"Any ship can be a minesweeper. Once." -- Anonymous

In article >,
Kate Connally > wrote:

<snipped>

> > My tragic tale, I wont prolong,
> > Sing Rickety-tickety-tin,
> > My tragic tale I wont prolong,
> > And if you do not like me song,
> > You've yourselves to blame if its too long,
> > You should never have let me begin, begin,
> > You should never have let me begin.
>
> Ah, one of my favorite Tom Lehrer songs and the only
> one I have completely memorized all the way thru. Being
> of Irish descent I was somehow drawn to it. But then I
> love all his songs!
>
> Kate

And I can play it on the guitar. ;-)
--
Peace! Om

"Any ship can be a minesweeper. Once." -- Anonymous

Omelet wrote on Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:48:18 -0600:

> <snipped>

> >> My tragic tale, I wont prolong,
> >> Sing Rickety-tickety-tin,
> >> My tragic tale I wont prolong,
> >> And if you do not like me song,
> >> You've yourselves to blame if its too long,
> >> You should never have let me begin, begin,
> >> You should never have let me begin.
>>
>> Ah, one of my favorite Tom Lehrer songs and the only
>> one I have completely memorized all the way thru. Being
>> of Irish descent I was somehow drawn to it. But then I
>> love all his songs!
>>
>> Kate

> And I can play it on the guitar. ;-)

Flanders and Swann had a good song called "The Reluctant Cannibal" that
also had a great job title: "Chief Deputy Assistant to the Assistant
Chief".
--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

Omelet wrote:
> In article .net>,
> Blinky the Shark > wrote:
>
>> whirled peas wrote:
>>
>>> zxcvbob wrote:
>>>> I think it was a by Elmo & Patsy (of "Grandma Got Run Over By A
>>>> Reindeer" fame), or another group that sounds like them. Had double
>>>> entendres in it about how Momma kept the family fed during hard times,
>>>> like when Uncle died "she gave us the cold shoulder". Very upbeat song.
>>>> :-) The chorus ended with "Even when she died, she died upon a bed of
>>>> lettuce."
>>>>
>>>> It's bugging me because I can't find any references to it *anywhere*,
>>>> and my google-fu is usually pretty good. Also did a lyrics search at
>>>> last.fm and an artist search on E&P and those turned up nothing.
>>>>
>>>> Anybody help me out here? Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> Bob
>>> See if "Roast Chicken Faces" by the Toons from the album "Live Toons" is
>>> what you're looking for. The Dr. Demento newsgroup archive has a few
>>> mentions of it. Also search for the title on Youtube.
>> While it isn't about cannibalism, I remember a silly song done by, I
>> *think*, the Kingston Trio about being eaten by a boa constrictor. As I
>> remember it, it went something like...
>>
>> I'm being eaten by a boa constrictor
>> A boa constrictor, a boa constrictor
>> I'm being eaten by a boa constrictor
>> And I don't like it - one bit
>>
>> Oh, gee - he's up to my knee
>>
>> Oh, fiddle - he's reached my middle
>>
>> Oh, heck - he's up to fmrg wngk gch mrf...
>
> I remember that one from grade school. <g>

Grade school?!!! What?!!! Are you trying to make
me feel old?!!!
Kate

--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?

In article >,
Kate Connally > wrote:

> > I remember that one from grade school. <g>
>
> Grade school?!!! What?!!! Are you trying to make
> me feel old?!!!
> Kate

No older than I... :-)
--
Peace! Om

"Any ship can be a minesweeper. Once." -- Anonymous