“He wears tan shoes with pink shoelacesA polka dot vest and man, oh, manTan shoes with pink shoelacesAnd a big Panama with a purple hat band” Another oldie… I remember this song from my childhood. Written by Mickey Grant, Pink Shoe Laces was recorded by Dodie Stevens and was released as a single in 1959….
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Song Lyric Sunday – Floor/House/Roof/ Walls – Our House (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young)
“Our house is a very, very, very fine house with two cats in the yardLife used to be so hardNow everything is easy ’cause of you” Written by British singer-songwriter Graham Nash, Our House was recorded in 1970 by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young on their album Deja Vu. It took Nash only about an…
Song Lyric Sunday – Bird/Fly/Sky/Wing – Little Sparrow
“Little sparrow, little sparrowPrecious fragile little thingLittle sparrow, little sparrowFlies so high and feels no pain” Written by Dolly Parton, Little Sparrow appears on her album of the same name which was released in 2001 and which received a Grammy nomination for Best Bluegrass Album that year. The title song itself is considered to be…
Song Lyric Sunday – Cowboy/Western – “The Git Up”
“Gon’ and do the two step then cowboy boogieGrab your sweetheart and spin out with ’emDo the hoedown and get into it (whoo, whoo, whoo)” Trust me to come up with something different! My 9-year-old grandson introduced me to this song and the dance about a month ago. It’s not exactly the Wild West, but…
Song Lyric Sunday – Singing About Another Group or Artist – “Nightshift”
“Marvin, he was a friend of mineAnd he could sing a song…” “Jackie (Jackie, oh) you setThe world on fireYou came and gifted usYour love it lifted us …” Nightshift, released by the Commodores in 1985, was written by lead singer Walter Orange with Dennis Lambert and Franne Golde. The song is a tribute to…
Song Lyric Sunday – A Song That Features a Famous Person – “Heart Shaped World”
“Now everybody knows the earth is round Chris Columbus showed us that” Apparently there are two albums and two title songs called Heart Shaped World sung two by entirely different people. This song, featuring a mention of Christopher Columbus, is the title song of the debut album of country music singer Jessica Andrews. It was…
Song Lyric Sunday Theme: Haunted/Magic/Mystery/ Supernatural/Trick – “They Caught the Devil and Put Him in Jail in Eudora, Arkansas”
I said: Miss Johnson could you tell meWhat are you shaking forShe said: Lord, they caught the devilAnd they got him in jail in Eudora, Arkansas We called it “Swamp Rock” in my day, and singer-songwriter Tony Joe White was known as “Swamp Fox”. He is perhaps best known for the song Polk Salad Annie….
Song Lyric Sunday Theme: Zodiac Animals – “Tennessee Stud”
“The Tennessee Stud was long and leanThe color of the sun and his eyes were greenHe had the nerve and he had the bloodThere never was a horse like Tennessee stud” (This week’s theme, Zodiac Animals, refers to the animals in the Chinese zodiac: Rat/Ox/Tiger/Rabbit/Dragon/Snake/Horse/Sheep/Monkey/ Rooster/Dog/Pig .) Written by Jimmie Driftwood, “Tennessee Stud” was released by…
Song Lyric Sunday Theme: Who/What/When/Where/Why/How – “Why Do Fools Fall in Love?”
“Why do fools fall in love?Why do birds sing so gay? And lovers await the break of dayWhy do they fall in love?” A 1956 hit for the rock and roll group Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, “Why Do Fools Fall in Love?” also was the first hit recording made in the Bell Sound Studio in…
Song Lyric Sunday Theme: Cards/Dice/Gamble/Lose/Win – “The Gambler”
You’ve got to know when to hold ’em Know when to fold ’em Know when to walk away And know when to run A train “bound for nowhere” becomes the meeting-place of a man down on his luck and another man known only as The Gambler. In exchange for the narrator’s last swallow of whiskey,…
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