# Let's make an A to Z list of names mentioned in song lyrics **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 15, 2010, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209 "2010-04-15T14:17:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/21 "2010-04-15T15:45:44Z")
Help me **Rhonda** , help me get her out of my heart. ---
**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/22 "2010-04-15T15:46:34Z")
Spotlight on **Sam** and Dave now. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/23 "2010-04-15T15:46:40Z")
[del]Wake up, Little **Susie** , wake up[/del] ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/24 "2010-04-15T15:49:41Z")
**Timothy, Timothy** , where on earth did you go? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/25 "2010-04-15T16:07:24Z")
You thought the leaden winter would bring you down forever, But you rode upon a steamer to the violence of the sun. And the colors of the sea blind your eyes with trembling mermaids, And you touch the distant beaches with tales of brave Ulysses ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/26 "2010-04-15T16:09:30Z")
**Vera! Vera!** What has become of you? Does anybody else in here feel the way I do ? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/27 "2010-04-15T16:11:25Z")
Together, **Wendy** , we’ll live with the sadness, I’ll love you with all the madness in my soul ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/28 "2010-04-15T16:11:32Z")
Beaten! They say good bye, tomorrow, **Wendy** , you’re going to die. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/29 "2010-04-15T16:14:01Z")
Now, I have a friend named Rufus \*\*Xavier \*\*Sarsaparilla, And I could say that Rufus found a kangaroo That followed Rufus home And now that kangaroo belongs To Rufus \*\*Xavier \*\*Sarsaparilla. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/30 "2010-04-15T16:21:32Z")
I’m going down to Yasgur’s farm Think I’ll join a rock and roll band. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/31 "2010-04-15T16:24:49Z")
**Ziggy** played guitar ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/32 "2010-04-15T16:30:36Z")
Has anybody here seen my old friend Abraham? Can you tell me where he’s gone? He freed a lot of people, But it seems the good, they die young. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/33 "2010-04-15T16:41:59Z")
Bah Bah Bah, Bah Barbara Ann, You got me rockin’ and a rollin, rockin’ and a reelin’, Barbara Ann ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/34 "2010-04-15T16:42:54Z")
**Charlton** Heston put his vest on! ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/35 "2010-04-15T16:47:36Z")
Oh, Donna, Oh, Donna… ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/36 "2010-04-15T16:53:45Z")
**Elenore** , gee, I think you’re swell And you really do me well You’re my pride and joy, etcetera ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/37 "2010-04-15T16:59:18Z")
With a load of iron ore - 26,000 tons more Than the Edmund **Fitzgerald** weighed empty That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed When the gales of November came early ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/38 "2010-04-15T17:04:04Z")
And her name is G-L-O-R-I-A ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/39 "2010-04-15T17:04:20Z")
_ **Grandma** got runned over by a reindeer Walking home from our house Christmas Eve. You can say there’s no such thing as Santa, But as for me and Grandpa, we believe._ ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-an-a-to-z-list-of-names-mentioned-in-song-lyrics/536209/40 "2010-04-15T17:06:25Z")
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