# New Song Thread Game...ehh?.....ehhh? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 12, 2002, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644 "2002-07-12T15:53:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Kestral](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kestral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kestral)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/221 "2002-07-15T15:19:25Z")
Gah, almost forgot this one: **Team 1** _Now some men like the fishing and some men like the fowling And some men like to hear, to hear the cannonball a-roaring Me, I like sleeping, especially in my **Molly’s** chamber But here I am in prison, here I am with a ball and chain, yeah_ – Metallica, “Whiskey In The Jar” (As a reinterpretation of Thin Lizzy’s version) ---
**Author:** ![Mycroft\_Holmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a5b964/32.png) [@Mycroft\_Holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mycroft_Holmes)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/222 "2002-07-15T15:19:25Z")
Team 1: How about: Popolo di Pekino! La legge è questa: **Turandot** la Pura sposa sarà di chi, di sangue regio, spieghi i tre enigmi ch’ella proporrà. Ma chi affronta il cimento e vinto resta porga alla scure la superba testa! by Giacomo Puccini. if we’re not allowed to use ‘classical’ music, how about: Whoa, Black **Betty** (Bam-ba-Lam) Whoa, Black **Betty** (Bam-ba-Lam) Black **Betty** had a child (Bam-ba-Lam) The damn thing gone wild (Bam-ba-Lam) by Ram Jam (now how’s that for eclectic taste?) ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/223 "2002-07-15T15:20:57Z")
**Team 1** Jolene - Dolly Parton _ **Jolene** , Jolene Jolene, Jolene I’m beggin’ of you Please don’t take my man Jolene, Jolene Jolene, Jolene Please don’t take him Even though you can_ ---
**Author:** ![Mycroft\_Holmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a5b964/32.png) [@Mycroft\_Holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mycroft_Holmes)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/224 "2002-07-15T15:21:50Z")
Whoops. make that team 2 (damn hamsters) ---
**Author:** ![Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/225 "2002-07-15T15:22:59Z")
**Team 2** \*He’s in love with rock’n’roll woaahh He’s in love with gettin’ stoned woaahh He’s in love with \*_Janie Jones \*\* But he don’t like his boring job, nooawww_ Janie Jones—The Clash ---
**Author:** ![Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/226 "2002-07-15T15:24:49Z")
Where does that put me now? Back on **Team 1** I spose ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/227 "2002-07-15T15:25:34Z")
Woo-hoo! Team 1! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ripple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@Ripple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ripple)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/228 "2002-07-15T15:32:54Z")
**Team 2 -** Stella Blue, The Grateful Dead _Through all the broken dreams And vanished years… **Stella Blue** _ ---
**Author:** ![Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/229 "2002-07-15T15:34:45Z")
B]Team 1\*\* _Well yesterday in old Fall River Mr Andrew Borden died And they got his daughter **Lizzy** On a charge of homicide_ Lizzy Borden—The Chad Mitchell Trio ---
**Author:** ![Ripple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@Ripple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ripple)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/230 "2002-07-15T15:36:37Z")
**Team 2 -** Althea, The Grateful Dead _I told **Althea** I was feeling lost Lacking in some direction_ ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/231 "2002-07-15T15:37:44Z")
**Ripple** - You can use a song that’s already been used, as long as it’s a new word. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![In\_Conceivable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@In\_Conceivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Conceivable)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/232 "2002-07-15T15:37:45Z")
Team 1 Brandy - Looking Glass The sailors said “ **Brandy** , you’re a fine girl What a good wife you would be But my life, my lover, my lady Is the sea.” ---
**Author:** ![Ripple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@Ripple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ripple)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/233 "2002-07-15T15:40:15Z")
**Team 2 -** Ruben & Cherise, The Grateful Dead _If you could see my heart You would know it’s true There is none, **Cherise** , except for you_ **Lola** , thanks for the clarification. ---
**Author:** ![Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/234 "2002-07-15T15:43:44Z")
**Team 1** - **Delta Dawn** , What’s that flower you have on? Could it be a faded rose from days gone byyyyyy? And did I hear you say He was a-meetin you here today To take you to his mansion in the sky?\* Delta Dawn—Helen Reddy ---
**Author:** ![Ripple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@Ripple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ripple)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/235 "2002-07-15T15:44:32Z")
**Team 2 -** Stagger Lee, The Grateful Dead _Baio, **Delia** said, just give me a gun He shot my Billy dead and now I’m gonna see him hung_ ---
**Author:** ![Mycroft\_Holmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a5b964/32.png) [@Mycroft\_Holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mycroft_Holmes)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/236 "2002-07-15T15:44:58Z")
**Team 2 -** Melissa - The Allman Brother’s Band \*Crossroads, will you ever let him go? (Lord, Lord) Will you hide the dead man’s ghost, Or will he lie, beneath the clay, or will his spirit roll away? But I know that he won’t stay without **Melissa**. Yes I know that he won’t stay without **Melissa**.\* by Greg Allman ---
**Author:** ![In\_Conceivable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@In\_Conceivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Conceivable)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/237 "2002-07-15T15:45:18Z")
Team 1 Sherry - Frankie Valli **Sherry** baby ( **Sherry** baby) **Sherry** can you come out tonight (Come,come, come out tonight) **Sherry** baby ( **Sherry** baby) **Sherry** can you come out tonight ---
**Author:** ![Ripple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@Ripple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ripple)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/238 "2002-07-15T15:48:49Z")
**Team 2-** Ramble On Rose, The Grateful Dead _Goodbye Mama and Papa Goodbye Jack and **Jill** The grass ain’t greener, the wine ain’t sweeter Either side of the hill_ ---
**Author:** ![Mycroft\_Holmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a5b964/32.png) [@Mycroft\_Holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mycroft_Holmes)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/239 "2002-07-15T15:48:51Z")
**Team 2 -** John I’m Only Dancing - David Bowie _Well, **Annie’s** pretty neat, she always eats her meat Joe is awful strong, bet your life he’s putting us on Oh lordy, oh lordy, you know I need some loving I’m moving, touch me!_ ---
**Author:** ![Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2002, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/240 "2002-07-15T15:51:24Z")
**Team 1** - Give my love to **Rose** Please won’t you mister Take her all my money Tell her to buy some pretty clothes\* Give My Love to Rose—Johnny Cash [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644.md?page=13)