…and England’s Glory:
*There are jewels in the crown of England’s glory
And every jewel shines a thousand ways
Frankie Howerd, Noel Coward and garden gnomes
Frankie Vaughan, Kenneth Horne, Sherlock Holmes…
…Nice bit of kipper and Jack the Ripper…*
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I wouldn’t have thought to call it a list, but this does remind me of The Kinks’ Village Green Preservation Society
New Rules by Dua Lipa.
She’s got new rules, she’ll count them.
Luckily, there are only three.
Of course we can’t forget Cindi Lauper’s list of pronouns in “She Bop” … She bop, He bop, We Bop, They bop.
The there’s the classic “Put Another Log on the Fire” etc and then come tell me why you’re leaving me. – Waylon Jennings. I love the Muppets skit version.
But for those who rue our materialistic shopping society there is the fun to sing Veggietales “Stuff Mart Rap”
Seven Drunken Nights by the Dubliners (amongst many other Celtic bands)
Whatever song became the theme for “The Big Bang Theory” by the Barenaked Ladies
*“One pill makes you larger
And one pill makes you small
And the ones that mother gives you
Don’t do anything at all”
*
White Rabbit, by Jefferson Airplane.
Better than Anything
*Better than Lucy and Desi
Better than Route 66
Better than Kildare and Casey
Better than Quiz shows all fixed
Better than Huntley and Brinkley
Better than Singing with Mitch
Better than Hitchcock and Karloff
Better than flicking the switch
Better than movies late at night
or watching Emile Griffith fight
Better than anything except being in love*
“Things You Left Behind” by the Nails, of whom I am apparently fonder than some in this discussion.
“The Twelve Days of Christmas” --Trad.
“The Seven Deadly Virtues” from Camelot
“The Elements Song” by Tom Lehrer
Iron Maiden’s album “Seventh Son of A Seventh Son” starts with :
Seven deadly sins, seven ways to win
Seven holy paths to hell, and your trip begins.
Seven downward slopes, seven bloodied hopes,
Seven are your burning fires, seven your desires.
No mention of Stevie Wonder’s I Just Called to Say I Love You?
Two from Kristopherson: The Pilgrim Chapter 33, and also The Taker
Talkin’ Baseball - Terry Cashman
God - John Lennon
Cyndi was either listing pronouns or conjugating the verb “to bop,” it’s hard to tell.
Two from Dylan: Forever Young and Blowing in the Wind
If man is five, if man is five, if man is five
Then the devil is six, then the devil is six
The devil is six, the devil is six and if the devil is six
Then God is seven , then God is seven, the God is seven
-Pixies,* This Monkey’s Gone To Heaven*
“Ten Duel Commandments” from Hamilton
Godspell’s Day by Day is a list
See thee more clearly
Love thee more dearly
Follow them more nearly
Penny Lane - The Beatles
I’m The Year 2525 - Sager and Evans
Celluloid Heroes - The Kinks
Never to Spain - Three Dog Night
No No Song - Ringo Starr
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly - Nursery Rhyme Song
Great Green Gobs of Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts - Children’s Playground Song
There’s a Hole in the Bottom of the Sea - Folk Song
One, Red, the ruler seeking freedom
Two, Gold, the father seeking unity
Three, Orange, the thinker seeking understanding
Four, Yellow, the poet seeking harmony…
Five, Green, the scientist seeking truth
Six, Blue, the disciple seeking goodness
Seven, Indigo, the artist seeking beauty
–The Seven Rays by Utopia
The universe song, monty python
Dirty deeds AC DC
Ive been everywhere
One piece at a time, J. Cash
Night Train GnR
king of the road