# The SDMB Sing-Along **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [January 20, 2024, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367 "2024-01-20T05:23:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2024, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367/21 "2024-01-20T22:43:05Z")
I used to work in Chicago, in a department store, Behind the fruit juice counter A lady came in the door She said she wanted some fruit juice I asked her what kind she’d like Nectar she wanted, and necked her I did I’ll never work there anymore ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2024, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367/22 "2024-01-20T22:44:07Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > My grandfather’s clock was too tall for the shelf > So it stood ninety years on the floor > It was taller by half than the old man himself > Though it weighed not a pennyweight more Grandfather clocks were (and still are) called longcase or tallcase clocks before that song. The popularity of the song caused them to be called grandfather clocks. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2024, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367/23 "2024-01-20T22:54:44Z")
You shouldn’t put them at the top of the stairs because they might run down. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2024, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367/24 "2024-01-21T03:59:25Z")
If you go into the woods today You’ll never believe your eyes If you go into the woods today You’re in for a big surprise ‘Cuz every bear that ever there was Is gathered there for certain because This is the day the teddy bears have their picnic ---
**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367/25 "2024-01-21T17:00:36Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Oh, I wish that I could be — John Denver Do you mean that you wish you could be John Denver, or are you attributing the song to him? I believe it was actually written by Paul Simon, based on a poem by Edward Arlington Robinson. ---
**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367/26 "2024-01-21T17:51:13Z")
Fortunately not due again for nearly another year yet, but: We’re starting to see decorations We’re hearing bells in the air Pictures of snowmen and reindeer Appearing everywhere We’re starting to spend lots of money And altogether it’s plain We can’t escape the conclusion: It’s Christmas time again. ``` I hate Christmas I wish the bugger had never been born I hate Christmas... ``` Now everyone’s talking of peace And goodwill to mankind Until you go in the gift shops And then they rob you blind There’s nothing to see on the TV The films are all 50 years old Can’t even go to the beach ‘Cos the sea’s too friggin’ cold [chorus] I’ll be so glad when the celebrations Are over and done Hangovers and indigestion Are not a lot of fun I’d like to skip the whole season And that’s just what I would do If only I had a time machine like Doctor Who… ``` ``` But that’s just wishful thinking There’s no escape to be found Until the sixth of January rolls around So raise your glass to the party And join the compulsory cheer I guess we ought to be grateful It’s only once a year. [Chorus x 2 and playout] I have an orchestrated and chorus recording of this, but I don’t think I dare put it up on YouTube! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2024, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367/27 "2024-01-21T18:09:41Z")
A movie called, **Rockshow** documented Paul McCartney and Wings 1976 tour. Big Mac does an acoustic set where he plays, “Richard Cory,” and because he’s a wise guy, he subs Denver’s name. ---
**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2024, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367/28 "2024-01-21T18:59:28Z")
Ah. I hadn’t seen that movie. Actually now I look at available clips of it, it seems that Denny Laine usually sang the lead vocal. But of course Macca likes to play around… and his stories are sometimes… a bit… embellished? What the hey, given his legacy, he’s entitled to shoot the breeze a bit! ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367/29 "2024-01-22T04:08:34Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > They say that in the army > The coffee’s mighty fine > It looks like muddy water > And it tastes like turpentine The way that verse went in the book we used in music class when I was in elementary school (c. fifth grade 1986): The coffee that they serve us They say is mighty fine It’s good for cuts and bruises And tastes like iodine Chorus I don’t want no more of army life. Oh, gee but I wanna go Gee but I wanna go home! Other verses from that book: The biscuits that they serve us They say are mighty fine One fell off the table And killed a pal of mine The clothes that they give us They say are mighty fine Me and my buddy Can both fit into mine They treat us all like monkeys And make us stand in line They give you 50 dollars a week And take back 49 The girls at the service club They say are might fine Most are over 80 And the rest are under 9 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367/30 "2024-01-22T04:19:53Z")
I read the poem in high school, back when the song was popular. I think the song is actually better, because of the addition made. In the poem everyone was surprised the guy took his own life and that was the end. In the song it goes on to have the singer still wanting to be rich like the dead man. He didn’t get the point that money doesn’t buy happiness. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367/31 "2024-01-23T20:03:28Z")
Doubleback Alley takes me back and [in my mind I see](https://genius.com/24327938/The-rutles-doubleback-alley/In-my-mind-i-see) Happy, smiling faces if I flog my memory Plenty to do in Doubleback Alley Play peek-a-boo with Saccharine Sally Bouncing a ball against a wall [Showing her drawers](https://genius.com/24327916/The-rutles-doubleback-alley/Showing-her-drawers), “You come indoors!” Her dad would call ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367/32 "2024-01-23T20:06:45Z")
My name is Yon Yonson I live in Visconsin I vork in da lumber yards dere Ven I valk down da street All da people I meet Say, “Vat is your name?” and I answer: My name is Yon Yonson… ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367/33 "2024-01-23T20:24:37Z")
Sammy is a singer and a good one too Dooby-dooby-doo Sing it to him once and he can sing it through Dooby-dooby-doo Sammy does his duty and his duty is his Dooby-dooby-doo ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367/34 "2024-01-23T20:41:07Z")
You get a shiver in the dark, it’s raining in the park, but meantime South of the river, you stop and you hold everything A band is blowing Dixie, double-four time You feel alright when you hear that music ring Well, now you step inside, but you don’t see too many faces Coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down Competition in other places Ah, but the horns, they blowing that sound ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367/35 "2024-01-25T02:29:13Z")
They sang a version of that once on MASH: The surgeons in the Army They say we’re pretty bright We work on patients through the day And nurses through the night. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367/36 "2024-01-25T02:37:48Z")
The MASH version can be found [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjMqraVAlG8). ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367/37 "2024-01-25T22:03:54Z")
Frank Burns’ contribution isn’t on the clip: “Oh Hawkeye and BJ Think they’re super-smart! I’d like to take a scalpel and Stab 'em in the heart! (Heh, this is fun.)” 😄 ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2024, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367/38 "2024-02-09T11:49:12Z")
Valderi valdera Valderi valdera-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! Valderi valdera my knapsack on my back. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2024, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367/39 "2024-02-09T17:37:30Z")
Walk with me, I’ll walk with you, and So we will walk together Walk with me, I’ll walk with you, and so we will walk together As we march along. ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2024, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367/40 "2024-02-10T08:31:29Z")
I had a record (yes, an actual, ancient, vinyl record!) of the Smother Brothers doing this song (which is called “Marching to Pretoria”, btw), and after a couple of verses about marching and singing and dancing, Tommy starts singing, > _"Oh, sleep with me, I’ll sleep with you,_ > _And so we will sleep togeth-"_ before his brother Dickie cuts him off. In play – A capital ship for an ocean trip was the walloping ‘Window Blind’ No wind that blew dismayed her crew or troubled the captain’s mind. The man at the wheel was made to feel contempt for the wildest blow-oh-oh… Though it often appeared, when the gale had cleared, that he’d been in his bunk below. _ **-“BB”-** _ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-sing-along/996367.md?page=3)