S/O book thread -- who else keeps thinking of this while reading the thread?

[unsinkable]

Now somewhere in the black mountain hills of Dakota

There lived a young boy named Rocky Raccoon

And one day his woman ran off with another guy

He hit young Rocky in the eye

Rocky didn't like that he said I'm gonna get that boy

 

So one day he walked into town

Booked himself a room in the local saloon

Rock Raccoon checked into his room

Only to find Gideon's bible

Rocky had come equipped with a gun

To shoot off the legs of his rival

 

His rival it seems had broken his dreams

By stealing the girl of his fancy

Her name was Magill and she called herself Lil

But everyone knew her as Nancy

 

Now she and her man, who called himself Dan

Were in the next room at the hoedown

Rocky burst in and grinning a grin

He said, ?Danny boy this is a showdown?

But Daniel was hot he drew first and shot

And Rocky collapsed in the corner

 

Now the doctor came in stinking of gin

And proceeded to lie on the table

He said, ?Rocky you met your match?

And Rocky said, ?Doc it's only a scratch

And I'll be better, I'll be better Doc as soon as I am able?

 

And now Rocky Raccoon he fell back in his room

Only to find Gideon's bible

Gideon checked out and he left it no doubt

To help with good Rocky's revival

[OnTheBrink]

I've never heard that, but now I've got "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" going through my head. :glare: :D

[unsinkable]

I've never heard that, but now I've got "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" going through my head. :glare: :D

 

Well, that is the night they hung an innocent man...

 

PS Rocky Racoon is a Beatles song. Maybe it's on youtube??

Edited July 26, 2010 by unsinkable
cuz they hung an innocent man

[OnTheBrink]

Well, that is the night they hung an innocent man...

 

PS Rocky Racoon is a Beatles song. Maybe it's on youtube??

 

I'll go find it. Just don't trust your soul to no backwoods southern lawyer. Cuz the judge in the town's got blood stains on his hands.

[MBM]

Just don't trust your soul to no backwoods southern lawyer. Cuz the judge in the town's got blood stains on his hands.

 

Little sister's the one who let her brother get hanged, and she killed her SIL whose body will never be found. Little sister = evil!

[Shawna in Texas]

I grew up with Rocky Raccoon. It's my dad's favorite Beatles song.

[Mrs Mungo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNRH7_Kd5Yc

 

I don't think there's a single song by The Beatles which I do not know by heart. My parents graduated high school in the late sixties.

[asta]

The day that Billy Joe McCallister jumped off the Tallahatchie bridge...

Edited July 27, 2010 by asta

[*********]

Just wanted to say I have absolutely no clue what anyone has said so far in this thread.

 

Ok, that's not entirely true. I've heard of the Beatles. But I couldn't name one song by them.

 

Wait, is that weird 'Yellow Submarine' song by them?

 

Oh good grief, don't ridicule me too much if it's not...

 

I'm afraid I may be a smidge too young to understand this conversation.

 

:auto: (That's me making a fast get away from the stink eye looks I've got comin' for that last sentence. :D)

[asta]

Wait! Wait! I found the perfect song!

 

 

by Jeannie C. Riley

 

 

(and don't feel too badly bethany - some of us had odd parents)

 

 

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[Chelle in MO]

Well, I've somehow never heard of Rocky Raccoon (despite being a couple of decades older than Bethany, I suspect)! But I have to add the song this thread made me think of...

 

One Tin Soldier

 

Listen, children, to a story

That was written long ago,

'Bout a kingdom on a mountain

And the valley-folk below.

 

On the mountain was a treasure

Buried deep beneath the stone,

And the valley-people swore

They'd have it for their very own.

 

Chorus:

Go ahead and hate your neighbor,

Go ahead and cheat a friend.

Do it in the name of Heaven,

You can justify it in the end.

There won't be any trumpets blowing

Come the judgement day,

On the bloody morning after....

One tin soldier rides away.

 

So the people of the valley

Sent a message up the hill,

Asking for the buried treasure,

Tons of gold for which they'd kill.

 

Came an answer from the kingdom,

"With our brothers we will share

All the secrets of our mountain,

All the riches buried there."

 

Chorus

 

Now the valley cried with anger,

"Mount your horses! Draw your sword!"

And they killed the mountain-people,

So they won their just reward.

 

Now they stood beside the treasure,

On the mountain, dark and red.

Turned the stone and looked beneath it...

"Peace on Earth" was all it said.

 

Chorus

[Wheres Toto]

What does is say about me that every song mentioned in this thread - Rocky Raccoon (yes I do think of this every time I hear about Gidgeon's Bible), The Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia, One Tin Soldier (love that song), Harper Valley PTA, Ode to Billie Joe - I know every word and probably have them on CD. I was pretty young (or not yet born) when some of these came out but I've always loved music from the 60's and 70's.

[KidsHappen]

Well, I've somehow never heard of Rocky Raccoon (despite being a couple of decades older than Bethany, I suspect)! But I have to add the song this thread made me think of...

 

One Tin Soldier

 

Listen, children, to a story

That was written long ago,

'Bout a kingdom on a mountain

And the valley-folk below.

 

On the mountain was a treasure

Buried deep beneath the stone,

And the valley-people swore

They'd have it for their very own.

 

Chorus:

Go ahead and hate your neighbor,

Go ahead and cheat a friend.

Do it in the name of Heaven,

You can justify it in the end.

There won't be any trumpets blowing

Come the judgement day,

On the bloody morning after....

One tin soldier rides away.

 

So the people of the valley

Sent a message up the hill,

Asking for the buried treasure,

Tons of gold for which they'd kill.

 

Came an answer from the kingdom,

"With our brothers we will share

All the secrets of our mountain,

All the riches buried there."

 

Chorus

 

Now the valley cried with anger,

"Mount your horses! Draw your sword!"

And they killed the mountain-people,

So they won their just reward.

 

Now they stood beside the treasure,

On the mountain, dark and red.

Turned the stone and looked beneath it...

"Peace on Earth" was all it said.

 

Chorus

 

My hubby used to sing this to my children all the time. They know it by heart.

[KidsHappen]

What does is say about me that every song mentioned in this thread - Rocky Raccoon (yes I do think of this every time I hear about Gidgeon's Bible), The Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia, One Tin Soldier (love that song), Harper Valley PTA, Ode to Billie Joe - I know every word and probably have them on CD. I was pretty young (or not yet born) when some of these came out but I've always loved music from the 60's and 70's.

 

I have never heard Rocky Raccoon either but I love the rest of the songs. Jethro Tull also refers to a Gideon's bible (opened to page one) in one of his songs.

[Sasharowan]

What does is say about me that every song mentioned in this thread - Rocky Raccoon (yes I do think of this every time I hear about Gidgeon's Bible), The Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia, One Tin Soldier (love that song), Harper Valley PTA, Ode to Billie Joe - I know every word and probably have them on CD. I was pretty young (or not yet born) when some of these came out but I've always loved music from the 60's and 70's.

Well, if that makes you strange, then I am too. One Tin Soldier was my favorite song for a while.

[unsinkable]

What does is say about me that every song mentioned in this thread - Rocky Raccoon (yes I do think of this every time I hear about Gidgeon's Bible), The Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia, One Tin Soldier (love that song), Harper Valley PTA, Ode to Billie Joe - I know every word and probably have them on CD. I was pretty young (or not yet born) when some of these came out but I've always loved music from the 60's and 70's.

 

I have never heard Rocky Raccoon either but I love the rest of the songs. Jethro Tull also refers to a Gideon's bible (opened to page one) in one of his songs.

 

Well, if that makes you strange, then I am too. One Tin Soldier was my favorite song for a while.

 

dittoes :D

[unsinkable]

The day that Billy Joe McCallister jumped off the Tallahatchie bridge...

 

And Mama said to me "Child, what's happened to your appetite?""I've been cookin' all morning and you haven't touched a single bite"

"That nice young preacher, Brother Taylor, dropped by today"

"Said he'd be pleased to have dinner on Sunday, oh, by the way"

"He said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you up on Choctaw Ridge"

"And she and Billy Joe was throwing somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge"

 

A year has come 'n' gone since we heard the news 'bout Billy Joe

And Brother married Becky Thompson, they bought a store in Tupelo

There was a virus going 'round, Papa caught it and he died last Spring

And now Mama doesn't seem to wanna do much of anything

And me, I spend a lot of time pickin' flowers up on Choctaw Ridge

 

And drop them into the muddy water off the Tallahatchie Bridge

 

:crying: This song always gets me teary-eyed.

 

And the line I bolded reminds me of the line: "My momma's in the kitchen, worrying about me," from the song Christmases When You Were Mine...another sob-inducer!

[unsinkable]

Little sister's the one who let her brother get hanged, and she killed her SIL whose body will never be found. Little sister = evil!

 

I never realized that...b/c I never listened closely to the lyrics.

 

Why'd the lil sis do it? And why was the best friend involved? :confused:

[OhM]

Just wanted to say I have absolutely no clue what anyone has said so far in this thread.

 

 

Sigh. I feel so old.

 

And yes, we had this album

in our house growing up.

[Mrs Mungo]

I never realized that...b/c I never listened closely to the lyrics.

 

Why'd the lil sis do it? And why was the best friend involved? :confused:

 

 

We have a few characters in the song

 

1. Andy (the best friend who slept with the cheating wife)

2. the husband/brother

3. the cheating wife

4. the husband's sister

 

The sister killed Andy and the cheating wife. The brother was caught at the scene and took the blame.

 

The Reba video suggests another element (that Andy was sister's fiance):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqZVZGo2mXc

Edited July 27, 2010 by Mrs Mungo

[unsinkable]

We have a few characters in the song

 

1. Andy (the best friend who slept with the cheating wife)

2. the husband/brother

3. the cheating wife

4. the husband's sister

 

The sister killed Andy and the cheating wife. The brother was caught at the scene and took the blame.

 

The Reba video suggests another element (that Andy was sister's fiance):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqZVZGo2mXc

 

Thanks, Mrs. Mungo!

 

I love this board!

[Chelle in MO]

Here's another one Bethany's sure not to have heard of...Me and My Teddy Bear.

 

Oh! And these...How Much is That Doggie in the Window and Because Him is a Baby

 

Whew! Those bring back memories of a much younger me!

[emubird]

We have a few characters in the song

 

1. Andy (the best friend who slept with the cheating wife)

2. the husband/brother

3. the cheating wife

4. the husband's sister

 

The sister killed Andy and the cheating wife. The brother was caught at the scene and took the blame.

 

Which is all making Long Black Veil run through my head. Anyone heard of that one?

 

"A saga song, "Long Black Veil" is told from the point of view of an executed man falsely accused of murder. He refuses to provide an alibi, since on the night of the murder he was having an affair with his best friend's wife, and would rather die and take their secret to his grave than admit the truth. The chorus describes the woman's mourning visits to his gravesite, wearing a long black veil and enduring a howling wind."

[MBM]

We have a few characters in the song

 

1. Andy (the best friend who slept with the cheating wife)

2. the husband/brother

3. the cheating wife

4. the husband's sister

 

The sister killed Andy and the cheating wife. The brother was caught at the scene and took the blame.

 

The Reba video suggests another element (that Andy was sister's fiance):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqZVZGo2mXc

 

A group of my friends and I used to laugh about the inanity of that song, analyzing it (and others) while we were at the park watching the kids. Here is what happened: Little Sister, the proud murderer, kept silent about her heinous deeds allowing her brother to be hanged. Then she had the gall to sing about it as if she were somehow wronged. The audacity! I feel a rebuttal song is in order to tell the real story. Maybe it's out there... :D

[TravelingChris]

It's so funny but I know all these songs but as melodies. I do not really listen to lyrics most of the time. DH, on the other hand, does know lyrics but isn't that good with the music. I could never go on that show where they have the next line in a song because I almost never know them. But if they had the next melody, I could do that.

[TKDmom]

And now Rocky Raccoon he fell back in his room

Only to find Gideon's bible

Gideon checked out and he left it no doubt

To help with good Rocky's revival

 

 

When I was in college, my boyfriend (now DH) made me a tape or two of less well-known Beatles songs. That song was on one of them. I lost that tape when I decided to drive to Canada one February and flipped my car in the middle of Montana. Ohh, the memories. To be a college student with no responsibilities again...:D

[TKDmom]

It's so funny but I know all these songs but as melodies. I do not really listen to lyrics most of the time. DH, on the other hand, does know lyrics but isn't that good with the music. I could never go on that show where they have the next line in a song because I almost never know them. But if they had the next melody, I could do that.

 

I'm like your DH. I can sing along to the words of a lot of songs, but I can't carry the tune on my own. My DH is very good at singing the tunes, but sometimes I'll find myself shocked at what he's playing and I'll say, "Do you know what that song says?! I don't think the kids should be listening to that!"

 

Our oldest dd seems to have gotten both traits. She can sing the songs on her own, and she's always repeating the lyrics and asking what they mean. I'm realizing that we need to be more selective of what we listen to in the car. :001_huh:

[unsinkable]

When I was in college, my boyfriend (now DH) made me a tape or two of less well-known Beatles songs. That song was on one of them. I lost that tape when I decided to drive to Canada one February and flipped my car in the middle of Montana. Ohh, the memories. To be a college student with no responsibilities again...:D

 

WOW!

 

You obviously survived but lost a precious mix tape! :lol:

[unsinkable]

Which is all making Long Black Veil run through my head. Anyone heard of that one?

 

"A saga song, "Long Black Veil" is told from the point of view of an executed man falsely accused of murder. He refuses to provide an alibi, since on the night of the murder he was having an affair with his best friend's wife, and would rather die and take their secret to his grave than admit the truth. The chorus describes the woman's mourning visits to his gravesite, wearing a long black veil and enduring a howling wind."

 

I'm gonna look for this on youtube. Thanks!

 

ETA:

 

I just listened to 3 versions: Mick w/ Chieftans, Johnny Cash & Springsteen sing it. And I'm wondering why I never heard it before?!?!

Edited August 6, 2010 by unsinkable