Sand Pickers Them Sand Pickers:How ’bout them sand pickers, ain’t they grand? Sittin’ on their haunches, pickin’ in the sand.Pickin’ in the wet sand. Pickin’ in the dry. Pickin’ itContinue readingSand Pickers
How about Them Lunch Toters
Them Poems by Mason Williams Written during the 1960s, Williams’s Them Poems were so widely diffused into folk culture that they are often presumed to be another product of thatContinue readingHow about Them Lunch Toters
Things You Don’t Say To Your Wife
Tim Hawkins – Things You Don’t Say To Your Wife. This advise to a young husband I hope you all have figured this out by now ( you are stillContinue readingThings You Don’t Say To Your Wife
Operator, Operator
“Operator, Operator” (also titled “Heart on the Line (Operator, Operator)”) is a country music song co-written and recorded by Larry Willoughby, a cousin of country music singer Rodney Crowell, andContinue readingOperator, Operator
Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour
Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On the Bedpost Overnight?)” is a novelty song by Lonnie Donegan. Released as a single in 1959, it entered the UK Singles ChartContinue readingDoes Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour
I Only had 50 Cents
I only had 50 Cents. Old folk story about a guy taking his date to eat after the dance. She was not hungry of thirsty but eat and drink everything.Continue readingI Only had 50 Cents
Ain’t Got No Home
“Ain’t Got No Home” is a song written and originally recorded by American rhythm-and-blues singer and pianist Clarence “Frogman” Henry. It was released as a single in the United StatesContinue readingAin’t Got No Home
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
Ragtime Cowboy Joe is a popular western swing song. The lyrics were written by Grant Clarke and the music was composed by Lewis F. Muir and Maurice Abrahams. It wasContinue readingRagtime Cowboy Joe
A Pub with No Beer
“A Pub with No Beer” is the title of a humorous country song made famous by country singers Slim Dusty (in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States) andContinue readingA Pub with No Beer
Charlie Brown
“Charlie Brown” is a popular Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller song that was a top-ten hit for The Coasters in the spring of 1959 (released in January, coupled with “ThreeContinue readingCharlie Brown