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Post by johno on Jul 12, 2010 18:42:12 GMT -5
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Post by galina on Jul 14, 2010 6:26:59 GMT -5
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Post by klorentz on Jul 15, 2010 13:59:20 GMT -5
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Post by blueadzuki on Jul 15, 2010 18:02:22 GMT -5
How about this www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjzsG5ffIrYI acctually cringe a little when I hear this song, due to the fact that when I was a kid, my sister (who is five years younger than me) was in her Raffi period and I had to hear the damn thing OVER and OVER and OVER again. my apologies also for the juvenile video that accopanies it, but I literally could not find a version that didn't have one (like many an old folk song it's mantinence is in the realm of childrens entertainment) |
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Post by Alan on Jul 20, 2010 21:42:26 GMT -5
While it's not really garden/agriculture related this is what has been inspiring me lately: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1eqA681el4Elephant Micah/Joe Oconnel is a good friend of mine from high school, a wondeful songwriter, be sure to check out some more of his stuff. He gets what this place is all about in a way that I doubt many others, even those who live here ever have or ever will. |
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Post by trixtrax on Jul 21, 2010 4:38:48 GMT -5
Dust Bowl Refugee by Woody Guthrie www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_ehYkr0NhUI like the whole Woody Guthrie album "Dust Bowl Ballads" and it's a great political/historic reference to the desertification of N America (the dust bowl). |
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Post by cornishwoman on Jul 23, 2010 9:36:09 GMT -5
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Post by galina on Aug 1, 2010 6:25:52 GMT -5
Oh, I just remembered "Leekspin", though why it is called that remains a mystery. Very funny piece of Finnish folk singing and may be going round your head all day long. You have been warned ..... www.youtube.com/watch?v=53tq9g35kwk |
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Post by ottawagardener on Aug 1, 2010 8:34:24 GMT -5
'K I just went to Galina's link about leekspin and discovered another corner of pop culture that until moments ago was in the shadow for me. Yes, apparently, Leekspin is a thing in anime  I saw various versions (okay, only parts of them - I do have a life - well my non gardening friends might disagree but ahoo) which warned of 'leekspinning.' How about the ditty 'Hot Potato'. Telsing |
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Post by johno on Sept 3, 2010 22:27:35 GMT -5
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Post by johno on Sept 8, 2010 17:07:08 GMT -5
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Post by bobinthebul on Oct 4, 2010 4:32:44 GMT -5
I know a verse from "Others are Following You," that's a bit reminiscent of "Rickety Tickety Tin."
"Please don't dismember your father
And leave him all over the shed.
He was a tidy man all of his life,
and should remain so when he's dead.
Gather him into a garbage bag;
Remember, the pickup's at two.
Please leave the garden shed just as you found it
For others are following you.
(Refrain:
Just because you're a fratricide,
It doesn't mean that you can be untidy
Make the world a nice place to live,
For others are following you!)
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Post by blueadzuki on Oct 4, 2010 20:17:47 GMT -5
Nice job bob, and I agree very much like "The Irish Ballad" ("Rickety, Tikety Tin's" orginal title, back when Tom Lehrer wrote it)
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