Please name this song
Betty Griffin
Help! This is real old.
The only words I can remember are "It's the story of a very
unfortunate colored man ...." something something
then "he got twenty years' priviledges taken away from him"
And that's all I know.
Please e-mail me at bet...@mindspring.com
Marc S. Glasser
I think I can help. Spanky and Our Gang (they of "Sunday will Never Be The Same"
and "Like to Get to Know You") included, on one of their later LPs, a song called
"Hong Kong Blues" and credited to Hoagy Carmichael. As they sang it, the first
verse was approximately
Now here's the story of a very unfortunate Memphis man
Who got arrested down in old Hong Kong
He had twenty years' privilege taken away from him
When he kicked old Buddha's gong...
If anyone here's a Hoagy Carmichael expert, or can find a web site for his lyrics,
maybe he/she can supply the full text. Otherwise, e-mail me and I can dig out the
LP and transcribe it for you.
Keep on singing,
<-----8-13-1996-----MSG----->
Marc S. Glasser
ca...@nycmetro.com
Miren Seeley
In article <4uo80n$1r...@mule2.mindspring.com>, bet...@cbus.mindspring.com
wrote:
> Help! This is real old.
> The only words I can remember are "It's the story of a very
> unfortunate colored man ...." something something
> then "he got twenty years' priviledges taken away from him"
> And that's all I know.
> Please e-mail me at bet...@mindspring.com
It's by Hoagy Carmichael, but I can't think of the name of the song!
AAAARRRGGGHH - frustration!
It's the story of a very unfortunate coloured man
Who got 'rested down in old Hong Kong
He got twenty years privilege taken away from him
When he kicked old Buddha's gong
and now he's ?? a piano just to pay the price
for a ticket to the land of the free
and they say his home's in Frisco where they send the rice
but it's really in Tennessee
Here's what he said
Oh I need someone to love me
Need somebody to carry me home???
?????
and bury my body there
That's all I can remember.
--
Miren Seeley # I have abandoned my search
Dept of Anatomy & Structural Biology # for truth, and am now
Otago Medical School # looking for a good fantasy
Dunedin #
New Zealand # - Ashleigh Brilliant
DBANES
Here are the lyrics to Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend, enjoy!
from the Broadway Musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Carol Channing sang it in the musical in 1949
Marilyn Monroe sang it in the 1953 movie version
Words by Leo Robin; Music by Jule Styne
Copyright 1949
The French are glad to die for love,
They delight in fighting duels.
But I prefer a man who lives
And gives expensive jewels.
A kiss on the hand may be quite Continental,
But diamonds are a girl's best friend.
A kiss may be grand, but it won't pay the rental
On your humble flat or help you at the Automat.
Men grow cold as girls grow old,
And we all lose our charms in the end.
But square-cut or pear-shape,
These rocks don't lose their shape!
Diamonds are a girl's best friend.
A well conducted rendezvous
Makes a maiden's heart beat quicker.
But when the rendezvous is through,
These stones still keep their flicker.
There may come a time when a lass needs a lawyer,
But diamonds are a girl's best friend.
There may come a time when a hard-boiled employer
Thinks you're awful nice, but get that "ice" or else, no dice.
He's your guy when stocks are high
But beware when they start to descend.
It's then that those louses
Go back to their spouses.
Diamonds are a girl's best friend.
Romance is divine, and I'm not one to knock it,
But diamonds are a girl's best friend.
Romance is divine, yes, but where can you hock it?
When the flame is gone, just try and pawn a tired Don Juan.
Some men buy and some just sigh
That to make you their bride they intend.
But buyers or sighers
They're such g---d---liars!
Diamonds are a girl's best friend.
I've heard of affairs that are strictly platonic,
But diamonds are a gir's best friend.
And I think affairs that you must keep Masonic
Are better bets if little pets get big baguettes.
Time rolls on, and youth is gone,
And you can't straighten up when you bend.
But stiff back or stiff knees
You stand straight at Tiff'ny's!
Diamonds are a girl's best friend.
At Yale there's a lad whose appeal I acknowledge,
But diamonds are a gir's best friend.
I might like his dad but when I meet a college boy
The thing to say is'ray, 'ray, 'ray for Cartier!
Some girls find some piece of mind
In a trust fund that banks recommend.
But if you are busty
Your trustee gets lusty!
Diamonds are a girl's best friend.
Stash those rocks in your strongbox
For on them you can always depend.
It's not compensation,
It's self-preservation!
Diamonds are a girl's best friend
(I don't mean rhinestones),
Diamonds are a girl's best friend.
Love that music !