Songs about family
Jeal
Aside from "It's a Family Affair" and "We Are Family", could anyone come
up with any well known songs about family. It's needed to musicly
introduce a bunch of cousins at a family event this summer.
All help is much appreciated
Hilary
mel...@enh.nist.gov
In a previous article, je...@enterprise.ca (Jeal) wrote:
->Aside from "It's a Family Affair" and "We Are Family", could anyone come
->up with any well known songs about family. It's needed to musicly
->introduce a bunch of cousins at a family event this summer.
->
->All help is much appreciated
->
->Hilary
Many, many years ago, when I was 23,
I was married to a widow who was pretty as could be.
This widow had a grown-up daughter who had hair of red;
my father fell in love with her and soon the two were wed.
This made my dad my son-in-law, which changed my very life.
My daughter was my mother, 'cos she was my father's wife.
And to complicate the matter, even though it brought me joy,
I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy ....
This little baby thus became a borther-in-law to Dad,
and so became my uncle though it made me very sad.
'Cos if he was my uncle and he also was the brother
of the widow's grown-up daughter who of course was my stepmother --
<chorus>
Then I'm my own grandpa.
I'm my own grandpa!
It sounds funny, I know, but really it's so,
I'm my own grandpa.
My father's wife then had a son who kept them on the run.
My brother was my grandchild, 'cos he was my daughter's son.
My wife is now my father's mother, and it makes me blue:
although she is my wife, she is my grandmother too!
Now if my wife is my grandmother, I am her grandchild.
Every time I think of it, it nearly drives me wild.
Now I am become the strangest case you ever saw:
as husband of my grandmother, I am my own grandpa!
<chorus>
And I'm my own grandpa [etc]
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I'm sorry I don't know who wrote this old chestnut.
I hope someone can help you find the melody! Or email me & I'll
see if I can track down the recording that I heard it from.
---mellyrn
Ike Naar
Jeal (je...@enterprise.ca) wrote:
: Aside from "It's a Family Affair" and "We Are Family", could anyone come
: up with any well known songs about family. It's needed to musicly
: introduce a bunch of cousins at a family event this summer.
:
: All help is much appreciated
:
: Hilary
Level 42 -- Running in the family
The Merrymen -- Shame and scandal in the family
Cheers,
Ike
Anthony Bruce Gilpin
The only song i can think of that specifically mentions cousins is the
theme from "The Patty Duke Show," easily the nadir of Western
civilization. I can post the lyric if you want, but I warn you: it's too
dumb for words.
Jerry Etkind 35 divorced happy+heavy+handsome
: Jeal (je...@enterprise.ca) wrote:
: : Aside from "It's a Family Affair" and "We Are Family", could anyone come
: : up with any well known songs about family. It's needed to musicly
: : introduce a bunch of cousins at a family event this summer.
We're A Happy Family -- Ramones
Vanessa Meachen
In article <4pq1mk$t...@news.IAEhv.nl>, i...@IAEhv.nl (Ike Naar) wrote:
>Jeal (je...@enterprise.ca) wrote:
>: Aside from "It's a Family Affair" and "We Are Family", could anyone come
>: up with any well known songs about family. It's needed to musicly
>: introduce a bunch of cousins at a family event this summer.
>: All help is much appreciated
>:
>: Hilary
>
>Level 42 -- Running in the family
>The Merrymen -- Shame and scandal in the family
>
>Cheers,
>Ike
'Our House' - Madness
'Picture Book' - The Kinks
they mightn't have the word in the title but they're definitely about families
or family life...
Jeal
In article <31C0FB...@pacbell.net>, Anthony Bruce Gilpin
<agi...@pacbell.net> wrote:
Gee, the identical cousins. I remember that show...and a few of the lyrics
They walk alike
They talk alike
They even (something else) alike....
Thanks for the trip down memory lane but I don't think so ;)
Thanks,
Hilary
b...@davewc.mv.com
i...@IAEhv.nl (Ike Naar) wrote:
>Jeal (je...@enterprise.ca) wrote:
>: Aside from "It's a Family Affair" and "We Are Family", could anyone come
>: up with any well known songs about family. It's needed to musicly
>: introduce a bunch of cousins at a family event this summer.
>:
>: All help is much appreciated
>:
>: Hilary
>
>Level 42 -- Running in the family
>The Merrymen -- Shame and scandal in the family
>
>Cheers,
>Ike
Keep it Together from Madonna---a great family song.
--Brian
10430...@compuserve.com
We are family, by Sister Sledge
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Good enough........usually isn't!
Anna Larke
10430...@comupserve.com wrote:
: We are family, by Sister Sledge
: --
: Good enough........usually isn't!
Dana Dawson - 3 Is Family
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an...@neurodne.demon.co.uk
"You're body is the baggage you must carry through life. The more excess
baggage, the shorter the trip"- Arnold H. Glasow.
Beat Rappo
Hello I'm searching in my lyrics-Disc and found this with the word family: by title
Sister Sledge - We are family
Peter Gabriel - Family Snapshot
Peter Gabriel - The family and the fishing net
Genesis - Jesus he knows me
Genesis - Driving the last spike
Genesis - Deep in the motherlode
Janes addiction - three days
Elton John - Durban deep
Elton John - On dark street
Howard Jones - Don't want to fight anymore
Ofra Haza - Daw da hiya
Level 42 - Running in the family
Level 42 - Her big day
Level 42 - She can't help herself
Huey Lewis & the News - Simple as that
Huey Lewis & the News - Walking with the kid
Madonna - Papa don't preach
Madonna - Keep it together
Marillion - Assassing
Marillion - Punch & Judy
Fish - Family business
Fish - Lucky
Fish - Dear friend
Fish - Big wedge
Fish - The Voyeur (I like to watch)
Men at Work - Settle down my boy
Nits - Vah Hollanda seni seni
Pink Floyd - Home
Pink Floyd - Another brick in the wall Part1
Sting - Moon over bourbon street
Sting - the secret marriage
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen - Tie your mother down
Queen - Under pressure
Sade - Sally
Saga - The vendetta (still helpless)
Santana - Oxun
Santana - Body surfing
Supertramp - Bloody well right
Tears for Fears - Power
Kim Wilde - Victim
Stevie Wonder - Go home
Jon Anderson - If it wasn't fo love (oneness family)
Pet Shop Boys - One in a million
Bros - Love to hate you
Sinead O'Connor - I am stretched on your grave
Roxette - Harleys & Indians (Raiders in the sky)
Alison Moyet - Footsteps
Tanita Tikaram - Poor cow
Talking Heads - Mommy Daddy you and i
The The - This is the day
Chris de Burgh - The spirit of man
Chris de Burgh - Spanish train
M People - Walk away
Rod Stewart - Attractive female wanted
Rod Stewart - Every beat of my heart
Rod Stewart - The wild horse
Rod Stewart - Lethal dose of love
Rod Stewart - Farewell
Mr. Bungle - Stubb (a dub)
Metallica - Through the never
Kim Appleby - Mama
Sheena Easton - Trouble in the shadows
Neville Brothers - Brother Jake
Abba - Our last summer
Kate Bush - Deeper understanding
Al Corley - House of courage
Eurythmics - This is the house
Pristine
Three Dog Night: "Family of Man"
James Taylor: "Shower the People"
Carole King: "Goodbye Don't Mean I'm Gone"
Beatles: "Obladi Oblada"
Ray
--
I was a willow last night in a dream
I bent down over a clear running stream
I sang you a song that I heard from above
And you kept me alive with your sweet flowing love