Just what is "Ta Ra Ra BOOM dee-ay" anyway?
Grahmite
to recall hearing older kids on the playground singing this while they kick
your butt.
Tony Ning Lew
grah...@aol.com (Grahmite) wrote:
It was from a song sung by the "Can Can" dancers in the 19th century while
dancing. They timed the "BOOM" to coincide with a high kick showing their
panties. That was about as risque as they got back then.
>
>
Knockknee
>
>Pansy Fay sings this in her song while swinging her rear at the camera. I seem
>to recall hearing older kids on the playground singing this while they kick
>your butt.
>
>
I don't know about the playground but I can tell you it was a popular song in
Enlgish music halls towards the end of the 19th century.
Knockknee
pansyfaye
COLLINS.
Pansy Faye
Tony Ning Lew <kol...@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
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> In article <20000401143049...@ng-cf1.aol.com>,
> grah...@aol.com (Grahmite) wrote:
>
> >Pansy Fay sings this in her song while swinging her rear at the camera.
I seem
> >to recall hearing older kids on the playground singing this while they
kick
> >your butt.
>
Nat and Al Enquirer
>
> Pansy Fay sings this in her song while swinging her rear at the camera. I seem
> to recall hearing older kids on the playground singing this while they kick
> your butt.
This from http://www.nfo.net/.WWW/melodya.html
"Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-Dee-Ay" (Henry Sayers-1891) Sayers says that the
tune was originally sung by a great Black singer -Mama Lou -
in one of St. Louis'..cough, hack, gag..cultural institutions,
Babe Connor's famous brothel.
The lyrics are found here (with a first performance story that disagrees
with the above but agrees with the information provided by pansyfaye:
http://pdmusic.org/1800s/91trrbda.txt
The Prairie Home Companion web site gives a copyright as follows: © 1878
Francis, Day & Hunter
http://www.prairiehomecompanion.org/performances/19980418/980418_MU.shtml
Now, aren't you glad you asked? 8-) 8-)
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Respectfully,
Nat and Al
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everyone.
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"pansyfaye" <pans...@darkshadowsfestival.com> wrote:
> Acutally the Ta-Ra Ra Boom Dee-Ay was introduced to the world by
Lottie
> COLLINS.
>
> Pansy Faye
>
darling! it is I Carl! remember? are you on a break from possessing
that Charity girl? oh Pansy? come dance my cares away!
the late Carl Collins
(last jester of Collinwood)
> Tony Ning Lew <kol...@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
> news:8c5pn1$n33$1...@nntp9.atl.mindspring.net...
> > In article <20000401143049...@ng-cf1.aol.com>,
> > grah...@aol.com (Grahmite) wrote:
> >
> > >Pansy Fay sings this in her song while swinging her rear at the
camera.
> I seem
> > >to recall hearing older kids on the playground singing this while
they
> kick
> > >your butt.
> >
> > It was from a song sung by the "Can Can" dancers in the 19th
century while
> > dancing. They timed the "BOOM" to coincide with a high kick showing
their
> > panties. That was about as risque as they got back then.
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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Before you buy.
Lisa Akers
a version of Ta ra ra Boom de ay. I won't say where, but will hint at
when (early to middle 1970's), in elementary school. I can't name the
tune, but the lryics went something like this:
Ta Ra Ra BOOM De ay,
the took my clothes away.
Any left me standing there
In Playtex underwear.
I can't help that I grew up on an Army base in the South,
Okay??!!?!!??!? (a small hint)
LISA
Deborah G. Buckner
Lisa Akers wrote in message
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I knew this playground version:
Ta ra ra boom de ay,
There is no school today.
Our teacher passed away,
Ta ra ra boom de ay!
Deb
Knockknee
says...
I grew up in Delaware and I know both of these, along with variations. (...and
while you're standing there/we'll take your underwear!)
Knockknee
>
>
Kate
> I grew up in Delaware and I know both of these, along with variations.
(...and
> while you're standing there/we'll take your underwear!)
>
> Knockknee
>
Knockknee, I think those are the last two lines to the version I learned in
elementary school:
Ta Ra Ra Boom Dee Ay
We are the CIA
While you're standing there
We'll take your underwear
Erica
<snk...@freewwweb.com> wrote:
Then there's the George Carlin version
Ta Ra Ra Boom Dee Ay
Did you get yours today
I got mine yesterday
That's why I walk this way.
Erica
Knockknee
>
>
>> I grew up in Delaware and I know both of these, along with variations.
>(...and
>> while you're standing there/we'll take your underwear!)
>>
>> Knockknee
>
>>
>Knockknee, I think those are the last two lines to the version I learned in
>elementary school:
>Ta Ra Ra Boom Dee Ay
>We are the CIA
>While you're standing there
Now what would the CIA want with a third grader's underwear????
There's probably something very deep here, but I don't think I want to pursue
it!
Knockknee
pulgao
I used to shoot pool with a hustler who sang:
"Ta Ra Ra Boom De-ay
I took your shirt away
Ta Ra Ra Boom De-ay
I'll get your pants today"
He wasn't kidding. Seeing him take some guy for hundreds of bucks at
9-ball was a thing of beauty (and, no, I wasn't one of his victims. We
used to shoot for a buck a game to kill time while he was waiting for
some *real* money to walk through the door. I always lost, but a buck
a game was pretty cheap for the lessons I received in return).
-- Steve Lopez
The Right Eye of Evan Hanley
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Kate
Knockknee <knoc...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I would like to say that, even as children, we understood the government's
potential for overstepping boundaries. But this was pre-Watergate, so I
guess we were just looking for anything that rhymed.
Kate (who has the distinction of being
the only 7 year-old who campaigned for Nixon's re-election)
Lois Frankel
Ta ra ra boom de-ay
There is no school today
Our teacher ran away
She fell right in the bay
Somebody fished her out
They thought whe was a trout
They won the biggest prize
for such a giant size
--
Lois Frankel
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Ta ra ra boom de-ay
The reverend makes us pray
So we pray everyday
For old Trask's Judgment Day!
Knockknee
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>> West coast version:
>>
>> Ta ra ra boom de-ay
>> There is no school today
>> Our teacher ran away
>> She fell right in the bay
>>
>> Somebody fished her out
>> They thought whe was a trout
>> They won the biggest prize
>> for such a giant size
>>
I remembered another one!
Ta ra ra boom de-ay
There is no school today
Our teacher passed away
We threw her in the bay
Ta-ra-ra boom de-ay
The sharks had lunch today!
Knockknee
LET'S GO, FLYERS! <clap clap clapclapclap>
V.o.S.R.
Lois Frankel wrote:
> West coast version:
>
> Ta ra ra boom de-ay
> There is no school today
> Our teacher ran away
> She fell right in the bay
>
> Somebody fished her out
> They thought whe was a trout
> They won the biggest prize
> for such a giant size
>
> --
> Lois Frankel
> lfra...@pluto.njcc.com http://pluto.njcc.com/~lfrankel
> (cats, quilts, antique sewing machines)
>
> Any ideas you might think you find in this message are mine; any
> resemblance to ideas of anyone else--real, imaginary, living, dead,
> employer, coworker, friend, enemy, neighbor, spouse, pet, family
> member, insect, microorganism, government, organization,
> extraterrestrial, or potted plant--is your fault!
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Our version dragged on and on and on:
Ta-ra-ra-BOOM-dee-ay
The teacher died today
because of tooth decay.
And now the principal
is in the hospital,
and the secretary
is in the cemetery. . .
We were big on premise, but lousy at conclusion.
V.o.S.R.
The Ghost of Morgan J P Collins
Morgan so looks forward to that day,
That he shall be delivered of the result
of his Peter play.
MorganCollins
salo...@gmail.com
I lost my pants today
I found them yesterday
Tararaboomdeay...