Whale of a Tale
WPatrick
You guys were so great on my last request, I figured I'd visit the well again...
There was a song titled "Whale of a Tale" back in the 50's (I think) and
part of it went...
"I've got a whale of a tale to tell you lads,
A whale of a tale or two,
About the flappin' fish and the girls I've loved,
On nights like this with the moon above,
A whale of a tale, and its all true,
I'd swear by my tattoo!"
Does anyone have the rest of the lyrics, some history, or anything else
about this song?
Whit Patrick
ws...@newportnet.com
Mike Bruckheimer
That was (as I remember) sung by Kirk Douglas? in Disney's? 20,000
Leagues under the sea based on Jules Verne's novel of the same name
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James W. Barrett
WPatrick wrote:
>
> You guys were so great on my last request, I figured I'd visit the well again...
>
> There was a song titled "Whale of a Tale" back in the 50's (I think) and
> part of it went...
>
> "I've got a whale of a tale to tell you lads,
> A whale of a tale or two,
> About the flappin' fish and the girls I've loved,
> On nights like this with the moon above,
> A whale of a tale, and its all true,
> I'd swear by my tattoo!"
>
> Does anyone have the rest of the lyrics, some history, or anything else
> about this song?
>
> Whit Patrick
> ws...@newportnet.com
-- I seem to recall hearing this performed on "Bertie the Bunyip", a
local kidvid puppet show that aired in Philly, c. 1960.
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James W. Barrett wrote:
>
> WPatrick wrote:
> >
> > You guys were so great on my last request, I figured I'd visit the well again...
> >
> > There was a song titled "Whale of a Tale" back in the 50's (I think) and
> > part of it went...
> >
> > "I've got a whale of a tale to tell you lads,
> > A whale of a tale or two,
> > About the flappin' fish and the girls I've loved,
> > On nights like this with the moon above,
> > A whale of a tale, and its all true,
> > I'd swear by my tattoo!"
> >
> > Does anyone have the rest of the lyrics, some history, or anything else
> > about this song?
This was from Walt Disney's movie "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the
Sea". The
song was sung by the sailor Ned Land (played by Kirk Douglas). You can
rent
the movie from just about any video store. Lawrence Welk put it out on
an album
of songs from Disney movies. Larry Hooper (Super deep bass) sang it on
that album.
Jim Partridge
wpatric...@cencoast.com (WPatrick) wrote:
>You guys were so great on my last request, I figured I'd visit the well again...
>There was a song titled "Whale of a Tale" back in the 50's (I think) and
>part of it went...
>"I've got a whale of a tale to tell you lads,
>A whale of a tale or two,
>About the flappin' fish and the girls I've loved,
>On nights like this with the moon above,
>A whale of a tale, and its all true,
>I'd swear by my tattoo!"
>Does anyone have the rest of the lyrics, some history, or anything else
>about this song?
A Disney song, lip-sinc'd by Kirk Douglas in 20,000 Leagues Under the
Sea. Its on one of their sing-along videos, (the one with "Under the
Sea" on the cover) if you want it that bad.
Jim.
secret muse
there was a 45 rpm of it by Kirk on the disney label too.
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Jerry Dallal
WPatrick (wpatric...@cencoast.com) wrote:
: You guys were so great on my last request, I figured I'd visit the well again...
: There was a song titled "Whale of a Tale" back in the 50's (I think) and
by Al Hoffman and Norman Gimbel, 1953. You know the rest.
JCURTISS2
WPatrick wrote:
>There was a song titled "Whale of a Tale" back in the 50's .....
>Does anyone have the rest of the lyrics, some history, or anything else
>about this song?
We had a copy of this on a children's record when I was a kid. From what I
remember, it went like this....
Got a whale of a tale to tell you boys,
A whale of a tale or two
'Bout the foolish fish in the Sy-Sive(?) Sea
On days like this when the sky is green
A whale of a tale and it's all true
I vow by my tattoo.
On the Indian Ocean, met a whale, her name was Mitzi
She was tiny, smallest whale you ever did see
When we caught her, it gave us quite a turn
To find she measured quarter of an inch from stem to stern
Well the captain pondered, then he got a brilliant notion
He said, "Heave her back into the Indian Ocean.
She's a youngster, so get her off my boat.
We'll pick her up some Tuesday when she's old enough to vote.
Got a whale of a tale to tell you boys
A whale of a tale or two
'Bout the foolish fish in the Sy-sive(?) Sea
On days like this when the sky is green
A whale of a tale and it's all true
I vow by my tattoo.
I remember it as a 7" yellow record. Possibly Disney, but have no idea who the
artist was. On the flip side was "Snoopy the Seal".
Thanks for reviving a pleasant memory!
RJGra
The Kirk Douglas version is currently aailable on a 3-CD compilation called
"Disney, A Legacy in Song". Also included in the set is the delightful folkish
"My Pretty Irish Girl" from "Darby O'Gill and the Little People" sung by Sean
Connery (who actually has a nice singing voice) and Janet Munro (the first
Disney heroine I ever fell in love with).
(I haven't gotten around to buying the set or I'd list the lyrics).
Bob Graham
Andrea M. Aldridge
JCURTISS2 wrote:
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> WPatrick wrote:
>
> >There was a song titled "Whale of a Tale" back in the 50's .....
>
> >Does anyone have the rest of the lyrics, some history, or anything else
> >about this song?
It was written for and used in the Walt Disney movie "20,000 Leagues
under the sea", starring Kirk Douglas, James Mason and Peter Lorrie.
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