"Dont spread butter on the floor...." can you tell me where to find this song?
John Ordover
this:
"Don't spread butter on the floor;
that isn't what it was made for;
spread it on the window or the door, but
don't spread butter on the floor.
"Don't poke your finger in your eye;
that will only make you cry;
point it down a well or at the sky, but
don't poke your finger in your eye."
and there were more verses.
I also remember really liking FOOBA WOOBA JOHN, but I know it wasn't
the Burl Ives version because that doesn't have all the verses I
remember.
I have a strong memory of both of these being on a Weavers or Pete
Seeger album, but can't find them listed on either one, or the title
of the first one. Can anyone help?
I'll check back here but an email response would be appreciated too.
Thanks -
John
Kathy O'Connell
Barry Louis Polisar
His website is www.barrylou.com
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Joan Halloran
It's possible that Pete Seeger recorded Fooba Wooba John somewhere, but I
think the source is actually Mike Seeger, on one of the many New Lost City
Ramblers LP's. I can't tell you which volume it was (what were there, 15 or
20?) because all mine are packed up for an impending move, but I assure you,
that's where you'll find the primo version. It may also be on one of the CD
reissues, but I'm not sure. Good luck!
John Currie
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> There's a song I remember from my childhood that goes something like
> this:
> >
John Ordover
> The first sounds an awful lot like "Don't Put Your Finger Up Your Nose" by
> Barry Louis Polisar
> His website is www.barrylou.com
I checked out the lyrics, and while there are similarities, it's not
the same song - it's almost as if the song I am looking for is a
parody of the Polisar song, although the song I'm talking about would
have been current sometime before 1967.
jnobi...@gmail.com
> There's a song I remember from my childhood that goes something like
> this:
>
> "Don't spread butter on the floor;
> that isn't what it was made for;
That song was written by Alan Arkin. My wife remembers him performing it for their nursery school class in Greenwich Village in the 60s. It became pretty popular in kid/parent circles, and apparently Alan was happy to perform it and several other kids songs he wrote for his own kids .
I don't know for sure, but I believe that it was recorded by his group, "The Babysitters" which did folk inflected songs for kids: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Baby_Sitters_(folk_group) Good luck finding their music unless you come across it on vinyl. I've been looking for years and there's nothing online.
You might try writing to Alan himself and asking if he would re-issue on iTunes. Then again, he may not entirely own the rights, and that may be what's prevented this music from being made available again up until now.
Good luck and let me know if you find out more.
John
sarah...@gmail.com
Don't scream into your daddy's ear
That will make it hard for him to hear
Things will be terrible I fear if
You scream into your daddy's ear
Don't throw tomatoes at your friends
That's the beginning of the end
They'll say you're going round the bend if
You throw tomatoes at your friend.
( I think my folks have the LP somewhere but I can't find anything digital)
