Carol Burnett Theme Lyrics

[Caterina Haggins]

ManyInstrumental Theme Tunes actually have lyrics, which for one reason or another were not used in the version that opens the show. This can be for stylistic reasons, or because the theme song lyrics were really terrible, or because they were written only after the show was produced. Alternatively, the lyrics may never have been intended to have been sung, and are included as an in-joke or to give the producer a share in the royalty payments from the song for providing the "lyrics." (Note that many of the latter are Title Theme Tunes, which may say something about those.)

open/close all folders Anime The Lupin III theme actually has lyrics, but the version traditionally used is a Title Theme Tune. For a while [adult swim] aired a vintage opening that used the lyrics. Crystal King had this version of the opening on one of their singles. You might know them from another famous anime theme song: "Ai wo Toridomose", the first opening to Fist of the North Star. The opening theme of Baccano!, "Gun's & Roses" has a vocal version. note Technically the instrumental opening theme does retain one single verse "it's gonna rain tonight" You know Miki's "Sunlit Garden" piano piece in Revolutionary Girl Utena? Thanks to the Opening of the Utena video game for the Sega Saturn, it and another oft-used background music has been given lyrics.

Rides The "Swisskapolka", the theme for the Swiss Family Treehouse written by Buddy Baker, had lyrics written by Bob Jackman, that were never sung. "Round and 'round the world we go, / The world we go, with heel and toe / 'Round and 'round and to and fro, / It's swisskapolka time."

Theatre The lyrics to the City of Angels theme are sung on the original cast album, but not in the show. (Unusually for a musical, this is a Thematic Theme Tune, not a Title Track.) "Alaura's Theme" and "L.A. Blues" also have lyrics that aren't even used on the original cast album. "Away above my head / I see the strangest sight / A fiddler on the roof / Who's up there day and night..." These lyrics for the opening music of Fiddler on the Roof were obviously never used in the show (or the movie); the melody actually is set to a different lyric in the show as part of the "Tradition" ensemble.

Video Games Here's a clip from the "Mario & Zelda Big Band Live" concert in Japan, adding Forgotten Theme Tune Lyrics to the original Mario theme. And then there's Do the Mario! There is a vocal version of "World of Balance", the world map theme for the first part of Final Fantasy VI. This is quite common amongst JRPGs, including Wild ARMs: alone the world and Creid (from Xenogears), as well as at least seven or eight arrangements that include lyricized Final Fantasy music. The theme song from Ice Cap Zone in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is a rendition of a previously unreleased song "Hard Times" by The Jetzons, a band where one of the members was Brad Buxer, one of the composers for Sonic 3. When the song was finally released, it became the most known song of the band, who hadn't any hit songs. One of the Commander Keen games has a song called "You've Got to Eat Your Vegetables". It has lyrics, but the original game used FM sound that didn't support vocals. Bobby Prince originally wrote the song for Keen Dreams, which featured evil vegetables, but it was used in Keen 4 (Secret of the Oracle), with no evil vegetables, so they wouldn't have made sense anyway. Also, the map music from Keen 6 actually has lyrics to go with it. Of course, given the technical limitations the game was made with, they couldn't actually be used (and the game sounds better without them, anyway). Nevertheless, the notes for them can be heard in the music that's played in the game. Bobby Prince has made the text of the lyrics available on his web site. The lyrics for the Super Smash Bros. Brawl rendition of the Fire Emblem main theme are based on the Japanese lyrics, which were used in commercials for the series, translated into Latin. Most of the important songs from EarthBound (1994) were written with lyrics and even had them included in the manuals. Of course, this was only for the Japanese version. EarthBound Beginnings had an OST album with lyrical versions of many of the songs in that game, including for "Pollyanna" and "Bein' Friends", the former of which was also present in EarthBound (1994) and Mother 3, and both of which were later made famous in their instrumental adaptations as the music for Onett in Super Smash Bros. Melee. Even though it was only ever released in Japan, the lyrics were actually in English, surprisingly. Many of the songs from the Guilty Gear series have had official releases with lyrics. This may be a very minorly retroactive example, depending on whether they were written with lyrics in mind, or whether they were added later. Considering a lot of Japanese games have vocal music CDs (such as the Final Fantasy vocal CDs as well as the Street Fighter vocal CDs set to the character's instrumentals) all of which were made after the respective games to cash-in on their success one could assume the same is true for Guilty Gear. The theme for Tetris is actually a Russian folk song, called "Korobeiniki", and is only ever associated with the game in the west due to Pop Cultural Osmosis. It's about a peddler who is stricken with a specific girl, with them haggling over goods as a courtship metaphor. Main theme for Worms also doubles as song, but of many games in the series, only four of them feature lyrics. Knows as Wormsongs, these have a narrated stories that provide the closest there is to a proper plot, with one chorus shared inbetween them.We are worms, we're the best and we've come to win the warWe'll stand, and never runStay until it's done.Though our friends may fall and our world be blown apartWe'll strike with all our might.We'll fight for what is right 'til the end Super Robot Wars has a few. an example would be Neppu Shippu Cybuster The English versions of the Professor Layton games drop the Japanese lyrics from the ending themes, leaving only the instrumentals. Curious Village being the exception as it had an instrumental to begin with. Daytona USA, when it dropped the Daytona name and became Sega Racing Classic, eliminated vocals from the theme song. Bokosuka Wars has lyrics to the in-game theme, "Susume Bokosuka," printed in the manual. The remake of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening gives lyrics to the melody "Ballad of the Wind Fish".

Western Animation Amphibia has a lyrical version of the theme song called "Welcome to Amphibia". This variant uses different instrumentation as well, with the strings and whistling heard in the usual theme being omitted in lieu of the vocal track. The reason this version was never used is because creator Matt Braly found it to be very unfitting, but it would appear as the song Ned is listening to on his headphones in the season three episode "Thai Feud".Braly: Essentially, the lyrical version was forced on me by studio leadership. I don't dislike the song in isolation but I don't think it fits the show or the lead character. Like, who was this sweet voice singing? Certainly not Anne, our rough and tumble lead. The Beagles, CBS cartoon from Leonardo-TTV (the folks behind Underdog) had an abbreviated theme. The complete theme was featured on a Columbia LP of the duo. The theme (the omitted lyrics are after the bridge):Looking for the Beagles,Looking high and low.High is for the eagles,Low is where the Beagles go.Ridin' on a busted bubble to wherever there's some trouble,That's where the Beagles go.

Lyrics?.... Lyrics?... Huh?Sorry, but I have looked through all of the enormous wealth of resources

I have, and I believe I can say with some authority that there were no

sanctioned lyrics written to this tune during Joplin's lifetime. In

fact, with some of his other pieces like the Maple Leaf and Pine Apple

in the forefront, The Entertainer was far from Joplin's best-seller

during the era. So after he died, a lot of his music went into dormancy

for at least three decades. Starting with Wally Rose (40's), continuing

through Ann Charters (60's), and culminating with Joshua Rifkin (70's),

it made a gradual comeback with its diginity intact.It was through both the son and a nephew of director George Roy Hill,

the former who played Rifkin's record for him and the latter who

actually performed some of the pieces, that Hill decided to use Joplin's

music for his film The Sting. He hired Marvin H. to put it all together,

and the selections were mostly Hill's with Hamlisch's concurrence. An

arrangement of The Entertiner already existed in John Stark's Red Back

Book (Fifteen Standard High Class Rags) from around 1910, arranged by

D.S. De Lisle (who also arranged many of Tom Turpin's Rags0. It had been

recorded by Schuller in 1973, and Hamlisch used these arrangements in

part for his score. Still no lyrics.If lyrics were added, it would have been post-1973. I can't find any

instance in over 70 music sources I have, including Lissauer's

Encyclopedia of Popular Music, where any lyrics exist.But, you're in luck in some regard. I did compose a set of Italian

lyrics that I teach people during occasionaly sing-along portions of my

concerts. They go like this:

La la la la, la la, la la.

La la la la la la la, la la, la.I couldn't resist.I would be interested to see if ANYBODY here could scare up any lyrics

to this piece other than in a kid's piano primer. I like to learn new

things all the time. However, I hold out little hope for this one. Maybe

Ed Berlin knows something further on this topic that I have missed. He

has certainly done a great deal more research on Joplin than nearly

anybody here... or maybe anywhere!As for the Ragtime Dance being "redone" as a song... it was originally

done as a stage ballet of sorts, or an organized dance number, with

lyrics in 1902. It was later redone as a rag.Existing Joplin pieces with Lyrics:

Pieces from Treemonisha

I Am Thinking of my Pickanniny Days

Little Black Baby

Maple Leaf Rag Song

A Picture of Her Face (Lyrics by Joplin)

Pine Apple Rag Song

Please Say You Will (Lyrics by Joplin)

The Ragtime Dance (Lyrics and Directions by Joplin)

Sarah Dear

When Your Hair is Like The SnowThere are indications of a few more specific songs (along with rags),

but they have as yet been actually found in printed or piano-roll form.I hope this answers your query (perhaps more completely than you had

hoped for). Sorry it couldn't be what was hoped for. However, you came

to the right source (this News Group) for the information.RAGards, Bill E.

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