Adam catch'd Eve by the furbelow And that's the oldest catch I know
(a musical dirty joke that takes so much explaining now that people don't sing catches or wear furbeloughs, but it was a response to "What's the oldest catch you know?" and a furbelow was a ruffly decoration on 18th century clothes, and "the fur below" being, you know... *nasty*)
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Wandda looked all around this town and all she found was Earl
Dixie Chicks
When Eddie said he
Didn't like his teddy
You knew he was a no-good kid
from "Rocky Horror"
Speed of lightning! Roar of thunder!
Fighting all who rob or plunder!
Underdog! Underdog! Underdog!
--Cartoon theme song. (I know it is a stretch on the topic . . . .)
I can call you Betty and Betty when you call me you can call me Al
You can be like faithful Aaron
Holding up the prophet's hands.
--Hymn about "if you can't be great, just do something within your power."
Adam catch'd Eve by the furbelow
And that's the oldest catch I know
(a musical dirty joke that takes so much explaining now that people don't sing catches or wear furbeloughs, but it was a response to "What's the oldest catch you know?" and a furbelow was a ruffly decoration on 18th century clothes, and "the fur below" being, you know... *nasty*)
We're so sorry, Uncle Albert
We're so sorry if we caused you any pain.
Prince Ali, mighty is he, Ali Ababwa
Strong as ten regular men definitely...
from "Aladdin"
Sing, Oliver; that's an order from your commander in chief
The sun'll come up tomorrow...
(Annie, partly spoken, but in a song)
Have you seen my good friend Abraham?
Can you tell me where he has gone?
He freed a lot of people,
But it seems like the good die young.
--Abraham, Martin, and John, a 1960s protest/remembrance song about Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr., and John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
Hey Eddie,
Can you lend me a few bucks?
Tonight, can you give me a ride.
Jungle Land - Bruce Springsteen
Elvis, Elvis, let me be
Keep that pelvis far from me
"Sandra Dee," from Grease
Father Abraham had many sons
And many sons had Father Abraham
Sunday School wiggly song
With a load of iron ore
46 thousand tons more
Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty.
--"Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," Gordon Lightfoot
And he played upon a ladle,
And his name was Aiken Drum.
Ezekiel saw that wheel a-rollin'
Way up in the middle of the air
Traditional kids' Bible class thing
What's it all about, Alfie?
Is it just for the moment we live?
What's it all about
When you sort it out, Alfie?
(Bachrach & David)
Sister Susie, brother John
Martin Luther, Phil and Don
Uncle Ernie, Uncle Ian
open the door
let em in...
Oliver's army is here to stay,
Oliver's army is on their way,
And I would rather be anywhere else but here today
Oliver's Army - Elvis Costello
And if you want to hear
That Swanee River
Played in ragtime,
Come on and hear
Come on and hear
Alexander's Ragtime Band
(Irving Berlin)
His name was Ernie and he drove the fastest milk cart in the west.
Ernie, Benny Hill
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