Article View: rec.puzzles
Article #2356Re: Songs containing states
From: MICHAEL LAUREN SHERMAN
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 00:04
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 00:04
44 lines
2031 bytes
2031 bytes
In article <1992Nov20.141510.9185@linkoping.trab.se>, ath@linkoping.trab.se (And ers Thulin) writes: >In article <1e5k5mINN7di@gap.caltech.edu> carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU writes: >>= >>= Chattanooga Choo Choo >>= --------------------- >> >>Most versions begin with a prologue: >> >> Hi there pal, what you say? >> Step aside partner it's my day. >> Bend an ear and listen to my version >> Of a really solid Tennessee excursion. > >This is not a real part of the Chattanooga Choo-Choo song. It's the >usual intro Tex Beneke used to do when he occasionally graced the >microphone in Glenn Miller's band. > >The first line is Glenn's question, the last three Tex's response. > >There were several other occasions when similar intro's were done. >'The little man who wasn't there' is one I remember. > >-- > >But since Tennessee *is* mentioned in the song, it obviosly belongs on >the list. Or is someone collecting songs where a state is mentioned >twice? > >-- >Anders Thulin ath@linkoping.trab.se 013-23 55 32 >Telia Research AB, Teknikringen 2B, S-583 30 Linkoping, Sweden > I don't know if this is still on going, but what about Huey Lewis' Heart of Rock and Roll, Jagger and Bowie's Dancing in the streets, Almost any state song, James Taylor's Going to Carolina in my mind. -- MICHAEL LAUREN SHERMAN 758-0207 MLSA "I really do appreciate the fact you're sitting here, you're voice sounds so wonderful but your face don't look too clear so barmaid bring a pitcher, another round of brew, why don't we get drunk and screw?"- J. Buffett
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<1992Nov22.000420.43219@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!jvnc.net!netnews.upenn.edu!netnews.cc.lehigh.edu!ns1.cc.lehigh.edu!mlsaShow Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!jvnc.net!netnews.upenn.edu!netnews.cc.lehigh.edu!ns1.cc.lehigh.edu!mlsa From: mlsa@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (MICHAEL LAUREN SHERMAN) Newsgroups: rec.puzzles Subject: Re: Songs containing states Message-ID: <1992Nov22.000420.43219@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu> Date: 22 Nov 92 00:04:20 GMT Organization: Lehigh University Lines: 44