Gotta song

[cowboy]

Who put the bomp
In the bomp bah bomp bah bomp?

Who put the ram
In the rama lama ding dong?

Who put the bop
In the bop shoo bop shoo bop?

Who put the dip
In the dip da dip da dip?

Who was that man?
I'd like to shake his hand

He made my baby
Fall in love with me (yeah!!)

[digger]

I woke up this morning with those words in my head......
but tell you something..for a long time now Ive been waking up every morning with a different song in my head.....
Wonder what that means?

[Ellie]

Do I shock you Digger?
Should I be worried???
Hey ..you know what song it was this morning?
'Roaming in the gloaming'
some Scots ditty I believe ?
I must stop mixing the T.Delight with the Vinho before I got to bed
P.S. I dont recall waking up with any of Coop's ditties

[digger]

'Roaming in the gloaming'

I been laid off from work my rent is due
My kids all need brand new shoes
So I went to the bank to see what they could do
They said Son looks like bad luck got a hold on you

Money's too tight to mention
I can't get an unemployment extension

I’m roaming in the gloaming baby

I went to my brother to see what he could do
He said Brother I'd like to help but I'm unable to
So called on my Father, Father
Almighty Father, he said

You’re roaming in the gloaming baby
Oh gloaming gloaming gloaming
Money's too tight to mention
I can't even qualify for my pension

We're talking 'bout reaganomics
Oh lord down in the congress
They're passing all kinds of bills
From up there on Capital Hill, we've tried it

Money's too tight to mention
Oh roaming in the gloaming
Money's too tight to mention

Cutbacks!
We're talking 'bout the dollar bill
And that old man who's over the hill
Now what are we all to do
When money's got a hold on you
Money's too tight to mention

We're talking 'bout gloaming gloaming
We're talking 'bout gloaming gloaming



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[BOOK - E]

gloaming \GLOH-ming\, noun:
Twilight; dusk.

The children squealed and waved and smiled, their teeth flashing white in the gloaming.
--Evan Thomas, Robert Kennedy: His Life

It was the gloaming, when a man cannot make out if the nebulous figure he glimpses in the shadows is angel or demon, when the face of evening is stained by red clouds and wounded by lights.
--Homero Aridjis, 1492: The Life and Times of Juan Cabezon of Castile (translated by Betty Ferber)

Arrived at the village station on a wintry evening, when the gloaming is punctuated by the cheery household lamps, shining here and there like golden stars, through the leafless trees.
-- Margaret Sangster

[Irlandesa]

Roamin' in the gloamin'
By the bonnie banks of Clyde
Roamin' in the gloamin'
Wi' a lassie by by side
When the sun has gone to rest
That's the time that I love best
Oh, it's lovely roamin' in the gloamin'


The Scots version I think
as sung by Harry Lauder - aren't I sad to be able to remember words like these?

[Ellie]

Isnt it amazing what those words
'Roaming in the gloaming'
have brought to light?
Digger's song..does that go
la de da de da de da ?Digger
and quotes from Book-E from authors works...and looking at time of posting..from one of our American members?
when you think about it..its quite a lovely description of that special time of day...dusk..twilight...
No youre not sad Irlandesa..
thats a nice song that conjures up a lovely scene
one I woke with this morning?..........
'Anything Goes'!
(in olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking!)

[digger]

......la de da de da de da................sounds like the theme to The Third Man...............wot u reckon

[Tabitha]

Digger that sounds to me more like an old English folk song.I cant remember the title but it goes something like this:
Did you not see my lady
Go down the garden singing
Blackbird and thrush were silent
to hear the alley ringing
Oh saw you not my lady
Out in the garden there
Shaming the Rose and Lily
For she is twice as fair

But them maybe not?
We all hear it differently I suppose?

[digger]

………………or………………..I woke up in the morning with an arrow through my nose there was an Indian in the corner tryin' on my clothes …………………………. la de da de da de da…..etc.

[cowboy]

I woke up this morning
I still wasn't dead
I guess her jealous husband shot her instead.

[Worm]

Rippy the gator went chomp chomp chomp

Rippy the gator went chomp chomp chomp

Passing the time by ending children's lives

Down in the bottom of the swamp swamp swamp

[Homeless]

The Engineers Song
Sung to the tune of The Beverly Hillbillies

Come and listen to a story 'bout a man named Ted,
A po' College kid barely kept his family fed,
But then one day he was talking to a recruiter,
"They'll pay ya big bucks if ya work on computers",
VAX that is ... Terminal's ... Workstations;


Well the first thing ya know ol' Ted's an Engineer,
The kinfolk said "Ted, move away from here!",
They all said "Arizona's the place ya oughta be",
So he bought some donuts and moved to Ahwatukee,
Motorola that is ... dry heat ... no 'musement parks;


On his first day at work they stuck him in a cube,
Fed him more donuts and sat him at a tube,
"Your project's late but we know what we can do,
instead of 40 hours, we'll work you fifty-two!"
OT that is ... Unpaid ... Mandatory


The weeks rolled by and things were looking bad,
Most schedules slipped and some managers were mad,
They called another meetin' to decide upon a fix,
Their answer was simple, "We will work him sixty-six"
Tired that is ... Stressed out ... No social life


Months turned into years and his hair was turning gray,
Ted was workin' hard while his life slipped away,
He was just waitin' to retire when he hit sixty-four,
Instead he got a call and they showed him to the door,
Laid-off that is ... Debriefed ... Unemployed ...

[Gerry Cullen]

I remember that bright april mornin,
when i set out to travel afar,
but to work till your dead ,
for one room and a bed ,
it,s not the reason i left mulingar.

[Lixo]

hey ellie, get this, our latest forum member – No. 622 – calls himself “Lixo”..hahaha

That's because I talk it most of the time (or so I'm told)