All Things in Moderation

TGIF! Silly songs from my childhood

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   okiegirl, on February 10, 2012 at 6:25 pm said:

   MsJS, how fun for a Friday evening! I do not know “Junior Birdmen”? Know anything about it? Of course I remember Purple People Eater and Monster Mash. I remember Ipana, but not that particular snip. That seems too long to have been a commercial (or has that changed too).

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   markinaustin, on February 10, 2012 at 7:45 pm said:

   “The Kangaroo Song” [sung to the tune of the Soldier’s Chorus from Gounod’s Faust]

   My Mother killed me a kangaroo
   gave me the gristly part to chew

   wasn’t that a helluva thing to do?
   to give me to chew
   the gristly part
   of a dead kangaroo

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   markinaustin, on February 10, 2012 at 7:56 pm said:

   I’ll try to find these: “It Ain’t Gonna Rain No More” “Army Life” “The Deacon Went Down”

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   okiegirl, on February 10, 2012 at 8:26 pm said:

   Winky Dink.

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   Michigoose, on February 10, 2012 at 9:44 pm said:

   OMG, MsJS, I watched all four of them once I got them to click and play. . . the scary part is that the “Flying Purple People Eater” and “Monster Mash” made top-40 appearances when I was in my teens–which means they were revived!

   This is a great idea for Friday nights. . . trips down Memory Lane–thanks!!!

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   yellojkt, on February 11, 2012 at 6:14 am said:

   The animation on that Monster Mash video was amazing. That looks like a lot of work.

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   msjs0315, on February 11, 2012 at 7:58 am said:

   Various forms of “Junior Birdmen” floated around for years. The BrothersJS sang one version in the car a lot. Here’s another from the 1955 film “To Hell and Back.”
   http://www.metacafe.com/watch/an-FD0c2mJY7hbJmm/to_hell_and_back_1955_bar_fight/
   It’s apparently a scouting campfire song as well.

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   markinaustin, on February 11, 2012 at 8:31 am said:

   I learned JB in Boy Scouts.

   Also, “Army Life”.

   They told me in the Army, the girls are mighty fine
   You ask for Betty Grable, they give you Frankenstein

   Chorus:

   Oh, I don’t want no more of army life
   Gee, ma, I wanna go
   Oh, ma, I wanna go
   Gee, ma, I wanna go home!

   They told me in the Army, the food is mighty fine
   A pea rolled off the table and broke a leg of mine.

   They told me in the Army, the whiskey’s mighty fine
   You order up a stiff one, they serve ya turpentine!

   They told me in the Army, they love ta sing and dance
   But no one said those Nazis would shoot me in the pants!

   They told me in the Army, the coffee’s mighty fine,
   It’s good for cuts and bruises, and tastes like iodine.

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