Speaking of Canada, last night I suddenly found myself unable to get Gordon Lightfootâs âCarefree Highwayâ out of my head. I have absolutely no idea why; I donât think Iâd heard it in years.
Ta rah rah boom de ay! (I donât know any of the words other than the schoolyard one or a schoolyard one so itâs basically just those six nonsense syllables over and over again to the tune of the song.)
Ta rah rah boom de ay! (I donât know any of the words other than the schoolyard one or a schoolyard one so itâs basically just those six nonsense syllables over and over again to the tune of the song.)
(Over and over and over and over and over again)
In my school playground it was:
Ta ra ra boom de ay
My knickers flew away
They went on holiday
They came back yesterday
Ta rah rah boom de ay! (I donât know any of the words other than the schoolyard one or a schoolyard one so itâs basically just those six nonsense syllables over and over again to the tune of the song.)
(Over and over and over and over and over again)
That actually is how the refrain goesâTa-ra-ra Boom-de-ay repeated eight times. You can hear the song here.
Ta ra ra boom de ay
My knickers flew away
They went on holiday
They came back yesterday
I suspect those are unofficial!
On our playground, it was:
Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay!
Our teacher passed away!
Because of tooth decay,
We have no school today!
We threw her in the bay.
She scared the fish away.
We took her out. (beat, beat)
She smelled like sauerkraut.
On my playground in the 1970s in Florida, it was more... violent than that...
Ta ra ra boom de ay!
My teacher went away!
I killed her yesterday...
I'm pretty sure this one would not fly nowadays (for the same reason that Julie Brown's "The Homecoming Queen's Got A Gun" doesn't--she doesn't sing that in concerts anymore because of real-life school shootings...).
All my earworms are rather obscure at the moment, as weâre rehearsing for a concert of early (11th-17th century) women composers next Sunday afternoon. Definitely music that deserves to be rediscovered!
'Come by the Hills' - a song by The Corries who were a Scottish folk duo back in the 1970s. I love the song for one line 'The cares of tomorrow can wait 'til this day is done'.
'Come by the Hills' - a song by The Corries who were a Scottish folk duo back in the 1970s. I love the song for one line 'The cares of tomorrow can wait 'til this day is done'.
The Corries, of course, also gave us Flower of Scotland which may be a dirge, but it's a considerably better dirge than God Save the Quing.
A perennial earworm has made another appearanceâKansasâs âCarry On Wayward Son.â
It really is a good thing I love the song; itâs one of a handful of songs that can, with just a few chords, make me feel like 17-year-old me, riding around in my dadâs white Chevy Impala with my arm propped in the open window. (As it happens, Kansasâs âDust in the Windâ is also in that handful of songs.)
A perennial earworm has made another appearanceâKansasâs âCarry On Wayward Son.â
It really is a good thing I love the song; itâs one of a handful of songs that can, with just a few chords, make me feel like 17-year-old me, riding around in my dadâs white Chevy Impala with my arm propped in the open window. (As it happens, Kansasâs âDust in the Windâ is also in that handful of songs.)
We have a friend over today and just before lunch on one of the hottest days of the current heatwave in the UK he and my husband have gone out for a walk. This, predictably, is my ear worm.
Iâve now got the other Xanadu in my head (I thought for a moment you were a fellow Rush fan, Chastmastr!).
I have liked their stuff, or at least some of it. Not a fan of some of their philosophies over the years, sadly. (They did get away from Ayn Rand, thank God.)
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This was on a programme last night.
https://youtu.be/LJvv4KtzUVw?is=ndhslsElfRxas_tl
(Over and over and over and over and over again)
In my school playground it was:
Ta ra ra boom de ay
My knickers flew away
They went on holiday
They came back yesterday
I suspect those are unofficial!
On our playground, it was:
Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay!
Our teacher passed away!
Because of tooth decay,
We have no school today!
We threw her in the bay.
She scared the fish away.
We took her out. (beat, beat)
She smelled like sauerkraut.
Ta ra ra boom de ay!
My teacher went away!
I killed her yesterday...
I'm pretty sure this one would not fly nowadays (for the same reason that Julie Brown's "The Homecoming Queen's Got A Gun" doesn't--she doesn't sing that in concerts anymore because of real-life school shootings...).
The Corries, of course, also gave us Flower of Scotland which may be a dirge, but it's a considerably better dirge than God Save the Quing.
https://youtu.be/HT0wGSbASZE?is=Rl8_CsBHrxYAJQNU
I 'ates you, Doublethink!
It really is a good thing I love the song; itâs one of a handful of songs that can, with just a few chords, make me feel like 17-year-old me, riding around in my dadâs white Chevy Impala with my arm propped in the open window. (As it happens, Kansasâs âDust in the Windâ is also in that handful of songs.)
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This is a particularly good arrangement. Alternatively you could try this Peter Sellars take on it.
https://youtu.be/aUkR8YhJNn8?is=pVDCP4dzkzA2YtEX
https://youtu.be/1M5ZVm8ea1U?si=eYIXJB1ZxiuJ-IlK
I have liked their stuff, or at least some of it. Not a fan of some of their philosophies over the years, sadly. (They did get away from Ayn Rand, thank God.)
https://youtu.be/AK5jyVCdXwc?is=6gZuBx1_LfsNnzfO