Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes This is courtisy of Walt Kelly who was in the animation department of Walt Disney Studios for a while. He went on to create a comic strip named Pogo and here is his rendition of "Deck the Halls" which is all my family sang every December: Deck us all with Boston Charlie, Walla Walla, Wash., an' Kalamazoo! Nora's freezin' on the trolley, Swaller dollar cauliflower alley-garoo! Don't we know archaic barrel Lullaby Lilla Boy, Louisville Lou? Trolley Molly don't love Harold, Boola boola Pensacoola hullabaloo! Bark us all bow-wows of folly, Polly wolly cracker 'n' too-da-loo! Donkey Bonny brays a carol, Antelope Cantaloupe, 'lope with you! Hunky Dory's pop is lolly gaggin' on the wagon, Willy, folly go through! Chollie's collie barks at Barrow, Harum scarum five alarm bung-a-loo! Dunk us all in bowls of barley, Hinky dinky dink an' polly voo! Chilly Filly's name is Chollie, Chollie Filly's jolly chilly view halloo! Bark us all bow-wows of folly, Double-bubble, toyland trouble! Woof, woof, woof! Tizzy seas on melon collie! Dibble-dabble, scribble-scrabble! Goof, goof, goof!
Originally Posted By mawnck Maybe I'm a sentimental old fool, but I love the traditional carols. Might as well show and tell, since you brought it up. My Black Friday tradition is to hit local record stores looking for unusual Christmas records. And there are inevitably some new ones, since the Record Store Day people have officially declared Black Friday to be Record Store Day 2. While engaging in this activity yesterday, my day was made when I stumbled upon an original copy of the "Songs of the Pogo" LP from 1956, an album I've been seeking for years, at a borderline reasonable price. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://hymiesrecords.com/songs-of-the-pogo/">http://hymiesrecords.com/songs...he-pogo/</a> My only regret - and it's a pretty big one - is that "Deck Us All With Boston Charlie" isn't on it. PS - Here are Lambert, Hendricks and Ross singing and scatting DUAWBC: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46u50qJY0GM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...50qJY0GM</a>
Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes I was very very young, but I believe my parents had that LP. My dad was pretty sharp, and he explained all the Pogo panels to me so that I'd get a real feeling for how corrupt Washington could be on a bad day. I was only in second grade when I became aware of some of the lousy stuff that was going on. I've always wondered what would have happened if Waly Kelly stayed with Disney and was able to express himself as he could with his comic strip. Fun times indeed.
Originally Posted By mele I had a hard time walking away from an album set of The Three Caballeros that I found at an antique store on Saturday (Small Business Saturday). We have a turntable but I'm really trying to cut down on the amount of stuff we own.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>an album set of The Three Caballeros that I found at an antique store<< If it was this: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.kiddierecords.com/archive/week_34.htm">http://www.kiddierecords.com/a...k_34.htm</a> you would've needed 78 RPM (with a special needle) to play it. Most modern TTs don't have that.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>Boy am I goofing up a lot lately.<< Too much Boston Charlie, huh. (I always figured it was an alcoholic beverage.) The sheet music, with Walt Kelly's (sort of) explanation, (sort of) proving me wrong: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://whirledofkelly.blogspot.com/2009/12/boston-charlie.html">http://whirledofkelly.blogspot...lie.html</a> (According to other posts on this blog, Kelly wrote an entire book about this "carol" that gave various other back-stories for it.)
