I love to sing-a!

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..About the moon-a and the June-a and the spring-a!
I love to sing-a,
About a sky of blue-a, or a tea for two-a,
Anything-a with a swing-a to an "I love you-a,"
I love-a to, I love-a to sing!

Give me a song-a
About a son-a gun that went and done her wrong-a.
But keep it clean-a,
With a cottage small-a by a waterfall-a,
Any sob-a that will throb-a to a bluebird's call-a,
I love, I love to sing!

I was born a singin' fool-a,
Lah-de-dah!
Ol' Major Bowes is gonna spot me..
Got through Yale with boula-boula,
Lah-de-dah!
Old microphone's got me!

I love to sing-a,
I love to wake up with the south-a in my mouth-a,
And wave a flag-a,
With a cheer for Uncle Sammy and another for my mammy,
I love to sing!

― penelope (penelope), Friday, 7 November 2003 21:46 (twenty-two years ago)

[also: I know this isn't ILE but this is more like I Love Enjoyment AND THIS IS FROM A CARTOON gawd I lahf it]

― penelope (penelope), Friday, 7 November 2003 21:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Why the hell has Mark E. Smith not sung this?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 7 November 2003 21:49 (twenty-two years ago)

betcha he has

― penelope (penelope), Friday, 7 November 2003 21:50 (twenty-two years ago)

it's impossible to resist if you're hearing the song at the same time

― penelope (penelope), Friday, 7 November 2003 21:50 (twenty-two years ago)

er, EDIT: I know this isn't ilM

― penelope (penelope), Friday, 7 November 2003 21:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Ned you just made me erupt into chuckles, but I can't post this on the laugh out loud thread without copying the whole thing so fuck it.

― NA (Nick A.), Friday, 7 November 2003 21:51 (twenty-two years ago)

It's all cool. :-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 7 November 2003 21:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Taking sides in trailing "a"nunciation.. Joe "Shaddupa Ya Face" Dolce vs. Mark E Smith

― donut bitch (donut), Friday, 7 November 2003 21:54 (twenty-two years ago)

In the cartoon, it's sung by one Owl Jolson.

― Nemo (JND), Friday, 7 November 2003 21:55 (twenty-two years ago)

I can't stop watching it

― penelope (penelope), Friday, 7 November 2003 21:57 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.christopherscanlon.com/mp3/owl jolson-i love to singa.mp3

― penelope (penelope), Friday, 7 November 2003 22:00 (twenty-two years ago)

that cartoon is awesome. AWESUM.

― Dean Gulberry (deangulberry), Friday, 7 November 2003 22:01 (twenty-two years ago)

damn. but c+p or go here: http://www.christopherscanlon.com/mp3

― penelope (penelope), Friday, 7 November 2003 22:01 (twenty-two years ago)

This cartoon is a piece of my childhood. I have not seen it in decades and yet the thread title was a sufficient give away for me. To wit:

Drink to me only with thine eyes
and I will pledge with mine.
Or leave a kiss within the cup
and I'll not ask for wine.

A lovely song, really. Unless sung nasally, flatted. I was not taken in, even as a child.

― Aimless, Saturday, 8 November 2003 04:49 (twenty-two years ago)

I love that cartoon. Especially the old rabbi owl father :

"OY! He wants to sing! GET OUT!!"

― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Sunday, 9 November 2003 06:25 (twenty-two years ago)

HOORAY!

― Paul (scifisoul), Sunday, 9 November 2003 06:27 (twenty-two years ago)

the Al Jolson version is crisply stiffer - though burning with energy, possible rage
wotta shame about his and Ruby Keeler's marriage

one of the musicals Ruby was in, Dames, features the original "I Only Have Eyes For You"

― Paul (scifisoul), Sunday, 9 November 2003 06:33 (twenty-two years ago)

i've been looking for this song forever

― lolita corpus (lolitacorpus), Sunday, 9 November 2003 10:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Why the hell has Mark E. Smith not sung this?

Can you really hear him, even sarcastically, saying:

'A cheer for Uncle Sammy and another for my mammy'?

― Momus (Momus), Sunday, 9 November 2003 11:41 (twenty-two years ago)

applause

― Ferg (Ferg), Sunday, 9 November 2003 11:44 (twenty-two years ago)

'A cheer for Uncle Sammy and another for my mammy'?

Stranger has occurred in Fall-world. (Opening of "The Classical" to thread.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 9 November 2003 16:06 (twenty-two years ago)

haha

― goato mountington (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 9 November 2003 16:11 (twenty-two years ago)

But he could do...

"driiiink to meee onlyy wwwwwwiith thine eyessss - ah"

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 10 November 2003 11:33 (twenty-two years ago)

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