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#67- Salamander Sue (1985)
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Swing style song with a 'rib-it rib-it' chorus
folk funny political sixties novelty gentle prolific idiosyncratic lehrer jefferson airplane ochs paxton steve goodman
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Tom Paxton meets Jefferson Airplane. Extremely prolific singer songwriter with a wide range of styles from bizarre novelty tunes and surrealistic poetic songs t
With more than 300 songs and counting and for more than 30 years, I have written in a variety of acoustic styles from novelty tunes to love songs to historical ballads to poetic surrealistic songs to retro-acoustic pop. From bizarre to traditional from funny to poignant, whatever style the song is in, the melodies are usually memorable and the lyrics unpredictable. This site will eventually contain rough often first take demos of my entire song catalogue. Many of the earliest songs when I first started writing will of course be shaky. So expect the songs to get better as time goes on. Feel free to come back and browse often as I will constantly be adding songs, one by one in chronological order, starting in 1974. If you are looking for some unusual songs to cover from a little known but unique artist, you have come to the right place. Just e-mail me. If you find a song here that intrigues you, but you don't like a line or two, or you think it needs a bridge, drop me an e-mail and maybe you can earn writer's credit if it gets that song to be recorded or performed.... otherwise just enjoy. You can become a Rob Lincoln fan at no cost to you. I promise that if you keep coming back there will be some real surprises along the way. While mostly acoustic, some original material will veer into folk rock and even 60's pop, but the garage rock and loudest material will also be found in full band arrangement at soundclick.com/abrasiveflowers Eventually some of these 300+ tunes may be rerecorded and make it on to CD, including a novelty CD that would be suitable for Dr. Demento or an historical ballad CD or a political song CD--but until then, this is the only site you can hear most of these songs. (A few of my songs CAN be found on songramp.com/RobLincoln and myspace.com/lessickandlincoln)
Song Info
Genre
Blues Jump Blues
Charts
Peak #187
Peak in subgenre #12
Author
Rob Lincoln
Rights
1985
Uploaded
July 01, 2007
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.0 MB 128 kbps 3:14
Story behind the song
Fresh from writing Hrumph, I decided to write another goofy children's song w/a dark side. This one was never played to any kid (and only to only two adults ever) because the original lyrics were a bit too outrageous and risque for the kiddies. I've toned down the lyrics, and while the story makes less sense now, I think it works better overall. For those who want to read the original lyrics, I may or may not post them. If I do they will be in parenthesese and rated R. Mp3 listeners rated this a 4.2 out of 5.0...Comments included: "funny and great rib-its" "cute" "whacky!"
Lyrics
Down by the muddy waters of old McDale Pond There are some living creatures of whom I am very fond Friendly amphibians all come out to play And at the stroke of midnight you just might hear one say "Salamander Sue..she likes froggies too!" Rib-it Rib-it Rib-it Rib-it Well this mystery intrigued me the first time I heard it squawked By an upstart young tadpole who I never thought could talk I looked into the water to see what I could see All of a sudden 12 mud puppies barked at me in harmony Thay said, "Salamander Sue..she likes froggies too!" Rib-it Rib-it Rib-it Rib-it Well I went back the next evening I went back all alone And at the stroke of midnight I heard low and behold I tiny chorus of red newts singing oh so sweetly I had to sing right in with them, why don't you repeat with me in harmony? "Salamander Sue..she likes froggies too!" Rib-it Rib-it Rib-it Rib-it Well finally I'm nearing the end of this mystery You see one night I stayed way past a half past 3 And as I shown my flashlight at a laughing lilly pad I saw reptilian hanky panky that made my heart grow glad It ain't bad! Cause "Salamander Sue..she likes froggies too!" Rib-it Rib-it Rib-it Rib-it Au revoir!
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