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#214- Camels In California
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Song about a really obscure historical factoid...--there are subliminal messages--don't say I didn't warn ya
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
Charts
Peak #177
Peak in subgenre #24
Author
Rob Lincoln
Rights
2000
Uploaded
March 31, 2009
Track Files
MP3
MP3 4.3 MB 128 kbps 4:39
Story behind the song
The song is the story behind the song. I found a book at a flea market and started leafing through...just read the lyrics.
Lyrics
Long long time ago There was something you ought to know CHORUS So don’t say I didn’t warn ya There were camels in California Never learned it in a history class Never saw it on the TV Chorus BRIDGE Saw it in a book so dusty and worn Wished I had bought that book though it was old and torn As I was leafing through I learned they were not from a zoo Chorus I saw Franklin Pierce’s name The 14th president can take some blame Chorus The import idea did not take flight Camels did not help the army fight Chorus Many years later you could still see Stray camels grazing in the back country Chorus Bridge 2 (optional) Did you know that Jefferson Davis and Pierce were friends? That he was his Secretary of War and that this song soon ends? So late at night near East LA If you see a camel ghost coming your way Chorus
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