Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for March 25, 2022
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Transcript:
urban folksong sing-along page brand new old-time traditional down-home songs with a modern sound! big jean-henri big jean-henri was a pepper-grindin' man. grindin' that fresh pepper all over the land. came over here by way of paris, france. never saw him a salad that he couldn't enhance. (chorus) grind, grind, grind that pepper! oh lordy, grind that pepper fine! yumtumyodliyeeyiaohoachoo! yumtumyidlyoyaheetaoinshrdlu! metro lullaby ridin' the metro, feel the train sway. all of a sudden you're dozing away. heavy eyes close now, sleepy head drop. before you know it you've missed your stop. metro commuter sing lullaby. head on the window, drool on your tie. midnight will find you, sure as you please, out in the trainyard stacking up z's.
Sunk to the tune of Dixie:
Oh I wish I could find my shorts of cotton, where I left them I’ve forgotten look away, look away, look away, naked man.
As naked as when I was born, my only other pair is torn look away, look away, look away, naked man.
Don’t look you’ll see my dickie, no way! no way! A naked man, I’ll take my hand, and cover up my dickie. So low, so low, so low hangs down my dickie. Away, away, away down South my dickie.