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Skip to My Lou (person)

2009-06-18T01:08:35Z

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VERSION 1
Fly's in the buttermilk,
Shoo, fly, shoo,
Fly's in the buttermilk,
Shoo, fly, shoo,
Fly's in the buttermilk,
Shoo, fly, shoo,
Skip to my Lou, my darlin'.

Skip, skip, skip to my Lou,
Skip, skip, skip to my Lou,
Skip, skip, skip to my Lou,
Skip to my Lou, my darlin'.

Cat's in the cream jar,
Ooh, ooh, ooh,
Cat's in the cream jar,
Ooh, ooh, ooh,
Cat's in the cream jar,
Ooh, ooh, ooh,
Skip to my Lou, my darlin'.

Skip, skip, skip to my Lou,
Skip, skip, skip to my Lou,
Skip, skip, skip to my Lou,
Skip to my Lou, my darlin'.

Off to Texas,
Two by two,
Off to Texas,
Two by two,
Off to Texas,
Two by two,
Skip to my Lou, my darlin'.

Skip, skip, skip to my Lou,
Skip, skip, skip to my Lou,
Skip, skip, skip to my Lou,
Skip to my Lou, my darlin'.

VERSION 2

Lost my partner,
What'll I do?
Lost my partner,
What'll I do?
Lost my partner,
What'll I do?
Skip to my lou, my darlin'.

Skip, skip, skip to my Lou,
Skip,

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Hello! Ma Baby (thing)

2003-08-24T03:44:47Z

lyrics brought to you by tregoweth

(Hello! Hello! Hello!)

I'se got a little baby, but she's out of sight,
I talk to her across the telephone;
I'se never seen my baby but she's mine, all right;
So take my tip, and leave this gal alone.
Ev'ry single morning, you will hear me yell,
"Hey Central! Fix me up along the line."
He connects me to ma honey, then I ring the bell,
And this is what I say to baby mine,

"Hello! ma baby, Hello! ma honey,
Hello! ma ragtime gal,
Send me a kiss by wire,
Baby, my heart's on fire!
If you refuse me,
Honey, you'll lose me,
Then you'll be left alone; Oh! baby,
Telephone and tell me I'se your own."

This morning, thro' the phone, she said her name was Bess,
And now I kind of know where I am at;
I'se satisfied because I'se got my babe's address,
Here pasted in the lining of my hat.
I…

Aloha Oe (thing)

2001-10-10T20:44:33Z

Lyrics brought to you by Segnbora-t

A song of farewell written in 1878 by Hawaii's last monarch, Queen Liliuokalani. She is said to have been inspired by watching two lovers in Oahu, Colonel James Boyd of the queen's entourage and a girl from Maunawili, having to leave one another and saying their goodbyes in the moonlight. (This probably accounts for the English words in the Hawaiian-language version.)

This was probably the first Hawaiian song to become well-known outside the Hawaiian Islands and has been recorded by many artists.

In Hawaiian:

Ha`aheo ka ua i nā pali
Ke nihi a`e la i ka nahele
E hahai ana paha i ka liko
Pua `āhihi lehua o uka

Chorus:
Aloha `oe, aloha `oe
E ke onaona noho i ka lipo
One fond embrace, a ho`i a`e au
Until we meet again

`O ka hali`a aloha i hiki mai
Ke hone a`e nei i ku`u manawa
`O `oe nō ka`u ipo aloha
A loko e hana nei

Maopopo ku`u…

O Holy Night (thing)

2000-09-12T20:08:23Z

Lyrics brought to you by Segnbora-t

Christmas carol (oddly identified in my songbook as "Christmas Song," a name I've never seen used for it elsewhere). Music by Adolphe-Charles Adam; Words by Placide Clappeau, 1847; translated from French to English by John Sullivan Dwight.

O holy night! The stars are brightly shining,
It is the night of the dear Savior's birth.
Long lay the world in sin and error pining.
Till He appeared and the Spirit felt its worth.
A thrill of hope; the weary world rejoices,
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.
Fall on your knees!
Oh, hear the angel voices!
O night divine, the night when Christ was born;
O night, O holy night, O night divine!
O night, O holy night, O night divine!

Led by the light of faith serenely beaming,
With glowing hearts by His cradle we stand.
O'er the world a star is sweetly…

Angels We Have Heard On High (thing)

2000-09-12T19:58:29Z

Lyrics brought to you by Segnbora-t

Christmas carol, also sometimes known as "Westminster Carol." The Latin chorus means "Glory to God in the highest."

Angels we have heard on high,
Sweetly singing o'er the plains
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their joyous strains.
Gloria in excelsis Deo,
Gloria in excelsis Deo.

Shepherds, why this jubilee,
Why your joyous songs prolong
What the gladsome tidings be,
Which inspire your heavenly song?
Gloria in excelsis Deo,
Gloria in excelsis Deo.

Come to Bethlehem and see,
Him whose birth the angels sing
Come adore on bended knee,
Christ the Lord the newborn king.
Gloria in excelsis Deo,
Gloria in excelsis Deo.

See him in a manger laid,
Whom the choirs of angels praise
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,
While our hearts in love we raise.
Gloria in excelsis Deo,
Gloria in excelsis Deo.

O Come, Little Children (thing)

2000-09-12T19:51:42Z

Lyrics brought to you by Segnbora-t

Traditional German Christmas carol. Music by Johann Peter Abraham Schulz.

German words:
Ihr Kinderlein, Kommet, O kommet doch all'!
Zur Krippe her kommet in Bethlehem's Stall,
Un seht, was in dieser Hochheiligen Nacht
Der Vater im Himmel fuer Freude uns macht.

O seht in der Krippe im naechtlichen Stall,
Seht heir bei des Lichtleins hellglaenzendem Strahl,
In reinlichen Windeln das himmlische Kind,
Viel schoener und holder, als Engel es sind.

English translation by Christoph v. Schmid
O come, little children, O come, one and all,
O come to the manger in Bethlehem's stall;
And see what our Father on this holy night,
Has sent us from Heaven for our pure delight.

O see, in the cradle, this night in the stall,
O see how the light dazzles even us all;
In pure gleaming white lies this Child, heaven's love,
More beaut'ous and holy than angels above.