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The lyrics describe Barbara, who lives in a small town, and who creates an extraordinary rhubarb cake. She opens a bar to serve the cake. Three barbarians in the town love the cake – along with beer – so much that they come to the bar every day. They stop behaving barbarically, and go to a barber, who shaves them. [1] [4] [9] [15] [17]
Paul Lincke, the original German lyrics by Heinz Bolten-Backers, English lyrics by Johnny Mercer The Mills Brothers 3 weeks at No. 1 in 1952 (Billboard charts) 1936 Goody Goody: Matty Malneck: Frankie Lymon (#20 in the US and No. 24 in the UK 1943 Hit the Road to Dreamland: Harold Arlen 1937 Hooray for Hollywood: Richard A. Whiting: 1941 I ...
Traditional blues verses in folk-music tradition have also been called floating lyrics or maverick stanzas.Floating lyrics have been described as “lines that have circulated so long in folk communities that tradition-steeped singers call them instantly to mind and rearrange them constantly, and often unconsciously, to suit their personal and community aesthetics”.
"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" is an English lullaby. The lyrics are from an early-19th-century English poem written by Jane Taylor, "The Star". [1] The poem, which is in couplet form, was first published in 1806 in Rhymes for the Nursery, a collection of poems by Taylor and her sister Ann.
"Good Morning Starshine" is a pop song from the musical Hair (1967). It was a No. 3 hit in the United States in July 1969, and a No. 6 hit in the United Kingdom in October 1969, for the singer Oliver.
"San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" is an American pop song, [1] written by John Phillips, and sung by Scott McKenzie. [4] It was produced and released in May 1967 by Phillips and Lou Adler, who used it to promote their Monterey International Pop Music Festival held in June of that year.
"Wild Mountain Thyme" (also known as "Purple Heather" and "Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go?") is a Scottish/Irish folk song.The lyrics and melody are a variant of the song "The Braes of Balquhither" by Scottish poet Robert Tannahill (1774–1810) and Scottish composer Robert Archibald Smith (1780–1829), but were adapted by Belfast musician Francis McPeake (1885–1971) into "Wild Mountain Thyme" and ...
In 1976, Richard Manuel and Van Morrison sang the song, as "Tura Lura Lural (That's an Irish Lullaby)", during The Band's farewell concert The Last Waltz."Come On, Eileen", a #1 U.K. chart single from the English band Dexys Midnight Runners, includes a chorus with the lines "Too-Ra-Loo-Ra Too-Ra-Loo-Rye, Ay / And you'll hum this tune forever."