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Songwriter (s) Traditional, Gitz Rice credited. "Gee, Mom, I Want to Go Home" (also known as "I Don't Want No More of Army Life") is a traditional, humorous song satirizing life in the Armed Forces. Each verse has two lines relating what recruits are told, followed by an exaggerated description of the fact. For example: The biscuits in the Army.
Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah! (book), a 2004 children's book based on the song. Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh! (musical), a musical revue inspired by the song. Sandra Gould, who released a response novelty recording, set to the same music, entitled "Hello Melvin (This Is Mama)". Perrey and Kingsley did an instrumental version, called Countdown at 6 ...
Land of the Silver Birch. " Land of the Silver Birch " is a traditional Canadian folk song that dates from the 1920s. The lyrics are sometimes erroneously attributed to Pauline Johnson, perhaps in confusion with her well-known poem, "The Song My Paddle Sings". [1] It is sometimes sung to keep time while canoeing, and sometimes sung at campfires ...
Homer and Jethro were the stage names of American country music duo Henry D. "Homer" Haynes (1920–1971) and Kenneth C. "Jethro" Burns (1920–1989), popular from the 1940s through the 1960s on radio and television for their satirical versions of popular songs. [1] Known as the Thinking Man's Hillbillies, they received a Grammy Award in 1959 ...
1908 lyrics of "We Will Rise and Shine" a later adaption of "We are Climbing Jacob's Ladder." The lyrics here feature a similar refrain of "Rise and Shine and Give God the Glory, Glory," which is used in the Arky camp song. Rise and Shine (And Give God Your Glory, Glory) also known as The Arky, Arky Song (Children of the Lord) is a humorous ...
See media help. "Tenting on the Old Camp Ground" (also known as Tenting Tonight) was a popular song during the American Civil War. A particular favorite of enlisted men in the Union army, it was written in 1863 by Walter Kittredge and first performed in that year at Old High Rock, Lynn, Massachusetts. A tableau vivant was given on May 29, 1897 ...
Shawn Camp (singer) Darrell DeShawn Camp (born August 29, 1966) is an American musician who performs country and Americana music. Originally signed to Reprise Records in 1993 as a recording artist, Camp charted two minor singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts that year. Since then he has found success as a songwriter ...
The song "Great Green Gobs of Greasy, Grimy Gopher Guts" is a children's public domain playground song popular throughout the United States. Dating back to at least the mid-20th century, the song is sung to the tune of "The Old Gray Mare". [1] The song, especially popular in school lunchrooms and at summer camps, presents macabre horrors ...