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rockfenris2005 06:47 am UTC 10/30/15 |
| In reply to: | re: I would like to know more about our hero Jim Steinman! - Johnny1 08:56 pm UTC 10/29/15 |
I wish :) There are no recordings online :( > > hello, you will not have a copy MP3? Thank you > > > > I bought a copy of this play a couple years ago. Jim would > > have put music to these songs, I imagine. > > > > * Recruiting song > > * The song of the scum > > * Song of the traveling bar > > * Song of the Ganges river > > * Song of the Ganges river (Cont'd) > > * A man's a man > > * A man's a man (Cont'd) > > * A man's a man 2 > > * A man's a man 3 > > * A man's a man 4 > > * Little Bill > > * The song of the both > > * A man's a man 5 > > * A drunken version of A man's a man > > * Recruiting song > > > > The lyric for Ganges river according to this version. > > > > > > SONG OF THE GANGES RIVER > > > > > > I was born on the rug in a Dublin snug > > And grew up with heroic desires. > > In old Ireland’s cause I’d have broken all laws > > And perished in Protestant fires. > > Yet nowadays I have no wish to die > > (Leastways not prematurely) > > And when heroes commend a sensational end > > I answer them slowly but surely: > > Take a look at the Ganges River > > As it sweeps from Benares to the sea. > > Can I swim against that current? Never. > > Who’d even make a stab at it? Not me. > > Why should I join you in your derring-do? > > I’m happy sitting here admiring you. > > > > Columbus, he did sail the sea. > > Lindbergh, he flew above it. > > Some fellow soon will set foot on the moon > > And more than likely love it. > > Now I do not despise the moon in the skies > > Or regard it with derision. > > But I simply won’t race into outer space: > > I shall watch it on television. > > Take a look at the Ganges River > > As it sweeps from Benares to the sea. > > Could I swim against that current? Never. > > Who’d even make a stab at it? Not me. > > Why should I risk my neck with Colonel Glenn > > When I can see it all on Channel Ten? > > > > > > > > SONG OF THE GANGES RIVER (CONT’D) > > > > > > Now I like to read of a doughty deed > > Performed by a doughty hero > > In a book that proclaims such immortal names > > As Genghis Khan and Nero. > > And I like to recite the tale of a fight > > (Specially a fight that we won) > > But though I may sing of a conquering king > > I have no desire to be one: > > Take a look at the Ganges River > > As it sweeps from Benares to the sea. > > Could I swim against that current? Never. > > Who’d even make a stab at it? Not me. > > Why should I help King George commit his crimes? > > I prefer to read about them in the Times. > > > > > > > > Hello friends, | |
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