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Thread ID: 65093	2006-01-07 07:59:00	Need help (name of old song)	Myth (110)	PC World Chat

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418927	2006-01-07 07:59:00	I remember when I was growing up, my father would play this song for my sister. Unfortunately he is no longer alive. I think the song is from the 50s or 60s, may even be 70s. All I can tell you is this: The singer was male.. he wasnt singing as such, it was more like he was talking. He was watching his daughter sleeping, and thinking of how it seemed like yesterday she was just a little girl,and how it seems like tomorrow he will be walking her down the aisle for her wedding. I have asked my sister if she knows the song, she can remember little bits of it and seems to think it was called Sleeping Beauty, or My Sleeping Beauty. Possibly by the likes of Jim Reeves or someone in that era/genre. I would really like to know the song name and artist, sometime in the future I will find it from somewhere (I hope)	Myth (110)
418928	2006-01-07 08:44:00	Have you Googled? Try www.lyricsdownload.com Only 400 tracks :)	Zippity (58)
418929	2006-01-07 09:26:00	Thanx for that link Zippity (I had looked on google but hadn't found that search engine). Used it, and found (I think) the song I am after. Jimmy Dean - To A Sleeping Beauty Now, anyone know where I can buy the album this is on (CD form). Its called Jimmy Dean - The Greatest Hits .. which also contains another song I remember and like from those days (Big Bad John). Anyone have it? The Sleeping Beauty song I want for my daughter when she gets older.	Myth (110)
418930	2006-01-07 09:30:00	How long do you think it will take her to start listening to rap? Almost all children go through the (c)rap music phase.	Greven (91)
418931	2006-01-07 10:43:00	[QUOTE=Tazz]Now, anyone know where I can buy the album this is on (CD form). Its called Jimmy Dean - The Greatest Hits .. which also contains another song I remember and like from those days (Big Bad John). Anyone have it?[QUOTE] Big John Ev'ry morning at the mine you could see him arrive, he stood six foot six and weighed two forty-five. Kinda broad at the shoulder and lean at the hip, and ev'rybody knew you didn't give no lip to Big John, big bad John Some said he came from New Orleans where he got into a fight over a cajun queen and a smashing blow from that huge right hand sent a Louisiana feller to the promised land. That's as much as I remember of the lyrics, the next two verses are still there, but a bit patchy. I haven't thought about that song in over 40 years. I have it on a 45 somewhere so it must have come out in the late 50's. Shows you how many times I must have listened to it back then, playing it on an old 78 machine and slowing the turntable down with my finger to get the speed down to 45. Cheers Billy 8-{) Edit: Now I'll Google it and see if I can check the words! Big John Big John Every mornning at the mine, you could see him arrive. He stood 6 foot 6, weighed 245. Kind of broad at the shoulders, narrow at the hip. And everybody knew you didn't give no lip to Big John. Big John Big John Big Bad John Big John Nobody seemed to know where John called home He just drifted into town and stayed all alone. He didn't say much, kind of quiet and shy And if you spoke at all, you'd just said hi to Big John. Somebody said he came from New Orleans, Where he got into a fight over a Cajun Queen. And a crash and a blow from a huge right hand, sent a Lousiana fella to the promise land. Big John Big John Big bad John Big John Then came the day at the bottom of the mine, when a timber cracked and men started crying. Minors were praying, and hearts beat fast and everybody thought they had breathed thier last cept' John. Through the dust and the smoke of this man made hell, walked a giant of a man that the minors knew well. Grabbed a sagging timber and gave out with a groan, and like a giant oak tree he just stood there alone, Big John Big John Big John Big Bad John Big John And with all of his strength, he gave a mighty shove. Then a minor yelled out, 'theres a light up above!'. And 20 men scrambled from a 'would be' grave now theres only one left down there to save, Big John. With jacks and timbers, they started back down, then came that rumble way down in the ground. And as smoke and gas smelched out of that mine, everybody knew it was the end of the line, for Big John. Big John Big John Big Bad John Big John Now they never re-opend that wortheless pit, they just placed a marble stand in front of it. These few words are written on that stand, 'At the bottom of this mine, lies one Hell of a man, Big John' Big John Big John Big Bad John Big John. Sung by Johhny Cash	Billy T (70)
418932	2006-01-07 11:29:00	Tazz, You should be able to download both songs off the Internet in MP3 format and then burn them to CD. In case you don't know how to do it, I have downloaded both tracks. Email me if you want me to burn them to CD for you :) Jimmy Dean also sang the original "Big Bad John"	Zippity (58)
418933	2006-01-07 23:48:00	K Thanx, found the songs :)	Myth (110)
418934	2006-01-08 07:00:00	For a moment there, I thought you meant Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra signing "Some Velvet Morning". I've got it on one of those big black plastic 12" cds. :D	Winston001 (3612)
418935	2006-01-08 08:54:00	For a moment there, I thought you meant Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra signing "Some Velvet Morning". I've got it on one of those big black plastic 12" cds. :D Were you aware that you can buy a non-contact laser reader for those old 12" CDs Winston? It will read the stereo tracks perfectly. The only catch is the price, but as a well heeled man of the law, no doubt you could cash in your retirement fund and sell your house to buy one. Amazing technology, buy it Here (www.stereotimes.com). Cheers Billy 8-{)	Billy T (70)
418936	2006-01-08 09:19:00	Thanks Billy - wonders never cease. Actually I found a "cd" reader in Harvey Norman a while ago for $79.95 so I'm well fixed up. But thanks for the tip. :thumbs:	Winston001 (3612)
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