Comments on: Sarah the Whale http://kayray.org/2007/03/24/sarah-the-whale/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:45:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: kara http://kayray.org/2007/03/24/sarah-the-whale/comment-page-1/#comment-36487 kara Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:32:13 +0000 http://kayray.org/2007/03/25/sarah-the-whale/#comment-36487 Hey Rick! There's a little recording of me singing the Whale song near the bottom of the post. Yeah, the tune is similar to Dixie. I remember the Oriole song!!! Oh, oriole, oriole, oriole, oh oriole oh, oriole oh, Oh, oriole, oriole, oriole, oh Has anyone seen my baby-o? I'll email this too you, too, in case you don't check back here again. Hey Rick! There’s a little recording of me singing the Whale song near the bottom of the post. Yeah, the tune is similar to Dixie.

I remember the Oriole song!!!

Oh, oriole, oriole, oriole, oh
oriole oh,
oriole oh,
Oh, oriole, oriole, oriole, oh
Has anyone seen my baby-o?

I’ll email this too you, too, in case you don’t check back here again.

]]> By: RIck Rodney http://kayray.org/2007/03/24/sarah-the-whale/comment-page-1/#comment-36486 RIck Rodney Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:25:04 +0000 http://kayray.org/2007/03/25/sarah-the-whale/#comment-36486 I, too, got here from a search engine - yahoo. Wouldja believe that I also heard this on a Burl Ives recording we borrowed from a library in Denver in 1967!!! Unless I am completely nuts (not a complete improbability) it goes to the tune of "Dixie" (just the verses of Dixie - not the chorus). It has been driving me crazy trying to find out about the album. It also had "Tommy Doolan's Cat," "Oriole", and a song about a robin and a chicken comparing each other A plump little robin flew down from a tree, to hunt for a worm which he happened to see. A frisky young chicken came scampering by and gazed at the robin with wondering eye. Said the chick "what a queer looking chicken is that! It's wings are so long and its body so flat." While robin remarked, loud enough to be heard "Dear me, an exceedingly strange looking bird." I can't remember the rest but it is, of course, about prejudice and ends up with both leaving thinking they were better than the other. If this jogs any memories for you or anyone else that might help me track this album down, it is greatly appreciated. Contact me at rickrodney@yahoo.com. Either way, thanks for posting this so at least I know I am not the ONLY person who ever borrowed this album from a library - lol! I, too, got here from a search engine – yahoo. Wouldja believe that I also heard this on a Burl Ives recording we borrowed from a library in Denver in 1967!!! Unless I am completely nuts (not a complete improbability) it goes to the tune of “Dixie” (just the verses of Dixie – not the chorus). It has been driving me crazy trying to find out about the album. It also had “Tommy Doolan’s Cat,” “Oriole”, and a song about a robin and a chicken comparing each other

A plump little robin flew down from a tree,
to hunt for a worm which he happened to see.
A frisky young chicken came scampering by
and gazed at the robin with wondering eye.

Said the chick “what a queer looking chicken is that!
It’s wings are so long and its body so flat.”
While robin remarked, loud enough to be heard
“Dear me, an exceedingly strange looking bird.”

I can’t remember the rest but it is, of course, about prejudice and ends up with both leaving thinking they were better than the other. If this jogs any memories for you or anyone else that might help me track this album down, it is greatly appreciated. Contact me at rickrodney@yahoo.com. Either way, thanks for posting this so at least I know I am not the ONLY person who ever borrowed this album from a library – lol!

]]> By: kara http://kayray.org/2007/03/24/sarah-the-whale/comment-page-1/#comment-36187 kara Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:34:44 +0000 http://kayray.org/2007/03/25/sarah-the-whale/#comment-36187 Yep, good ol' google. The helpless grandmother bit always cracked us up! Yep, good ol’ google. The helpless grandmother bit always cracked us up!

]]> By: Jan http://kayray.org/2007/03/24/sarah-the-whale/comment-page-1/#comment-36186 Jan Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:30:38 +0000 http://kayray.org/2007/03/25/sarah-the-whale/#comment-36186 Heh heh... the phrase that popped into my head this evening was the bit about sitting on your hat, or your toothbrush, or your grandmother, or anything else that's helpless. I couldn't remember where it was from, but google pointed me here. Good ol' google. Heh heh… the phrase that popped into my head this evening was the bit about sitting on your hat, or your toothbrush, or your grandmother, or anything else that’s helpless. I couldn’t remember where it was from, but google pointed me here. Good ol’ google.

]]> By: Alice http://kayray.org/2007/03/24/sarah-the-whale/comment-page-1/#comment-34484 Alice Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:17:24 +0000 http://kayray.org/2007/03/25/sarah-the-whale/#comment-34484 My father sang this song to my sister and me when we were little along with lots of others that are hard to find. Our Sarah lived in "Portland Town". We lived in New York. Go figure. I'm on a mission to find all those songs my father sang. Currently the only MP3 of this I can find of Sarah is Sharon, Lois, and Bram. Ok, but ..... Does any one know of another recording? I don't seem to find Burl Ives. My father sang this song to my sister and me when we were little along with lots of others that are hard to find. Our Sarah lived in “Portland Town”. We lived in New York. Go figure. I’m on a mission to find all those songs my father sang. Currently the only MP3 of this I can find of Sarah is Sharon, Lois, and Bram. Ok, but ….. Does any one know of another recording? I don’t seem to find Burl Ives.

]]> By: Jordan http://kayray.org/2007/03/24/sarah-the-whale/comment-page-1/#comment-32720 Jordan Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:02:33 +0000 http://kayray.org/2007/03/25/sarah-the-whale/#comment-32720 I remember Burl Ives singing "Sarah the Whale". Now we sing it to our grandchildren. I remember Burl Ives singing “Sarah the Whale”. Now we sing it to our grandchildren.

]]> By: kara http://kayray.org/2007/03/24/sarah-the-whale/comment-page-1/#comment-29045 kara Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:34:31 +0000 http://kayray.org/2007/03/25/sarah-the-whale/#comment-29045 Heheh you're welcome, Jenny :) I posted a link to the tune up there, in case you want it. Heheh you’re welcome, Jenny :) I posted a link to the tune up there, in case you want it.

]]> By: Jenny http://kayray.org/2007/03/24/sarah-the-whale/comment-page-1/#comment-29018 Jenny Wed, 21 Nov 2007 02:14:08 +0000 http://kayray.org/2007/03/25/sarah-the-whale/#comment-29018 THANK YOU! These are the REAL lyrics! I have searched and found "fake" lyrics! THANK YOU! These are the REAL lyrics! I have searched and found “fake” lyrics!

]]> By: kara http://kayray.org/2007/03/24/sarah-the-whale/comment-page-1/#comment-6184 kara Sat, 31 Mar 2007 03:57:04 +0000 http://kayray.org/2007/03/25/sarah-the-whale/#comment-6184 Yup! Give me a few minutes :) Yup! Give me a few minutes :)

]]> By: Mike http://kayray.org/2007/03/24/sarah-the-whale/comment-page-1/#comment-6180 Mike Sat, 31 Mar 2007 03:37:22 +0000 http://kayray.org/2007/03/25/sarah-the-whale/#comment-6180 Mmmmm... I've looked on the net, but I can't find this tune anywhere. The lyrics sound cute.... were you really serious about doing a fast recording? -- Mike ;) Mmmmm… I’ve looked on the net, but I can’t find this tune anywhere. The lyrics sound cute…. were you really serious about doing a fast recording? — Mike ;)

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