Mark:
> I need some help with this one, which sticks in my brain like
> well-masticated bubble gum. And I'm aware that I'll probably be meddling
> with someone's fondest adolescent memories. A thing popular in Britain c.
> 1962 called, I think, "Come Outside." Nominated for the list.
Rings bells with me, Mark, so it must have been playing when I was young --
wasn't it by one of those girl bands?
My nomination would be, "They're coming to take me away ha ha". Again from
the early sixties.
But while we're on pop esoterica, and this was, I think, from an America
song, cowboy ballady. I remember absolutely nothing about it except the
line(s) [which seem to be prepared to stick in my head forever]:
If my gun won't take your evil life,
Well then my bowie knife will. [pronounced "wull"]
There's something archetypal about that.
Robin
Just googled this for Mark: Wendy Richard
http://pages.prodigy.net/glc/wrhp/html/wr_early.htm
In 1962, at age 15, Ms. Richard was picked to record a pop music song with
the well-known British artist Mike Sarne. The song, Come Outside appeared on
the British pop charts in mid-May of '62, eventually reaching No. 1, and
staying on the charts for a total of 19 weeks.
Now lets see if google works for mine ...
Na, no luck on that bowie knife ... Searcher, solve thyself.
R2
On the other hand:
They're coming to take me away, ha-haaa!!
They're coming to take me away, ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-haaa
To the funny farm. Where life is beautiful all the time and I'll be
happy to see those nice young men in their clean white coats and they're
coming to take me away, ha-haaa!!!!!
Napoleon XIV (real name: Jerry Samuels) - They're Coming To Take Me Away,
Ha-Haaa!
Actually, the web seems to be positively +crawling+ with the lyrics to this.
But no bowie knifes.
TANJ!!!
D2
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