Does anyone remember this song?

[Serena]

They're Coming To Take Me Away Lyrics

Remember when you ran away
And I got on my knees and begged you
Not to leave because I'd go berserk?

WELL,

You left me anyhow and
Then the days got worse and worse
And now you see I've gone completely
out of my mind,

AND

[chorus 1]
They're coming to take me away,
Haha, they're coming to take me away,
Ho ho, hee hee, ha ha,
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 HAAAAA

You thought it was a joke,
and so you LAUGHED, YOU LAUGHED
When I had said that losing you
Would make me flip my lid,

RIGHT?

You know you laughed.
I HEARD you laugh, you laughed
You laughed and laughed
And then you left,
But now you know I'm Utterly Mad

AND

[chorus 2]
They're coming to take me away,
Haha, they're coming to take me away,
Ho ho, hee hee, ha ha,
To the Happy Home with Trees and Flowers
And Chirping Birds and basket weavers
Who sit and smile and
Twiddle their thumbs and toes
And they're coming to Take me Away,
HAHAAAAAAAAA

I cooked your food,
I cleaned your house,
And this is how you pay me back
For all my kind unselfish loving deeds

HUH?

Well, you just wait,
They'll find you yet,
And when they do, they'll put you in
the ASPCA, you mangy MUTT,

AND

(chorus 1)
(chorus 2)
(chorus 1, fading)


It was a single that my mom had and I love listening to it every now and then.

 

[laurie31]

LMAO! I used to listen to that on Dr. Dememto all the time...and I have been known to sing the "They're coming to take me away, HA HA" line, usually to DH when I've been home with the kids all day...at that point he knows to bring me chocolate and back away slowly

I also found this song hilarious back then:

Shaving Cream

[Written by Benny Bell]

I have a sad story to tell you
It may hurt your feelings a bit
Last night when I walked into my bathroom
I stepped in a big pile of

Shaving cream, be nice and clean
Shave everyday and you`ll always look keen

I think I`ll break off with my girlfriend
Her antics are queer, I`ll admit
Each time I say, darling, I love you
She tells me that I`m full of

Shaving cream, be nice and clean
Shave everyday and you`ll always look keen

Our baby fell out of the window
You`d think that her head would be split
But good luck was with her that morning
She fell in a barrel of

Shaving cream, be nice and clean
Shave everyday and you`ll always look keen

An old lady died in a bathtub
She died from a terrible fit
In order to fulfill her wishes
She was buried in six feet of

Shaving cream, be nice and clean
Shave everyday and you`ll always look keen

When I was in France with the army
One day I looked into my kit
I thought I would find me a sandwich
But the darn thing was loaded with

Shaving cream, be nice and clean
Shave everyday and you`ll always look keen

And now, folks, my story is ended
I think it is time I should quit
If any of you feel offended
Stick your head in a barrel of

Shaving cream, be nice and clean
Shave everyday and you`ll always look keen



Laurie

 

[Tinijocaro]

Anyone remember "Dead Puppies"? Another by Stephen Lynch is called "You farted"- VERY funny!

 

[TDC Nala]

Great, I have "Fish Heads" running through my brain now. Thanks a lot.

 

[Blondie]

I remember that song well, I think my older brother bought it on a 45!

 

[Pop Daddy]

My Ding A Ling

When I was a little bitty boy
my grandmother bought me a cute little toy
Silver bells hangin' on a string
she told me it was my ding a ling

My ding a ling, my ding a ling
I want to play with my ding a ling
My ding a ling, my ding a ling
I want to play with my ding a ling

And then mother took me to Grammer School
But I stopped all in the vestibule
Every time that bell would ring
catched me playin' with my ding a ling

Once I was climbing the garden wall
I slipped and had a terrible fall
I fell so hard I heard bells ring
but held on to my ding a ling

Once I was swimming cross Turtle creek
many snappers all around my feet
Shure was hard swimming cross that thing
with both hands holdin' my ding a ling

This here song it ain't so sad
the cutest little song you ever had
those of you who will not sing
You must be playin' with your own ding a ling
My ding a ling Your ding a ling, your ding a ling
We saw you playin' with your ding a ling
My ding a ling everybody sing
I want to play with my ding a ling

 

[EEYOREMAMA]

I even remember that the flip side was "aH aH yawA eM ekaT oT gnimoC er"yehT" It was done backwards. How's that for a trip down memory lane?

 

[Serena]

Jason, why am I not surprised.

blondie, love your new siggy

 

[Pop Daddy]

blondie, love your new siggy

blondie always has the best siggies

I even remember that the flip side was "aH aH yawA eM ekaT oT gnimoC er"yehT" It was done backwards. How's that for a trip down memory lane?

I remmeber that too, Im such a nerd

 

[KristaTX]

Wow - I have not thought about that song Shaving Cream in years, maybe even a decade or two. Does Doctor Demento still make shows? I remember he also used to sometimes be on TV in the 80's on Nite Flite on the USA network. Guess I should google him. . .

 

[KristaTX]

http://www.drdemento.com/

ETA: That's a stupid rule that he can't post on his site what radio stations play his show . http://drdemento.com/radiostations.html

 

[pixiemomma]

Yes, My brother had an album (vinyl) with silly songs like that on it. Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah was my favorite.

 

[kmp1191]

Thanks! After the day I had today, I needed these songs! LMAO!!!

Keep posting, these are great!

BTW- What is "Fish Heads?"

 

[SunFloridaDisney]

fish heads, fish head, roly poly fish heads.....
that's all I know!

 

[Serena]

 

[mepperson]

Yes, My brother had an album (vinyl) with silly songs like that on it. Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah was my favorite.

Here I am at... Camp Grinada
Life is very... entertaining
And they say we'll have some fun if it stops raining.

I went hiking... with Joe (Spivy?)
He developed... poison ivy

what came next????

My dad had a couple of records with ALL of these songs on them. My sisters and I knew all the words to all the songs by the time we were 8. Thanks for the memories - my dad died 14 years ago, so this is a very good memory!

LOVE this thread!

Here's another:

I told the witch doctor I was in love with you
And then the witch doctor, He told me what to do
He said ooh, eeh, ooh aah aah, ting tang walla walla bing bang...

~ Mary

 

[AnaheimGirl]

BTW- What is "Fish Heads?"

Fish heads fish heads
Roly poly fish heads
Fish heads fish heads
Eat them up
Yum

In the morning, laughing happy fish heads
In the evening, floating in the soup

Ask a fish head, anything you want to
They won't answer, they can't talk

I took a fish head out to see a movie
Didn't have to pay to get it in

They can't play baseball, they don't wear sweaters
They're not good dancers, they don't play drums

Roly poly fish heads are never seen
Drinking cappuccino in Italian restaurants
with Oriental women

Yeah.

 

[Zmsksirt]

Hello Muddah, hello Fadduh,
Here I am at Camp Grenada
Camp is very entertaining
and they say we'll have some fun if it stops raining.

I went hiking with Joe Spivy
He developed poison ivy
You remember Leonard Skinner
He got ptomaine poisoning last night after dinner.

All the counselors hate the waiters
And the lake has alligators
And the head coach wants no sissies
So he reads to us from something called Ulysses.

Now I don't want this should scare ya
But my bunkmate has malaria
You remember Jeffrey Hardy
They're about to organize a searching party.

Take me home, oh muddah fadduh, take me home, I hate Grenada
Don't leave me out in the forest where I might get eaten by a bear.
Take me home, I promise I will not make noise or mess the house with
other boys, oh please don't make me stay, I've been here one whole day.

Dearest fadduh, darling muddah,
How's my precious little bruddah?
Let me come home if ya miss me
I will even let Aunt Bertha hug and kiss me.

Wait a minute, it stopped hailing,
Guys are swimming, guys are sailing,
Playing baseball, gee that's better,
Muddah Fadduh please disregard this letter.

 

[laurie31]

Fish Heads

Fish heads, fish heads, rolly polly fish heads
Fish heads, fish heads, eat them up
Yumm!

Fish heads, fish heads, rolly polly fish heads
Fish heads, fish heads, eat them up
Yumm!

In the morning, laughing happy fish heads
In the evening, floating in the soup

Fish heads, fish heads, rolly polly fish heads
Fish heads, fish heads, eat them up
Yumm!

Ask a fish head anything you want to
They won't answer, they cant talk

Fish heads, fish heads, rolly polly fish heads
Fish heads, fish heads, eat them up
Yumm!

I took a fish head out to see a movie,
Didn't have to pay to get it in

Fish heads, fish heads, rolly polly fish heads
Fish heads, fish heads, eat them up
Yumm!

They can't play baseball, they don't wear sweaters
They're not good dancers, they don't play drums

Fish heads, fish heads, rolly polly fish heads
Fish heads, fish heads, eat them up
Yumm!

Rolly Polly fish heads are never seen drinking cappuccino in
Italian restaurants with Oriental women.
Yeeaahh

Fish heads, fish heads, rolly polly fish heads
Fish heads, fish heads, eat them up
Yumm!

Fish heads, fish heads, rolly polly fish heads
Fish heads, fish heads, eat them up
Yumm!

Yum!

Fish heads, fish heads, rolly polly fish heads
Fish heads, fish heads, eat them up
Yumm!

Fish heads, fish heads, rolly polly fish heads
Fish heads, fish heads, eat them up
Yummmm!

Yeeaahh

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I also hadn't thought of Shaving Cream in a decade or two! The OP brought it all back. And yes, I remember Dead Puppies, too! Along with Pencil Neck Geek...

Pencil Neck Geek
Freddie Blassie

Back when I was a kid, life was going swell.
Till something happened, blew every thing to hell.
That night my daddy stumbled in, all pale and weak,
Said "A woman up the block just gave birth to a geek."

Mom said, "Sell it to the circus, what the heck."
Dad said, "Nope, this one's a pencil neck.
And if there's one thing lower than a side show freak,
It's a grit eatin', scum suckin', pencil neck geek."

You see if you take a pencil that won't hold lead,
Looks like a pipe cleaner atached to a head,
Add a buggy whip body with a brain that leaks,
You got yourself a grit eatin', pencil neck geek.

(chorus)
Pencil neck geek, grit eatin' freak,
scum suckin', pea head with a lousy physique.
He's a one man, no gut, loosing streak.
Nothin' but a pencil neck geek.

Soon the geeks were poppin' up all over town.
You couldn't hardly sneeze without knockin' one down.
After a nice juicy steak, if you need a toothpick,
Just reach for a geek, they'll do the trick.

One day we cut one up for fish bait.
Learned our lesson just a little bit late.
Soon as the geek hit the drink, the water turned red.
Next day, sure enough, all the fish were dead.

chorus

Most any night you know where I can be found.
Yeah, stomping some geek's head into the ground.
So keep the faith 'cause in Blassie you can trust,
I won't give up 'til the last geek bites the dust.

chorus

They say, "these geeks come a dime a dozen."
I'm lookin' for the guy who's supplin' the dimes.
Its gonna be real hard times for all of these
grit eatin',
scum suckin',
boot lickin',
drop kickin',
gut grindin',
nail bitin',
glue sniffin',
scab pickin',
butt scratchin',
egg hatchin',
sleezy,
smelly,
pepper bellied,
dirty, lousy, rotten, stinkin', freaks.
Nothing but a pencil neck geek.
--
available on:
King of Men, Raunchy Tolk 7" EP, 1977
I Bite the Songs, Rhino picture disc LP, 1977
Dr. Demento's Dementia Royale, Rhino RNLP 010, 1980
[this record contains an extended section after the song]
Dr. Demento Presents the Greatest Novelty Records of All Time, Vol. 4:
the
1970's, Rhino LP/cassette 823, 1985
Dr. Demento Presents the Greatest Novelty CD of All Time, Rhino 75768,
1988
Dr. Demento - 20th Anniversary Collection, Rhino CD/cassette 70743, 1991


As for that Witch Doctor song, I had never heard it until recently - they play it in the 50's mix at my local Curves! (visualize a bunch of Pooh-sized middle-aged women working out to this song )


good gosh, I had no idea all that stuff was out there on the 'net! LOL!!

Laurie

 

[Tinijocaro]

The tune from "Hello Mudda.." is actually from a piece of classical music,can' remember the composer now, but I've played it before.

Jackie