songs about nuns and archery

[HOGFAN]

?! sons english assignment.
Anybody have ANY ideas?
BTW, not about nuns that do archery... 2 separate subjects

 

[MrsPete]

Actually, I can direct you to an old English poem (probably a song originally) that combines both. Google The Death of Robin Hood. It should be easy to find. The language'll be archaic.

Summary: Robin Hood was sick, and he determined that he needed to be bled (you know what I mean -- it was a common medical procedure "back in the day"), so he went to his cousin, who happened to be a nun. Unbeknownst to him, she was trecherous and over-bled him. He was too weak to escape, but he shot an arrow out the window as a signal to his men. They came and took his body away and buried him in the spot where his final arrow landed. I don't remember if the cousin-nun suffered any retribution from RH's men. It's been a long time since I read that poem.

Helpful? Maybe not, but I bet you weren't expecting that answer!

 

[KathyTX]

ROFL!!!

I'd start with the Monty Python collections.

 

[allyphoe]

William Tell Overture?

Google says:
http://www.pbm.com/pipermail/minstrel/1997/001581.html
http://www.pbm.com/pipermail/minstrel/1997/001585.html
http://www.kididdles.com/lyrics/a105.html

 

[Magic Mom]

There's an old folk song called I Won't be a Nun. It's probably not appropriate though.

 

[WDWBarb]

How about the 80's classic "Poison Arrow" by ABC?

 

[nephthys43]

a song about archery... sort of...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj4l6RJcwG0

should be sung much faster...

 

[erincon23]

There was a French folk song that made the top 10? in the 60's I think, called "Dominique." I'm pretty sure it was about a nun. But it was in French.

 

[MariDisney]

How about "How do You Solve a Problem Like Maria" from Sound of Music?
The Flying Nun theme song?

 

[figment52]

There was a French folk song that made the top 10? in the 60's I think, called "Dominique." I'm pretty sure it was about a nun. But it was in French.

I remember that - it was performed by "the Singing Nun"

 

[HOGFAN]

thanks guys, I will pass these along for him...I looked at some of the Monty Python...hilarious but a little raunchy...

 

[Hannathy]

How could you miss
Sam Cooke and Cupid
Cupid, draw back your bow and let your arrow go
Straight to my lover's heart for me, for me

 

[DWCricket]

Stupid Cupid
Fred Bear by Ted Nugent, more hunting but Ear made archery equipment so if you know that you know it is about bow hunting.

Songs from Sister Act ?

 

[NotUrsula]

"Dominque" was sung by a nun, but was not about a nun. It was about St. Domenic.

 

[OK!]

The song Bank Job by Barenaked Ladies is about a bank robbery that was aborted because when the robbers entered the bank, they found it full of nuns instead of the usual customers. Probably not nun-intensive enough, but they were at least featured on the album art for the single...

 

[TDC Nala]

see if you can find Tommy Sharp and the Sharptones "They Don't Make Nun Names Like That No More."

Assuming that if your son goes to a Catholic school, they have a sense of humor.

 

[sturdypeasantstock]

Try the musical Nunsense by Dan Goggin.

 

[BunsenH]

Sister Christian - Night Ranger errrrr.....maybe not.

 

[Mermaid02]

No help here- just had to say, this is without a doubt the WEIRDEST assignment I have ever heard of.

 

[DMass]

The only ones I can think of are "Me and My Arrow" by Nilsson, but that's about a dog, and "The Mammy Nuns" by Frank Zappa and that's about something I won't go into here.