[at-l] Re: Hiking songs

[wolferrae@earthlink.net (Rogene Beers)]

There is a short story by James Thurber which comes to my mind every time I
hear Does you chewing Gum loose it's flavor.  Anyone else remember this
short story?  Went something like this no matter what the person did with
the gum to get rid of it it always ended up back in his mouth by morning.
Tryed burying it,
locking it up, etc.  I always thought this would make an excellent horror
commedy movie complete with the theme song "Does your chewing gum loose it's
flavor."
Bear Wolf
----- Original Message -----
From: "Clark Wright" <icw39@ncfreedom.net>
To: "Marielle & Paul" <hikers99@yahoo.com>
Cc: <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2002 12:52 AM
Subject: Re: [at-l] Re: Hiking songs


> If one has been to Rusty's Hard Time Hollow, the "signs" song takes on
> new meaning! :)
>
> thru-thinker
>
> Marielle & Paul wrote:
> >
> > During our thru hike I continually had songs running thru my head, often
songs that I could not stand and could not get rid of. I also sang many of
the songs mentioned by the group but the song that I liked which would not
leave was SIGNS ,likely because of the verse that reminded me of all the
long haired hikers around me.
> >
> > I think it goes something like this:
> >
> > And the sign said: Long haired freaky people need not apply!
> > So I tucked my hair under my hat and went in to ask him why!
> > He said You look like a fine upstanding man I think you'll do!
> > So I took off my hat and said imagine that, Me working for you!
> >
> > And in response to the comment about the homer and Jethro parody of
Battle of New Orleans: If "Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the
bedpost overnight" was on a Homer and Jethro album, it wasn't the original
version, because the hit was by Lonnie Donegan, who was British. And btw I
sang that song too on my thru hike.  Wasn't there a line in that song about
not being able to grow toadstools in his basement because there wasn't mush
room.
> >
> > Pa (MA & PA 99)
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