Table of Contents BEAR SONG.................................................. 4 COUNT YOUR WRINKLES ..................................... 4 CRAZY SONG................................................. 5 EDELWEISS .................................................. 5 DESPERADO.................................................. 6 IF I HAD A HAMMER .......................................... 6 GLADYS ..................................................... 7 GRANDMA*S FEATHER BED ................................... 8 I WONDER WHEN HE COMES AGAIN ............................ 8 GHOST CHICKENS ............................................ 9 MERRY GO-ROUND ........................................... 9 JOHN REBECK ............................................... 10 KUM-BA-YAH ............................................... 10 JAWS....................................................... 11 HEATON Family KING CARACTICUS .......................................... 11 LISPING SONG............................................... 12 HAND CARTS ................................................ 12 Song Book NOAH*S ARKY............................................... 13 PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON ................................... 14 *Songs we sing with SKUNK ..................................................... 14 OLD MAN................................................... 15 Ron and Jan Jones* SWEET VIOLETS............................................. 15 MORMON SUNDAY SCHOOL .................................. 16 BOOK OF MORMON VERSES.................................. 17 TODAY ..................................................... 18 SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON ............................... 18 THE CAT CAME BACK........................................ 19 TOM THE TOAD ............................................. 20 WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE ....................... 20 YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE ..................................... 21 ON THE ROAD............................................... 21 YOU DONE STOMPED ON MY HEART .......................... 22 SONG OF WYOMING ......................................... 22 DARCY FARROW ............................................ 23 GOD BLESS THE U.S.A. ....................................... 23 GOLDEN VANITY............................................ 24 EDDIE GOOSHIE ............................................. 25 1 2 CALIFORNIA................................................ 26 FAMILY SONGS PLEASE HELP ME I*M FALLING............................... 26 (Chords may not be in correct order) SATURDAY NIGHT IN TOLEDO ............................... 27 WATERMELON EPITAPH..................................... 27 BEAR SONG C-F-G7 I*M MY OWN GRANDPA ...................................... 28 The other day, I met a bear, a great big bear, a way out there. NONSENSE SONG ............................................ 28 He looked at me, I looked at him, he sized up me, I sized up him. WHOA. HAW. BUCK. AND JERRY BOY ......................... 29 He said to me, “Why don*t you run. Because I see, you have no gun.” FOOLISH QUESTIONS........................................ 30 And so I ran, away from there, but right behind, me came that bear. JUNKFOOD JUNKIE .......................................... 31 Ahead of me, I saw a tree, A great big tree, Oh glory be. THE BONDS OF LOVE ........................................ 32 The nearest branch, was ten feet up, I*d have to jump, and trust my luck. THIS IS THE PLACE .......................................... 32 And so I jumped, into the air, but I missed that branch, away up there. THE HANDCART SONG ....................................... 33 Now don*t you fret, and don*t you frown, ‘cause I caught that branch, on the DO YOUR EARS HANG LOW .................................. 33 way back down. THE OUTLAW............................................... 34 The moral is, I*m sure you*ll find, don*t you ever run, with a bear behind. BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN GIVEN MUCH......................... 34 This is the end, there ain*t no more, unless I see, that bear once more. BAREFOOT ................................................. 35 TEACH ME TO WALK IN THE LIGHT........................... 35 (Cox) FAMILY SONG ......................................... 36 I*VE BEEN WAITING FOR MY LOVED ONES.................... 37 COUNT YOUR WRINKLES (C-G7-F) THE FAMILY HYMN ......................................... 37 Hello, welcome everyone you*re looking great, you don*t look a minute over THE COUSINS GO ROLLING ALONG........................... 37 ninety-eight. What have you to show for all the sweat and tears, and the smiles FAMILY REUNION........................................... 38 and laughter of these many years. THE FAMILY ODE ........................................... 39 LEONARD HEATON SONG .................................... 40 CHORUS: HEATON HYMN ............................................. 42 Count your wrinkles name them one by one. Counting wrinkles can be lots of fun. Don*t you pity people who have none. Count your many wrinkles see what time has done. Count from top to bottom, or from left to right. Counting wrinkles one by one could take all night. If you*re in a hurry here*s what you can do: count them on one side and multiply by two. Some folks say that naming wrinkles is insane. Freddie, Sue and Benjamin and Mary Jane. Each and every wrinkle is a special friend. They will all be with you til your journeys end. 3 4 CRAZY SONG D-G-A CHORUS DESPERADO Boom, boom, ain*t it great to be crazy? Boom, boom, ain*t it great to be crazy? G-D-C Silly and foolish all day long. Boom, boom, ain*t it great to be crazy? There was a desperado from the wild and wooly West, He came out to the A flea and a horse and three blind mice, were sittin* in the barnyard shootin* East just to give the West a rest. He wore a big sombrero and a gun across dice. The horse slipped, fell on the flea. Whoops, said the flea, there*s a horse his chest, And everywhere he went he gave his war whoop. on me. CHORUS Down in the jungle where bananas grow, A flea stepped on an elephant*s toe. He was a big, bold man and a desperado, from Arizona down by The elephant cried with tears in his eyes, “Why don*t you pick on someone Colorado and he walked around just like a big tornado, And your own size?” everywhere be went he gave his war whoop. (Whoop at end of song) Eli, Eli, he sells socks, a nickel for a pair and a dollar for a box. The more you He went to Coney Island just to take in all the sights, He saw the pretty wear ‘em, the stronger they get, You put ‘em in the water and they don*t get dancers and the girls in purple tights. He shouted and he hollered and he wet. shot out all the lights. And everywhere he went he gave his war whoop. Way down south in the ice and snow, there was a penguin whose name was A big old tough policeman was a walkin* on his beat. He saw the desperado Joe, He got so tired of wearing black and white, He wore a pink dress to the come a struttin* down the street. He grabbed him by the whiskers and he dance last night. grabbed him by the seat; and threw him where he couldn*t give his war whoop. I love myself, I love me so. I took myself to a picture show, I put my arms around my waist, I got so fresh, I slapped my face. IF I HAD A HAMMER G-C-D-Em If had a hammer, I*d hammer in the morning, I*d hammer in the evening, EDELWEISS all over this land. I*d hammer out justice, I*d hammer out freedom, I*d G-D-G-C-G-Em-Am-D hammer out love between my brothers and my sister, all over this land. 2. bell Edelweiss, Edelweiss, Every morning you greet me, 3. song Small and white, clean and bright, You look happy to meet me. 4. Now I have a hammer and I have a bell and I have a song to sing all Blossom of snow, may you bloom and grow, over this land. It*s the hammer of justice, it*s the bell of freedom, it*s the Bloom and grow forever, Edelweiss, Edelweiss, song about love between my brothers and my sisters all - over this land. Bless my home land forever. 5 6 GLADYS (C-F-G7 or D-G-A7) GRANDMA*S FEATHER BED Now they grow things mighty big in Arizony, G-C-D7 Chorus: G-C-G-A-D-G-C-G-C-D-G But there*s nothing in the world which can compare To the cow that we once had us, and the name of her was Gladys, When I was a little bitty boy, just up off of the floor. We used to go down Oh you should have seen the neighbors stop and stare. to Grandma*s house every month end or so. We*d have chicken pie, country ham, and homemade butter on the bread, but the best darn thing She stood ten feet tall and had one purple eyeball, about Grandma*s house was the great big feather bed. It took eight of us to milk her and here*s why: She had twenty-seven spigots, and the tourists all bought tickets CHORUS: It was nine feet high and six feet wide, soft as a downy chick. It Just to stop and hear us loudly cry . was made from the feathers of forty-leven geese, took a whole bolt of cloth for the tick. It would hold eight kids and four hound dogs and the CHORUS: Oh pass de udder udder over to de udder brudder, piggy we stole from the shed. We didn*t get much sleep but we had a lot Oh pass de udder udder dis a way of fun on Grandma*s feather bed. Oh pass de udder udder over to de udder brudder, We really had our hands full every day. After supper we*d sit around the fire, seemed too good to be true. Pa would talk about the farm and the war, Granny*d sing a ballad or two. I*d Now Gladys was the queen in cattle circles, sit and listen and watch the fire til the cobwebs filled my head. Next thing Though she could not read nor write her name in full I know I*d wake up in the morning in the middle of the old feather bed. Though she never went to college, she herself would still acknowledge that she*d gained her fame entirely by pull. Well I love my Ma, love my Pa, love Granny and Grandpa too. I been fishing with my uncle, I wrestled with my cousin, I even kissed Aunt Lou, Our neighbor*s cow had thirteen and one half spigots, Ooooo!. But if I ever had to make a choice I guess it ought to be said, I*d She was runner up to Gladys there*s no doubt. trade them all plus the gal down the road for Grandma*s feather bed. I*d When we took the time to see, just what was her pedigree trade them all plus the gal down the road She was Gladys*s half sister we found out.