#44 THE NATIONAL TOPICAL SONG ~~GAZINE APRIL 30, 1964 PRICE -- 35~ Words & Music: ~) 1964, by author By PEI'ER LAFARGE :D!iUM5 used ty permission J;F'i' _&Phatieally~ f ,.... 04~ 011£13 H·I ad RCD ltll) <*;011 I:qp1fJJ T -'::c/ -r!T-u ~-e- 7r7.: T'" From the In-dian Reser- vatl0n to the Govern- mental School, Well they're going t ed-u- 4= _ y1 ~ ~ ( 0 'I G'ld u I F1J: i31;Jf='lJH'ti=12.1 Pll±$! D·I Ji!'lE ) I T -,: c::r ,- r =iF ~ -e- -,-T .".. -z:r IT ""T -,..,..,- cate me to the white man's Golden Rule; And I am learning quick-ly For I I ve learned to be a- dEC:! ~ &" I fl-t tJ·IQ' FJ 1 [ flati I I +- IT 7r.-7r -#- ".. shamed, And I come when they call "Billy" though I've 1;1: dUQ~j ri¥L-)@ I it X 1 Ii I -#- -o:.T· -,- got an Indian name. There are drums beyond the J$ =t=3 l':::t:: I: =I ~ ~ E3 I d J := ~ hbJ,; ;t;·I!J# ~ -,- 7:Y' .... mountain, There are drums you cannot hear, There are :tE ~ - ~ C:r :D'1 1=3: Jj 4'01 I J{t F 1 [J 2 I \ 7)1 -,- til' 7r"+- ~o T -#- drums beyond the mountain And they're getting mighty Fl II La (Photo by Dave Gahr) Also In This Issue, Songs By: NINA SIMONE, PErER SEEGER, ERIC ANDERSEN, TOM PAXTON, CARL WATANABE, WOODY GUTHRIE Words and Music by Moderately DRY BED WOODY GUTHRIE VERSE 00 2. The rain didn't rain .' J J J n Ir J I J an wet my bed 1 I waked up in a dry bed, Mom-my, come Homsey, come seel River didn1t run J J J an wet my bed! J n I r IJ j Dadsey, hey, look 1 I waked up in a dry bed, Dad-dy I (CHO) I :3. Dry, dry bed an a heave ,~ J J J fJ r J IJ an a hoI r woke up in a dry bed, feet and a dry head; Take me to the movie shaw CHORUS I am a big boy nowl "'~ r fa r I [' r I (CHO Hey, look-it my dry bed! 4. Pussycat didn't wet my bed last nightl J] Sister came feell tJ IJ J Puppy-dog didn I t make Come feel my dry b'ed~ My bed's all dry, dry; Ik a. big my beddybed wetl Brother take a peekl , ~ J go Ir rU r I [' r I r r r I'r (CHO boy! Look, look- it my dry bed! Dry, dry my dry bed! 5.. Dry, dry bed an a yippy yippy yit I J J J I J J J I J ... II Take me down to the r '-..-- pony ridet My bed's all dry, dry, I'm a big boy! I am a big boy now! (CHO o Copyright i952 Ludlow Music, lnc., New York. N.Y. This song is reprinted from the recently pub­ lished "Nearly Complete Collection of Woody Guthrie Folk Songs .. " The "book has about 200 of Woody's songs, uses Woodyls drawings for illustrations.. It was . compiled and edited by Pete Seeger, and m~ of the songs are from the collection of Marjorie Guthrie.. The songbook is published at $4.00 a copy by Ludlow Music, Inc., 10 Columbus Circle, New York City,N.Y. BROADSIDE # ¥~ D R ~i'::1 S _... 2 2 And vlhe n the y think the y t va '4. Lone P:~1e anG. Seqnioa changed me Handsome Lake and Sitting Bull Cut my hair to meet their needs Mangas Colorado \tiill they think: Ifm. \vhite oX' With his sleeves so red and full Indian Crazy Horse t the legend Quarter-blood or just half-breed Those who b~t off Custer's soul Let me tell you, Hr. Teacher They are dead, but yet they are Hhen you say you'll make me right living In 500 years of fighting \1ith the great Geronimo. (CRO) Jot one Indian turned 111hite. (CRO) ,. You may teach me this landfs 3. You thought that I knew nothing history ':Ihen you brought me here to school But \-Ie taught it to you first Just a~other empty Indian Ue broke your hearts and bent Just Americats first fool your journeys But I can tell you stories Broken treaties left us cursed That are burnt and dried and old Even now you have to cheat us But in the shadow of their telling Even though you think us tame 'Ualks the thunder proud & bold. (C;m) In our losing we found proudness In your winning you found sham8. ________________ • __________________ , ____________________ R ________(CHI)) _ • By CARL vlATANABE TALKING SALESlfAN BLW..:3 c 1964 by author used by permission I was sitting around "dithout any cares ~1hen in pops a salesman selling his wares He said, don't mean to bother you or anything But why don I t you buy this 'veddding ring? But I'm not married, I said to him, He said, Oh, please, I'm out on a limb, And tears fell down from those eyes of his His poor grandma~.~ had the rhuematiz ••• HovT can you say no to that? viall I polished my ring with a swish and a rub \lJhen in 1,1alks a guy f::'om the lonely hearts club. He said now, at this 10""" 1)riced rate t'Je can find you the ideal mate. Hov! do you like 'em, short or tall, Long hair, bouffant, or none at all? Fat, stocky slender or lean? t'j'e use a scientific computer machine .. l!achine must have broke do\V'n" .... got me a nineteen yeqr old Grandmother ••• likes to rassle alligators ..... they expect me To marry that? ••• Hal Hell me and my wife settled down In a little suburb at the end of town 'lilhen the doorbell rang and in come a guy That smashed all the furniturea hit me in the eye Put a hole in the wall~ set fire to the bed, Broke all the \vindows,' turned and said, Are you pre,ared 5 as he stomped on the cat For unforeseen aCCidents, just like that? You need insurance,. H something bad might happen! (Cont I d~ ) 'l'LIKI.\G SALE8:U~N ;BLUES - ... 2 Vell we got insurance, me and my 'l.vife Against accidents and loss of life, For hurricanes, earthquakes, theft and fire, Floods and termites and. for when we retire. Well I thought that was about enou:;h Eut what about cyclones and oth~r stuff? vJhat vlOuld happen, he wanted to know If I got hi.t by a wild buffalo? In Oaklanrl? ", 'I ~lell, I am now covered against altercations With wild buffalo, .. In Oakland, California ..... If hit during daylight hours .. iiIe 11, after that they wouldn t t stay away, Galesmen. coming both night and day .. 11y i;,r~.:~ e, she got fed up Hhen she h8d to buy a loving cup lIade of two~·toned go~d it Seems First it!s ye110'\1 and then it:s green .. vIe got magazines and bathroom. fbctU::::'8S And one fe 11a 'lrJanted. to to ~ce lIly bCJ by! s picture ~ Thatls the last straw~.Q my baby wGsntt even born yet! Positively indecentl Fell, I tried to st.-,p : em "1"lith dirty loo~{s But just ended. up;JY getttng i cyclops-:'.ia books Tried shootin Rt f em .. ~jut: it itl:1.::n I t much fun Ca\':'3e I endse. l'P by buyi.rJ.g a cr';'.nd ne", gun. he::'l, I final:.7 hit L'1e t·vJO 0:':' three Go·c sent tG 5811 for first d,3g3.'-".'8 Got reb.atlilit?ted socinJ.l;,Y G,J1 ... cut agatn a3 2. pEl:'oleo SSi~V:i.:1E a use:(u] pu:::'pose nOiv,.,, T sE'llBibles, Cookbooks an1 other' guides for graciooJ,s living. -- ..... - ... - ......-,.- --_ ...... _- ..... - .~- _.. - --- ...................... - ........ ~ ......... ----.,--~-- ... - .... _- .... --... ..,.-_ .. --....... ""-'. \lords: Bill Frederick, c 1964 Tune: The Commercial L In 1~;1e Colum'o:i.an countl'ysidA" Coffee IS growin far and wide, Underneath thd ta:i.l shade trees, Owned by Yankee monopolies. CEO: Coffee, bi.tter coffee~: Celiee of ColU!l1bia. 2., Juan Valdez, the coffee J1an, Picks the coffee beans by hand, Sends them to some folks up t.~re, And mattes 200 bucks a year. (ClIO ) 3~ Juan is living very high,Too bad half his children die, From malnutrition & disease,Underneath those tall shade trees., , (ClIO) 4,. J1:an Va.:..c,nz vlOrks hard all year. All the profits disa.ppear Up at Hadison Avenue,They stuff the coffee in cans for you. (CRO) 5. ~lhen you oTlen a coffee can,Thir:k of Juan, the coffee man. Every cup cf coffee says ilIl tIt the blood of Juan Va ldez." (CHO) BROADSIDE # 44 Words & Musio By: rAnnA NINA SIMONE ~uuvn,11 @ 1964 Sam Fox Pub10 Co. MISSISSIPPI used by permission "I'VTT\1 Y"} &1 -.,...,.... +-:9- 7:."~ -.,- Al-a-bama's got me so upse~ Tennessee made me lose my rest and 1 ~1JI ' A'1 F t1~ b C- r. ,&,lr2.-,- ~1 ~J'JltJ !;:i1rpprl;;;q pI t:f!7FJI EvI17 bo-d7 lmoW's a- bout Missis-sippi god-dam. Can't you see it, Can't F ~1 ~e-. reel it, tis all in the air;'-- I can't stand the pres - sure much longer ::Dm 1 -+=:4 r.