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Spadina Saturday Night

by The HAPPY PALS New Orleans Party Orchestra

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Mavis 04:10
Believe me, the lyrics are terrible. You don't want to know.
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Blue moon of Kentucky keep on shining Shine on the one that's gone and proved untrue Blue moon of Kentucky keep on shining Shine on the one that's gone and left me blue It was on a moonlight night The stars were shining bright And they whispered from on high Your love has said good-bye Blue moon of Kentucky keep on shining Shine on the one that's gone and said good-bye
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Smile, darn ya, smile. The world's not such a bad place after all. Smile, darn ya, smile. Relax and have beer and have a ball! Things are not as bad as they are painted So shake your neighbour's hand and get acquainted. Let's do this in style. Smile, darn ya, smile.
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Judge your honour, you wanna hear my plea Before you open up your court. Cause I don't want no sympathy. I done cut my good man's throat. I caught him with a trifling Jane, I warned him 'bout before. I had my knife and went insane. The rest you ought to know Judge (JUDGE!), judge (JUDGE!), dear mister judge, Send me to the 'lectric chair Judge (JUDGE!), judge (JUDGE!), lordy lordy judge, I wanna get away from here. I wanna take a journey To the devil down below. Done killed my man I just wanna reap just what I sow. Oh judge (JUDGE!), judge (JUDGE!), lordy lordy judge Take me to the 'lectric chair. ....... Judge (JUDGE!), judge (JUDGE!), lordy lordy judge Take me to the 'lectric chair. Judge (JUDGE!), judge (JUDGE!), good kind judge I love him so dear. I stabbed him with my Barlow, I kicked him in the side, I stood here laughing over him While he wallowed around and died. Judge, judge, lordy lordy judge, Take me to the 'lectric chair. I don't want no good man To pay my bail. Babe I don't want to spend no Ninety years in some stinking jail. So judge, judge, sweet judge, Send me to the 'lectric chair.
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I can't forget the glamour Your eyes held a tender light And stars fell on Alabama Last night My heart beat like a hammer Your arms wrapped around me tight And stars fell on Alabama Last night I never dreamed in my imagination A situation so heavenly A fairyland that no one else could enter And in the centre just you and me, dear I can't forget the drama Your arms wrapped around me tight And stars fell on Alabama Last night I never dreamed in my imagination A situation so heavenly A fairyland that no one else could enter And in the centre just you and me, dear.
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This world and its allurements May try to sway my soul. But it can never sway me I've given to him control. In him I am confiding In his love I am abiding. He will keep me on the firing line I'm on the firing line To heaven I am flying. I'm on the firing line I'll do my soldier time. Satan had bound but Jesus he found me. I'm on the firing line, to stay Well it's worth the while to serve him Whatever may betide. For in his precious promise He'll be right by our side. Though all the world forsake us In his arms he will take us If we stay right on the firing line. I'm on the firing line To heaven I am flying. I'm on the firing line I'll do my soldier time. Satan had bound but Jesus he found me. I'm on the firing line, to stay And when the work has ended And we near the swelling tide We shall hear our savior calling From the other side. With joy he will meet us, All the angels there to greet us If we stay right on the firing line I'm on the firing line To heaven I am flying. I'm on the firing line I'll do my soldier time. Satan had bound but Jesus he found me. I'm on the firing line, to stay
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I had a dream, dear You had one, too Mine was the best dream Because it was of you Come, sweetheart, tell me Now is the time You tell me your dream And I'll tell you mine
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Mister rich man, rich man Open up your heart and mind Mister rich man, rich man Open up your heart and mind Give the poor man a chance Help stop these hard times Well you living in your mansion You don't know what hard time means Well you living in your mansion You don't know what hard time means The poor man's wife is starving Your wife's living like a queen Listen to our pleading We can't stand these hard times long Listen to our pleading We can't stand these hard times long Make an honest man do things You and I both know are wrong All men fought all the battles All men would fight again today All men fought all the battles All man would fight again today They do anything you want In the name of the U.S.A Now the war is over All men wanna be the same as you Well the war is over All men wanna be the same as you Mister rich man, rich man Without the poor man, what would you do?
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The girls are out to bingo and the boys are gettin' stinko, And we think no more of Inco on a Sudbury Saturday night. The glasses they will tinkle when our eyes begin to twinkle, And we'll think no more of Inco on a Sudbury Saturday night.   Well there’s Irish Jim O'Connel there and Scotty Jack MacDonald, There's honky Fredrick Hurchell gettin' tight, but that's alright, There's Happy German Fritzy there with Frenchy getting tipsy, And even Joe the Gypsy knows it's Saturday tonight.   Now when Mary Ann and Mabel come to join us at the table, And tell us how the Bingo went tonight, we'll look a fright. But if they won the money, we'll be lappin' up the honey, boys, 'Cause everything is funny, and it's Saturday tonight   The girls are out to bingo and the boys are gettin' stinko, And we're gonna think no more of Inco on a Sudbury Saturday night. The glasses they will tinkle when our eyes begin to twinkle, And we'll think no more of Inco on a Sudbury Saturday night. ....   We'll drink the loot we borrowed and recuperate tomorrow, 'Cause everything is wonderful tonight, we had a good fight, We ate the Dilly Pickle and we forgot about the Nickel, And everybody's tickled, for it's Saturday tonight   The songs that we'll be singing, they might be wrong but they'll be ringing, When all the lights of town are shining bright, and we're all tight, We'll get to work on Monday, but tomorrow's only Sunday, And we're out to have a fun day for it's Saturday tonight. Yeah   The girls are out to bingo and the boys are gettin' stinko, And we're gonna think no more of Inco on a Sudbury Saturday night. The glasses they will tinkle when our eyes begin to twinkle, And we'll think no more of Inco on a Sudbury Saturday night.
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Caldonia 05:15
Well I'm walking with my baby she's got big feet. She's long, she's lanky, got nothing to eat. But she's my baby. I love her just the same. I'm crazy bout her, Caldonia is her name Caldonia! Caldonia! What makes your big head so hard? I love her. I love her just the same. Oh I'm crazy bout her, Caldonia is her name Well now my Caldonia, she's long, she's tall. She sleeps in the kitchen, her foot's in the hall. I love her. Love her just the same. Oh I'm crazy bout her, Caldonia is her name Caldonia! Caldonia! What makes your big head so hard? I love her. I love her just the same. Oh I'm crazy bout her, Caldonia is her name

credits

released December 19, 2020

The HAPPY PALS New Orleans Party Orchestra
Patrick Tevlin, trumpet
Gabriel Kerekes, clarinet, tenor sax
Roberta Tevlin, trombone
Mike Evin, piano
Ben Lee, tenor banjo
Lucas Gadke, string bass
Chuck Clarke, drums

Rachel Zilberg, vocal on Poor Man Blues, Send Me to the Lectric Chair

Photos:
Grossman's in winter: Michael Glassman
Dancers with song list above: Andrew Stewart

Recorded Live at Grossman's Tavern, Toronto, in the Before Times, May 2018

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