From: Jyrki T Ilva Newsgroups: rec.music.rock-pop-r+b.1950s,rec.music.rock-pop-r+b.1960s,rec.games.trivia Subject: GOLDEN OLDIES LYRICS QUIZ #107 (part 1/2) Date: 2 Apr 1997 18:30:38 GMT Organization: University of Helsinki Message-ID: <5hu8ke$6n8$1@oravannahka.Helsinki.FI> GOLDEN OLDIES LYRICS QUIZ #107 (GOLQ107) Welcome to the 107th installment of the GOLQ series! All songs are part of a theme, which should be pretty obvious. Have fun! Jyrki Ilva & Pekka Halonen Answers must be received by 5:00 PM ET on Tuesday, April 22, 1997. Try to e-mail early since we don't know how long it takes to get here. E-mail (DO NOT POST) answers to ilva@cc.helsinki.fi If this address doesn't seem to work, you might also want to try Pekka's address, halo@sci.fi We will acknowledge receipt of entries via e-mail. 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If you want GOLQs and their Results/Answers sent directly to you via e-mail, just send a message to golq-request@world.std.com consisting only of the word "subscribe" in the body, not the subject, of the message. ______________________________________________________________________________ Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #107 (Songs #01 - #25 were from 1956 through 1969) Due 5:00 PM ET, Tuesday, April 22, 1997 ______________________________________________________________________________ I would hate my disappointment to show There's nothing for me here So I will disappear #01) You know she wiggle like a glowworm Dance like a spinning top She got a crazy partner You oughta see him reel and rock Long as she got a dime The music will never stop #02) A-don't you know the people were dancing like they were mad It was the swingingest band they had ever had And the swingingest song there could ever be #03) Down there, we have a good time We don't talk, ha We all get together, any time or weather Then we do the camel walk #04) Like a fool I gave you candy And you fed me dirt But I'm comin' to your party And just before the break of day I'm gonna touch you (touch you) one more time Then I'm goin' away #05) Well, it's Saturday night And I'm having a ball Dancin' with the guys at the old dance hall Seems they all wanna dance with me Now that they know that I'm free #06) The cokes are in the icebox Popcorn's on the table Me and my baby We are out here on the floor #07) Well, she tunes into Bandstand every day To watch the kids are dancing across the USA She don't care about a thing excepting rock'n'roll My baby drives me crazy when she does the stroll #08) We gonna dance to the rock'n'roll We gonna even do the stroll We gonna lindy hop and suzie q It's a special party just for you #09) Now some people might like to sit And watch a picture show But if that's what your plans are Don't ask me to go 'Cause I'll be where the good times last Till the early morning light #10) Oh, one night I saw them kissing at a party (a party) So I kissed some other guy #11) Got these girls up in a cage In those dresses and they shake 'em wild You can walk in there feeling low You'll walk out with a satisfied smile #12) We don't make a party out of loving We like holding hands and pitching woo #13) There must be something 'bout this music that I don't know I went to a hop and it didn't take long I got the feeling something was a-going wrong #14) Honky Tonky Joe Is knockin' at the door Bring him in, fill him up and send him on the floor #15) Hey, doin' the fly with our hands in the sky Footstompin' baby with you and I School was over about a quarter to three And we'll have a-fun it's plain to see #16) Oh, it doesn't matter what you wear Just as long as you are there #17) People say I'm the life of the party 'Cause I tell a joke or two #18) If I wind up broke Well, I'll always remember That I had a swinging time #19) Sleepin' on the beach Seven days a week A-rockin' every night Till the early bright #20) You go to the embassy parties Where you talk in Russian and Greek And the young men who move in your circle They hang on every word you speak, yes they do #21) Tonight we need no rest We gonna really throw a mess We gonna knock down all the windows We gonna kick down all the doors #22) We're having a party Everybody's having a great time All the gang's here and a-dancing, yeah #23) Well, there's a little juke joint on the outside of town Where the cats pick 'em up and lay 'em down You get your girl and I'll get mine We'll get together, we'll have a good time #24) At a honky tonk party just the other night #25) TIE-BREAKERS: It's a lowdown dog's life spent on the bar Dusk till dawn then that's where you are Out on the party get groovy and tight Come home and forget to kiss your baby goodnight #T1) Oh, there's a place with the lights coming through the wall You better be mighty careful Let's have a ball C'mon all you fellows And take a drink from my pack 'Cause the party's ready to start #T2) _______________________________________________________________________ Please answer the following questions (append your answer to the line): Name(s)= E-mail address= Age(s) [will be published if answered]= Number of people (including you) who contributed to your answers= _______________________________________________________________________ ---Jyrki Ilva (ilva@cc.helsinki.fi) & Pekka Halonen (halo@sci.fi)