• Sloop John B.

    From not given@21:1/5 to Abby Sale on Fri Aug 14 06:22:40 2020
    On Monday, 3 August 1998 at 08:00:00 UTC+1, Abby Sale wrote:
    On 2 Aug 1998 04:29:41 GMT, slhin...@aol.com (SLHinton17) wrote:

    It's a good song. I think Prof. Roger Abrams may have mentioned it in his >study of Caribbean sea songs, _Deep the Water, Shallow the Shore_, but I can't
    find my copy to verify that.
    Look on the third shelf up, way on the left. But I just happen to have it
    on Inter-Library Loan & open in front of me. "Michael Row..." &
    "Shenandoah" are there but I see no ref. to "Sloop."
    It's still a good song. Good background you posted.
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    I am Abby Sale - abby...@orlinter.com (That's in Orlando)
    I am Ms N, nymphofthewoods28'gmail.com ( UK).
    One Beach Boys song I don;t like is California Girls, if we had a disco at my church youth club it was one record we insisted never got played , the lyrics just made you feel uncomfortable and upset too, what do others think?

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  • From Dave Levenson@21:1/5 to not given on Sat Sep 5 17:33:52 2020
    On Friday, August 14, 2020 at 7:22:41 AM UTC-6, not given wrote:
    On Monday, 3 August 1998 at 08:00:00 UTC+1, Abby Sale wrote:
    On 2 Aug 1998 04:29:41 GMT, slhin...@aol.com (SLHinton17) wrote:

    It's a good song. I think Prof. Roger Abrams may have mentioned it in his >study of Caribbean sea songs, _Deep the Water, Shallow the Shore_, but I can't
    find my copy to verify that.
    Look on the third shelf up, way on the left. But I just happen to have it on Inter-Library Loan & open in front of me. "Michael Row..." & "Shenandoah" are there but I see no ref. to "Sloop."
    It's still a good song. Good background you posted.
    -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---
    I am Abby Sale - abby...@orlinter.com (That's in Orlando)
    I am Ms N, nymphofthewoods28'gmail.com ( UK).
    One Beach Boys song I don;t like is California Girls, if we had a disco at my church youth club it was one record we insisted never got played , the lyrics just made you feel uncomfortable and upset too, what do others think?

    Here is a parody by Les Barker:

    Sloop John A -Les Barker

    We looked for the Sloop John A;
    We looked for it all day;
    Round Nassau Town we did roam,
    A man on the pier, Said it wasn't here;
    Oh we didn't find it, And then we went home.

    Chorus:
    Oh where can the John A be?
    Maybe the A's at sea;
    We had a good look round, then we went home.
    Then we went home, We had to go home.
    Well we didn't find it, And then we went home.

    The first mate was not there,
    Maybe he was elsewhere;
    Maybe he was on board the Sloop John A;
    Wherever he was, We didn't meet him because
    We didn't find it, And then we went home.

    The day was total con,
    It seemed the A had gone;
    Then they told us that there's another called B.
    B was okay; I had my heart set on A;
    Oh we didn't find it, And then we went home.

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