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Tune Req: Washington Square (B Goldstein, D Shire)
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Subject: song: Washington Square a 45 about 20yrs ago From: Ss90045 (sarasue) Date: 25 Aug 98 - 12:36 PM Anyone remember the song Washington Square... it was played on the rock radio stations back about 25 years ago... i remember it as a 45 record and no words just all music... i remember the first part of the song by guitar..but looking for the song sheet... ??? This is a long shot!!! But anyhow, thanks for trying!!! And if you know of online links you think i should search myself that could be of help, please send to my email address... OH, i beleive the artist last name was Ball Again, thxs Sue |
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Subject: Lyr Add: WASHINGTON SQUARE DANCE (Irving Berlin) From: Joe Offer Date: 25 Aug 98 - 02:41 PM Hmmm. I'm thinking it was by the Village Stompers, and I think I put that 99-cent bargain bin cd in deep storage because it wasn't very good. I'll see if I can find it, but I'm hoping maybe somebody else will find it first and post the lyrics. In the meantime, I got a kick out of this, which is what I found when I searched the International Lyrics Server: THE WASHINGTON SQUARE DANCE Call Me Madam (1950, Vocal Score, by Irving Berlin) Square dance The Washington Square dance Republicans make up with the Democrats Show those foreign diplomats That you dare dance The Washington Square dance No matter which side you're on or where you stand Take your partner by the hand And each pair dance The Washington Square dance The theme is a get-together policy Show your friends across the sea It's a fair dance The Washington Square dance The rules are the same as cricket, golf or squash No fair cheatin' 'cause the Wash- -ington Square dance is square -Bow to your partners, bow to your corners Dance till your cheeks are red as a rose But try not to step on your partner's toes -Now, duck for the oyster, dig for the clam Duck for the oyster, dig for the clam But do your diggin' for Uncle Sam -One for the money, two for the show One for the money, two for the show Three to make ready for Uncle Joe -Republicans over to the right -Democrats over to the left The left meet the right and don't explode Try to find the middle of the road And square dance, the Washington Square dance Be careful, you'll have to watch your step, by gosh! No round heels because the Wash- -ington Square dance is square |
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Subject: RE: song: Washington Square a 45 about 20yrs ago From: Barbara Date: 25 Aug 98 - 03:49 PM I can hear the tune. I recall it being an instrumental, maybe the flip side of a 45 with Moscow Nights on it? That help, Joe? Blessings, Barbara |
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Subject: RE: song: Washington Square a 45 about 20yrs ago From: Joe Offer Date: 25 Aug 98 - 04:30 PM No, Barbara, it won't help unless you can point me to the shelf where I put the dang CD....or did I put those real doggy ones in the suitcase in the garage????? Maybe somebody else oughta come up with this one. Besides, I found out the CD I have is the self-titled album by the Washington Squares. Maybe it doesn't even have the song on it. - and I still can't find that darn CD. -Joe Offer- |
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Subject: RE: song: Washington Square a 45 about 20yrs ago From: Jaxon Date: 26 Aug 98 - 08:32 AM I think I remember a song called "The Washington Square Stomp" by the Village Stompers". I can't remember any part of it though. Good luck. Jack Murray |
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Subject: RE: song: Washington Square a 45 about 20yrs ago From: Earl Date: 26 Aug 98 - 09:19 AM I'm pretty sure it was the Village Stompers. It was an instrumental with a plucked banjo lead. The group "Washington Squares" made an album in the 80's and I'm pretty sure it did not include the song "Washington Square." They were ex-punk rockers who dressed like beatniks and sang some 60's folk songs. I think (hope) it was meant to be tongue-in-cheek. I heard them interviewed on radio in Philadelphia. When the DJ mentioned he had just seen DeDannan one of the Squares said he liked their yogurt. |
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Subject: RE: song: Washington Square a 45 about 20yrs ago From: Rockaday Johnny Date: 26 Aug 98 - 10:06 AM The Village Stompers, a dixie like band from Greenwich Village had the hit On Epic Single 9617 and it went as far as number 2 (9/21/63) it has been reissued on CD -a Time Life Collection SUPER HITS '63 (Time life SUD -08) |
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Subject: RE: song: Washington Square a 45 about 20yrs ago From: BBJ Date: 26 Aug 98 - 11:34 AM This was about the only song I ever learned on the 5-string banjo. I ran across lyrics for it in a SingOut mag or one like it back at that time. Very foggy memory, but the prhase "dancing with no shoes" was in there. It was a villiage beatnik (remember those, they came before hippies) tune. |
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Subject: RE: song: Washington Square a 45 about 20yrs ago From: Sarasue Date: 26 Aug 98 - 12:21 PM BBJ exactly! Thxs all for trying... maybe someday i'll make a wav of it...lol *S* Ss |
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Subject: RE: song: Washington Square a 45 about 20yrs ago From: Zorro Date: 27 Aug 98 - 12:27 AM Pete Seeger did the song on an album that a friend of mine has. Next time I visit I'll get them and post them. I've been wanting to tape the album anyway. Z (it may have been more than 20 years ago) |
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Subject: RE: song: Washington Square a 45 about 20yrs ago From: Rockaday Johnny Date: 27 Aug 98 - 12:57 AM The Seeger lp has a song "Washington Sqaure" - But that's Ernie Marrs protest song about the NYC Washington Square Folkies being ousted by the cops -- a great song (To an Irish tune If I remember right) But nothing to do with this :"Washington Square" thread...... |
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Subject: RE: song: Washington Square a 45 about 20yrs ago From: kiva1 Date: 27 Aug 98 - 04:37 PM The song was done by the Village Stompers, and I also remember it as the flip side to Moscow Nights. It feratured a plucked banjo lead, and the last lyric line (from a later recording by (maybe) the Christy Minstrels) was: "they hootnanny all the time, with folks from everywhere... Come Sunday mornin', rain or shine, down at Washington Square!" |
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Subject: RE: song: Washington Square a 45 about 20yrs ago From: Barry Finn Date: 27 Aug 98 - 06:55 PM Epic put out an LP, 1963, (#@#@#@, time warp 35 yrs ago) Washington Sguare by the Village Stompers. The Stompers did Bob Goldstein's Washington Square as a banjo instrumental & also did his Cold Steel Canyons & We Can't stop Singing, others on the LP are Midnight In Moscow, If I Had A Hammer, Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Walk Right In, Green Green, The Poet & The Prophet & Blue Grass by George Weiss (wasn't he the ball behind the early Newport Folk Festivals?), Blowin In The Wind & Follow The Drinkin Gourd. These were all instrumentals arranged, conducted & produced by Joe Sherman. Barry |
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Subject: Lyr Add: WASHINGTON SQUARE (B Goldstein, D Shire) From: angus mcsweeney Date: 27 Aug 98 - 08:32 PM I've shanged computers, lost some favorite bookmarks, and just found my way back here after a long drought. Anyone up for Fantasy Folk Circles anymore? ...anyway, here's the song you're looking for...I don't know if it was ever recorded with the lyrics but they are fun to sing once in a while. Corny but fun. WASHINGTON SQUARE by Bob Goldstein From Cape Cod Light to the Mississip, to San Francisco Bay, They're talking about this famous place, down Greenwich Village way. They hootenanny all the time with folks from everywhere, Come Sunday morning, rain or shine, right in Washington Square. And so I got my banjo out, just sittin' and collectin' dust, And painted right across the face "Greenwich Village or Bust." My folks were sad to see me go, but I got no meanin' there. I said "Goodbye, Kansas, Mo, and hello, Washington Square!" Near Tennessee, I met a guy who played 12-string guitar. He also had a mighty voice, not to mention a car. Each time he hit those bluegrass chords, you sure smelled mountain air. I said, "Don't waste it on the wind. Come on to Washington Square." In New Orleans, we saw a gal a-walkin' with no shoes, And from her throat there comes a growl. She sure was singin' the blues. She sang for all humanity, this gal with the raven hair. I said, "It's for the world to hear. C'mon to Washington Square." We cannonballed into New York on good old US 1, Till up ahead we saw the arch, a-gleamin' bright in the sun. As far as all the eye could see, ten thousand folks was there, And singin' in sweet harmony right in Washington Square. So how's about a freedom song, or the old Rock Island Line? Or how's about the dust-bowl crop, or men who work in a mine? The songs and legends of our land is gold we all can share, So come and join us folks who stand and sing in Washington Square. |
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Subject: RE: song: Washington Square a 45 about 20yrs ago From: John in Brisbane Date: 27 Aug 98 - 09:41 PM I'll be away for a few days - my first experience as a Dad at a Sea Scouts camp - but I do have a MIDI (somewhere) that I can run through Alan's Midi to TEXT converter. Maybe Folk1234 can then see part of the ABC transcription process at work. TGIF John |
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Subject: RE: song: Washington Square a 45 about 20yrs ago From: John in Brisbane Date: 11 Oct 98 - 09:14 PM Still haven't found that midi, but here is some additional copyright info:
Words and Music by Bob Goldstein and David Shire
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Subject: RE: song: Washington Square a 45 about 20yrs ago From: John in Brisbane Date: 18 Apr 99 - 10:00 PM Refresh. There's a Midi at this clawhammer site for a tune of the same name, got no idea what words it belongs to though.
http://www.bluegrassbanjo.org/clawtab.html
Regards |
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Subject: RE: song: Washington Square a 45 about 20yrs ago From: Mark Roffe Date: 18 Apr 99 - 10:06 PM This was on the forum a few days ago: Washington Square Lyrics Mark |
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Subject: RE: song: Washington Square a 45 about 20yrs ago From: Dave'sWife Date: 04 Oct 07 - 03:24 PM Sarasue - the instrumental song Washington Square is available on iTunes. I just boought it a few days ago with some other tunes my uncle used to pluck out on the banjo when I was a kid. I was surprised it was there! There are a couple of version so make sure you play the samples. You'll know it when you hear it. The first verse oif the tune is played by the banjo on lead and eventually, a dixieland type of band comes in and takes over before evenutally returning to the Banjo. The band sounds very similar to the style Springsteen's band had on the Seeger Sessions CD. It's not quite Dixieland but real close. |
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