marmalady
Executive Chef
Anyone know the lyrics to 'Ruben, Ruben, I've been thinking"?
TIA!
TIA!
Thanks for that. I've only heard the the chorus (my Dad used to sing it). Interesting to see the verses.Maybe, could it be?:
How 'Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm
(After They've Seen Paree)
Reuben, Reuben, I've been thinking
Said his wifey dear
Now that all is peaceful and calm
The boys will soon be back on the farm
Mister Reuben started winking and slowly rubbed his chin
He pulled his chair up close to mother
And he asked her with a grin
Chorus (sung twice after each verse):
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm
After they've seen Paree'
How ya gonna keep 'em away from Broadway
Jazzin around and paintin' the town
How ya gonna keep 'em away from harm, that's a mystery
They'll never want to see a rake or plow
And who the deuce can parleyvous a cow?
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm
After they've seen Paree'
Rueben, Rueben, you're mistaken
Said his wifey dear
Once a farmer, always a jay
And farmers always stick to the hay
Mother Reuben, I'm not fakin
Tho you may think it strange
But wine and women play the mischief
With a boy who's loose with change
Chorus (sung twice after each verse):
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm
After they've seen Paree'
How ya gonna keep 'em away from Broadway
Jazzin around and paintin' the town
How ya gonna keep 'em away from harm, that's a mystery
Imagine Reuben when he meets his Pa
He'll kiss his cheek and holler "OO-LA-LA!
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm
After they've seen Paree'
There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza,Callie's are the ones I grew up on!!! By the way, if any of you know of a source for a CD of these kind of folk songs (not protest songs from other eras --- Don't get me wrong, I have a collection of them, but am looking for pioneer type folk music), let me know.
How about There's a hole in the bucket??? THere's another song sitting at the back of my mind and I can't make it come out. I love these old songs, and even my family doesn't know them (where in the hades did I learn therm?) because Mom & Dad French-Canadian. Must have learned them at school. I love both, and have tapes of the old Canuck songs. But the English/American ones are being lost, too. I'm lousy at music, but love to hear it, so anyone who knows some good old lyrics, chime in here!!