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Great Plains
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 Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 5:42 pm Post subject: The LibriVox song |
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The LibriVox Song
(To the tune of "I'm Henry the 8th I Am")
| Quote: | I'll read for LibriVox dot org!
Read for Librivox dot org dot org!
I'll go post on the message board,
then I'll grab a micphone and record!
And every book will soon be read,
Written by the authors who are dead.
I'll head on over to LibriVox,
And read for LibriVox dot org! |
(Don't worry. "I'm Henry the 8th I Am" is in the PD, so we're clear.)
Who wants to sing it with me? I can't sing, but I'll be willing to take the lead unless someone else wants to. Also, we need a PD midi file for the background music.
What do you think?
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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 Very funny!
("I'm 'Enery the 8th" is PD? Wow.)
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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| chocoholic wrote: | | ("I'm 'Enery the 8th" is PD? Wow.) |
According to Wikipedia, it is a 1910 British music hall song. I'm assuming music works the same was as text in American copyright law.
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| Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:27 am Post subject: |
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Wikipedia also has a link to a 1911 78rpm recoding of it by Harry Champion.
It can be found here: http://www.archive.org/details/HarryChampion
It is remarkably good quality for such an early recording.
I'm definitely going to take a crack at this one. I'll post my rendition in a couple days. Thanks Daniel.
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alana
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| Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:30 am Post subject: |
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How cute! I will probably take a crack at it in a few days!
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| Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:12 pm Post subject: |
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Nice idea, to have our own LibriVox song!!! 
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alana
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| Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:02 pm Post subject: |
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Ever since I read this thread, that darn song has been in my head! Arrrrgh!
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ductapeguy
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| Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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I can get it out for you.
"It was sad, so sad.
It was sad when the great ship went down
to the bottom of the sea
Husbands and wives..."
If that doesn't work try, "Oops I did it again, I played with your heart. Got lost in the game".
Either of those should displace henery the eighth. Then again, they'll be stuck instead. 
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| Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:53 pm Post subject: |
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| ductapeguy wrote: | I can get it out for you.
"It was sad, so sad.
It was sad when the great ship went down
to the bottom of the sea
Husbands and wives..."
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Wow. I haven't heard that song in ages.... I learned that in summer camp, lo these many years ago.
| ductapeguy wrote: | If that doesn't work try, "Oops I did it again, I played with your heart. Got lost in the game".
Either of those should displace henery the eighth. Then again, they'll be stuck instead. |
A friend of mine likes to use the National Geographic theme to chase 'stuck' music out. It's strongly melodic, it's very short, and it doesn't loop. Very important, that last!
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| Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 11:09 pm Post subject: |
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A regular infestation of earworms here.
"I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want..."
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They are great! Both of them!  Too bad I can't sing...
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