ATF: All About Fanny

This weekly series will include as many of my all-time favorite tunes as I can get my grubby little hands on (so to speak).  Now, each one included in each edition will have some connection with the other—albeit only as a figment of my imagination, but they will not be numbered.  For I just cannot bring myself to rate some higher than others.  So, this will not be a countdown, but if you are enjoying them as much as I do, it won’t matter.  Besides, with no countdown, this could go on forever and ever!  Oh, and despite the fact that there is absolutely no way that your musical tastes can be as exquisite as mine, I welcome any suggestions that you might dare to make.  I am, after all, quite magnanimous by nature.

Link: [Queen]

Fat-Bottomed Girls

Queen

Are

You gonna take me home tonight

Ah

Down beside that red firelight

Are

You gonna let it all hang out

Fat-bottomed girls

You make the rockin' world go ‘round

Hey

I was just a skinny lad

Never knew no good from bad

But I knew life before I left my nursery

Left alone with big fat Fanny

She was such a naughty nanny

Heap big woman

You made a bad boy out of me

Hey hey

I've been singin’ with my band

Across the wire

Across the land

I’ve seen every blue-eyed floozy on the way

But their beauty

And their style

Went kind of smooth after a while

Take me to them dirty ladies every time

Oh

Won't you take me home tonight

Oh

Down beside your red firelight

Oh

And you give it all you got

Fat-bottomed girls

You make the rockin' world go ‘round

Fat-bottomed girls

You make the rockin' world go ‘round

Hey

Listen here

Now I got mortgages on homes

I got stiffness in the bones

Ain't no beauty queens in this locality

I tell you

Oh but I still get my pleasure

Still got my greatest treasure

Heap big woman

You gonna make a big man out of me

Now get this

Are

You gonna take me home tonight

Please

Oh

Down beside that red firelight

Are

You gonna let it all hang out

Fat-bottomed girls

You make the rockin' world go ‘round

Fat-bottomed girls

You make the rockin' world go ‘round

Get on your bikes and ride

Ooooh

Yeah

Oh yeah

Them fat-bottomed girls

Fat-bottomed girls

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Oh yeah

Ride

Fat-bottomed girls

Yes

Yes

Link: [The Band]

The Weight

The Band

I pulled into Nazareth

Was feelin' about half past dead

I just need some place

Where I can lay my head

Hey mister

Can you tell me

Where a man might find a bed

He just grinned

And shook my hand

No

Was all he said

Take a load off Fanny

Take a load for free

Take a load off Fanny

And

And

And

You put the load right on me

You put the load right on me

I picked up my bag

I went lookin' for a place to hide

When I saw Carmen and the Devil

Walkin' side by side

I said

Hey Carmen

Come on let's go downtown

She said

I gotta go

But my friend can stick around

Take a load off Fanny

Take a load for free

Take a load off Fanny

And

And

And

You put the load right on me

You put the load right on me

Go down Miss Moses

There's nothin' you can say

It's just ol' Luke

And Luke's waitin' on the Judgment Day

Well Luke

My friend

What about young Anna Lee

He said

Do me a favor son

Won'tcha stay

And keep Anna Lee company

Take a load off Fanny

Take a load for free

Take a load off Fanny

And

And

And

You put the load right on me

You put the load right on me

Crazy Chester followed me

And he caught me in the fog

He said

I will fix your rack

If you'll take Jack

My dog

I said

Wait a minute Chester

You know I'm a peaceful man

He said

That's okay boy

Won't you feed him when you can

Yeah

Take a load off Fanny

Take a load for free

Take a load off Fanny

And

And

And

You put the load right on me

You put the load right on me

Catch a cannonball

Now to take me down the line

My bag is sinkin' low

And I do believe it's time

To get back to Miss Fanny

You know she's the only one

Who sent me here with her regards for everyone

Take a load off Fanny

Take a load for free

Take a load off Fanny

And

And

And

You put the load right on me

You put the load right on me

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ATF: First Lamentations

This weekly series will include as many of my all-time favorite tunes as I can get my grubby little hands on (so to speak).  Now, each one included in each edition will have some connection with the other—albeit only as a figment of my imagination, but they will not be numbered.  For I just cannot bring myself to rate some higher than others.  So, this will not be a countdown, but if you are enjoying them as much as I do, it won’t matter.  Besides, with no countdown, this could go on forever and ever!  Oh, and despite the fact that there is absolutely no way that your musical tastes can be as exquisite as mine, I welcome any suggestions that you might dare to make.  I am, after all, quite magnanimous by nature.

Link: [The Band]

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

The Band

Virgil Caine is the name

And I served on the Danville train

‘Til Stoneman’s cavalry came

And tore up the tracks again

In the winter of ‘65

We were hungry

Just barely alive

By May the tenth

Richmond had fell

It’s a time

I remember oh so well

The night they drove old Dixie down

And all the bells were ringin’

The night they drove old Dixie down

And the people were singin’

They went

Na

Na na

Na na na

Na na na na

Na na na na na

Back with my wife in Tennessee

When one day she called to me

Virgil quick come see

There goes a Robert E. Lee

Now I don’t mind choppin’ wood

And I don’t care if the money’s no good

Ya take what ya need

And ya leave the rest

But they should have never taken

The very best

The night they drove old Dixie down

And the bells were ringin’

The night they drove old Dixie down

And all the people were singin’

They went

Na

Na na

Na na na

Na na na na

Na na na na na

Like my father before me

I’m a workin’ man

And like my brother before me

Who took a rebel stand

He was just eighteen

Proud and brave

But a Yankee

Laid him in his grave

I swear by the mud below my feet

You can’t raise a Caine back up

When he’s in defeat

The night they drove old Dixie down

And the bells were ringin’

The night they drove old Dixie down

And all the people were singin’

They went

Na

Na na

Na na na

Na na na na

Na na na na na

The night they drove old Dixie down

And all the bells were ringin’

The night they drove old Dixie down

And the people were singin’

They went

Na

Na na

Na na na

Na na na na

Na na na na na

Link: [Neil Young]

After The Gold Rush

Neal Young

Well I dreamed I saw the knights in armor comin’

Sayin’ something about a queen

There were peasants singin’

And drummers drummin’

And the archer split the tree

There was a fanfare blowin’

To the sun

That was floating on the breeze

Look at Mother Nature on the run

In the nineteen seventies

Look at Mother Nature on the run

In the nineteen seventies

I was lyin’ in a burned out basement

With the full moon in my eyes

I was hopin’ for replacement

When the sun burst thru the sky

There was a band playin’

In my head

And I felt like getting high

I was thinkin’ about

What a friend had said

I was hopin’ it was a lie

Thinkin’ about

What a friend had said

I was hopin’ it was a lie

Well I dreamed I saw the silver space ships flyin’

In the yellow haze of the sun

There were children cryin’

And colors flyin’

All around the chosen ones

All in a dream

All in a dream

The loading had begun

Flyin’ Mother Nature's

Silver seed

To a new home in the sun

Flyin’ Mother Nature's

Silver seed

To a new home

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TWO FOR TUESDAY

Link: [The Band]

Not every song that will be featured here will be what is generally considered as being “Christian” in the eyes of this world. For some will be anguished cries from the pit of despair, and others will be quite obviously ferverent rants of rebellion. Nonetheless, be assured that they will all be of our Heavenly Father (in one way or another) and I hope that you have been given ears to hear the message.

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

The Band

Virgil Caine is the name

And I served on the Danville train

‘Til Stoneman’s cavalry came

And tore up the tracks again

In the winter of ‘65

We were hungry

Just barely alive

By May tenth

Richmond had fell

It’s a time

I remember oh so well

The night they drove old Dixie down

And all the bells were ringin’

The night they drove old Dixie down

And all the people were singin’

They went

Na

Na na

Na na na

Na na na na

Na na na na na

Back with my wife in Tennessee

When one day she called to me

Virgil quick come see

There goes a Robert E. Lee

Now I don’t mind choppin’ wood

And I don’t care if ma money’s no good

Ya take what ya need

And ya leave the rest

But they should have never taken

The very best

The night they drove old Dixie down

And all the bells were ringin’

The night they drove old Dixie down

And all the people were singin’

They went

Na

Na na

Na na na

Na na na na

Na na na na na

Like my father before me

I’m a workin’ man

Like my brother before me

Who took a rebel stand

He was just eighteen

Proud and brave

But a Yankee

Laid him in his grave

I swear by the mud below my feet

You can’t raise a Caine back up

When he’s in defeat

The night they drove old Dixie down

And all the bells were ringin’

The night they drove old Dixie down

And all the people were singin’

They went

Na

Na na

Na na na

Na na na na

Na na na na na

The night they drove old Dixie down

And all the bells were ringin’

The night they drove old Dixie down

And all the people were singin’

They went

Na

Na na

Na na na

Na na na na

Na na na na na

The Weight

The Band

I pulled into Nazareth

I was feelin’ about half past dead

I just need some place where

I can lay my head

Hey mister can you tell me

Where a man might find a bed

He just grinned and shook my hand

And no was all he said

Take a load off Fanny

Talk a load for free

Take a load off Fanny

And

And

And

You can put the load right on me

You can put the load right on me

I picked up my bag

I went lookin’ for a place to hide

When I saw Carmen and the devil

Walkin’ side by side

I said

Hey Carmen

Come on let’s go downtown

She said

I gotta go

But my friend can stick around

Take a load off Fanny

Talk a load for free

Take a load off Fanny

And

And

And

You can put the load right on me

You can put the load right on me

Go down now Moses

There’s nothin’ you can say

It’s just ol’ Luke

And Luke’s waitin’ on Judgment Day

He said

Do me a favor son

Won’t you stay

And keep Anna Lee company

Take a load off Fanny

Talk a load for free

Take a load off Fanny

And

And

And

You can put the load right on me

You can put the load right on me

Crazy Chester followed me

And he caught me in the fog

He said

I will fix your rack

If you’ll take Jack my dog

I said

Wait a minute Chester

You know I’m a peaceful man

He said

That’s okay boy

Won’t you feed him when you can

Take a load off Fanny

Talk a load for free

Take a load off Fanny

And

And

And

You can put the load right on me

You can put the load right on me

Catch a Cannonball

Now to take me down the line

My bag is sinkin’ low

And I do believe it’s time

To get back to Miss Fanny

You know she’s the only one

Who sent me here

With her regards for everyone

Take a load off Fanny

Talk a load for free

Take a load off Fanny

And

And

And

You can put the load right on me

You can put the load right on me

Lyrics From: [Sing365.com]

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