From: Jyrki T Ilva Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll.oldies,rec.games.trivia Subject: GOLDEN OLDIES LYRICS QUIZ #99 (GOLQ99) 1/2 Date: 2 Oct 1996 13:46:47 GMT Organization: University of Helsinki Message-ID: <52tro7$6nu@oravannahka.Helsinki.FI> GOLDEN OLDIES LYRICS QUIZ #99 (GOLQ99) Hello Oldies Fans, Welcome to the 99th installment of the Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz series! This quiz contains a major theme, which may not be quite obvious. If you think you've identified it, please let us know. Good luck! Jyrki Ilva & Pekka Halonen Answers must be received by 5:00 PM ET on Tuesday, October 22, 1996. Try to e-mail early since we don't know how long it takes to get here. E-mail (DO NOT POST) answers to ilva@cc.helsinki.fi If this address doesn't seem to work, you might also want to try Pekka's address, halo@sci.fi We will acknowledge receipt of entries via e-mail. 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The instructions come with the ballot. ************************************************************************ ________________________________________________________________________ Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #99 Songs #01-25 were from 1956 through 1967 Due 5:00 PM ET, Tuesday, October 22, 1996 ________________________________________________________________________ All of your kissin' And all of your huggin' Can't put my heart together again #01) And now my life has changed In oh so many ways My independence seems to Vanish in the haze #02) A time just for plantin' A time just for plowin' A time to be courtin' A girl of your own #03) Dream maker, you old heartbreaker Wherever you're goin' I'm goin' your way #04) I'm feeling motherless somehow Stars with evil e-e-e-y-y-es Stare from the skies All mean and bright #05) Well, you give me all your lovin' And your turtle dovin' All your hugs and kisses And your money, too #06) Strictly from Dixie, face like a pixie Shorter than girl should be The rest of the shipment, standard equipment Just a darling dungaree #07) A smiling face, a warm embrace Two arms to hold me tenderly #08) The day you came my way I knew I would stay Close by your side To keep you satisfied #09) George turned to Sam With his gold in his hand Said "Sam, you're a-looking At a lonely, lonely man" #10) Surf fever brings them here to meet the test And hangin' round the beach you'll see the best They're waxed up and ready, just a-waiting for The surf to build up on the northern shore #11) I could have spread my wings And done a thousand things But I've never, I've never, ever, ever, ever done before #12) And now, a quarter of my life is almost past I think I've come to see myself at last And I see that the time spent confused Was the time that I spent without you #13) I read your letters one by one And I still love you When it's all said and done And oh my darling I'm so blue #14) How you call your lover boy? "Come here lover boy!" And if he doesn't answer? "Oh lover boy..." And if he still doesn't answer? "I simply say: baby, o-oh baby, My sweet baby, you're the one!" #15) So hard to find my way Now that I'm all on my own I saw you just the other day My how you have grown #16) If we stop to gaze upon a star People talk about how bad we are #17) Don't have a pig Don't have a cow Don't have a horse To pull a plow #18) Where can my baby be? Lord, no one knows #19) Going to the barbershop Gonna have them do me up Gonna get clean for my little buttercup #20) Oh, since the day I saw you I have been waiting for you You know I will adore you 'til eternity #21) Pussycats that run astray He will bring them back today #22) My-y lips will kiss, I-I-I-I vow Nobody else but you Oh my darling, oh my da-a-arling #23) Now it's time that you learn What it meant to be mature There's no such place As make believe But when I look at your face I'm not so sure #24) Well, she's the one that's got that beat She's the one with the flyin' feet She's the one that walks around the store She's the one that gets more more more more #25) TIE-BREAKERS: All my friends will be there-a Just a-rockin' and a-rollin' Mary Lou, Peggy Sue, Little Dede Dinah will be there, too Gee whiz mama, can't you see This could mean the world to me #T1) I'm so lonely Please come home You great big lump of sugar I miss you so much Please come home #T2) _______________________________________________________________________ Please answer the following questions (append your answer to the line): Name(s)= E-mail address= Age(s) [will be published if answered]= Number of people (including you) who contributed to your answers= _______________________________________________________________________ ---Jyrki Ilva (ilva@cc.helsinki.fi) & Pekka Halonen (halo@sci.fi)