Comments on: The Joke’s on Us – Folk Song Edition http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/06/24/the-joke%e2%80%99s-on-us-%e2%80%93-folk-song-edition/ Where our past is never very long ago Sat, 25 May 2013 06:15:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: kevinf http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/06/24/the-joke%e2%80%99s-on-us-%e2%80%93-folk-song-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-73873 kevinf Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:53:15 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=12737#comment-73873 Well, under the category of taking artistic liberties, there are these lines:

And I love to state, there’s no hair on his pate
Which once wore a covering of gold.

I realize that color photography wasn’t around, but my recollection is that Brigham’s hair was originally dark, and while I suspect some thinning over the years, I also don’t recall a bald Bro. Brigham.

No Tonys here. Any notes in your research, Ardis, about the choreography associated with the latter two songs?

]]> By: Ardis E. Parshall http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/06/24/the-joke%e2%80%99s-on-us-%e2%80%93-folk-song-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-73834 Ardis E. Parshall Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:17:57 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=12737#comment-73834 But … but … but “hell-uv-a” isn’t strong enough for you??

]]> By: andrew h http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/06/24/the-joke%e2%80%99s-on-us-%e2%80%93-folk-song-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-73833 andrew h Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:11:19 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=12737#comment-73833 These songs wouldn’t qualify to win the Tony unless someone filled them with liberal amounts of foul language

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