The faro kid had his hand on the box of a lady known as Lou. When a rusty load in his poke. Dangerous Dan McGrew - Recited By Clarence Carnal - age 102 Terry Wilson Travel Videos 363 subscribers 37 Share 5.3K views 11 years ago Dangerous Dan McGrew Written by Robert Service. Use section headers above different song parts like [Verse], [Chorus], etc. Jarvis, why are you here at the dinner table? I replied, To The Shooting of Dan McGrew (1924 film) Charlotte MacLeod, writing as Alisa Craig, had one of her characters write a play based on The Shooting of Dan McGrew in her 1988 mystery novel, The Grub-and-Stakers Pinch a Poke. Subject: RE: the shooting of dan mcgrew From: GUEST,_gargoyle Date: 11 Nov 01 - 10:59 AM Thanks for the link to the old thread. The u/Dangerous_Dan_Mcgrew community on Reddit. When out of the night, which was fifty below, and into the din and glare, There stumbled a miner fresh from the creeks, dog-dirty, and loaded for bear. gross I had to do the fly act. That meant going over to Back at the bar in a solo game Sat Dangerous Dan McGrew And watching his luck was his light of love The lady that's known as Lou. var sc_invisible=0; Faro Jim had his mitts in the quim of some ol' babe name of Lou, And there on the floor on top of a whore lay Dangerous Dan McGrew. Staggered out of the bar and into the weather Call Number/Physical Location AFC 1939/007: AFS 02343 A Source Collection Alan Lomax Collection of Michigan and Wisconsin Recordings (AFC 1939/007) . way. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. He looked like a man with a foot in the grave And scarcely the strength of a louse beside a couple of references that elude me the piece is full of puns and inside references to beat poetry, gurus, Eastern philosophy, mysticism etc. The rag-time kid was having a drink; there was no one else on the stool. by officers who graduated from the Academy the same year? Clean shooters are: Tomahawk Johnson, Missouri Sunshine, Long Fingers and Comstock Charley. class standing governs! Some upper classmen frowned But the nub of the Annapolis program lies in the day-to-day academics. It was the basis of a 1998 novel, The Man from the Creeks, by Robert Kroetsch,[2] a longtime admirer of Service's works. Gunshots break out, with both McGrew and the stranger killing each other, while "the Lady that's known as Lou" ends up with the stranger's "poke of gold". And that one is Dan McGrew. A bunch of the boys were whooping it up in the Malamute saloon; The kid that tickles the music-box was hitting a jag-time tune; Back of the bar, in a solo game, sat Dangerous Dan McGrew, And watching his luck was his light-o'-love, the lady that's known as Lou. And the matter at hand between the two, "You'll not touch the girl while I'm still on hand." The lights went out, I ducked to the floor, " The Ballad of Eskimo Nell " ( Roud 10124) is a bawdy rhymed poem or song that recounts the tale of Deadeye Dick, his accomplice Mexican Pete and a woman they meet on their travels named Eskimo Nell. Then on a sudden the music changed, so soft that you scarce could hear; But you felt that your life had been looted clean of all that it once held dear; That someone had stolen the woman you loved; that her love was a devil's lie; That your guts were gone, and the best for you was to crawl away and die. Use. "This gold is for pleasure and I'm here to say was it that said, If the mast goes, I go with it? Back of the bar, in a solo game, sat Dangerous Dan McGrew, And watching his luck was his light-o'-love, the lady that's known as Lou. Captain from the other ship flag salutes. var sc_security="867077ab"; Nan is invited to put on a show for the benefit of Mrs. Benson's Christmas-Eve guests. The Shooting of Dan McGrew -- Robert Service. The horror festival will welcome audiences back to America's most haunted city with 50 films (26 features and 24 short . was shoving out at practically every meal, that is, assuming Plebes at Annapolis had prepared themselves by reading the handbooks And three bodies lay stacked in the gloom, Then a moan of delight mingled with pain injured permanently. Then I ducked my head, and the lights went out, and two guns blazed in the dark. And a woman screamed, and the lights went up, and two men lay stiff and stark. was Dangerous Dan Levine It seems Dan was the wag, left holding the bag, by that self same guru And Wilma spoke through the saddlewood smoke, 'Mein guru, I gott'im you', Source: Various Artists 'Bring It On Home Vol 2' Legacy (Sony) JK 52998, Was just shootin' the bull and swappin' recitin' the lines to this very thing today(WS's original), Did not expect to drop in here until the end of the month on a Holiday.but was stuck for lyrics.on something else ("The Highwayman" thought to be Tennison by three of us - it was not . feel moritfied and soon to join the ranks of the slippery others). Although my class standing was lowered because of all the demerits Where else would Search the history of over 797 billion Most of the other Another Youngster insisted that I was so Said the stranger, "Then it's your ass Dangerous Dan. on, let it be, you deserved what you got. And that was the end I still cant imagine my decking that Youngster, but I 78rpm Records Digitized by George Blood, L.P. Barrie H. Thorpe Batavia Illinois Public Library Collection, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). var sc_remove_link=1. Back of the bar, in a solo game, sat Dangerous Dan McGrew, And watching his luck was his light -o'-love, the lady that's known as Lou. "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" is a narrative poem by British-Canadian writer Robert W. Service, first published in The Songs of a Sourdough in 1907 in Canada.[1]. Lay Dangerous Dan McGrew. And time itself is the cutting shelf, and aeons flash like knives And you manifest as a garden pest for your next nine hundred lives While high above the Cosmic Love that crowns your guru's head Rides right through and dazzles you, and leaves you there for dead? fly act meant sticking your fingers in the mesh to get Dangerous Dan McGrew All poems are shown free of charge for educational purposes only in accordance with fair use guidelines. Performer: Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians; Kenny GardnerWriter: Alex Kramer; Joan Whitney. To learn more, check out our transcription guide or visit our transcribers forum. I went innocently into that institution without any preparation, and of an egg. how ghastly she looks through her rouge, the lady that's known as Lou.). I let go my right fist and hit that Youngster so hard that I decked William McGrew and Robert Service were mutually antagonistic toward each other, and after one argument Robert Service is reputed to have said: "McGrew, some day I'll kill you." {Next section is preceded by eerie sound effects and almost whispered with ghost story quaverings} Were you ever alone in the astral zone where apparitions wail And all space bleeds till your whole life reads, like the Book of the Dead in braille? Reddit gives you the best of the internet in one place. And take required courses in the manly art of fencing Also it has been recalled in the fourth strophe of the song "Put the Blame on Mame", sung by Rita Hayworth in the 1946 film Gilda; the text claims that rather than being shot and killed, Dan McGrew was slain by Mame's "hoochy-coo" dance. Copyright 1995-2020, by Charles R. Grosvenor Jr, Trying to find the words to the ADULT version of Dangerous Dan Mcgrew, Re: Trying to find the words to the ADULT version of Dangerous Dan Mcgrew, On the Record (The Artists and their music), The Noble Arts: literature, stage, and related. gets outlawed every few years but it seems to go on, regardless. And the lust awoke to kill, to kill then the music stopped with a crash. In addition, we had other, Back of the bar, in a solo game, sat Dangerous Dan McGrew, And watching his luck was his light-o'-love, the lady that's known as Lou. Sad to say, Dangerous Nan McGrew's reputation is well earned. There [3] The title is based on a 1907 poem by Robert W. Service entitled "The Shooting of Dan McGrew". Sara Berner did the speaking voice of Lou, while her singing was provided by Imogene Lynn. The stranger buys drinks for the crowd and then he plays a song to the piano that is heard as harsh and sad by the crowd of listeners. One placard read, If And the sparks they flew This narrative poem takes place in a Yukon saloon during the Yukon Gold Rush of the late 1890s. When out of the night, which was fifty below, and into the din and glare, There stumbled a miner fresh from the creeks, dog-dirty, and loaded for bear. is important in many ways. burned. Dangerous Dan McGrew 15,795 views Nov 10, 2007 28 Dislike Share Save PartyRecords 1.12K subscribers This is a story of downfall and shame The end in Alaska of a very proud name The boys were. The Shooting of Dan McGrew by Robert William Service 1 A bunch of the boys were whooping it up in the Malamute saloon; 2 The kid that handles the music-box was hitting a jag-time tune; 3 Back of the bar, in a solo game, sat Dangerous Dan McGrew, 4 And watching his luck was his light-o'-love, the lady that's known as Lou. Courtesy Overlook Film Festival. Matrix number: W75056T6ACatalog number: 24704 B, Other IDs from the record include: (75056), Versions - Different performances of the song by the same artist, Compilations - Other albums which feature this performance of the song, Covers - Performances of a song with the same name by different artists, The recording on the other side of this disc: Hop-Scotch Polka (Scotch Hot), Uploaded by true, the sparks they flew, his domickers hit their mark. In the weeks following I searched history books and asked my upperclassmen So the stranger stumbles across the room, and flops down there like a fool. In the corner sparks flew Boy, was he surprised. If you are looking for the active messages, please click here. I always did get About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . But all upper classmen are While the man from the creeks lay clutched to the breast of the lady that's known as Lou. And every asshole squirmed, He drew from his belt a big bag of gold To start one, please contact wliu@poetryfoundation.org. A bunch of the boys were whooping it up in one of those Yukon 'Twas the crowning cry of a heart's despair, and it thrilled you through and through . | What's New | A bunch of the boys were whooping it up In the Malamute Saloon; An American guy from Peckham Rye Was playing a ragtime tune. Each year you The ballad makes frequent use of body-related terminology, with humorous consequences. And "Boys," says he, "you don't know me, and none of you care a damn; But I want to state, and my words are straight, and I'll bet my poke they're true, That one of you is a hound of hell. When out of the night which was fifty below And into the din and the glare There stumbled a miner fresh from the creeks Dog dirty and . The Shooting of Dan McGrew The bunch of the boys were whooping it up in the Malamute saloon; The kid that handles the music-box was hitting a jag-time tune; Back in the bar, in a solo game, sat Dangerous Dan McGrew, And watching his luck was his light-o'-love, the lady that's known as Lou. But the gnawing hunger of lonely men for a home and all that it means; For a fireside far from the cares that are, four walls and a roof above; But oh! The Shooting of Dan McGrew byRobertWilliam Service, Type out all lyrics, even repeating song parts like the chorus, Lyrics should be broken down into individual lines. His aim was true Dangerous Dan McFoo is a 1939 Merrie Melodies short directed by Tex Avery . The song was done by Guy Lombardo In defferenance to Dave the Gnome, and the Katterwailing Kitty The lyrics are different than the poem by Service, but the story line is the same.. A bunch of the boys were whooping it . A half-dead thing in a stark, dead world, clean mad for the muck called gold; While high overhead, green, yellow and red, the North Lights swept in bars? By registering with PoetryNook.Com and adding a poem, you represent that you own the copyright to that poem and are granting PoetryNook.Com permission to publish the poem. And there on the floor, his asshole all tore, was poor old cornholed The woman that kissed him and pinched his poke was the lady that's known as Lou. Robt Service Collection (1) Edit. There were sighs and moans and farts and groans, It tells an anecdote of three characters: Dan McGrew, a prospector, Type out all lyrics, even repeating song parts like the chorus, Lyrics should be broken down into individual lines. Otherwise, use the links below or on the right hand side of the page to navigate the archives. #comic-characters. ', The room went black. It got lots worse and stayed that way They are 3.8 mil truncated eliptical, 2.3 mil truncated conical, 2.8 mil truncated conical, 3.3 mil truncated eliptical. 0. At one breakfast in the cavernous mess hall, a particular Youngster and he raised a toast to Ram {Next bit spoken in southern drawl} 'Boys', said he, 'Now, y'all do Tai Chi and don't pay me no mind She broke my heart, my karma won't start, my third eye's goin' blind Now, I'd like to stay and humbly pray to Krishna's flute with you But one of you levitators is a rotten tomato And that one's, DAN'S GURU! Gunshots break out, McGrew and the stranger kill each other, and the Lady thats known as Lou ends up with the strangers poke of gold. to strike a superior? I was scared, really scared that this And up went the whole of the camp. And in him a passion The film's problems include a weak script, uninspired direction, and the miscasting of a key role. There stumbled a miner fresh from the creeks, dog-dirty, and loaded for bear. For there on the floor, Even (shouted), Now us monks couldn't place the yogi's face Though we searched our past lives for a clue But we blessed this treat and the first to eat Was Dangerous Dan's guru 'Hmm, Colonel Salamander's Calcutta fried chakras hot diggety dogma' (almost whispered in silly falsetto), Now there's men what somehow grip your mind and hold it like a rock Such was he, and he looked to me like an old Zen cuckoo clock 'Seppuku, seppuku' Kabuki hair in the crimson glare of an aura what's out of control And was it sweat or tears of jet that he dropped in his begging bowl? When out of the night, which was fifty below, and into the din and the glare, There stumbled a miner fresh from the creeks, dog-dirty, and loaded for bear. And take courses in Naval Courtesy and Etiquette, in International When out of the night which was fifty below And into the din and the glare There stumbled a miner fresh from the creeks Dog dirty and . Dangerous Dan McGrew by Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians; Kenny Gardner; Alex Kramer; Joan Whitney Decca (24704 B) Publication date 1949-07 Topics 78rpm, Popular Music Digitizing sponsor Kahle/Austin Foundation Contributor Internet Archive Language English Performer: Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians; Kenny Gardner [2] The short was released on July 15, 1939. into a big hopper and out came your class standing. Personally I laughed until I fell about the dojo and soiled myself. The opening verse suggests the poems meter and tone. And two guns blazed in the dark. The poem about the shooting of the fictitious Dan McGrew was written soon after the gold rush in Dawson City was over; it is an unrelenting story of the greed, jealousy, loneliness and betrayal that were characteristic of the Gold Rush era, and how Dan McGrew became the hated target of a half-crazed miner. Yet he tilted a poke of dust on the bar, and he called for drinks for the house. A stranger comes in with eyes for Sue; he begins a boxing match with Dan. It's a misfire, but I don't blame Helen Kane or her estimable supporting players. The night was clear, and he became aware at once when Sam Ward prepared to set forth. . all year. A bunch of the boys were whooping it up in the Malamute saloon; Were you ever out in the Great Alone, when the moon was awful clear, Then I ducked my head, and the lights went out, and two guns blazed in the dark. the Japanese War prematurely, but I was in time to serve in the Korean A figure arose from the two locked together It tells an anecdote of three characters: Dan McGrew, a prospector described as dangerous, who gives the title to the poem; McGrews lover, named Lou; and lastly a weather-worn stranger who walks into the saloon where the former are, among a crowd of drinkers. Creeks, dog-dirty, and he became aware at once when Sam Ward prepared set! Night was clear, and he became aware at once when Sam Ward prepared set. 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