As for "I am my own grandpa" ... I think it is a mid-50s-early-60s
showtune, but I'm not at all sure. I can sing the first four bars for you:
Key of C; 4/4 time signature; twangy, hillbilly country feel at roughly 135
bpm; | =3D downbeat:=20
*ahem*=20
1 2 3 4
| | =09
I aaaaam my own gran paaaaaaa=20
g g g a g e
| |=20
I aaaaam my own gran paaaaaaaa=20
g g g a g d
That's all I can remember, and I can't do the bass at the same time, so the
sound quality is somewhat lacking. My apologies.
The convoluted story is about someone whose parents get divorced and then,
through a series of marriages and subsequent divorces and remarriages, the
singer ends up being his own grandfather =96by marriage ... that sort of=
thing.=20
I trust I make myself clear.=20
John Konopak stikes me as someone who would probably know the genealogy,
music, and probably the artist and composer as well.=20
K?
Phil
At 20:00 25-10-99 -0700, you wrote:
>Phil,
>
>what song is that "old song "I am my own grandpa" ..."
>
>Jeez, I feel like I'm fixing to Quine.
>
>Paul
>"-----Original Message-----
>From: Phil Graham <pw.graham who-is-at student.qut.edu.au>
>To: xmca who-is-at weber.ucsd.edu <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
>Date: Monday, October 25, 1999 7:55 PM
>Subject: Re: "Found: the human brain's moral engine"
>
>
>>At 18:52 25-10-99 -0400, George wrote:
>>>This has the look and sound of a wonderful urban legend. Occasionally,=
of
>>>course, urban legends turn out to be true.
>>
>>What has the look of an urban legend? Bob's Bunnies, the "moral engine"
>>article, or the neo-eugenics of biotechnology? I can assure you that the
>>first and last of these are unfortunately quite real. I'm unsure about the
>>"moral engine", but it was on the front page of one of our most reputable
>>dailies (not that that's any ultimate recommendation).
>>
>>I wonder, with all this buying and selling of ova and sperm and whatnot,
>>whether in the future we'll know who's related to whom. Reminds me of that
>>old song "I am my own grandpa" ...
>>
>>Phil
>>
>>
>>Phil Graham
>>p.graham who-is-at qut.edu.au
>>http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/8314/index.html
>>
>
>
Phil Graham
p.graham who-is-at qut.edu.au
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/8314/index.html