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Are the lyrics copyright-free? Jorge Stolfi 12:20, 19 Mar 2004 (UTC)
I came to this page as I was reasonably sure that it's not a completely original Monty Python song, but a derivative, maybe plagarised from a traditional song or similar. Am I misguided? Could someone clarify? Perhaps check liner notes for writing credits?
It's supposed to be: "I wish I'd been a girlie just like my dear mama" However, someone seems to like enjoying changing it. Anyone who has actually listened to the song will be able to see that he's saying "maaaa-ma". However, there may be other versions which I am not aware of, in which case i'd concede.
The original TV performance was Mama, and subsequently I've seen Papa.
I couldn't find any proof For this on Google and it sounded rediculous so I removed it. Let me know if I'm wrong.
Samuel
14:59, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
I think they have it the wrong way round. Connie Booth was the girlfriend in the film, not the TV version. PatGallacher 00:27, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
SORRY, but in the original TV-version (Shown recently on Belgian TV and which I recorded on DVD - Yes, illegal, I know) Connie Booth definitely is the girlfriend
81.245.186.215
22:09, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Monty Python at one point do this with a lumberjack designed intentionally to resemble Hitler, and then a German woman says, in German "he seemed so rugged" with English subtitles? I have distinct memories of this, but haven't found a reliable source...anyone recall this? MorteTheSkull 06:25, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
Ah, well, I've found the German version ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR7RHgdVTCg )it doesn't seem to really reference Hitler, though. Would it be relevant to mention it in the article?
Who wrote the lyrics to the German broadcast version? This should be mentioned in the article as well, plus any variations in their translation. 147.70.242.40 15:51, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 22:19, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
Some, if not all, of the audio recorded versions released on albums, etc. were produced by George Harrison. (George was a huge fan of the Pythons.) The version I own on a double UK EP (Charisma Records MP 001 - entitled "Python On Song" credits "George 'Onothimagen' Harrison" as Producer of the Lumberjack Song.
The song does not name the trees by their scientific names. Larch, Scotts Pine etc are their common names so why is this in the artical? Wild ste ( talk) 20:39, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
"The sketch took its inspiration from a discussion Palin had with an assistant cameraman, in which the subject was the cameraman's former jobs. One of the jobs was revealed to be that of a lumberjack."
I was sure that I saw in an interveiw/doccumentary on BBC2 that Terry Jones and Michael Palin were writing a sketch about a newsreader and where having a lot of trouble coming up with ideas until one of them suddenly said the intro, namely "I didn't want to do this, I wanted to be a lumberjack" and then they managed to write the whole song in 30 mins. Wild ste ( talk) 20:47, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
The first time they did this song on Monty Python's Flying Circus, Eric Idle sang the song. On "And Now for Something Completely Different" and other taped performances, Michael Palin sang it. The article says it was the other way around. Were there earlier stage performances? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.112.170.96 ( talk) 03:01, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
The link for Fred Tomlinson points to a footballer born in 1886. Acidtoyman ( talk) 07:25, 22 March 2011 (UTC) Why is there no available information about Fred Tomlinson or his singers, who performed on so many British TV shows? 75.147.131.85 ( talk) 02:35, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
Not sure if it is worth mentioning but in NZ The Lumberjack Song was re-purposed in an advertisement for well known mint http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3PqQqwQSe0 Abeorch ( talk) 10:06, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
Why is the log rolling event in World Games not mentioned? It's the most appropriate reference in any computer game I know. -- 217.226.89.108 ( talk) 18:09, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
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Are the lyrics copyright-free? Jorge Stolfi 12:20, 19 Mar 2004 (UTC)
I came to this page as I was reasonably sure that it's not a completely original Monty Python song, but a derivative, maybe plagarised from a traditional song or similar. Am I misguided? Could someone clarify? Perhaps check liner notes for writing credits?
It's supposed to be: "I wish I'd been a girlie just like my dear mama" However, someone seems to like enjoying changing it. Anyone who has actually listened to the song will be able to see that he's saying "maaaa-ma". However, there may be other versions which I am not aware of, in which case i'd concede.
The original TV performance was Mama, and subsequently I've seen Papa.
I couldn't find any proof For this on Google and it sounded rediculous so I removed it. Let me know if I'm wrong.
Samuel
14:59, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
I think they have it the wrong way round. Connie Booth was the girlfriend in the film, not the TV version. PatGallacher 00:27, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
SORRY, but in the original TV-version (Shown recently on Belgian TV and which I recorded on DVD - Yes, illegal, I know) Connie Booth definitely is the girlfriend
81.245.186.215
22:09, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Monty Python at one point do this with a lumberjack designed intentionally to resemble Hitler, and then a German woman says, in German "he seemed so rugged" with English subtitles? I have distinct memories of this, but haven't found a reliable source...anyone recall this? MorteTheSkull 06:25, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
Ah, well, I've found the German version ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR7RHgdVTCg )it doesn't seem to really reference Hitler, though. Would it be relevant to mention it in the article?
Who wrote the lyrics to the German broadcast version? This should be mentioned in the article as well, plus any variations in their translation. 147.70.242.40 15:51, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 22:19, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
Some, if not all, of the audio recorded versions released on albums, etc. were produced by George Harrison. (George was a huge fan of the Pythons.) The version I own on a double UK EP (Charisma Records MP 001 - entitled "Python On Song" credits "George 'Onothimagen' Harrison" as Producer of the Lumberjack Song.
The song does not name the trees by their scientific names. Larch, Scotts Pine etc are their common names so why is this in the artical? Wild ste ( talk) 20:39, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
"The sketch took its inspiration from a discussion Palin had with an assistant cameraman, in which the subject was the cameraman's former jobs. One of the jobs was revealed to be that of a lumberjack."
I was sure that I saw in an interveiw/doccumentary on BBC2 that Terry Jones and Michael Palin were writing a sketch about a newsreader and where having a lot of trouble coming up with ideas until one of them suddenly said the intro, namely "I didn't want to do this, I wanted to be a lumberjack" and then they managed to write the whole song in 30 mins. Wild ste ( talk) 20:47, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
The first time they did this song on Monty Python's Flying Circus, Eric Idle sang the song. On "And Now for Something Completely Different" and other taped performances, Michael Palin sang it. The article says it was the other way around. Were there earlier stage performances? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.112.170.96 ( talk) 03:01, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
The link for Fred Tomlinson points to a footballer born in 1886. Acidtoyman ( talk) 07:25, 22 March 2011 (UTC) Why is there no available information about Fred Tomlinson or his singers, who performed on so many British TV shows? 75.147.131.85 ( talk) 02:35, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
Not sure if it is worth mentioning but in NZ The Lumberjack Song was re-purposed in an advertisement for well known mint http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3PqQqwQSe0 Abeorch ( talk) 10:06, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
Why is the log rolling event in World Games not mentioned? It's the most appropriate reference in any computer game I know. -- 217.226.89.108 ( talk) 18:09, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
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