From: thughes@lonestar.utsa.edu (Toby . Hughes)
Newsgroups: rec.music.country.western
Subject: "Oldie" Lyrics Quiz
Date: 11 Sep 92 19:19:00 GMT
Organization: University of Texas at San Antonio


I checked with the quizmaster, lest we be inundated with Lyrics Quizzes, and
he said fire away.  Here's a slightly different one, based entirely upon
"oldies."  There are 22 songs, including the tiebreakers, divided into groups
of five in order of increasing difficulty.  The newest song on the list goes
back about 5 years, the oldest 40.  Like the other quizzes, they are listed
within each group alphabetically by performing artist.  If two people recorded
the song, the correct answer is the one that fits alphabetically.  Some other
caveats:

DO NOT POST ANSWERS TO THIS LIST!!!!!  DO NOT POST ANSWERS TO THIS LIST!!!!

(Be VERY careful with the "reply" funtion)

Send answers by e-mail to :  thughes@lonestar.utsa.edu


There are two songs on here that had later, more successful recordings by
other artists, but in each case the lyrics were changed slightly.  The
lyrics posted here are as sung by the original recorder.

The category labled "Expert" is difficult.  I might not expect too many except
CMA historians to get all five, so don't feel bad.

I will take answers through next Thursday (Sept 17) and post the results the
next day.

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EASY  (1 point each)

1. "Well I really don't mind the rain, and a smile can hide all the pain."

2. "I knew you'd love me as long as you wanted,
    And someday you'd leave me for somebody new."

3. "Just because we are married don't mean we can't slip around."

4. "I got my first guitar when I was fourteen;
    Now I'm crowdin' thirty and still wearing jeans."

5. "Surely someday I'll wake up and see the morning sun
    Without another lonely night behind me."


MEDIUM (2 points each)

1. "So I will climb the highest hill and watch the rising sun."

2. "I got myself a factory job; I ran an old machine."

3. "Daddy hates Mommy; Mommy hates Dad.
    Last night you should have heard the fight they had."

4. "Playin' and old guitar, a friend I understand, sure smoothes the wrinkles
    in my soul."

5. "I'm sittin' in a Honky in Chicago with a broken heart and a woman
    on my mind."


TOUGH (3 points each)

1. "Hellbent and bound for a wasted youth,
    Too much gin and not enough vermouth."

2. "All of the time in the back of their mind
    They know they're gonna have to lie about where they've been."

3. "...happiness is meant for those who love,
    and those who always let their kind light shine."

4. "Well you really got me this time, and the hardest part's just knowing
    I survived."

5. "Pushin' and shovin', crowdin' my mind."


EXPERT ( 4 points each)

1. "The train pulled out of Mississippi sixty-something years ago."

2. "Now you say you love me, like you're feeling God, you're sorry,
    But it hurt too much this time to even cry."

3. "My dad was quite a guitar man, pickin' with his country band.
    He trifled with a woman, Lord he broke my momma's heart"

4. "So let's spread our blanket in the park and hold each other close,
    The night is comin' on."

5. "Every smile revealed bright pearls gently gleaming,
    And Nature made her lips just to sing."


(Total Possible Score;  50 Points)

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TIEBREAKERS

1. "Love's not forever, and ours went as gentle as it came."

2. "He gets out there in the Twilight Zone sometimes when it just don't
    make no sense."

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