Guylum Bardot

"Guylum Bardot" is a song by The Residents, from their debut album Meet The Residents, released April 1st 1974. It is a short track which is part of a continuous medley of songs on the first side of the album. 
It also appears on the Meet The Residents Sampler.
== History ==
The song's title is a play on the names of Guy Lombardo, a then-popular bandleader and musician, and Brigitte Bardot, a French model and actress. 
The earliest recording of "Guylum Bardot" was released in 2018 on the Meet The Residents pREServed edition. This version features a short improvised introduction, before leading into an instrumental version of the track initially played on keyboard, before changing to saxophone. 
In 1978, The Residents attempted to record a new version of this track, with an arrangement similar to "Constantinople" (from that year's Duck Stab! EP), likely to accompany their re-recording of "Santa Dog". This version remained unreleased for many years, until it was included on the expanded two CD pREServed edition of Duck Stab!/Buster & Glen in 2018. 
Charles Bobuck re-recorded the song in 2014 as part of an abandoned 40th anniversary re-recording of Meet The Residents. This version is re-titled 'Petunia' for its release on the 2017 EP Clank Clank Clank.
== Lyrics ==
 The love that we've been through
 Was splintered and sent to
 The end of
 The rainbow today
 Now that it's over
 The grass and the clover
 Grow over
 The ground where I lay
 Come back Petonia (Come back Petonia)
 Come back I say (Come back Petonia)
 I'm hopin' soon y'all (Come back, I pray)
 Be with me to stay (I'm hopin' soon y'all)
 Be with me to stay (Be with me to stay)Ima Buddy, Ima Buddy's Totally Impartial Companion to Uncle Willie's Highly Opinionated BIG MAMAS, 1992
== List of releases ==
*Meet The Residents Sampler (1974) Sycamore Street studio recording, February - October 1973 (sampler edit, 0:21)
*Meet The Residents (1974) Sycamore Street studio recording, February - October 1973 (original mono version, 1:30)
*Meet The Residents stereo remix (1977) Sycamore Street studio recording, February - October 1973 (1977 stereo remix, 1:19)
*Clank Clank Clank by Charles Bobuck (2017) Charles Bobuck studio recording, 2014 (1:23)
*Meet The Residents pREServed (2018) Sycamore Street Tuesday studio recording, 1973 (2:25) 
*Duck Stab / Buster & Glen pREServed (2018) Grove Street studio recording, 1978 (1:07)
=== List of versions ===
== External links and references ==
Category:Songs
Category:Meet The Residents