Title: Gone Finshing Artist: Louis Armstrong featuring Bing Crosby Ill tell you why I cant find you Every time I go out to your place... You gone fishin (well how you know) Well theres a sign upon your door (uh-huh) Gone fishin (Im real gone man) You aint workin anymore (could be) Theres your hoe out in the sun Where you left a row half done You claim that hoein aint no fun (well I can prove it) You aint got no ambition Gone fishin by a shady wady pool (shangrila, really la) Im wishin I could be that kind of fool (should I twist your arm? ) Id say no more work for mine (welcome to the club) On my door Id hang a sign Gone fishin instead of just a-wishin Papa bing (yeah louis) I stopped by your place a time or two lately And you arent home either Well, Im a busy man louis. I got a lotta deals cookin I was probably tied up at the studio You werent tied up you dog You was just plain old... Gone fishin (bah-boo-bah-boo-bah-boo-bah-boo-bah) Theres a sign upon your door (pops, dont blab it around, will you? ) Gone fishin (keep it shady, I got me a big one staked out) Mmm, you aint workin anymore (I dont have to work, I got me a piece of gary) Cows need milkin in the barn (I have the twins on that detail, they each take a side) But you just dont give a darn (give em four bits a cow and hand lotion) You just never seem to learn (man, you taught me) You aint got no ambition (youre convincin me) Gone fishin (bah-boo-dah-do-dah-do-dah-do) Got your hound dog by your side (thats old cindy-lou goin with me) Gone fishin (mmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm) Fleas are bitin at his hide (get away from me boy, you bother me) Mmm, folks wont find us now because Mister satch and mister cros We gone fishin instead of just a-wishin Bah-boo-baby-bah-boo-bah-bay-mmm-bo-bay Oh yeah! |
Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American popular singer and actor whose career stretched over more than half a century from 1926 until his death. One of the first multimedia stars, from 1934 to 1954 Bing Crosby held a nearly unrivaled command of record sales, radio ratings and motion picture grosses.[3] Widely recognized as one of the most popular musical acts in history, Crosby is also credited as being the major inspiration for most of the male singers of the era that followed him, including Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, and Dean Martin. Yank magazine recognized Crosby as the person who had done the most for American G.I. morale during World War II and, during his peak years, around 1948, polls declared him the "most admired man alive," ahead of Jackie Robinson and Pope Pius XII.[4][5] Also during 1948, the Music Digest estimated that Crosby recordings filled more than half of the 80,000 weekly hours allocated to recorded radio music.[5] Crosby exerted an important influence on the development of the postwar recording industry. In 1947, he invested $50,000 in the Ampex company, which developed North America's first commercial reel-to-reel tape recorder, and Crosby became the first performer to pre-record his radio shows and master his commercial recordings on magnetic tape. He gave one of the first Ampex Model 200 recorders to his friend, musician Les Paul, which led directly to Paul's invention of multitrack recording. Along with Frank Sinatra, he was one of the principal backers behind the famous United Western Recorders studio complex in Los Angeles.[6] Through the aegis of recording, Crosby developed the techniques of constructing his broadcast radio programs with the same directorial tools and craftsmanship (editing, retaking, rehearsal, time shifting) that occurred in a theatrical motion picture production. This feat directly led the way to the use of the same techniques in the creation of all radio broadcast programming as well as later television programming. The quality of the recorded programs also led to their assuming a commercial value for sale in and of themselves; which in turn leads directly to the creation of the syndicated market for all short feature media such as TV series episodes. In 1962, Crosby was the first person to receive the Global Achievement Award.[7] He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Father Chuck O'Malley in the 1944 motion picture Going My Way. Crosby is one of the few people to have three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. |