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On 31 Dec 2004 at 9:50, Diana wrote:
> Dear Phaed......
>
> First of all, I wish to send you New Year's Greetings.
>
> Second of all, I hope you can help me find the lyrics to the song
> "Apache." The original recording was an instrumental in the early or
> mid-sixties. I believe the instrumental was originally recorded by
> the Ventures. It was a very big hit. Shortly thereafter a new
> release of "Apache" with lyrics was also on the radio. One of the
> last lines of the song was, "....and he was gone with the sun." I do
> not know the name of the artist, only that the song was sung by a male
> vocalist.
>
> I have done many searches, but seem only to find those that are
> 'hip-hop' or without reference to the original 1960s instrumental. If
> you can find the lyrics to this song, "Apache," I will not only be
> happy and surprised, but I will also win a bet. Please, Phaed, can
> you help?
>
> I send only kindest regards as I await your reply,
> Diana
>
Hi Diana,
Well, I was not able to find the lyrics on the Internet, but I can
tell you how to get them. First, though, a little history:
"Apache" was written by a British jazz guitarist named Jerry Lordan.
Lordan had given the song to Bert Weedon to record, but he didn't
like Weedon's version, which had not yet been released. Meeting a
British instrumental group named "The Shadows" (Cliff Richard was
a member) and liking their sound, he played the song for them on a
ukulele while on a bus ride. The Shadows liked it and recorded it
and their version was a hit while Weedon's did not thrive. Lordan
actually wrote a number of hits for the Shadows. He had a great knack
for a melody, but was a lousy lyricist.
In the early sixties, before the Beatles changed everything, it was
very difficult for records by British performers to get air time in the U.S.
So, when a great song became a hit in Britain, it was often re-recorded
by an American performer and released in the U.S. by them rather than
by the original British performers. This was true of "Apache". It was
covered by the Ventures and the Surfaris in the U.S., as well as by
others, such as Jorgen Ingmann.
Then along came Sonny James, the American semi-country singer who had a big
hit with "Young Love". Liking the song and hoping to capitalize on
its popularity, he penned his own lyrics to it and released a vocal
version, with a different sort of appeal.
I could not find the Sonny James lyrics on the web, but I did find
Sonny James albums for sale with the song on them. So, you can get
the lyrics by buying one of the albums. You can buy the recordings here:
Amazon
Sonny James
Just keep in mind, though, that the original song was an instrumental.
Whatever Sonny James put into the lyrics is his own creation and not
that of the original composer, Jerry Lordan.
Phaed
On 31 Dec 2004 at 20:06, Mildred wrote:
> Do you have a recipe for a Blackberry Wine Cake. I ate some for
> Christmas and it was delicious. TIA
>
>
Hello Mildred,
See below.
Phaed
Blackberry Wine Cake
Ingredients :
1 white cake mix
1 sm. box blackberry Jello
3 eggs
1/2 c. oil
1/2 c. blackberry wine
1 c. nuts
--Topping:--
1/2 c. butter
1/2 c. powdered sugar
1/2 c. blackberry wine
Preparation :
Mix cake ingredients and put into greased tube pan. Bake 45 to 60
minutes at 325 degrees (cake is done when it pulls away from sides
of pan). Mix topping ingredients together. Take cake out of oven,
wait 10 minutes and pour 1/2 of mixture over cake while hot. Let
set for 30 minutes. Remove cake from pan and pour rest of topping
mixture over it.
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Blackberry Wine Cake
Ingredients :
3 oz. pecan chips
1 pkg. Duncan Hines white cake mix (plain)
3 oz. blackberry Jello
4 eggs
1/2 c. salad oil
1 c. Manischewitz blackberry wine
Glaze:
1 c. powdered sugar
1/2 c. wine
1/2 c. butter
Preparation :
Mix all ingredients on medium speed. Spray pan (loaf pan) with
Pam. Sprinkle pecans on bottom of pan and pour in cake batter.
Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour. Bring to boil. Pour half on baked
cake while still in pan. Let sit 30 minutes. Remove cake from pan.
Reheat glaze and pour on top and sides of cake.
On 28 Dec 2004 at 21:37, Robin wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to find a recipe for Bourbon Hot Dogs (served at a college
> party 20 years ago). They were highly addictive. Any help would be
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
Hello Robin,
See below.
Phaed
Bourbon Hot Dogs
Ingredients :
1 c. bourbon
1 c. catsup
1 c. brown sugar
2 lbs. regular hot dogs, cut into 2" chunks or cocktail size hot dogs
Preparation :
Mix bourbon, catsup and brown sugar in a casserole dish. Add hot
dogs. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 1/2 hours.
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Bourbon Hot Dogs
Ingredients :
2 pkg. all beef hot dogs
1 (14 oz.) bottle ketchup
1/2 c. brown sugar
3/4 c. Canadian Club bourbon
1 tbsp. grated onion
Sm. pinch of oregano
Preparation :
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cut hot dogs into 1-inch pieces.
Mix together all the ingredients and bake 1 hour; the first 1/2 hour
covered and the second 1/2 hour uncovered. Serve in chafing dish.
Serves 25-30 people.
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Bourbon Hot Dogs
Ingredients :
1 lb. cocktail hot dogs, or reg. hot dogs, cut in 1/3
1/2 c. brown sugar
2 tbsp. chili sauce
1/2 tsp. dry mustard
1/2 c. bourbon
Preparation :
In a skillet combine brown sugar, chili sauce, dry mustard and
bourbon. Add hot dogs and simmer until glazed (about 1 hour).
"Delicious!"
On 1 Jan 2005 at 19:30, Lois wrote:
> Hi-Found your web sight with great interest! LOVE it.
> Hunting for the recipe for the New Years Pretzel(like a breakfast
> roll,shaped like a pretzel, with powdered sugar frosting)possibly
> danish pastry, made at the holidays. It's origin is from the Pa.Dutch.
> We now live in the south and they don't have,let alone know about. We
> originated from Pgh,Pa. Thanks-Lois
>
Hi Lois,
See below.
Phaed
New Year's Pretzel (Germany)
Ingredients :
2/3 c. dry milk
1/2 c. sugar
2 tsp. salt
2 c. lukewarm water
2 cakes yeast
2 eggs
1/2 c. shortening
7-7 1/2 c. flour
Preparation :
Mix together. Add to the above. Stir until dissolved. Add and
stir in. Add cup by cup, beating in with mixer on high speed, until
about 1/2 of flour used. Mix in remaining flour, Knead until
smooth. Let raise until double. Punch down then raise again. Take
half of dough; roll to form a long strip. Shape this into pretzel,
twisting once at the center. Repeat with rest of dough. Bake for
20 minutes at 350 degrees. Remove from oven. Brush with margarine.
Frost while still warm with a thin powdered sugar and water
frosting. Sprinkle with chopped nuts or decorate with candied
cherries, etc., if desired.
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New Year's Pretzel
Ingredients :
2/3 c. dry milk powder
1/2 c. sugar
2 tsp. salt
2 c. lukewarm water
2 cakes yeast, softened
2 eggs
1/2 c. shortening
7 - 7 1/2 c. flour
Margarine, powdered sugar, nuts, cherries
Preparation :
Mix dry milk, sugar, salt, and water in large mixing bowl. Stir
in yeast until it dissolves. Add eggs and shortening. Mix well.
Add flour, cup by cup (with electric mixer on high until about half
of the flour is used). Mix in remaining flour and knead until
smooth. Let rise until double (to hasten, place on heating pad, set
on low). Take 1/2 dough and roll to form long strip and shape into
pretzel, twisting once at center. Repeat with other half. Bake at
350 degrees for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and brush with
margarine. Frost with thin powdered sugar and water glaze and
decorate with nuts and cherries.
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New Year's Pretzel
Ingredients :
2/3 c. dry milk
1/2 c. sugar
2 tsp. salt
2 c. lukewarm water
2 cakes yeast (or equivalent in dry yeast)
2 eggs
1/2 c. shortening
7 to 7 1/2 c. flour
Margarine
Powdered sugar
Nuts and cherries
Preparation :
Mix dry milk, sugar, salt, and water. Stir in mixing bowl. Stir
in yeast until it dissolves. Add eggs and shortening and stir in.
Add flour, cup by cup, beating in with mixer on high speed until
about half the flour is used. Mix in remaining flour. Knead until
smooth. Let rise until double. Punch down and let rise again.
Take half of dough and roll it to form a long strip and shape into a
pretzel, twisting once at the center. Repeat with remaining half.
Bake about 20 minutes at 350 degrees. Remove from oven and brush
with margarine. Frost while still warm with a thin powdered sugar
and water frosting. Sprinkle with chopped nuts or decorate with
candied cherries.
On 28 Dec 2004 at 15:56, Sybil wrote:
> Dear Phaedrus,
>
> Another reader asked you for a child's poetry book and the book you
> found for her wasn't the one she wanted. I'm hoping you can find this
> one. I've tried searching but there are so many children's poetry
> books out there.
>
> I don't know the title but it was a collection of poems for children
> published sometime before 1940. I lost it in a move many years back.
> It contained "The Road to Raffydiddle" as well as Ogden Nash's poem
> "The Tale of Custard the Dragon", "Time, you old gypsy, will you not
> stay. . .", "Tea in an Old House", "Noise", "The Puffin", "Shoes" and
> many, many others.
>
> "The Road to Raffydiddle" is the poem I am most looking for but I'd
> like the others as well, so I'm hoping you can find it.
>
> Sorry I can't come up with more information. I would so appreciate it
> if you could give me even just a hint as to where I should look.
>
> Sybil
>
Hi Sybil,
Well, I cannot find one poetry book that contains both "The Road to Raffydiddle"
AND "Time, You Old Gypsy". However, the same book that I suggested to the other
seeker, "The Big Golden Book of Poetry", seems to contain all of the poems you list
except for "Time, You Old Gypsy". Check this list:
The Big Golden Book of Poetry
edited by Jane Werner
illustrated by Gertrude Elliott
NY: Golden Press, 1947, 1949
Contents: The Animal Store, Baby Goes to Boston, The Bear Hunt, The Best
Game the Fairies Play, Billy Goats Chew, Boredom, A Bug, The Camel's
Complaint, The Chickens, Choosing Shoes, Color, The Cow, The Cupboard,
Daises, Differences, The Duel, The Elf and the Dormouse, Extremes, Firefly,
The First Day of Christmas, For Christmas, The Frog, From a Railway
Carriage, General Store, A Goblinade, Grasshopper Green, Growing Up,
Gypsies, The Ice Man, If I Were a One-Legged Pirate, I'm Glad, Jill Came
From the Fair, Jonathan Bing Dances For Spring, The Land of Counterpane, The
Little Bird, The Little Elf, The Little Land, Little Orphant Annie, Little
Brown Redbreast, The Little Shepardess to Her Lambs, The Little Turtle,
Little Wind, Mice, Miss T., Mr. Nobody, Mr. Rabbit, Moon Song, Mouse, My
Shadow, The Naughty Boy, Otherwise, Over the Hills and Far Away, The Owl and
the Pussy-Cat, The People, The Picnic, Radiator Lions, The Raggedy Man, The
Road to Raffydiddle, Sally and Manda, The Sea Shell, The Secret,
Self-Control, Serious Omission, Some One, Spring Signs, The Sugar-Plum Tree,
The Swing, The Tale of Custard the Dragon, Taxis, Tea Party,
There Was Once a Puffin, Three Jovial Huntsmen, Travel, Twinkle Twinkle
Little Star, Very Nearly, The Walrus and the Carpenter, Water Noises,
What the Toys are Thinking, What the Winds Bring, Where Go the Boats, Who Has
Seen the Wind?,Who Likes the Rain?, The Woodpecker, Wynken Blynken and Nod
There is a copy of this book for sale on E-Bay. See:
Big Golden Book of Poetry
You can buy Mildred Plew Merryman's book, "The Road to Raffydiddle". Abingdon,
1966 / World's Work, 1967. Illus. by Frank Aloise, at:
Alibris
Phaed
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