Powdermilk Biscuits (live, 2004-05-15: Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul, MN)
~ Recording by Garrison Keillor
Annotation
This is a wild and crazy medley even by Prairie Home Companion standards. Ode to Joy and Where the Soul of Man Never Dies are instrumental, everything else has various parody camp-song lyrics (all of which are known outside of the show).
Description from show page with annotations (in italics):
POWDERMILK BISCUIT FOLKSONG MEDLEY
--Garrison Keillor, Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, Inga Swearingen, Jearlyn Steele
--Quotes from the following:
THE STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER Be Kind to Your Web-Footed Friends
m: John Philip Sousa/ traditional
TURKEY IN THE STRAW I Had a Little Chicken
m: traditional
BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP FOR DEATH lyrics for the following
w: Emily Dickinson
THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS with Dickinson poem as lyrics
w/m: traditional
I AIN'T GONNA GRIEVE MY LORD NO MORE You Can't Get to Heaven on Roller Skates
w/m: traditional
ODE TO JOY instrumental transition
m: Ludwig van Beethoven
AMERICA (MY COUNTRY 'TIS OF THEE) King George He Had a Date
m: traditional
OLD GREY MARE Great Green Gobs...
w/m: traditional
WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE Johnny Had a Head Like a Ping Pong Ball but it's not Johnny; I couldn't quite tell what they were saying
m: Gioachino Rossini
WHERE THE SOUL OF MAN NEVER DIES instrumental transition
w/m: traditional
NEARER MY GOD TO THEE Nero, My Dog, Has Fleas
m: traditional
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Relationships
| recording of: | 6. Ode an die Freude (Ode to Joy) (on 2004-05-15: live, partial, medley) 9. Johnny Had a Head Like a Ping Pong Ball (on 2004-05-15: live, medley) 10. Where the Soul Never Dies (on 2004-05-15: live, partial, instrumental, medley) |
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Related works
Johnny Had a Head Like a Ping Pong Ball
| composer: | Gioachino Rossini (composer) |
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| parody version of: | William Tell Overture: Finale, March of the Swiss Soldiers (allegro vivace) (Lone Ranger theme) |
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Ode an die Freude (Ode to Joy)
| anthem of: | Europe (from 1972-01-19 to present) |
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| composer: | Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1824) |
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| referred to in medleys: | Beethoven Chased by Rossini It's the Phone (order: 4) The Legend of the Fall (order: 7) IllumiNations (Nighttime Spectacular, Epcot) (order: 17) |
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| later versions: | Tuppars tungor |
| is based on: | Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 “Choral”: IV. Finale. Presto – Allegro assai (Ode an die Freude / Ode to Joy) |
| is the basis for: | A Song of Joy (Himno a la alegría) Freu’ dich Himno a la alegría Joy! Ode to Joy |
| arrangements: | Eine berühmte Melodie von L. van Beethoven, op. 68 Anh. Nr. 27 (WoO 30.16) Ode an die Freude Ode to Joy ヨロコビのウタ |
Where the Soul Never Dies
| lyricist and composer: | William M. Golden (in 1914) |
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