Jump to content

Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2009 April 28

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Entertainment desk
< April 27 << Mar | April | May >> April 29 >
Welcome to the Wikipedia Entertainment Reference Desk Archives
The page you are currently viewing is an archive page. While you can leave answers for any questions shown below, please ask new questions on one of the current reference desk pages.


April 28

[edit]

Folk song lyrics

[edit]

There is an English folk song (modern, not traditional) with the last two lines being:

"And you'll regret The day you took me to see the vet"

It's about a fairy who grants a lonely woman three wishes, and the last one is that her tomcat becomes human. I'm pretty sure it was written in the early 70s, and the singer could be either Fred Wedlock or Ivor Cutler (unlikely) or someone like that.

Any ideas anyone? --TammyMoet (talk) 15:22, 28 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ed Haynes? There is a song about a cat. Bus stop (talk) 15:30, 28 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Nope, don't think so - this bloke was very English, nasal delivery... and I've never heard of Ed Haynes, while this musician was someone whose LP I had (my ex has it now) --TammyMoet (talk) 15:37, 28 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
OK. I didn't think it would be. But it is an interesting song concerning a cat. Bus stop (talk) 15:53, 28 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
"The Old Woman and Her Cat (Dundee Cat)" by Matt McGinn: "The night is young but you'll regret / The day you took me to the vet..."[1] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.162.231.226 (talk) 00:04, 29 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Looks about right! Thank you.--TammyMoet (talk) 10:47, 29 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ting Tings / Britney Spears / Eminem - Lyrics wanted

[edit]

I would like to know the lyrics to "That's not my name" by the Ting Tings,"If you seek Amy" by Brittany Spears,"Rock Star" by Eminem. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rickran69 (talkcontribs) 18:21, 28 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Just use those phrases plus the word 'lyrics' plus the artist name as a google search you'll get loads of results. Exxolon (talk) 21:52, 28 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Or visit www.songmeanings.net that site has most popular-music lyrics and as an added bonus has discussion-threads about the song's meaning ny156uk (talk) 22:40, 28 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]