SONGS FOR HAMS [Archive]

02-25-2004, 10:38 PM

Here are some rewrites of popular songs which have been 'tailored' to ham radio. The last one is devoted to the traffic handlers in the group. The rest are CW oriented!

Feel free to submit your songs..

73
Chuck K3FT
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'Keying!'
- to the tune of 'Feelings!'
LYRICS copyright 2003 by K3FT
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Keying…
Working on my keying…..
Striving to improve my..…
Code-sending 'fist'!

Listening…
Many hours listening…
Listening to the rhythm..
Of perfect code!

(chorus)
Keying!
Oh, that perfect keying!
Emulating Y-V-Q!
And Q-A-A!!

Practice!...
Hours spent on straight key!..
Listening to 'A-W'….
Code practice, you see!

Spacing!
Three to one good spacing!
Proper grip on straight key!
Use Navy knob!!

- chorus -
Keying!
Oh, that perfect keying!
Emulating Y-V-Q!
And Q-A-A!!

Rhythm…
Developing good rhythm…
Heeding admonitions…
From Elmers of mine!

Finally...
Queue-so's I am making…
Practicing good sending..
Clean sounding 'fist'!

- chorus -
Keying!
Oh, that perfect keying!
Emulating Y-V-Q!
And Q-A-A!!

THE END!
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'MAGIC STRAIGHT KEY RIDE!'
- to the tune of 'Magic Carpet Ride!'
LYRICS copyright 2003 K3FT
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I like to dream…
Right besides my morse machine.
Where my fingers tap a merry beat..
See double-you can't be beat!

- chorus -
Close your eyes, now!
Give it a try, now,
Let the code take you awayyyyyyyy!

I held that straight key in my hand!
Sent some signals on the band!
With a firm light touch I pound that brass!
With a certain touch of class!

- chorus -
Close your eyes, now!
Listen up, now,
Let the code take you awayyyyyyyy!
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"OPERATOR MAN!"
- to the tune 'The Pusher Man'
LYRICS copyright 2003 K3FT
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Man, I sent a lot a'code!
(OH LORD!)
Usin' mah straight key!!

But I never, ever copied..
Code a'usin' my P-C!

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"C-W!"
- to the tune of "Purple Haze
LYRICS copyright 2003 K3FT
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SEE DOUBLE-U!
All in my brain!
Learned the code!....
Thing's ain't the same!...
Contests I'm runnin'...
All them Q's!

Scuze me, while I stop and tune!
(di-di-di-dah… di-di-di-dah!!!!!)

C-W!
All around!
No matter whether you tune up or down!
Anytime.. Day or night!
You'll hear code, you got that right!!

(dah de dahh! Da de dah!!)

C-W!!! Here to stay!
No matter what those 'no-codes' say!
They sneer and make snide comments too!
But while they bitch.. I'm workin' you!

(dah di dahh!! Dah di dahhh!)

Help them!!! Help them!!
OH YESS! HELP THEM!!

C-W….

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'And the beat goes on!'
- sung to the tune of the same name by Sonny and Cher
LYRICS copyright 2003 K3FT
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And the beat goes on…
And the beat goes on..

Keys keep sending a'rhythm on the air!
Dah de dah de dah!!!! Dah de dah de dah!

Even kids of 3 can learn to key!
Ages range from 3 to nintey three!
And people operate there more and more!

Straight keyes bugs and keyers by the score!

And the beat goes on..
And the beat goes on!

Etc..
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MY FAVORITE SCENE...
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Music by Rogers and Hammerstein
From 'The Sound Of Music'
Lyrics copyright 2003 K3FT

Look at the clock - see the time away ticking,
Warm up my 'bug' while my traffic I'm checking,
Ready for any and all Q-T-C!
'Cuz I'm a member of the T-C-C!

E-A-N!... THREE-R-N.. C-A-N schedules!
P-A-N Q-N-I! (No, it's no trouble!!)
Q-S-P Q-T-C, Oh yes, indeed!!
All part of being into T-C-C!

- Chorus -

When the net's called,
When I am polled,
When I Q-N-I!.
I answer succinctly that' I'm Q-R-V!
And ready to Q-S-P!

Into the evening and through the night hours,
I meet those skeds that I've set with brass-pounders,
Local and region nets - Oh yes indeed!,
Part of the program we call T-C-C!

My wife lets me do what I do cuz she knows that,
When I'm handling traffic down there in my ham shack,
It makes her quite happy and content, you see,
'Cuz she knows EXACTLY where I'm gonna be!

- Chorus -

When the net's called,
When I am polled,
When I Q-N-I!.
I answer succinctly that' I'm Q-R-V!
And ready to Q-S-P!

(Last verse.. with a flourish and a buildup to the BIG FINISH!)

Pardon me, please!
But I must now be going!
Time for a sked with my T-C-C brother,
Whose waiting to pick up all my Q-T-C,
I'll now sign off with a nice 'SEVEN THREE!'

- Chorus -

When the net's called,
When I am polled,
When I Q-N-I!.
I answer succinctly that' I'm Q-R-V!
(BIGGG FINISH!!!!)

And ready to QUUUUEEEEEE--ESSSSSSSS-PEEEEEE!
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K6PME

02-25-2004, 10:55 PM

Hey! Those are a lot of fun. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif #I wish I was that artistic. I liked the Magic Carpet Ride one the best but then I'm a big fan.

Monty

NX6D

02-26-2004, 01:16 AM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (K3FT @ Feb. 25 2004,14:38)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Here are some rewrites of popular songs which have been 'tailored' to ham radio. The last one is devoted to the traffic handlers in the group. The rest are CW oriented![/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
Nice lyrics, Chuck!

I hear they have openings at MAD magazine! You should check them out.

WX7B

AI4EP

02-26-2004, 03:56 AM

http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif ...can any one turn " achy breaky heart " into a HAM song ? Can any one turn " convoy " into an amateur song ? how about " who let the dogs out " ? or " have you forgotten " ?

02-26-2004, 04:05 AM

DO you realise that the artist who did "Convoy" was " C.W. McCall .Wonder what his initials really stand for ? http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

W3SY

02-26-2004, 04:22 AM

Chuck --- How could you forget:

To the tune of "Dominique" (aka The Singing Nun Song) -

Calling CQ CQ CQ CQ CQ Forty Phone,
Oh SEEE CUE Forty Phone....
With a hundred-eighty watts
And a dipole that is tops
Callinq CQ Forty Phoooone.

(I think you wrote that one about 1971 or so....)

I would also post the lyrics to my 1972 hit, "3GX, Super Lid" (to the tune of Jesus Christ, Superstar), but maybe three of us (me, you, and AC3P) would remember/get the joke.

W3BNY

02-26-2004, 04:35 PM

GAAA!! Steve....

I shouldnt have read your post. Now that song is gonna be in my melon all day long. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif

W3SY

02-26-2004, 04:43 PM

Ren, you think YOU have problems?? That song has been sung by The Voices In My Head for over 30 years!

Haw!!!!

By the way -- Theme song for CB: "Hey! You! Get Offa My Channel!"

<snicker>

KA4DPO

02-26-2004, 05:02 PM

Wow, Weird Al Yankovich would be proud. I've allways been envious of you autistic types.

AG3Y

02-26-2004, 05:04 PM

You got that right ! # Steve is one of the best "Autists" around ! #

http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif #http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

Oh, and BTW, Steve, I'm jealous! " The Voices " haven't been singing to me, lately, much less talking !

73 from Jim

N8CPA

02-26-2004, 06:22 PM

I wrote a few Field Day carrols a few years ago. I don't remember all the verses to this one, but it's to the tune of Jingle Bells

[Refrain]
Call CQ, Call CQ
CQ till you swoon
This is what the hams call fun
The fourth weekend of June.
Call CQ, Call CQ,
CQ till your sick
And if ole Murphy comes around
We'll beat him with a stick.

Some are tapping keys,
Some are keying mikes,
We're running up a score
By the campfire light.
The generator's hum
Will serenade the night.
[forgotten]

Now Field Day is done
We're tearing down the site
We've had our share of fun
And we'll sleep well tonight.
When we submit our score
The shame will never pass
If we're in QST again
At the bottom of our class

So....
[refrain]

W5HTW

02-26-2004, 06:56 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (KI4ATH @ Feb. 25 2004,21:05)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">DO you realise that the artist who did "Convoy" was " C.W. McCall .Wonder what his initials really stand for ? :p[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
Actually his name is Bill Freize (Or Freese: I forgot how to spell it) McCall came over to the radio station I built and ran in Silverton, Colo, to record some commercials, giving me an opportunity to get to know him. His son, Bill (Freese? sp.) lived in Ouray, just across Red Mountain Pass, where he was involved heavily in community affairs. Both came to the radio station periodically. McCall spent a lot of time around Ouray there with his son, as well as Silverton and Telluride, but I don't think he lived there. Very little of his music was about CB or trucking. Most of it, including a couple of great albums, was about Southwestern Colorado and the San Juan Mountains. He gave us a copy of each of his albums, at the station, and I found a lot of the San Juan recordings were actually not comedy (though some were) and were very poetically romantic in his love for that area of the country.

McCall was not a ham and the C.W. had nothing to do with Morse. I never asked how he chose that name, but I'm sure there was a story behind it. I had a Swan FM1210 2 meter mobile in my car and he didn't even ask what it was, so was uninterested.

Ed

02-27-2004, 04:57 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Oh, and BTW, Steve, I'm jealous! #" The Voices " haven't been singing to me, lately, much less talking ![/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>

My voices just keep telling me to burn things...*sigh*

http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif

W4ROT

02-27-2004, 06:26 PM

Mmmmhhh...
Fire good.
Who is old Murphy?
Careful with that axe, Eugene.
tidbits,
w4rot

03-02-2004, 09:23 AM

My voices tell me to do bad things... very bad things. But given my distain for institutional diets and having to fight off the romantic advances of "Bubba", I ignore them.

KG4WRA

03-04-2004, 03:01 AM

Interesting... but at the same time kinda fun. I'm gonna have the magic carpet song stuck in my head now for days.

73,

kg4wra

KC8QMU

03-04-2004, 10:03 AM

Come on baby tune my wire,
Come on baby tune my wire,
try to set the rig on Fiiiirre, yeah

you know that it would be untrue,
you know that i would be a liar,
if I was to say to you,
my SWR couldn't get much higher

Sad part is I actually sung that one evening, after work, drinking a few beers AND TRYING TO TUNE THE WRONG DAMN ANTENNA UP ON 160M!!!!! http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

K3UNX

03-04-2004, 02:40 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (kd4amg @ Feb. 25 2004,20:56)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif ...can any one turn " achy breaky heart " into a HAM song ? Can any one turn " convoy " into an amateur song ? how about " who let the dogs out " ? # or " have you forgotten " #?[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif Hmmm...

How about " Who threw the code 0ut?!? Who, Who, WHO, WHO ,WHO?!?
(sung to the tune of "Who let the dogs out")

Sorry, I couldn't resist
http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

KI4BOO

03-05-2004, 02:51 PM

I felt compelled to share the lyrics to THIS song with you people. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

Jerry Reed -- East Bound and Down

East bound and down, loaded up and truckin',
we're gonna do what they say can't be done.
We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there.
I'm east bound, just watch ol' "Bandit" run.

Keep your foot hard on the pedal. Son, never mind them brakes.
Let it all hang out 'cause we got a run to make.
The boys are thirsty in Atlanta and there's beer in Texarcana.
And we'll bring it back no matter what it takes.

East bound and down, loaded up and truckin',
we're gonna do what they say can't be done.
We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there.
I'm east bound, just watch ol' "Bandit" run.

East bound and down, loaded up and truckin',
we're gonna do what they say can't be done.
We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there.
I'm east bound, just watch ol' "Bandit" run.

Ol' Smokey's got them ears on and he's hot on your trail.
He aint gonna rest 'til you're in jail.
So you got to dodge 'im and you got to duck 'im,
you got to keep that diesel truckin'.
Just put that hammer down and give it hell.

East bound and down, loaded up and truckin',
we're gonna do what they say can't be done.
We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there.
I'm east bound, just watch ol' "Bandit" run.

03-05-2004, 04:20 PM

Ki4BOO triggered my muse.

This is about 10 minutes effort. It's a bit rough, the meter doesn't flow as well as I'd like and the wording is a bit out of time.. but I wanted to get it out before I got distracted bysomething else.

73

K3FT
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TUNIN' AROUND!
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Original song by Jerry Reed entitled 'East Bound and Down"
Music by Jerry Reed
lyrics by K3FT © 2004

Tunin' around, up and down the channels!
lookin' for good buddies all around!
I've got my LEENYAR a' hummin'
and my engine's a'reviin'
I'm keyin' down, watch those watts a'go!

Keep a'mashing down that pedal, keep them alternators turnin'
We gotta keep them amps a'flowin' out!
They cain't copy in Atlanta and we're weak in Texarkana,
We gotta get more power doncha know!

Tunin' around, up and down the channels!
lookin' for good buddies all around!
I've got my LEENYAR a' hummin'
and my engine's a'reviin'
I'm keyin' down, watch those watts a'go!

Tunin' around, up and down the channels,
We're gonna work what Uncle says just can't be done!
We've got a freebandin' rig and a might powerful sig!
We're gonna talk whereever we may go!

Ol' Riley's got them ears on and he's hot on your trail.
He aint gonna rest 'til you're in jail.
So you got to dodge 'im and you got to duck 'im,
you got to keep that leenyar cookin'.
Just key that mike an dput those watts right out!

Tunin' around, up and down the channels!
lookin' for good buddies all around!
I've got my LEENYAR a' hummin'
and my engine's a'reviin'
I'm keyin' down, watch those watts a'go!
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W3SY

03-05-2004, 05:31 PM

Message relayed from Tommy Newtech:

That's not funny. Looks like more hostility toward CB'ers. CB'er are better operators than people using 75 meters HAM. Most of us on CB are 1000% legal. Nobody I know runs high power. I don't like when people show negative stereotypes of CB'ers.

Hmmmmmm... Well for what it's worth, Chuck, I thought that song was hilarious. I don't even know the tune, but the words were pretty good.

Rock on.

05-26-2004, 12:58 AM

Do not forget to write your anti-BPL letters,
encourage new amateur radio participation and generally be nice
to one another. That is all.