A Sailor Martin Song for Children

Sailor Martin, my pierced and tattooed ventriloquist dummy, attempts, and fails at, recording a song for children about pretty birds and fuzzy rabbits.

The original recording is "When Will the Sun Shine for Me" by Kaplan's Melodists, recorded in 1923 for Edison Diamond (51060-R). New lyrics and singing by yours truly, recorded onto a Casio Exilim digital camera set to record digital video. The sound files were modified in Audacity to reduce hiss and external noise, and the whole thing was glued together in GarageBand on April, 12, 2008.

"A SAILOR MARTIN SONG FOR CHILDREN" LYRICS:

Look at all the birds in the tree there
Listen to them sing their song
A melody
So light and free
I'd like to sing along

Hey little birds I'm here
Why are you fleeing
Why are you fleeing
What fills your heart with fear
I just want to hold and pet and love you
Hey little bird, you're asleep
You're asleep cuz I hugged you so hard

Hey little rabbits so furry
Where are you hopping
Where are you hopping
Why are you in such a hurry
When I want to kiss and squeeze and hug you
Hey little rabbit, asleep
You're asleep cuz I hugged you so hard

(Get Flash to see the track player.)
posted by Astro Zombie (12 comments total)

I actually feel pretty guilty about this one.
posted by Astro Zombie at 2:02 PM on April 12

you should be.

also, thanks for introducing me to sailor martin.
posted by mrzarquon at 2:27 PM on April 12

*clumsy, rushed dual signs of the beast, collapsing to knees before the obviously sublime, panting, too overwhelmed to register arousal*
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 3:34 PM on April 12 [1 favorite]

John Steinbeck: "Get outta my coolaid punk!"

snsranch: Ha, that's awesome. I can't wait to play this for my kids and see if they get it!
posted by snsranch at 8:28 PM on April 12

Ok, that's me sleeping with one eye open tonight. Fabulous.
posted by freya_lamb at 5:02 AM on April 13 [1 favorite]

Alright, that was awesome. It actually sounds really great as well. Was the original song cleaned up before or did you do it?
posted by sleepy pete at 9:59 AM on April 13

It was cleaned up before.
posted by Astro Zombie at 10:14 AM on April 13

Well, this explains why Sailor Martin is no longer allowed at kingbenny's house.
posted by Karlos the Jackal at 3:12 PM on April 13

It was cleaned up before.
posted by Astro Zombie at 10:14 AM on April 13 [+] [!]

Ah, OK. It doesn't make the song any less great, but my belief that your abilities to clean up audio (somewhere around godlike) has dwindled slightly.
posted by sleepy pete at 5:18 PM on April 13

Astro Zombie - you're a sick bastard. Now scooch on over, I want to give you a back rub.
posted by Jofus at 9:27 AM on April 16 [1 favorite]

Well, this explains why Sailor Martin is no longer allowed at kingbenny's house.
posted by Karlos the Jackal at 3:12 PM on April 13

That's just absurd, he's welcome anytime.
posted by kingbenny at 8:34 AM on April 17

He's there right now, in your fridge, taking your beer.
posted by Astro Zombie at 10:27 AM on April 17