> Texas Skippy: **YEEEEEEEEYAAAAAAWWWWW!!** Don't let me startle you, I'm just
> doin' a rebel yell heah to kinda kick this birthday celebration off, ya know
> what I mean?

> (Texas Skippy begins to sing, with the backup of a chorus of Skippys in
> frilly yellow dresses and a snare drummer going *RAT-TAT-TAT, RAT-TAT-TAT!*)

> Texas Skippy: There's a yellow rose in Texas
> That I am going to see.
> Nobody else could miss her,
> Not half as much as me.
> She cried so when I left - (*RAT-TAT-TAT, RAT-TAT-TAT!*) pardon me. That's
> just a shade loud on the snare drum.

> Chorus: She's the sweetest little rosebud
> That Texas ever knew.
> Her eyes are bright as diamonds,
> They sparkle like the dew (*RAT-TAT-TAT, RAT-TAT-TAT!*)

> Texas Skippy: See now you covered up "sparkle like the dew", one of the
> loveliest parts in the whole - (singing) Texas is the only girl for me.

> (Instrumental interlude with piccolos, until *RAT-TAT-TAT,
> RAT-TAT-TAT!*)

> Texas Skippy: He covered up the piccolos there.
> Where the Rio Grande - (*RAT-TAT-TAT, RAT-TAT-TAT!*)
> Where the Rio - (*RAT-TAT-TAT, RAT-TAT-TAT!*)
> Where - (*RAT-TAT-TAT, RAT-TAT-TAT!*)
> W - (*RAT-TAT-TAT, RAT-TAT-TAT!*)
> See, my feeling is that, uh, while I love a good snare (*RAT-TAT-TAT,
> RAT-TAT-TAT!*) drum, I feel that volume wise it's just a little bit too much
> what you're doing there. See? See, see what I mean? Now you try and hold it
> there. I *'preciate* it. I *'preciate* it. (Snare drummer tones it down.)
> Texas Skippy: Where the Rio Grande - I *'preciate* it!
> Where the Rio Grande is flowing
> And starry skies - Oh, that's better.
> She walks along the river
> On the quiet - Oh that's *so* much better!
> I know that she remembers
> When we parted long ago - You know that there's just a world of difference,
> mercy!

> Chorus: She's the sweetest little rosebud
> That Texas ever knew
> Her eyes are bright as diamonds
> They sparkle like the dew (*RAT-TAT-TAT, RAT-TAT-TAT!*)
> Texas Skippy: See now you're slipping back into your old habits again. Why
> do you *do* that? Why do you - (singing) Texas is the only girl for me!
> I love a good snare drum but, you know -

> Chorus: Tra-la-la-la-la- (*RAT-TAT-TAT, RAT-TAT-TAT!*)

> Texas Skippy: Hold it hold it hold it! People, people, let's go back there,
> the snare drummer covered up the tra-la-las. We just do it again, smart
> aleck.

> Chorus: Tra-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
> Tra-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
> Laaa-Laaaaa-Laaaaa

> Texas Skippy: You see how lovely that turned out? Now that's a darlin' part.
> OK banjo...yug-dugga-dugga. (Banjo player begins playing lively.)
> That's purty. That's purty.
> Oh now I'm gonna - that's purty.
> For my heart is full of woe
> We'll do the thangs together
> We did so long ago
> We'll play the banjo gaily
> She'll love me like - (Banjo begins going wild.)
> Excuse me, you ain't any kin to the snare drummer, are you?

> Chorus: She's the sweetest little rosebud
> That Texas ever - (*RAT-TAT-TAT, RAT-TAT-TAT!*)

> Texas Skippy: Why do you *do* that? Why do you burst out like that? It
> *irritates* me. That *irritates* me. That *irritates* me, that's all.
> But the yellow rose of Texas - (*RAT-TAT-TAT, RAT-TAT-TAT!*)
> HOLD ON! HOLD ON! Hold on you smart aleck Yankee drummer you! You can cover
> up "yellow", and you can cover up "rose", Buddy Buddy, but don't you cover
> up **TEXAS!** Or I'll stick your head through that cotton-pickin' snare drum
> and secede from the band so help me Mitch Miller I will!

> (Some more Skippys in frilly yellow dresses come out carrying a loooong
> banner: HAPPY BIRTHDAYS TO AILBHE LEAMY, HOWARD A. CALLAWAY, LAURABELLE,
> SUSAN GENTRY, MARK ADRI-SOEJOKO, DARREN DAVISON, JASON, RAVEN, MATT ASLETT,
> DENIS HACKNEY, MEALNIE TOM, SCOTT BRENNAN, ELFIN, OWEN DUNN, STINA
> BÖRJESSON, PATRICK DERSJANT, LADY KAYLA, GORDON WELSH, LEON, SVEN HAUL,
> RICKY WALKER, GEOFF FIELD, JULIE BARCH, JUST DAVE RICKMANN, DIANE L,
> CAROLINE ALEXANDER, LUKE GOAMAN-DODSON, ANDREW GRAY, MP, TREEB, ELEANOR
> BLAIR, MIGUEL KRIPPAHL, BOBBI, ARIA, MATTHEW BLOCH, RORY RUDEWIND-RUSTLING,
> B.F, B.AM.TA AND ANYONE ELSE FROM NOVEMBER THAT WE'RE FORGETTING!! REMEMBER,
> TO GET YOUR NAME ON THE BIRTHDAY LIST, SEND AN EMAIL WITH THE REQUIRED
> INFORMATION TO birthd...@lspace.org !!)

> Chorus (Building up to the finale): And the yellow rose of Texas will
> be mine- for- ever- more-
> (*RAT-TAT-TAT, RAT-TAT-TAT! RAT-TAT-TAT, RAT-TAT-TAT!*)

> Texas Skippy: Cut it off there! The song's over, you idiot! Stop it, stop it
> I say! Just STOP it, STOP it! I'm getting out of here! (A door slams). He
> ruined the ending, one of the loveliest parts in the whole (Opens door.
> *RAT-TAT-TAT, RAT-TAT-TAT! RAT-TAT-TAT, RAT-TAT-TAT!* Slams door again.)
> piece!

> Hope you all have great birthdays!!

> Paul

> "Yellow Rose of Texas" as imaginatively interpreted by the great Stan
> Freberg

>> REMEMBER,
>> TO GET YOUR NAME ON THE BIRTHDAY LIST, SEND AN EMAIL WITH THE REQUIRED
>> INFORMATION TO birthd...@lspace.org !!)
> *cough*.

> I sent the details at least twice over the years...

>"John Wilkins" <j...@wilkins.id.au> wrote in message
>news:011120091412193457%john@wilkins.id.au...
>> In article <QPkHm.4968$CK3.3...@newsfe12.iad>, Paul Jamison
>> <pjamis...@cox.net> wrote:

>>> REMEMBER,
>>> TO GET YOUR NAME ON THE BIRTHDAY LIST, SEND AN EMAIL WITH THE REQUIRED
>>> INFORMATION TO birthd...@lspace.org !!)

>> *cough*.

>> I sent the details at least twice over the years...

>Hmm. I can't seem to find any information. I'm terribly sorry! My error.
>Please try again.

>Paul

> >"John Wilkins" <j...@wilkins.id.au> wrote in message
> >news:011120091412193457%john@wilkins.id.au...
> >> In article <QPkHm.4968$CK3.3...@newsfe12.iad>, Paul Jamison
> >> <pjamis...@cox.net> wrote:

> >>> REMEMBER,
> >>> TO GET YOUR NAME ON THE BIRTHDAY LIST, SEND AN EMAIL WITH THE REQUIRED
> >>> INFORMATION TO birthd...@lspace.org !!)

> >> *cough*.

> >> I sent the details at least twice over the years...

> >Hmm. I can't seem to find any information. I'm terribly sorry! My error.
> >Please try again.

> >Paul

> Does time go backward in Australia?

>> "John Wilkins" <j...@wilkins.id.au> wrote in message
>> news:011120091412193457%john@wilkins.id.au...
>>> In article <QPkHm.4968$CK3.3...@newsfe12.iad>, Paul Jamison
>>> <pjamis...@cox.net> wrote:

>>>> REMEMBER,
>>>> TO GET YOUR NAME ON THE BIRTHDAY LIST, SEND AN EMAIL WITH THE REQUIRED
>>>> INFORMATION TO birthd...@lspace.org !!)
>>> *cough*.

>>> I sent the details at least twice over the years...
>> Hmm. I can't seem to find any information. I'm terribly sorry! My error.
>> Please try again.

>> Paul

> Does time go backward in Australia?

>>> "John Wilkins" <j...@wilkins.id.au> wrote in message
>>> news:011120091412193457%john@wilkins.id.au...
>>>> In article <QPkHm.4968$CK3.3...@newsfe12.iad>, Paul Jamison
>>>> <pjamis...@cox.net> wrote:

>>>>> REMEMBER,
>>>>> TO GET YOUR NAME ON THE BIRTHDAY LIST, SEND AN EMAIL WITH THE REQUIRED
>>>>> INFORMATION TO birthd...@lspace.org !!)
>>>> *cough*.

>>>> I sent the details at least twice over the years...
>>> Hmm. I can't seem to find any information. I'm terribly sorry! My
>>> error. Please try again.

>>> Paul

>> Does time go backward in Australia?

> Forward. For example, it's Monday afternoon over here.

>>Does time go backward in Australia?

>Forward. For example, it's Monday afternoon over here.

> >>Does time go backward in Australia?

> >Forward. For example, it's Monday afternoon over here.

>  - but what century?

>  - love, a ppint. whose first thought was as to
>                   which decade (but corrected this)
> [please drop the "v", and change the "f" to a "g", to email me]

>> - hi; bob larter advised denetzens of the afpworld:
>> >           Free Lunch wrote:

>> >>Does time go backward in Australia?

>> >Forward. For example, it's Monday afternoon over here.

>>  - but what century?

>>  - love, a ppint. whose first thought was as to
>>                   which decade (but corrected this)
>> [please drop the "v", and change the "f" to a "g", to email me]

> Lot of fruit bats in Australia...

> Texas Skippy: **YEEEEEEEEYAAAAAAWWWWW!!** Don't let me startle you,
> I'm just doin' a rebel yell heah to kinda kick this birthday
> celebration off, ya know what I mean?

> (Texas Skippy begins to sing, with the backup of a chorus of Skippys
> in frilly yellow dresses and a snare drummer going *RAT-TAT-TAT,
> RAT-TAT-TAT!*)

>> (Skippy, a ferret from Texas wearing an enormous cowboy hat, comes
>> out.)

>> Texas Skippy: **YEEEEEEEEYAAAAAAWWWWW!!** Don't let me startle you,
>> I'm just doin' a rebel yell heah to kinda kick this birthday
>> celebration off, ya know what I mean?

>> (Texas Skippy begins to sing, with the backup of a chorus of Skippys
>> in frilly yellow dresses and a snare drummer going *RAT-TAT-TAT,
>> RAT-TAT-TAT!*)

> Oh, awesome. I heard this version on BBC 7's "The Mitch Benn Music Show"
> not that long ago...

>>>> "John Wilkins" <j...@wilkins.id.au> wrote in message
>>>> news:011120091412193457%john@wilkins.id.au...
>>>>> In article <QPkHm.4968$CK3.3...@newsfe12.iad>, Paul Jamison
>>>>> <pjamis...@cox.net> wrote:

>>>>>> REMEMBER,
>>>>>> TO GET YOUR NAME ON THE BIRTHDAY LIST, SEND AN EMAIL WITH THE
>>>>>> REQUIRED
>>>>>> INFORMATION TO birthd...@lspace.org !!)
>>>>> *cough*.

>>>>> I sent the details at least twice over the years...
>>>> Hmm. I can't seem to find any information. I'm terribly sorry! My
>>>> error. Please try again.

>>>> Paul

>>> Does time go backward in Australia?

>> Forward. For example, it's Monday afternoon over here.

> Here in UKia, it's last Monday morning!

>>> Does time go backward in Australia?

>> Forward. For example, it's Monday afternoon over here.

>     - but what century?

>> - hi; bob larter advised denetzens of the afpworld:
>>>           Free Lunch wrote:

>>>> Does time go backward in Australia?
>>> Forward. For example, it's Monday afternoon over here.

>>  - but what century?

>>  - love, a ppint. whose first thought was as to
>>                   which decade (but corrected this)
>> [please drop the "v", and change the "f" to a "g", to email me]

> Lot of fruit bats in Australia...

>>>> Does time go backward in Australia?

>>> Forward. For example, it's Monday afternoon over here.

>>     - but what century?

> 20th in Queensland, 21st down here.

>>> - hi; bob larter advised denetzens of the afpworld:
>>>>           Free Lunch wrote:

>>>>> Does time go backward in Australia?
>>>> Forward. For example, it's Monday afternoon over here.

>>>  - but what century?

>>>  - love, a ppint. whose first thought was as to
>>>                   which decade (but corrected this)
>>> [please drop the "v", and change the "f" to a "g", to email me]

>> Lot of fruit bats in Australia...

> None of whom are - to the best of my knowledge - named 'Eric'.

>>> (Skippy, a ferret from Texas wearing an enormous cowboy hat, comes
>>> out.)

>>> Texas Skippy: **YEEEEEEEEYAAAAAAWWWWW!!** Don't let me startle you,
>>> I'm just doin' a rebel yell heah to kinda kick this birthday
>>> celebration off, ya know what I mean?

>>> (Texas Skippy begins to sing, with the backup of a chorus of Skippys
>>> in frilly yellow dresses and a snare drummer going *RAT-TAT-TAT,
>>> RAT-TAT-TAT!*)

>> Oh, awesome. I heard this version on BBC 7's "The Mitch Benn Music
>> Show" not that long ago...

> The very funny original was by Stan Freberg. "You covered up the
> la-la-lahs and that was the best part!"

>>>> - hi; bob larter advised denetzens of the afpworld:
>>>>>           Free Lunch wrote:

>>>>>> Does time go backward in Australia?
>>>>> Forward. For example, it's Monday afternoon over here.

>>>>  - but what century?

>>>>  - love, a ppint. whose first thought was as to
>>>>                   which decade (but corrected this)
>>>> [please drop the "v", and change the "f" to a "g", to email me]

>>> Lot of fruit bats in Australia...

>> None of whom are - to the best of my knowledge - named 'Eric'.

> Is nobody going to take off on "Bithday?"