I am letting Pandora choose my music for me this morning and they just played Johnny Burnette’s song, All by Myself. This song contains the lyrics:
Well I got a girl who’s six feet tall
Sleeps in the kitchen with her feet in the hall
All by myself, all by myself
I don’t need no-one to love her
Gonna love her all by myself
And it reminded me of the lyrics to My Girl Is Red Hot:
Well I gotta gal, six feet four, sleeps in the kitchen
With her face at the door but,
My gal is red hot – your gal aint doodley squat! (repeat)
Well she aint got money, but man she’s really got a lot.
I can’t help but feel there are more songs from the 50’s/60’s that reference 6 feet tall women. I can practically hear Little Richard singing something similar but I can’t put my finger on it.
Can you think of any other songs about tall women sleeping with their feet out the door?
Long Tall Sally, your title, is the only one I can think of Little Richard singing.
Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress was only 5’9″ in that song.
That musical niche is ultra-narrow….women with big feet sticking out the door?
This doesn’t exactly fit the bill, but how about “Island Girl” by Elton John? Not the most wholesome lyrics, but the song got a lot of airplay:
“I see your teeth flash, Jamaican honey so sweet
Down where Lexington cross 47th Street
She’s a big girl, she’s standing six foot three
Turning tricks for the dudes in the big city”
You mention tall women, and today this article appears in Reuters….how serendipitous can you get?
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/04/retail-britain-shoes-idUSL3E7J45AU20110804
Women are overly concerned with height issues. Short, medium, tall….what difference does it make? It’s not the altitude, it’s the attitude (didn’t Jimmy Buffett say that?)
I didn’t say anything about BIG FEET, B.Davis! Just tall. Of course, big feet go with the territory when you are tall.
Years ago, I bemoaned my big feet and my father said to me, “Donna, you are a tall girl, if you had small feet, you’d fall over come a breeze!”
And somehow that made me feel better.
I am not ashamed by the size of my feet…. I am ashamed at how ugly they are but not by their size.
Donna, were those YOUR feet?
Aw, C’mon. Your feet are practically the least visible part of your personage. I wouldn’t worry a moment about them.
Haha, well not quite 50s/60s: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfkZgvJGgU4
I actually know whose feet those were in the picture–they’re Frodo Baggins’. I’m such a nerd!
This is about as off-topic as it gets, but I think you’ll enjoy the following story. Where is Pee Wee Herman now? You’ll hardly believe this:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/dallas-cowboys/headlines/20110804-photos-pee-wee-herman-visits-cowboys-training-camp.ece
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