Lyr Req: Like to Thank You Ma'am....daughter Ann

Subject: Lyr Req: Like to Thank You Ma'am....daughter Ann
From:
Date: 13 May 03 - 07:01 PM

Years ago there was a wonderful folksinger in Arizona, Ian MacPherson, who sang a song that had the refrain, "Like to thank you, Ma'am, for your daughter Anne." I've particles of that song floating around in my head for years but never knew the whole song. Anyone out there know of a song that has that refrain?

Subject: Lyr Add: ANN (Billy Edd Wheeler)
From: GUEST,Sorcha
Date: 13 May 03 - 07:06 PM

I'll be damned, I found them here:
http://users2.ev1.net/~smyth/linernotes/thesongs/Ann.htm

Ann
I know I'll never meet another hunk o' woman like my Ann.
She makes me feel like a great big man.
I'm gonna go tell her mama what I think about her,
say, "Thank you, ma'am, for giving me your daughter Ann."

She sure is stacked from her toes to the nape of her neck,
she's packed like a seed in a grape, she's smooth as marble skin.
When I see her I believe I'm a real young guy
and ev'ry time I go to work I think I might die
if I can't hurry home again.

If the good Lord worked all night a-makin' me a female plan,
I'd say, "No, thanks, Lord. I'll just keep Ann."


How could I ever look at any other woman when I've got Ann?
I feel so good when she takes my hand.
I'm gonna go tell her daddy what I think about her,
say, "Thank you, man, for giving me your daughter Ann."

When I come home and I feel like I've been run over by a ten-ton truck
she can rub my shoulder and ease my aches and pains.
If I lose my job and I'm down to a silver dollar
and I feel like a dried up gourd in a holler,
she soothes my brow like summer rain.

If the good Lord worked all night a-makin' me a female plan,
I'd say, "No, thanks, Lord. I'll just keep Ann."
I know I'll never meet another hunk o' woman like my Ann.
She makes me feel like a great big man.

If the good Lord worked all night a-makin' me a female plan,
I'd say, "No, thanks, Lord. I'll just keep Ann."
I'd say, "No thanks, Lord, I'll just keep Ann."

Subject: Ann - Billy Edd Wheeler
From: Joe Offer
Date: 14 May 03 - 04:34 AM

Good job, Sorcha. I never would have recognized the song from the request, but I knew it right away when I saw the lyrics you posted. it's "Ann," by Billy Edd Wheeler, © 1963 by Butterfield Music Corp., & Quartet Music Inc., New York, NY.
You'll also find the lyrics at The Kingston Trio Place. It was on the Back in Town album, which was recorded at the hungry i - that's the album with Them Stamp Lickers and them other poems by Mason Williams.

-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Like to Thank You Ma'am....daughter Ann
From: Stewie
Date: 14 May 03 - 05:05 AM

Joe, I wouldn't have remembered it even with the lyrics, but I have it on the album on which it first appeared, together with a few of his better-known songs such as 'Rev Mr Black', 'Desert Pete' and 'Coal Tattoo': Billy Edd Wheeler 'A New Bag of Songs' Kapp LP KL-1351.

--Stewie.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Like to Thank You Ma'am....daughter Ann
From: Joe Offer
Date: 14 May 03 - 05:16 AM

Hi, Stewie - I guess I know Billy Edd Wheeler only through others like the Kingston Trio who have recorded his songs. I couldn't find any Billy Edd CD's at Amazon or CDUniverse, but http://www.billyeddwheeler.com has a nice compilation CD I might have to order if Dick can't get it for me.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Like to Thank You Ma'am....daughter Ann
From: Vixen
Date: 14 May 03 - 09:01 AM

Amazing!

Yesterday, on my way home from work at 4:00 pm, I popped in a Glen Campbell CD, and listened to this very song for the first time in probably 25 years! I've always remembered bits of it, and 'twas indeed a delight to hear it again!

What a surprise to find this here this morning!

V

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Like to Thank You Ma'am....daughter Ann
From: GUEST,Sorch
Date: 14 May 03 - 09:05 AM

e mail sent.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Like to Thank You Ma'am....daughter A
From: GUEST
Date: 14 May 03 - 04:15 PM

Ah, you folks bring a tear to my eye. This has been one of my favorite memory songs for so many years. Thanks so much for taking the time to find the lyrics for me, Sorcha. Bless you.