Dave’s Gone By Song (11/14/2015): OH, DAT BEN!


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Dave found this beautiful, spiritual hymn sung by presidential candidate Ben Carson. Or at least about him.

Segment originally aired Nov. 14, 2015, as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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OH DAT BEN

When I be nine years old, I hit my momma with a hammer.
When I be ten years old, I bashed my brother with a brick.
When I be eleven years old, I went apeshit with a baseball bat.
Oh lawd, I remember.
Vote for me in November.

When I be twelve years old, I hit my momma with another hammer.
When I be thirteen years old, I stabbed a classmate in the hip.
When I be fourteen years old, somehow I got hold of yet another hammer.
Oh lawd, I remember.
Vote for me in November.

But now I’s a different man, and I gots no anger
I’s got a Yale degree, and I done surgery
So listen, America, from Maine to Alabama
Vote Ben Carson.
And hide yo’ motherfucking hammers.

©2015 David Lefkowitz

Dave’s Gone By #532 (11/14/2015): SIMON SAYS

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Here is the 532nd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Nov. 14, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with singing teacher Barbara J. Simon. Plus: Inside Broadway, Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Saturday Segues (Gordon Lightfoot, Allen Toussaint), Dave Goes Off (Paris terrorism), and the new song, “Oh, Dat Ben!”.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guests: singing teacher Barbara J. Simon, Dave’s wife Joyce

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (touchscreens, trumbone, mic trouble, the brain, malice)
00:36:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:00:30 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN (bad patients)
01:07:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Gordon Lightfoot
01:25:00 Sponsors
01:28:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news & reviews (Billy Elliot on PBS (01:44:30), An American in Paris) (01:51:30))
02:01:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Barbara J. Simon
02:42:30 Sponsors
02:47:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (The Cutting Edge)
03:13:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Allen Toussaint
03:36:30 Friends
03:48:00 DAVE GOES OFF – Ben Carson (including “Oh, Dat Ben!”)
03:57:30 DAVE GOES OFF – Paris
04:22:00 Weather
04:27:3 0 DAVE GOES OUT

Nov. 14, 2015 Playlist: “I’m not Sayin'” (01:10:30), “If You Got It” (01:17:00) & “Carefree Highway” (01:19:30; Gordon Lightfoot) “Early Morning Rain” (01:13:00; Eva Cassidy). “They Can’t Take That Away from Me” (01:59:00; An American in Paris 2014 Broadway cast). “Just Singing a Song” (02:38:00; Neil Young). “I Want You (take 4)” (02:50:00), “Desolation Row (demo version)” (02:53:00), “Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat (take 8)” (02:55:00) & “One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later, take 19)” (02:58:30; Bob Dylan). “You Will not Lose” (03:19:30), “What is Success” (03:23:00) & “Southern Nights” (03:26:30; Allen Toussaint). “The Sharpest Thorn” (03:30:00; Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint). “Oh, Dat Ben!” (03:53:30; Dave Lefkowitz). “L’Anamour” (03:55:00; Serge Gainsbourg). “If We Only had Love” (04:31:30; Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris 2006 off-Broadway cast).

Barbara J. Simon
Ben Carson
Dylan’s Cutting Edge
Allen Toussaint (Photo by Jeffrey Ufberg/WireImage)
Gordon Lightfoot
Billy Elliot on PBS
An American in Paris