The Smothers Brothers at The Purple Onion - Track Listing

Track Listing

All well known songs were rewritten for satiric purposes unless otherwise indicated. Phrases in quotations are from the liner notes.

  1. "Pretoria" (4:26) (Original song credit: Josef Marais) - Made famous by The Weavers as "Marching to Pretoria," new lyrics by Tom (e.g., "You sleep with me, I'll sleep with you"). Also includes a discussion by Tom of marching songs, including "The March from The Bridge on the River Kwai" (to the tune of the "Colonel Bogey March"), whistled in the film due to the lyrics ("The words were dirty").
  2. "Dance, Boatman, Dance" (5:55) (Tom & Dick Smothers)
  3. "Down in the Valley" (4:21) (Tom & Dick Smothers)- a duet based on the Smothers' own arrangement.
  4. "Tzena, Tzena, Tzena, Tzena" (2:11) (Original song credit: M. Parish (original lyric), I. Miron (Michrovsky) (music), & Julius Grossman) - Another song made popular by The Weavers.
  5. "I Wish I Wuz in Peoria" (1:50) (Original song credit: H. Wood, B. Rose & M. Dixon)
  6. "They Call the Wind Maria" (4:23) (Original song credit: Lerner & Loewe) - showtune from Paint Your Wagon.
  7. "Jezebel" (5:42) (Original song credit: Wayne Shanklin) - The Frankie Laine hit with the woman renamed "Mary Ann Johnson"
  8. "I Never Will Marry" (2:48) (Fred Brooks) - Performed as a traditional folk song, no satiric rewrite. Recorded again with a comic ending on Think Ethnic!.
  9. "Tom Dooley" (4:47) (Tom & Dick Smothers) - based on the song made famous by the Kingston Trio, which Tommy claims the Trio stole from Dick ("Along with his luggage"). The do the "virgin edition," entitled "Tom Crudely."

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