This was always one of my kid's favorite songs. I remember when the light bulb went on for my son as he exclaimed, "It's a place!!! I get it!!" He was about four.
I actually like the Muppets version better, though I wish they had done the whole song. It's a little more "bouncy," and I like the chord progressions better.
I love the old railroad tracks. My aunt used to live in apartment there built in 1800's. In 1966 we used to go to visit and play squishing pennies on the railroad tracks. The entire building would shake when the trains passed. It was about 10 feet outside the front door. ❤I was devastated to learn the building was torn down. It could have been built in the 1700's as it seemed 100 years old back then. 😢 That's progress.
Did they name it just to make this joke? I’m the kind of person who absolutely would name a town in the hope years later to start an argument between to strangers talking about my town.
"To Morrow" is a duet by Bob Shane (left hand channel) and Nick Reynolds (right hand channel.) Originally adapted by folk singer Bob Gibson (also known for his great songs "Daddy Roll 'Em" and "You Can Tell The World.") This song, along with "South Wind" and "Bad Man Blunder" are the best tracks on "String Along". Capitol Records exclusively recorded the Kingston Trio from 1959-1964 in Full Dimensional Stereo.
Yeah, the same thing happened with the Monkees, they had session musicians playing their parts, so no one took them seriously. That was one of the things that made Mike Nesmith so disgruntled Getting back to the Kingston Trio, apparently David 'Buck' Wheat was a hell of a session musician as well?
maple1212 Hey, don't be rude! What are you picking on him for? All he said was that the song reminded him of a classic comedy skit, that's all. What does being a "heretic" have to do with it anyway? Another thing: how do you know he's a Lutheran? You can't tell by reading his post or looking at his TH-cam alias, now can you?
Fifthed! Irony being that Disney tells you that you’ll be turned into an “-ist” if you watch the muppets. I took a chance and found this awesome song, it’s like a musical dad joke, or The Who’s on First bit.
During the Dave Guard years, Guard was the leader of the trio. He was the creative leader, the intellectual designate, the serious artist who wanted the trio to grow and take the music seriously. They had a lot of friction with Guard eventually leaving the group and enter John Stewart, not near the banjo player Dave was and a new raw talent. I never knew all this till years later, but it really doesn't matter to me. John stepped in an grew into a force of his own. He was an adequate banjo picker, more three finger than flailing style, but he certainly was one heck of a guitar picker. Will his quiver in his voice, with the wonderful smooth Shane's voice (now the on stage leader) and the velvet throat of Nick they didn't miss a beat as far as I was concerned. Too bad the world changed under their feet an a British invasion,world events moved them off the center stage. No matter, they still have more fans and following than those Beagles do......What, oh, sorry, the Beatles.
MsPandaRosa Yes, I remember those puppet frogs lip syncing this song on "Captain Kangaroo." I also recall that just before that segment, there was a brief scene with the captain and Mr. Greenjeans (the show's resident farmer) where the former is telling the latter about Mr. Frog "going to Morrow," but Mr. Greenjeans thinks the captain is saying that he's "going tomorrow," and, as might be expected, this leads to a lot of confusion. It almost sounded like one of those Abbott and Costello routines, like "Who's On First," for example.
They did sing it - but KT took it and re-popularized it, only for the Muppets to do the same repopularizing some twenty years later lol The song has a weird history of fading and then being 'brought back to life' every few centuries or so :|
In episode 105 of The Muppet Show, released in 1976, The Country Trio (with muppet version of Jim Henson, Frank Oz, and Jerry Nelson) did a cover of this song. At the very tail end of the song, Frank's muppet says "I don't get it." I recommend watching that recording here th-cam.com/video/JEilPR1PXko/w-d-xo.html so you can see it for yourself. :P
You're wrong. Listen to "Coming from the mountains,"when the Saints" ..."Oh Joe Hannah" for example.There are many more . He played a 4 string banjo tuned like the first four strings of a guitar.Read the recent book Greenback Dollar!He is the banjo player in the 58 hit "Tom Dooley"
Bob was capable of playing both the acoustic guitar and the banjo. One album cover on Capitol Records in the liner notes stated that his very first instrument as a small child was a ukulele since he was a Hawaiian at birth.
The Dan Quinn version makes sense. This and subsequent versions are all missing chunks of lyrics that, to me, are the parts of the song that make the whole thing make sense.
This was always one of my kid's favorite songs. I remember when the light bulb went on for my son as he exclaimed, "It's a place!!! I get it!!" He was about four.
This is one of the most amusing songs to sing to people. Especially when they get the joke early on and smirk along with you.
"You're going to see Attle? Who's Attle?"
"No, dummy! Seattle is a place, like Mississippi."
"Mrs. who?"
Almost as confusing as "I'm My Own Grandpaw."
What was the Hippy’s wife called….?
@@charleshetrick3152 I used to think that Mississippi was a woman, and Mystery was a man.
@@TnseWlms Good ol' Mrs. Ippi and Mr. E!
I also knew a teacher named Miss Ahlenius.
I keep expecting a deep gravelly "I don't get it" at the end lol
With a Frank Oz-esque voice.
I actually like the Muppets version better, though I wish they had done the whole song. It's a little more "bouncy," and I like the chord progressions better.
@@Machtyn Agreed.
Lol 😝
@@Machtyn I share that sentiment.
I took a cognitive relaxer and I listened to it again and ....
1. I did not get a headache
2. It actually makes sense
Wwe are living through powers that rule over us,,well not for long
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@@thomasfredjackson1115 Wow, people have authority over us? What a quaint notion
I my friend live in the town of Morrow in Ohio. We celebrate our "Railroad Days" this month.
I love the old railroad tracks. My aunt used to live in apartment there built in 1800's. In 1966 we used to go to visit and play squishing pennies on the railroad tracks. The entire building would shake when the trains passed. It was about 10 feet outside the front door. ❤I was devastated to learn the building was torn down. It could have been built in the 1700's as it seemed 100 years old back then. 😢 That's progress.
Me too❤
My home town. Morrow, Ohio
Did they name it just to make this joke? I’m the kind of person who absolutely would name a town in the hope years later to start an argument between to strangers talking about my town.
@@charleshetrick3152 No, it's named after Jeremiah Morrow, the 9th governor of Ohio.
I'm in Morrow as we speak!
Me to I live there
@@gratefuldudegaming.8170 I grew up there. 🙂
This is the kind of song that Abbot and Costello could've sung if they were singers.
"Third base .. I DON'T KNOW!"
Unfortunately no train in Morrow Ohio anymore ❤ my town ❤
"To Morrow" is a duet by Bob Shane (left hand channel) and Nick Reynolds (right hand channel.) Originally adapted by folk singer Bob Gibson (also known for his great songs "Daddy Roll 'Em" and "You Can Tell The World.") This song, along with "South Wind" and "Bad Man Blunder" are the best tracks on "String Along". Capitol Records exclusively recorded the Kingston Trio from 1959-1964 in Full Dimensional Stereo.
This song is so brilliantly written. One cannot help but smile whilst listening to the lyrics.😀
I grew up in Morrow, Ohio. 🙂
FRANK OZ MUPPET = I don't get it
But they missed out a verse in that version.
ndingo
Granted that verse wrecks the rhythm...
This is true. Nothing's perfect.
ndingo I don’t get it
I always loved this one.
Wonderful music from an incredible group.
Amazing sounds & very enjoyable.
Yep the Muppets brought me here. ;-)
Hi Jim, the performance of Dave is fantastic.
Never the same without Dave!
Jim Henson?
Yeah, the same thing happened with the Monkees, they had session musicians playing their parts, so no one took them seriously. That was one of the things that made Mike Nesmith so disgruntled Getting back to the Kingston Trio, apparently David 'Buck' Wheat was a hell of a session musician as well?
Great song .
Always loved the twists and turns of this silly song, reminds me of Abbott and Costello's Who's on first.
XMLarry shut up, stupid Lutheran heretic
maple1212 Hey, don't be rude! What are you picking on him for? All he said was that the song reminded him of a classic comedy skit, that's all. What does being a "heretic" have to do with it anyway?
Another thing: how do you know he's a Lutheran? You can't tell by reading his post or looking at his TH-cam alias, now can you?
I came here from the muppets 'w'
Same.
Just watched this get performed on the Muppet Show off of Disney+.
Likewise! Loved that the muppet lead singer was actually a muppet of Jim Henson himself!
Fifthed! Irony being that Disney tells you that you’ll be turned into an “-ist” if you watch the muppets. I took a chance and found this awesome song, it’s like a musical dad joke, or The Who’s on First bit.
So did I; I can see why Jim Henson chose to use it.
During the Dave Guard years, Guard was the leader of the trio. He was the creative leader, the intellectual designate, the serious artist who wanted the trio to grow and take the music seriously. They had a lot of friction with Guard eventually leaving the group and enter John Stewart, not near the banjo player Dave was and a new raw talent. I never knew all this till years later, but it really doesn't matter to me. John stepped in an grew into a force of his own. He was an adequate banjo picker, more three finger than flailing style, but he certainly was one heck of a guitar picker. Will his quiver in his voice, with the wonderful smooth Shane's voice (now the on stage leader) and the velvet throat of Nick they didn't miss a beat as far as I was concerned. Too bad the world changed under their feet an a British invasion,world events moved them off the center stage. No matter, they still have more fans and following than those Beagles do......What, oh, sorry, the Beatles.
John Stewart was a fine musician but the Dave Guard years were the Kingston Trio's best years. They just weren't the same after he left.
@@genemars5158 Dave made a *big* mistake leaving!
Two of the band members first met after walking out of a boring accounting class at Menlo College.
I grew up with Nick's son. He is one of my oldest friends. Shame we drifted apart
At this moment in time it'd be Saturday.
Who's on first?
I'm so surprised this is a real song and not made for The Muppets.
Someone in Australia should write a followup song about trying to book a flight to Morrow, which involves crossing the International Date Line.
How did my link on TH-cam get Celia Thompson's picture on it? I certainly like the Kingston Trio and I've never heard "To Morrow" before.
Check out the headlines on the LIfe Magazine, "What's going wrong in Cuba"
Most confusing song ever I love it lol such a good song
Love the Muppets doing it! I DON'T GET IT!!
It takes a year to travel fourteen hours?
Why not go to Morrow some other day.
*I DON’T GET IT!*
Nobody played banjo better than the KT
This is basic 5 string banjo from the 60s. Nothing great. I guess you never heard of Bela Fleck.
Demonstration banjo is pointless.Thanks to Dave Guard and John Stewart and great bluegrass banjo players, banjo can be soulful
I'm so confused!!!!!!
+M. King Yeah, it takes a while to catch on....
35 people couldn't get to Morrow until the day after tomorrow
I used to call the day after tomorrow "three-morrow"
* *confused screaming* *
That's the problem with many of their early album credits, it never tells who played what. Thank you for the information, though!
Anybody recall this from Captain Kangaroo, with the dancing frog puppets? They weren't Kermit but they were fun.
MsPandaRosa Yes, I remember those puppet frogs lip syncing this song on "Captain Kangaroo."
I also recall that just before that segment, there was a brief scene with the captain and Mr. Greenjeans (the show's resident farmer) where the former is telling the latter about Mr. Frog "going to Morrow," but Mr. Greenjeans thinks the captain is saying that he's "going tomorrow," and, as might be expected, this leads to a lot of confusion. It almost sounded like one of those Abbott and Costello routines, like "Who's On First," for example.
They did sing it - but KT took it and re-popularized it, only for the Muppets to do the same repopularizing some twenty years later lol
The song has a weird history of fading and then being 'brought back to life' every few centuries or so :|
I'd try Columbus,or Cincinnati in Ohio and stay for a few days.😅
Frank in a deep gravelly voice with a bass with Jim and Jerry: I don't get it.
Took the poor guy long enough to explain it, hee hee.
Fun song. I don't get all the "don't get it its" Lol.😂
In episode 105 of The Muppet Show, released in 1976, The Country Trio (with muppet version of Jim Henson, Frank Oz, and Jerry Nelson) did a cover of this song. At the very tail end of the song, Frank's muppet says "I don't get it."
I recommend watching that recording here th-cam.com/video/JEilPR1PXko/w-d-xo.html so you can see it for yourself. :P
im from morrow haha
Is this the town's song? Should be, :-)
This is sounds so irish i can almost hear the taytos
There is an Irish version of this song, since there is a Morrow in County Mayo. But is Ireland big enough for a fourteen hour train ride?
This sounds like something that should be sung by a group of Irishmen.
There is a Morrow in Ireland in the county of Mayo, and an Irish version of this song.
I'm here before the Algorithm turns this into the new Tiktok trend, catchy af song tho
Same melody as “Another Irish Drinking song”
Strange to see Bob Shane with a banjo. To my knowledge, he never played one on any of their releases.
You're wrong. Listen to "Coming from the mountains,"when the Saints" ..."Oh Joe Hannah" for example.There are many more . He played a 4 string banjo tuned like the first four strings of a guitar.Read the recent book Greenback Dollar!He is the banjo player in the 58 hit "Tom Dooley"
Bob was capable of playing both the acoustic guitar and the banjo. One album cover on Capitol Records in the liner notes stated that his very first instrument as a small child was a ukulele since he was a Hawaiian at birth.
He was so rude in calling him a chump like that
Captain Kangaroo used this song in a skit with two puppet frogs.
I like Dan W. Quinn's version better, just me
The Dan Quinn version makes sense. This and subsequent versions are all missing chunks of lyrics that, to me, are the parts of the song that make the whole thing make sense.
Muppets did it better😂😂😂
I don't get it, either.