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Name a song with an occupation in the title. (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Jun 2022 OP
the old lamplighter.. thomski64 Jun 2022 #1
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Hangman hangman slack your rope... thomski64 Jun 2022 #10
Ironman unweird Jun 2022 #2
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Mr. Tamborine Man niyad Jun 2022 #5
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If I were a carpenter dweller Jun 2022 #6
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..at least they got subjunctive voice right... thomski64 Jun 2022 #22
How many people even know or use... 3catwoman3 Jun 2022 #85
Probably ten times as many as use the pluperfect subjunctive. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jun 2022 #97
Sad to say, no it is not. 3catwoman3 Jun 2022 #99
Paperback Writer unweird Jun 2022 #7
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Please Mr. Postman IA8IT Jun 2022 #8
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GMTA niyad Jun 2022 #68
and at the same time!! IA8IT Jun 2022 #79
Please Mr. Postman niyad Jun 2022 #12
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Hot for Teacher Diamond_Dog Jun 2022 #15
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Doctor My Eyes Walleye Jun 2022 #17
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Rap God unweird Jun 2022 #20
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Taxman (The Beatles) Guilded Lilly Jun 2022 #23
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Piano Man KarenS Jun 2022 #24
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Please, Mr. Postman. sinkingfeeling Jun 2022 #27
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Rocket Man unweird Jun 2022 #28
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Telephone Man cloudbase Jun 2022 #29
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God Bless America bucolic_frolic Jun 2022 #30
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Whew! Thanks. bucolic_frolic Jun 2022 #42
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Dr. Feelgood RockRaven Jun 2022 #31
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Dang I was going for that one..... Jade Fox Jun 2022 #37
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The Pusher unweird Jun 2022 #39
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The Clean Up Woman- Betty Wright Jade Fox Jun 2022 #41
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From my daughter, "Our lawyer made us change the name of this song so we wouldn't get sued. nt woodsprite Jun 2022 #43
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Operator - Jim Croce shelshaw Jun 2022 #45
Buffalo Soldier. nt woodsprite Jun 2022 #96
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Roller Derby Queen. rsdsharp Jun 2022 #46
Send Lawyers, Guns and Money unweird Jun 2022 #48
Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner unweird Jun 2022 #50
Wichita Line Man MiniMe Jun 2022 #51
I Don't Need No Doctor Diamond_Dog Jun 2022 #52
Driver 8 -REM VMA131Marine Jun 2022 #53
Working Man - Rush VMA131Marine Jun 2022 #54
"It's a working Man I am" Rita McNeil applegrove Jun 2022 #55
My Johnny was a shoemaker (Steeleye Span). nt woodsprite Jun 2022 #56
Watching the Detectives- Elvis Costello VMA131Marine Jun 2022 #57
Last of the Singing Cowboys House of Roberts Jun 2022 #58
I'm your captain Ohiya Jun 2022 #59
Corporal Brown - Toad the Wet Sprocket VMA131Marine Jun 2022 #60
Lenny Kravitz - Mr. Cab Driver demmiblue Jun 2022 #61
Kitchen Man - Bessie Smith Jade Fox Jun 2022 #62
Christmas card from a hooker in Minneapolis Ohiya Jun 2022 #63
"BARBER" ANN😁! cornball 24 Jun 2022 #64
Coalminer's daughter Ohiya Jun 2022 #65
Floyd the Barber...Nirvana Docreed2003 Jun 2022 #66
Dr. Dre ft. Eminem, Skylar Grey - I Need A Doctor demmiblue Jun 2022 #67
AC/DC: Rock n Roll Singer Niagara Jun 2022 #69
Doctor Doctor (Thompson Twins) and spooky3 Jun 2022 #70
Santa Baby niyad Jun 2022 #71
Private Dancer (Tina Turner) and spooky3 Jun 2022 #72
"Working In The Coal Mine." - Lee Dorsey dchill Jun 2022 #73
Send Lawyers Guns and Money Diamond_Dog Jun 2022 #74
Primus: Jerry Was A Race Car Driver Niagara Jun 2022 #75
The Boxer lpbk2713 Jun 2022 #76
Sky Pilot (Eric Burdon and the Animals) spooky3 Jun 2022 #77
Son of a Preacher Man LonePirate Jun 2022 #78
The Highwayman Ocelot II Jun 2022 #80
The Barber of Seville (that's a whole opera; does that count?) Ocelot II Jun 2022 #81
hallelujah Im a bum msongs Jun 2022 #82
I'm A Lumberjack And I'm OK. Ocelot II Jun 2022 #83
Here Comes The Judge Ocelot II Jun 2022 #84
Papa was a Rolling Stone essaynnc Jun 2022 #86
God Save The Queen Ocelot II Jun 2022 #87
Tiny Dancer CanonRay Jun 2022 #88
Workin' at the Car Wash spooky3 Jun 2022 #89
Stick out 'yer can! Here comes the Garbage Man! Brother Buzz Jun 2022 #90
Lovely Rita Meter Maid Freddie Jun 2022 #91
Night nurse Geechie Jun 2022 #92
Pilot of the airwaves Geechie Jun 2022 #93
Spiral Architect Ohio Joe Jun 2022 #94
Cramps Was a Carpenter Thunderbeast Jun 2022 #95
Mr. Sandman LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jun 2022 #98
Whore LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jun 2022 #100
so funny. i saw the title of this thread & thought: "wichita lineman" orleans Jun 2022 #101
The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel lastlib Jun 2022 #102
Cramps Was a Carpenter Thunderbeast Jun 2022 #103
Back Door Man--the Doors DFW Jun 2022 #104
Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man DFW Jun 2022 #110
Hurdy Gurdy Man IcyPeas Jun 2022 #105
The Spangle Maker - Cocteau Twins IcyPeas Jun 2022 #106
A close one - "Working With Fire and Steel" China Crisis electric_blue68 Jun 2022 #107
The Major-General's Song, from The Pirates of Penzance jmowreader Jun 2022 #108
F____ Tha Police LeftInTX Jun 2022 #109
The Wizard Doc_Technical Jun 2022 #112
Lawyers in Love ironflange Jun 2022 #113
The Mummer's Dance ironflange Jun 2022 #114
Handyman (James Taylor) Mad_Dem_X Jul 2022 #115
Chain Gang VGNonly Jul 2022 #116
Song of a Baker VGNonly Jul 2022 #117
Drug Store Truck Driving Man VGNonly Jul 2022 #118
Sun King ironflange Jul 2022 #119
Her Majesty ironflange Jul 2022 #120
King of the Road ironflange Jul 2022 #121
Fuck tha Police lame54 Jul 2022 #122
When I Kissed the Teacher (Abba) LeftishBrit Jul 2022 #123
My Old Man's a Dustman LeftishBrit Jul 2022 #124
Space Man LeftishBrit Jul 2022 #125
The Ferrybank Piper LeftishBrit Jul 2022 #126
Death of a Clown (The Kinks) LeftishBrit Jul 2022 #127
Daddy Was a Bank Robber LeftishBrit Jul 2022 #128
Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys LeftishBrit Jul 2022 #129

3catwoman3

(23,987 posts)
85. How many people even know or use...
Wed Jun 29, 2022, 10:11 PM
Jun 2022

…the subjunctive voice these days? Alas, very few, in my experience.

97. Probably ten times as many as use the pluperfect subjunctive.
Wed Jun 29, 2022, 10:42 PM
Jun 2022

The Pluperfect Subjunctive, active and passive, is a Secondary Sequence Tense, and is never used in Purpose or Result Clauses. It is expressed in English by the helping verb phrases might have or would have. The formation rule is simple.

Clear?

3catwoman3

(23,987 posts)
99. Sad to say, no it is not.
Wed Jun 29, 2022, 10:48 PM
Jun 2022

Can you enlighten me with an example? Please. I really would like to know.

Does this play into the classic “Where is the best place to get scrod in Boston” joke.

VMA131Marine

(4,139 posts)
53. Driver 8 -REM
Wed Jun 29, 2022, 09:33 PM
Jun 2022

Chorus]
And the train conductor says
(Driver 8) "Take a break, Driver 8
(Driver 8) Driver 8, take a break
We can reach our destination
We're still a ways away."
(But it's still a ways away)

applegrove

(118,659 posts)
55. "It's a working Man I am" Rita McNeil
Wed Jun 29, 2022, 09:34 PM
Jun 2022

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Rita would sing it with a chorus of men with Miners' helmet lights on. Very moving. About coal miners in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

spooky3

(34,452 posts)
70. Doctor Doctor (Thompson Twins) and
Wed Jun 29, 2022, 09:44 PM
Jun 2022

This may not qualify: “Doctor, Doctor give me the news I got a bad case of loving you” (Robert Palmer)

orleans

(34,051 posts)
101. so funny. i saw the title of this thread & thought: "wichita lineman"
Wed Jun 29, 2022, 11:03 PM
Jun 2022

brilliant minds & all that i guess

lastlib

(23,234 posts)
102. The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel
Wed Jun 29, 2022, 11:40 PM
Jun 2022

Pinball Wizard? - The Who
Blue-Collar Man? - Styx
The Two Hangmen - Mason Proffitt
The Pusher - Grand Funk Railroad
Space Cowboy - Steve Miller Band

(How could I have missed "I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock-n-Roll Band)" - my favorite, the Moody Blues?)

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