"Barney Google"

[Cooley Hurd]

What was your first thought when you read that?

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[KamaAina]

1. A men's clothes store for techies?

[valerief]

2. My first thought was to google it. nt

[KamaAina]

3. A purple dinosaur who uses the Internet?

[Art_from_Ark]

4. Barney Google, with the goo-goo-googly eyes

Barney Google, had a wife 3 times his size
She sued Barney for divorce
Now he's living with his horse

Barney Google, with the goo-goo-googly eyes
Barney Google, tried to enter Paradise
When Saint Peter saw his face,
He said, "Go, to the other place"

Barney Google, with the goo-goo-googly eyes

[Cooley Hurd]

5. Mom used to sing that to me when I was a kid...

...and I loved to read ol' Snuffy in the funnies, but, by the 70's, Barney was rarely featured.

[Art_from_Ark]

10. I don't even remember Barney from the late '60s

although I think he came to visit ol' Snuffy a time or two.

But the strip was still called "Snuffy Smith and Barney Google" in those days.

And my mom also used to sing that song to me when I was a kid

[frogmarch]

6. Me too!

You took the song right out of my mouth.

[Art_from_Ark]

7. Here's another verse

Barney Google, with the goo-goo-googly eyes
Barney Google, bet his horse would win the prize
When the horses ran that day
Sparkplug ran the other way

[frogmarch]

8. haha, thanks!

I don't recall that verse, but now it'll be stuck in my brain forever. As I said, thanks. A lot.

[csziggy]

9. Same here - and here is the song from 1923!

[malthaussen]

16. Moi aussi! n/t

[grasswire]

11. another verse

Barney Google with his goo goo googly eyes
Barney Google had a wife three times his size
She sued Barney for divorce
Now he's sleeping with his horse...

I have two copies of the original published music. The cover art is hilarious.

[bigwillq]

12. How I Met Your Mother (nt)

[cyberswede]

13. I haven't thought about Barney & Snuffy in years!

[Rhiannon12866]

14. My grandmother had an old victrola in her barn that played Thomas Edison records from the 1920s

We kids loved to go down there and play them and "Barney Google" was one of our favorites. Did a search and can't believe I found it!

Who's the most important man this country ever knew?
Do you know what politician I have reference to?
Well, it isn't Mr. Bryan, and it isn't Mr. Hughes
I've got a hunch that to that bunch I'm going to introduce:
(Again you're wrong and to this throng I'm going to introduce: )
Barney Google, with the goo-goo-goo-ga-ly eyes
Barney Google had a wife three times his size
She sued Barney for divorce
Now he's living with his horse

Barney Google, with the goo-goo-goo-ga-ly eyes
Barney Google bet his horse would win the prize
When the horses ran that day, Spark Plug ran the other way
Barney Google, with the goo-goo-goo-ga-ly eyes

Who's the greatest lover that this country ever knew?
And who's the man that Valentino takes his hat off to?
No, it isn't Douglas Fairbanks that the ladies rave about
When he arrives, who makes the wives chase all their husbands out?
Why, it's Barney Google, with the goo-goo-goo-ga-ly eyes
Barney Google is the guy who never buys
Women take him out to dine, then he steals the waiter's dime
Barney Google, with the goo-goo-goo-ga-ly eyes

Barney Google, with the goo-goo-goo-ga-ly eyes
Barney Google is the luckiest of guys
If he fell in to the mud, he'd come up with a diamond stud
Barney Google with the goo-goo-goo-ga-ly eyes

Who's the greatest fire chief this country ever saw?
Who's the man who loves to hear the blazing buildings roar?
Anytime the house is burning, and the flames leap all about,
Say, tell me do, who goes, "kerchoo!" and puts the fire out?
Barney Google, with the goo-goo-goo-ga-ly eyes
Barney Google, thought his horse could win the prize
He got odds of ten to eight; Spark Plug came in three days late
Barney Google, with the goo-goo-goo-ga-ly eyes

Barney Google, with the goo-goo-goo-ga-ly eyes
Barney Google tried to enter paradise
When Saint Peter saw his face, he said, "Go to the other place"
Barney Google, with the goo-goo-goo-ga-ly eyes

Goo-goo-goo-ga-ly, goo-goo-goo-ga-ly
With the goo-goo-goo-ga-ly eyes

[Cooley Hurd]

15. Nice find!