Album: My Son The Nut (1963)

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• Hello Muddah, hello Faddah
  Here I am at Camp Grenada
  Camp is very entertaining
  And they say we'll have some fun if it stops raining
  
  I went hiking with Joe Spivey
  He developed poison ivy
  You remember Leonard Skinner
  He got Ptomaine poisoning last night after dinner
  
  All the counsellors hate the waiters
  And the lake has alligators
  And the head coach wants no sissies
  So he reads to us from something called Ulysses
  
  Now I don't want this should scare ya'
  But my bunkmate has Malaria
  You remember Jeffery Hardy
  They're about to organize a searching party
  
  Take me home, oh Muddah, Faddah
  Take me home, I hate Grenada
  Don't leave me out in the forest where
  I might get eaten by a bear
  
  Take me home, I promise I will
  Not make noise, or mess the house with
  Other boys, oh please don't make me stay
  I've been here one whole day
  
  Dearest Fadduh, Darling Muddah
  How's my precious little bruddah
  Let me come home if you miss me
  I would even let Aunt Bertha hug and kiss me
  
  Wait a minute, it's stopped hailing
  Guys are swimming, guys are sailing
  Playing baseball, gee that's bettah
  Muddah, Faddah kindly disregard this letter Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 16

• Gingerbread Mad Son from MinnesotaTo Kat from Indiana:
  
  I too think that it refers to James Joyce's book, but I'm not sure what you mean by "sarcasm." A lot of people thought of Ulysses as a dirty, adult, pornographic book, especially back then, so it would make sense that he would read it to cure "sissies".
• Kat from IndianaHaving a family disagreement--the head coach reading from Ulysses--I assume this is sarcasm and the coach is reading from James Joyce's famous novel. Mom says it's serious and refers (albeit incorrectly as his Greek name is Odysseus, and the epic poem is The Odyssey) to the Homeric epic. Odysseus would potentially inspire young boys not to be sissies; Leopold Blume probably would not, and the ensuing study of Irish literature and Joyce in general would be considered "sissy" to a head coach.
• Jennifur Sun from RamonaEvery time I hear this song now I also hear another funny one, Kind Of The Camp by Homer and Jethroe.
• Illinois Geezer from Usaaccording to the site http://pti.illinois.edu/training/facilities.html the Police Training Institute was
  "The building was built in the 1920s and was known as the "Granada Club House." It housed university students until 1988, including famous alums Hugh Hefner, Alex Agase, and Allen Sherman - writer of the song "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp)."
  Its reputation in the 1970 era was as a rather raunchy indie resident house, and I recall that Arte Johnson, also '49 alum, may have lived there as well, and if anyone ever gets to talk with him it would be a great trivia question to ask about. Sherman's official sites fail to mention, but seems obvious the connection to his famous song, and "Camp Granada." He attended for only about a year before dropping out, but while other influences obviously fueled the song, I always thought the camp name must have been a sly inside joke for his former college buddies.
• Guy from Montreal, QcWhere I live (Montreal), I never heard this song on the air back in 1963. However, "Like I D0", another song based on Dance of the Hours, was quite popular (not Maureen Evans' version but Theresa Brewer's).
• Randy from Houghton Lake, MiWhen I first heard the group Lynyrd Skynyrd I thought it was Leonard Skinner and that maybe they got their name from the line in this song "You remember Leonard Skinner". I later learned that it was the name of a high school teacher they knew.
• Reed from New Ulm, MnGreat memory from the old days.
• Gilbert from Brownsville, TxThis music was also used in 1962 on a Maureen Evans song,"Like I Do". Nice song. I don't think Ms Evans ever scored again. Only thing is I think of Allen Sherman everytime I hear it!
• Lalah from Wasilla, AkAllan Sherman was the voice of the Cat in the Hat (Cartoon based on Dr. Seus books).
• Darrell from EugeneAlthough I never went to camp as a kid (that was way back in the early 1950s), I have been told about how bad it was. It's probably much nicer now because they probably don't have ex-drill sergeants running the place with warmed-up moist dog food as "chow" in the "mess hall".
• Patrick from Tallapoosa, GaThis was also parodied in a commercial for Advantage flea control products in which a young puppy sings thanking mom for sending some Advantage in her last care package to puppy camp.
• Howard from St. Louis Park, MnHello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh is a true comedy classic. It's the song that put Allan Sherman on the map after his successful album My Son the Folksinger.
• Danny from Sydney, Australiayou cant forget that Sam Raimi directed Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness, theyre always overlooked
• Madeline from Melbourne, AustraliaThis is The Simpsons song! Good ole simpsons
• Kat from Sydney, Australiahe he he this is on the simpsons, when bart steals the video game, & he changes the answering machine tape to this... "marge, is lisa on camp?"
• Mike from Mountlake Terrace, WashingtonSam Raimi, (Spiderman, Spiderman 2, director) who plays the character Stick Coder also attended this camp (Camp Tamakwa) as a child.

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