Along Came Jones

Album: The Ultimate Coasters (1959)
Charted: 9
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  • I plopped down in my easy chair and turned on Channel Two
    A bad gunslinger called Salty Sam was chasin' poor Sweet Sue
    He trapped her in the old sawmill and said with an evil laugh
    "If you don't give me the deed to your ranch I'll saw you all in half!"
    And then he grabbed her (and then?)
    He tied her up (and then?)
    He turned on the bandsaw (and then, and then?)

    And then along came Jones
    Tall, thin Jones
    Slow-walkin' Jones
    Slow-talkin' Jones
    Along came long, lean, lanky Jones

    Commercial came on, so I got up to get myself a snack
    You should've seen what was goin' on by the time that I got back
    Down in the old abandoned mine, Sweet Sue was a-havin' fits
    That villain said, "give me the deed to your ranch or I'll blow you all to bits!"
    And then he grabbed her (and then?)
    He tied her up (and then?)
    He lit the fuse to the dynamite (and then, and then?)

    And then along came Jones
    Tall, thin Jones
    Slow-walkin' Jones
    Slow-talkin' Jones
    Along came long, lean, lanky Jones

    I got so bugged I turned it off and turned on another show
    But there was the same old shoot-'em-up and the same old rodeo
    Salty Sam was tryin' to stuff Sweet Sue in a burlap sack, he said
    "If you don't give me the deed to your ranch, I'm gonna throw you on the railroad tracks!"
    And then he grabbed her (and then?)
    He tied her up (and then?)
    He threw her on the railroad tracks (and then?)
    A train started comin' (and then, and then?)

    And then along came Jones
    Tall, thin Jones
    Slow-walkin' Jones
    Slow-talkin' Jones
    Along came long, lean, lanky Jones
    Along came long, lean, lanky Jones Writer/s: Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Comments: 4

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn February 10th 1965, the Coasters performed "Along Came Jones" on the ABC-TV program 'Shindig!'...
    Six years earlier on May 12th, 1959 it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; eventually it peaked at #9 and spent 12 weeks on the Top 100...
    It was the third of four straight Top 10 records by the group; starting with "Yakety Yak" (#1 for 1 week in 1958), then "Charlie Brown" (#2 for 3 weeks in 1959), this one, and finally "Poison Ivy" (#7 in 1959)...
    R.I.P. bass singer Will 'Dub' Jones (1928 - 2000) and Jimmy O'Neill (Shindig's host, 1940 -2013).
  • Neal from Hooterville, MiThe song "Shaving Cream" by Benny Bell was released in the '40s and didn't chart until 1975.... I believe this is the longest time between release and chart.
  • Robert from Topeka, KsHow old is the song "Shaving Cream?"
  • John from Lakeland, Fl"The concept of 'novelty songs' hadn't even occurred to anyone in 1959"
    You have GOT to be kidding! Does the name "Spike Jones" ring a bell???
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