Biography:
Allan Sherman was a pioneer of the comedy-rock scene. Although not much to look at, the overweight, balding, short, Jewish man gained popularity and became quite the star because of his witty infusion of satirical comedy into very well orchestrated renditions of classic tunes and songs. A song would usually have a lyric, perhaps a name or phrase, that has very little to do with what the original song was about, but the words would sound similar.
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C
I sell a line of plastics
F C
And I travel on the road
F Em
And I have a case of samples
F G
Which believe me is a load
C
Every night a strange cafe
F C
A strange hotel and then
F Em
Early in the morning
F G C
I am on the road again
Dm
When the season's over
Em
And my lonesome journey ends
Dm Em
That's the only time I see
Dm G
My family and my friends
C
I drive up Ocean Parkway
F C
And before I stop the car
F Em
My ma leans out the window
F G C
And she hollers, "Here we are!"
C
Shake hands with your Uncle Max, mein boy
F C
And here is your sister Shirl
F Em
And here is your cousin Isabel
Dm G
That's Irving's oldest girl
C
And do you remember the Tishman twins
F C
Gerald and Jerome
F C
We all came out to greet you
F G C
And to wish you welcome home
Meet...
F
Merowitz, Berowitz, Handelman, Schandelman
Bb C
Sperber and Gerber and Steiner and Stone
F
Boskowitz, Lubowitz, Aaronson, Baronson,
Bb F
Kleinman and Feinman and Friedman and Cohn
Gb
Smallowitz, Wallowitz, Teitelbaum, Mandelbaum
B Db
Levin, Levinsky, Levine and Levi
Gb
Brumburger, Schlumburger, Minkus and Pinkus
B Gb
And Stein with an "e-i" and Styne with a "y"
Ab Db
Shake hands with your Uncle Sol mein boy
Gb Db
And here is your brother Sid
Gb Fm
And here is your cousin Yetta
Ebm Ab
Who expects another kid
Db
Whenever you're on the road mein boy
Gb Db
Wherever you may roam
Gb Fm
We'll all be here when you come back
Gb Ab Db
To wish you welcome home
Note: personally, I prefer to go up a full step, not a half step,
at the "Smallowitz" key change; it makes it easier to play.
For that version, the chords for the final three stanzas are:
G / C / D / G / C / G
A / D / G / D / G / Gbm / Em / A
D / G / D / G / Gbm / G / A / D
I sell a line of plastics
F C
And I travel on the road
F Em
And I have a case of samples
F G
Which believe me is a load
C
Every night a strange cafe
F C
A strange hotel and then
F Em
Early in the morning
F G C
I am on the road again
Dm
When the season's over
Em
And my lonesome journey ends
Dm Em
That's the only time I see
Dm G
My family and my friends
C
I drive up Ocean Parkway
F C
And before I stop the car
F Em
My ma leans out the window
F G C
And she hollers, "Here we are!"
C
Shake hands with your Uncle Max, mein boy
F C
And here is your sister Shirl
F Em
And here is your cousin Isabel
Dm G
That's Irving's oldest girl
C
And do you remember the Tishman twins
F C
Gerald and Jerome
F C
We all came out to greet you
F G C
And to wish you welcome home
Meet...
F
Merowitz, Berowitz, Handelman, Schandelman
Bb C
Sperber and Gerber and Steiner and Stone
F
Boskowitz, Lubowitz, Aaronson, Baronson,
Bb F
Kleinman and Feinman and Friedman and Cohn
Gb
Smallowitz, Wallowitz, Teitelbaum, Mandelbaum
B Db
Levin, Levinsky, Levine and Levi
Gb
Brumburger, Schlumburger, Minkus and Pinkus
B Gb
And Stein with an "e-i" and Styne with a "y"
Ab Db
Shake hands with your Uncle Sol mein boy
Gb Db
And here is your brother Sid
Gb Fm
And here is your cousin Yetta
Ebm Ab
Who expects another kid
Db
Whenever you're on the road mein boy
Gb Db
Wherever you may roam
Gb Fm
We'll all be here when you come back
Gb Ab Db
To wish you welcome home
Note: personally, I prefer to go up a full step, not a half step,
at the "Smallowitz" key change; it makes it easier to play.
For that version, the chords for the final three stanzas are:
G / C / D / G / C / G
A / D / G / D / G / Gbm / Em / A
D / G / D / G / Gbm / G / A / D
Allen - Lande
Allen Clapp and (...)
Allen Ginsberg
Allen Toussaint
Allergic Alice