Side Splitters: A Mammoth Rib-Tickling Collection of More Than 125 Funny Songs

A mammoth illustrated collection of more than 125 funny songs, mostly in the folk tradition, interlaced with a multitude of parodies, jokes, recitations and sayings collected by the author over a lifetime of performing. Each song has complete lyrics, melody line and suggested accompaniment chords. Included are Take My Bridgework Back To Mother, Send Me To Glory In a Glad Bag, The Housewifes Lament and The Piddling Pup. The reading Why She Didnt Become a Baptist leaves even church groups roaring in laughter.
More fun rib-ticklers include The Limerick Song (suitable for general audiences), Little Willie verses and the parody My Grandfathers Feet Were Too Strong For His Shoes. A choice collection of photos and vintage illustrations add the final touch for the enjoyment of this top-notch collection.
More than 125 funny songs --- lyrics, tunes, and suggested accompaniment chords.
Plus rib-tickling parodies, jokes, readings and sayings.
Embellished with vintage photos and illustrations.

Alex Usher has collected and performed folk songs for over fifty years. She has amassed a treasure trove of songs that work well with children, and used them through the years to amuse her own four children (who later joined her and her husband on the stage) as well as to entertain youngsters at the St. Louis Children's Hospital where she was the volunteer "Music Lady" in the late 1970s. In the early days of TV she was a regular performer on several children's series on PBS Channel 9 in St. Louis. (in one she was a jack-in-the-box who popped out and did a song and a dance in each episode!) She still shares her music with her grandchildren and their classmates. More recently she has specialized in playing the autoharp as a solo instrument. Mel Bay's Basic Melodic Autoharp Solos is her contribution to helping folks teach themselves this art. She is a National Autoharp Champion, a four-time winner in the International Competition at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield KS, and has made several solo autoharp CDs in the last several years. Currently she does a program of folk songs called "Hand-me-down Music" for the Missouri Humanities Council, and gives many other performances, primarily in the St. Louis area.