Name a song with an occupation in the title.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

Wichita Lineman

[thomski64]

1. the old lamplighter..

[Floyd R. Turbo]

3. 👍🏻

[thomski64]

10. Hangman hangman slack your rope...

[unweird]

2. Ironman

[Floyd R. Turbo]

4. 👍🏻

[niyad]

5. Mr. Tamborine Man

[Floyd R. Turbo]

9. 👍🏻

[dweller]

6. If I were a carpenter

Tho it was a bit weird when Karen and Richard sang it …



✌🏻

[Floyd R. Turbo]

11. 👍🏻

[thomski64]

22. ..at least they got subjunctive voice right...

[3catwoman3]

85. How many people even know or use...

…the subjunctive voice these days? Alas, very few, in my experience.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

97. Probably ten times as many as use the pluperfect subjunctive.

The Pluperfect Subjunctive, active and passive, is a Secondary Sequence Tense, and is never used in Purpose or Result Clauses. It is expressed in English by the helping verb phrases might have or would have. The formation rule is simple.

Clear?

[3catwoman3]

99. Sad to say, no it is not.

Can you enlighten me with an example? Please. I really would like to know.

Does this play into the classic “Where is the best place to get scrod in Boston” joke.

[unweird]

7. Paperback Writer

[Floyd R. Turbo]

13. 👍🏻

[IA8IT]

8. Please Mr. Postman

[Floyd R. Turbo]

14. 👍🏻

[niyad]

68. GMTA

[IA8IT]

79. and at the same time!!

[niyad]

12. Please Mr. Postman

[Floyd R. Turbo]

16. 👍🏻

[Diamond_Dog]

15. Hot for Teacher

Van Halen

[Floyd R. Turbo]

18. 👍🏻

[Walleye]

17. Doctor My Eyes

[Floyd R. Turbo]

19. 👍🏻

[unweird]

20. Rap God

[Floyd R. Turbo]

21. 👍🏻

[Guilded Lilly]

23. Taxman (The Beatles)

[Floyd R. Turbo]

25. 👍🏻

[KarenS]

24. Piano Man

[Floyd R. Turbo]

26. 👍🏻

[sinkingfeeling]

27. Please, Mr. Postman.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

32. 👍🏻

[unweird]

28. Rocket Man

[Floyd R. Turbo]

33. 👍🏻

[cloudbase]

29. Telephone Man

Shitty song, but you asked. . .

[Floyd R. Turbo]

34. 👍🏻

[bucolic_frolic]

30. God Bless America

[Floyd R. Turbo]

35. 👍🏻

[bucolic_frolic]

42. Whew! Thanks.

I worried that God's occupation wouldn't pass. He works hard!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

49. 🤗

[RockRaven]

31. Dr. Feelgood

[Floyd R. Turbo]

36. 👍🏻

[Jade Fox]

37. Dang I was going for that one.....

I've been listening to a lot of Jimmy Webb lately.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

38. 😁

[unweird]

39. The Pusher

[Floyd R. Turbo]

40. 👍🏻

[Jade Fox]

41. The Clean Up Woman- Betty Wright

[Floyd R. Turbo]

44. 👍🏻

[woodsprite]

43. From my daughter, "Our lawyer made us change the name of this song so we wouldn't get sued. nt

[Floyd R. Turbo]

47. 👍🏻

[shelshaw]

45. Operator - Jim Croce

[woodsprite]

96. Buffalo Soldier. nt

[Floyd R. Turbo]

111. 👍🏻

[rsdsharp]

46. Roller Derby Queen.

[unweird]

48. Send Lawyers, Guns and Money

[unweird]

50. Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner

[MiniMe]

51. Wichita Line Man

[Diamond_Dog]

52. I Don't Need No Doctor

Humble Pie

[VMA131Marine]

53. Driver 8 -REM

Chorus]
And the train conductor says
(Driver 8) "Take a break, Driver 8
(Driver 8) Driver 8, take a break
We can reach our destination
We're still a ways away."
(But it's still a ways away)

[VMA131Marine]

54. Working Man - Rush

[applegrove]

55. "It's a working Man I am" Rita McNeil

Link to tweet

?s=20&t=K-7fuRdW3hUQSyFog-7EU47F_0PQsDoKGbDuKCbSfJ4

Rita would sing it with a chorus of men with Miners' helmet lights on. Very moving. About coal miners in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

[woodsprite]

56. My Johnny was a shoemaker (Steeleye Span). nt

[VMA131Marine]

57. Watching the Detectives- Elvis Costello

[House of Roberts]

58. Last of the Singing Cowboys

Marshall Tucker Band

[Ohiya]

59. I'm your captain

[VMA131Marine]

60. Corporal Brown - Toad the Wet Sprocket

[demmiblue]

61. Lenny Kravitz - Mr. Cab Driver

[Jade Fox]

62. Kitchen Man - Bessie Smith

Very salacious.😈

[Ohiya]

63. Christmas card from a hooker in Minneapolis

[cornball 24]

64. "BARBER" ANN😁!

[Ohiya]

65. Coalminer's daughter

[Docreed2003]

66. Floyd the Barber...Nirvana

[demmiblue]

67. Dr. Dre ft. Eminem, Skylar Grey - I Need A Doctor

[Niagara]

69. AC/DC: Rock n Roll Singer

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[spooky3]

70. Doctor Doctor (Thompson Twins) and

This may not qualify: “Doctor, Doctor give me the news I got a bad case of loving you” (Robert Palmer)

[niyad]

71. Santa Baby

[spooky3]

72. Private Dancer (Tina Turner) and

Tiny Dancer (Elton John)

[dchill]

73. "Working In The Coal Mine." - Lee Dorsey

[Diamond_Dog]

74. Send Lawyers Guns and Money

Warren Zevon

[Niagara]

75. Primus: Jerry Was A Race Car Driver

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[lpbk2713]

76. The Boxer

S&G

[spooky3]

77. Sky Pilot (Eric Burdon and the Animals)

[LonePirate]

78. Son of a Preacher Man

[Ocelot II]

80. The Highwayman

[Ocelot II]

81. The Barber of Seville (that's a whole opera; does that count?)

[msongs]

82. hallelujah Im a bum

[Ocelot II]

83. I'm A Lumberjack And I'm OK.

[Ocelot II]

84. Here Comes The Judge

[essaynnc]

86. Papa was a Rolling Stone

[Ocelot II]

87. God Save The Queen

[CanonRay]

88. Tiny Dancer

[spooky3]

89. Workin' at the Car Wash

[Brother Buzz]

90. Stick out 'yer can! Here comes the Garbage Man!

[Freddie]

91. Lovely Rita Meter Maid

[Geechie]

92. Night nurse

[Geechie]

93. Pilot of the airwaves

[Ohio Joe]

94. Spiral Architect

[Thunderbeast]

95. Cramps Was a Carpenter

John Prine

https://m.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

98. Mr. Sandman

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

100. Whore

Performed by In This Moment

[orleans]

101. so funny. i saw the title of this thread & thought: "wichita lineman"

brilliant minds & all that i guess

[lastlib]

102. The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel

Pinball Wizard? - The Who
Blue-Collar Man? - Styx
The Two Hangmen - Mason Proffitt
The Pusher - Grand Funk Railroad
Space Cowboy - Steve Miller Band

(How could I have missed "I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock-n-Roll Band)" - my favorite, the Moody Blues?)

[Thunderbeast]

103. Cramps Was a Carpenter

John Prine

https://m.

[DFW]

104. Back Door Man--the Doors

[DFW]

110. Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man

Early Rolling Stones

[IcyPeas]

105. Hurdy Gurdy Man

[IcyPeas]

106. The Spangle Maker - Cocteau Twins

[electric_blue68]

107. A close one - "Working With Fire and Steel" China Crisis

[jmowreader]

108. The Major-General's Song, from The Pirates of Penzance

[LeftInTX]

109. F____ Tha Police

[Doc_Technical]

112. The Wizard

[ironflange]

113. Lawyers in Love

[ironflange]

114. The Mummer's Dance

Thanks to that other thread.

[Mad_Dem_X]

115. Handyman (James Taylor)

[VGNonly]

116. Chain Gang

Sam Cooke

[VGNonly]

117. Song of a Baker

Small Faces

[VGNonly]

118. Drug Store Truck Driving Man

Byrds

[ironflange]

119. Sun King

[ironflange]

120. Her Majesty

[ironflange]

121. King of the Road

[lame54]

122. Fuck tha Police

[LeftishBrit]

123. When I Kissed the Teacher (Abba)

[LeftishBrit]

124. My Old Man's a Dustman

[LeftishBrit]

125. Space Man

[LeftishBrit]

126. The Ferrybank Piper

[LeftishBrit]

127. Death of a Clown (The Kinks)

[LeftishBrit]

128. Daddy Was a Bank Robber

[LeftishBrit]

129. Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys