LOUIS ARMSTRONG- Bare Necessities -- TV Show 1968 London BBC

LOUIS ARMSTRONG- Bare Necessities -- TV Show 1968 London BBC

Look for the bare necessities
The simple bare necessities
Forget about your worries and your strife
I mean the bare necesseties
Old Mother Nature's recipes
That bring the bare necessities of life
Wherever I wander
Wherever I roam
I couldn't be fonder of my big home
The bees are buzzin' in the tree
To make some honey just for me
When you look under the rocks and plants
And take a glance at the fancey ants
And then maybe try a few
The bare necessities of life
Will come to you
They'll come to you!
Look for the bare necessities
The simple bare necessities
Forget about your worries and your strife
I mean the bare necessities
That's why a bear can rest at ease
With just the bare necessities of life
Now when you pick a pawpaw
Or prickly pear
And you pick a raw paw
Next time Beware
Don't pick the prickly pear by the paw
When you pick a pear
try to use the claw
When you pick a pear of the big pawpaw
Have I given you a clue?
The bare necessities of life will come to you
They'll come to you!
So just try and relax, yeah cool it
Fall apart in my backyard
'Cause let me tell you something little britches
If you act like that bee acts uh uh
You're working too hard
And don't spend your time lookin' around
For something you want that can't be found
When you find out you con live without it
I'll tell you something true
The bare necessities of life will come to you
They'll come to you!
(repeat first chorus)

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Music

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• LOUIS
• ARMSTRONG-
• Bare
• Necessities
• --
• TV
• Show
• 1968
• London
• BBC

[diderr01]

this man is so great. He was an accomplished Jazz artist and he walked on the moon.

[mnash3]

Hm.... Nice post.... Louis is completely amazing... At the same time, it got me to thinking. We have a bunch of piano players and singers and although his name is not coming to mind right now I believe if I think about it I can even name a famous drummer who also sung, but for the life of me it really escapes me to think of any horn player whether trumpet, saxophone, clarinet, etc who also sings. So if you all know of any whether at Louis' stature or just some type of body of work, please share.

[goozlegogs]

Although it's an early colour production by the BBC- (correct, '68 from entitled 'The Show Of The Week'- BBC 2) the age is not really relevent.

I saw (& recorded to VHS) the full show - about 10 years ago on BBC Knowledge. Even on VHS, the picture and sound quality was amazing. Wish I could get hold of a good quaity copy once more!

[Alexking99]

@SATURDAYateSUNDAY it's probably the sound quality of the video because it's so old i mean come on it's a 1968 video with bad sound quality so what at least enjoy the music he's singing!

[JesusJefferson]

This is the Music, 1930-1995

[SATURDAYateSUNDAY]

w-t-f that humm...itts not as bad as the other one but man its annoying

[thrownacrosswater]

ahhhhhhh he's so happy! :D