The Ballad of Red & Dorothy

This song was written, pre-recorded and performed live by the Sensational Operationals at Red (Shepherd) and Dorothy Hersey's baby shower on August 5, 1985 in the LDM cafeteria/worship center.  The song set to the tune of "The Ballad of Gilligan's Island."  Lyrics by the Sensational Operationals; Music arranged and recorded by Bob Ayala & Bobby Miller.
©Pretty Bad Records, a division of the Operations Department, a division of LDM

Note: The Ops guys were just learning how to write & sing, so the lyrics didn't come close to rhyming and their singing wasn't exactly refined yet, right Bob?!  :-)

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Red & Dorothy Hersey at their baby shower

 

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The Sensational Operationals' performance

 

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Lyrics

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,

A tale of Dorothy and Red,

That started from a tropic port,

Aboard a tiny ship.

Red was a mighty sailin' man,

Dorothy brave and sure,

They hitched and sailed to ICT,

For a ten week course,

A ten week course.

 

Second-term started getting rough,

The brush hog bit the dust,

Mommy couldn't work too much,

The baby's on the way,

The baby's on the way.

The baby's gonna be here soon,

They're getting all prepared,

With toddler clothes, and diapers too.

The movie star and his wife,

The three of them,

Together as one family,

Here in trailer nine!

 

Now this is the tale of their family,

Together for a long long time.

They're going to learn a lot of things,

They will do just fine.

No bucks, no beach, no tiny ship,

Not many luxuries;

They gave up everything they had,

To serve the Lord with us.

 

So join us here each day my friend,

You're sure to get a smile,

With Mommy and Daddy and baby too,

Here in trailer nine,

Here in trailer nine,

Here in trailer nine,

Here in trailer nine!

 

PBR  Pretty Bad Records, 1985

 

 

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