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[Donuthole]

Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the News

Who remembers this popular mormon primary song referenced in the first paragraph? It's apparently real, but I don't recall hearing it.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/kate...140000834.html

Not a primary song. It was from a Janeen Brady album called “I’m a Mormon..” My family had the cassette and we listened to it often. It contained other hits like: “I’m a Mormon”
“Grandpa and Grandma are Going Away on a Mission” and
“Got a Dime in My Pocket.”

[Art Vandelay]

Not a primary song. It was from a Janeen Brady album called “I’m a Mormon..” My family had the cassette and we listened to it often. It contained other hits like: “I’m a Mormon”
“Grandpa and Grandma are Going Away on a Mission” and
“Got a Dime in My Pocket.”

Are any of those hits square danceable?

[Pelado]

Not a primary song. It was from a Janeen Brady album called “I’m a Mormon..” My family had the cassette and we listened to it often. It contained other hits like: “I’m a Mormon”
“Grandpa and Grandma are Going Away on a Mission” and
“Got a Dime in My Pocket.”

Never heard of them.

[Sullyute]

Not a primary song. It was from a Janeen Brady album called “I’m a Mormon..” My family had the cassette and we listened to it often. It contained other hits like: “I’m a Mormon”
“Grandpa and Grandma are Going Away on a Mission” and
“Got a Dime in My Pocket.”

I still have that cassette tape in my basement somewhere!

[Eddie]

Not a primary song. It was from a Janeen Brady album called “I’m a Mormon..” My family had the cassette and we listened to it often. It contained other hits like: “I’m a Mormon”
“Grandpa and Grandma are Going Away on a Mission” and
“Got a Dime in My Pocket.”

My sister had that cassette and would play it over...and over...and over...and over...

[Scott R Nelson]

Not a primary song. It was from a Janeen Brady album called “I’m a Mormon..”

Ah yes, Janeen Brady and Brite Music. She did have seven or eight kids. I can only name the first four. Her husband Ted and my Father were both counselors in the bishopric when I was young.

[Surfah]

Ah yes, Janeen Brady and Brite Music. She did have seven or eight kids. I can only name the first four. Her husband Ted and my Father were both counselors in the bishopric when I was young.

Is this where the I'm a VIP in my family song came from? I have a vague memory of Brite music.

[BigFatMeanie]

Not a primary song. It was from a Janeen Brady album called “I’m a Mormon..” My family had the cassette and we listened to it often. It contained other hits like: “I’m a Mormon”
“Grandpa and Grandma are Going Away on a Mission” and
“Got a Dime in My Pocket.”

The following is all from memory. We used to listen to the tape in the car on road trips when I was a kid:

I'm a Mormon, yes I am
so if you want to study a Mormon I'm a living specimen
Maybe you think I'm just like everybody else you see
but I know the rules, the dos and the don'ts, for happy happy living
I learn to say, I will and I won't, I try to be forgiving

Maybe you'ld like me to tell you about
the things that I know are true?
Then you can be a Mormon too!

I'm a Mormon through and through
so you can follow my example in the things I say and do

... (can't remember the rest of the words)

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Got a Dime in my Pocket
I can feel when I walk it
kind rolls and bounces around.

Earned it working for
the man next door
and now I'm going to town

Gotta do some arithmetic
and I've got to do it quick
before I can use it, my friend

Take ten percent for tithing first
that leaves nine whole pennies to spend!

Ten percent for tithing first
that leaves nine whole pennies to spend, to spend,
yes nine whole pennies to spend!

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The "When I grow up I want to be a Mother" also had similar lines about being a father and holding the Priesthood, but I don't remember the words. You can find recordings of it on youtube.

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My Dad's the nicest dad and My Dad's the kindest dad
and my dad's the greatest dad of any dad around
He can do anything thing he'll fix your bike he'll fly a kite
yes, my Dad, my Dad's, the greatest dad in town

He can throw a ball so high
you think it's gonna break the sky
He knows the name of every kind of jet! Vroom!

He can add up any sum
He always has money for bubblegum
I haven't figured how he does yet it

But

My Dad's the nicest dad and My Dad's the kindest dad
and my dad's the greatest dad of any dad around
He can do anything thing he'll fix your bike he'll fly a kite
yes, my Dad, my Dad's, the greatest dad in town

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That's all I got

[BigFatMeanie]

P.S. Kate Kelly is one nasty, and nasty-looking, feminazi. Ugh.

[Art Vandelay]

The following is all from memory. We used to listen to the tape in the car on road trips when I was a kid:

I'm a Mormon, yes I am
so if you want to study a Mormon I'm a living specimen
Maybe you think I'm just like everybody else you see
but I know the rules, the dos and the don'ts, for happy happy living
I learn to say, I will and I won't, I try to be forgiving

Maybe you'ld like me to tell you about
the things that I know are true?
Then you can be a Mormon too!

I'm a Mormon through and through
so you can follow my example in the things I say and do

... (can't remember the rest of the words)

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Got a Dime in my Pocket
I can feel when I walk it
kind rolls and bounces around.

Earned it working for
the man next door
and now I'm going to town

Gotta do some arithmetic
and I've got to do it quick
before I can use it, my friend

Take ten percent for tithing first
that leaves nine whole pennies to spend!

Ten percent for tithing first
that leaves nine whole pennies to spend, to spend,
yes nine whole pennies to spend!

-----------------

The "When I grow up I want to be a Mother" also had similar lines about being a father and holding the Priesthood, but I don't remember the words. You can find recordings of it on youtube.

-----------------

My Dad's the nicest dad and My Dad's the kindest dad
and my dad's the greatest dad of any dad around
He can do anything thing he'll fix your bike he'll fly a kite
yes, my Dad, my Dad's, the greatest dad in town

He can throw a ball so high
you think it's gonna break the sky
He knows the name of every kind of jet! Vroom!

He can add up any sum
He always has money for bubblegum
I haven't figured how he does yet it

But

My Dad's the nicest dad and My Dad's the kindest dad
and my dad's the greatest dad of any dad around
He can do anything thing he'll fix your bike he'll fly a kite
yes, my Dad, my Dad's, the greatest dad in town

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That's all I got

I thought the great Kirby Heyborne/Will Swenson masterpiece “Sons of Provo” was pure satire and fiction. It sounds like it was just a updated version of 80s reality.

I had no idea these Mo-pop cassettes existed.


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[BigPiney]

Is this where the I'm a VIP in my family song came from? I have a vague memory of Brite music.

That one I remember.

[Lost Student]

Did anybody else have a Latter-day Night Live tape? Sometime around mid-eighties. I listened to that and a Bill Cosby tape a lot as I went to bed. Good times.

[mtnbiker]

That one I remember.

We had those cassettes for the kids, too. I remember a little of the one about memorizing their phone number and also to look for a grandma or mother with children if you get lost.

[Copelius]

The following is all from memory. We used to listen to the tape in the car on road trips when I was a kid:

I'm a Mormon, yes I am
so if you want to study a Mormon I'm a living specimen
Maybe you think I'm just like everybody else you see
but I know the rules, the dos and the don'ts, for happy happy living
I learn to say, I will and I won't, I try to be forgiving

Maybe you'ld like me to tell you about
the things that I know are true?
Then you can be a Mormon too!

I'm a Mormon through and through
so you can follow my example in the things I say and do

... (can't remember the rest of the words)

-----------------

Got a Dime in my Pocket
I can feel when I walk it
kind rolls and bounces around.

Earned it working for
the man next door
and now I'm going to town

Gotta do some arithmetic
and I've got to do it quick
before I can use it, my friend

Take ten percent for tithing first
that leaves nine whole pennies to spend!

Ten percent for tithing first
that leaves nine whole pennies to spend, to spend,
yes nine whole pennies to spend!

-----------------

The "When I grow up I want to be a Mother" also had similar lines about being a father and holding the Priesthood, but I don't remember the words. You can find recordings of it on youtube.

-----------------

My Dad's the nicest dad and My Dad's the kindest dad
and my dad's the greatest dad of any dad around
He can do anything thing he'll fix your bike he'll fly a kite
yes, my Dad, my Dad's, the greatest dad in town

He can throw a ball so high
you think it's gonna break the sky
He knows the name of every kind of jet! Vroom!

He can add up any sum
He always has money for bubblegum
I haven't figured how he does yet it

But

My Dad's the nicest dad and My Dad's the kindest dad
and my dad's the greatest dad of any dad around
He can do anything thing he'll fix your bike he'll fly a kite
yes, my Dad, my Dad's, the greatest dad in town

--------

That's all I got

Must have been a later verse. The first verse was

I'm a Mormon, yes I am
so if you want to study a Mormon I'm a living specimen
Maybe you think I'm just like everybody else you see
Trust in my word, you'll quickly observe, I'm diff'rent as can be.

also

Hey everybody it's family night, you better take the phone off the hook (what an odd concept nowadays)
Hey everybody it's family night, I've already got the family night book.
(That's all on that one)

finally

And when I'm even taller and I earn a whole dollar
You can bet I'll know what to do
I'll give back the dime that wasn't mine
Then I'll be faithful and true
It'll help righteous people build a church with a steeple
(Forgot the last line)

We spun the heck out of that LP at my house. Almost as much as Elvis.

[BigFatMeanie]

Must have been a later verse. The first verse was

I'm a Mormon, yes I am
so if you want to study a Mormon I'm a living specimen
Maybe you think I'm just like everybody else you see
Trust in my word, you'll quickly observe, I'm diff'rent as can be.

also

Hey everybody it's family night, you better take the phone off the hook (what an odd concept nowadays)
Hey everybody it's family night, I've already got the family night book.
(That's all on that one)

finally

And when I'm even taller and I earn a whole dollar
You can bet I'll know what to do
I'll give back the dime that wasn't mine
Then I'll be faithful and true
It'll help righteous people build a church with a steeple
(Forgot the last line)

We spun the heck out of that LP at my house. Almost as much as Elvis.

I don't think it was a different verse. I think it was my bad memory. I'm famous for garbling and butchering song lyrics.