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[originalsocal]

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
Framed and mortered by Lamanitiesh people.
(Forgot the last line)

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

That's my guess.

[Northwestcoug]

I clearly remember ‘I’m a Mormon’, words and music. I’m sure I’ve hear the others, but there’s no memory of it.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Never heard of any of this stuff.

[Omaha 680]

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.

That was The Safety Kids

Never heard of any of this stuff.

There was a very discrete window in which this stuff was produced and popular. 10-15 years tops. Be grateful you missed it.

[smokymountainrain]

Wow. Learning these songs existed makes me grateful my parents were lukewarm Mormons.


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[PaloAltoCougar]

Never heard of any of this stuff.

Ditto

[Bo Diddley]

Never heard of any of this stuff.

Me neither, which is weird. I remember my family went to a Lynn Bryson fireside/concert without me (my choice). They came back with a tape or two of his music. It was bad bad bad. But my younger brothers and sisters would listen to it. My parents probably wished I had come because of the rock music i loved.

[Donuthole]

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

Impressive. I can’t believe we forgot:

Hey aaaaay
Won’t somebody come and
Pla aaaaay with me.

Done all my work and
I’ve got a little time to spend
If I could find a friend.


I actually remember listening to that song in our car with my mom, dad, and sister as we drove to Colorado. My dad used the song to teach me what harmony is.

[USUC]

What era were these tapes made and popular? I was born in 77. Was this not during my childhood or did my parents do a great job of shielding me from contrived cheesiness? My mom refused a copy of Saturday's Warrior from my grandma so maybe I was just blessed.

[Omaha 680]

What era were these tapes made and popular? I was born in 77. Was this not during my childhood or did my parents do a great job of shielding me from contrived cheesiness? My mom refused a copy of Saturday's Warrior from my grandma so maybe I was just blessed.

You're right in the sweet spot so you were well protected. I was also born in 77. I don't recognize all these songs (i don't remember the one KK sang in primary for example) but some of them are seared into my brain.

[Paperback Writer]

You're right in the sweet spot so you were well protected. I was also born in 77. I don't recognize all these songs (i don't remember the one KK sang in primary for example) but some of them are seared into my brain.

Interesting in that I haven't heard of any of this music while growing up earlier in the same area (I was in Jr High in 1977). Only comparable music I remember from my childhood is the 3 D's singing Give Said the Little Stream.

[Eddie]

My younger sister, born in '76, had a bunch of those brite music ones. There were some that were just songs, and then I seem to remember some that were stories with songs mixed in.

The one that easily comes to mind for me is the "I'm a VIP in my Family" song.

I'm a VIP
In my Family
I'm a VIP you see

I'm a VIP
In my Family
A very important person, that's me

A very important person
A very important person
A very important person
That's me.

I also remember one - a duet - about honesty.

Who broke my window?

Telling the truth isn't going to be easy....

[Moliere]

I've never heard of any of these, which is odd since I can still remember the lyrics to most Saturday's Warrior and My Turn on Earth songs. I guess my parents were weird, but not THAT weird.

[Donuthole]

Quick Janeen Brady Primer:

We had pretty much all of the Janeen Brady stuff. There were a couple different sides to her materials, though it was all sold at Desert Book type places. (I know my mom was an avid Jorgensen’s Book Store shopper. Anyone with deep ties to Weber or Davis Counties knows Jorgensen’s was the hot spot for LDS literature.)

Her LDS Specific stuff was very on the nose (I’m a Mormon!) and while that is what got her foot in the door, that’s not where she made hay.

Her other stuff was where she made it. This stuff was very in line with LDS teachings, but was vague enough that it caught on with lots of Christians.

This stuff includes the Safety Kids stuff, (teaching kids about drugs and sexual predators) and the Standin’ Tall stuff, teaching kids about general moral principles like Honesty, Work, Cleanliness, Dependability, etc. I think there were 12 or 13 books, all with a story and 2-3 songs in each one. The accompanying cassette had voice actors to tell the story and sing the songs. This book and tape combo was our primary entertainment as we traveled when I was a kid.

I can still sing parts of many of the songs years later.

Bonus: The song “Who Broke My Window” was from the book Honesty. That song became especially popular because it got made into an ad for the LDS church:

Do you recognize any of the actors?

[USUC]

You're right in the sweet spot so you were well protected. I was also born in 77. I don't recognize all these songs (i don't remember the one KK sang in primary for example) but some of them are seared into my brain.

Blessed be my parents. But I don't even remember this being a thing among my LDS friends. I grew up in a mostly rural area, so maybe that has something to do with it as well.