This song, "Crooked Man" was written by Pamela Polland. This video is an excerpt from a WNET series Tracy Newman at Brooklyn College in 1965. It aired on a show called "What's New. "
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@mgtowmen15892 жыл бұрын
The modern world is strange. It allows me to fall in love with a woman in her 20's in 1965, who is actually now 80 years old.
@dshadow31732 жыл бұрын
I'm hooked on these videos. Your style and voice are so uplifting. Thanks for sharing.
@MrJones-91811 ай бұрын
I agree, can’t stop watching them❤️
@zechariahnisbet.43372 жыл бұрын
I was born in 1986 but I wish I was 30 years old in 1969 because I would pursue Tracey , she is my dream woman
@adomlee59694 ай бұрын
I was '77, and I'm now in the boat with you, (I brought beer😂) Beautiful voice, tomboy pixie pertness , and apparently a catalog of songs I already grew up loving.
@artgoat2 жыл бұрын
I've been looking for this version for YEARS! I thought it was Peter Paul & Mary, but my mother had it on open-reel tape she recorded from television shows in the '60's, and I only half remembered it from some of the lyrics. I wonder if it might have been performed on Smothers Brothers or Dick Cavett, because that's where she would have been most likely to record it.
@tedmccarron5 жыл бұрын
I saw the first few lines of this as a poem many years ago but I never knew until right now that it was a full-length song also. It's a really pretty song, I love Tracy's singing.
@tracynewman32565 жыл бұрын
Hi, Ted! My friend Pamela Polland took the traditional poem, added verses and put a melody to it.
@tedmccarron5 жыл бұрын
@@tracynewman3256 thank you for sharing that! I love these old videos of yours as well as some of the newer songs. Imdb.com however they do not mention you on this television show. Perhaps you could inform them of that so they can put a category for the TV show as well as for your appearance on it. Do they have an entire show on KZfaq Somewhere? I'd like to see one with the opening credits and you're opening song or however you started the show as well as the end.
@tracynewman32565 жыл бұрын
@@tedmccarron We just updated my IMDB and didn't include the PBS shows. Sorry. I do have the opening credits, but would have to figure out how to edit them out. I only did 6 half hour shows within the series "What's New" hosted by Al Binford, which ran from 1962-1973. I was a small part of the overall series.
@tedmccarron5 жыл бұрын
@@tracynewman3256 I wonder if you could get permission to put the whole shows up from the people who made the show?
@tracynewman32565 жыл бұрын
@@tedmccarron Hi Ted! I don't think I need permission. I just need the know-how to deal with it. I had a young editor helping me with these when I first got them, and he has since moved to England.
@dt33752 жыл бұрын
I'm in love with Tracy Newman now
@cymbergan2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for teaching me the whole song. Wee Sing only sang the first verse.
@LizaFan4 жыл бұрын
I met a Crooked Man, Who walked a crooked mile, Found a crooked six pence, Against a crooked stile, Bought a crooked kitten, That caught a crooked mouse, And together they lived happily in a little, crooked house. I met a Crooked Man, Crooked for he could not see, And yet he opened up a whole new world to me, Taught me how to build a castle with a grain of sand, And how to catch a rainbow in the palm of my hand. I met a Crooked Man, Crooked for he could not hear, Yet he could make me laugh if ever came a tear. He taught me how to sing and dance and whistle down the hall, And through these things I learned he wasn't so crooked after all. I met a Crooked Man, Crooked for he had no shoes, Only had one pair of pants, two shirts from which to choose, Yet he took me through the green grass fields with the blue skies up above, And the memory I treasure most, he taught me how to love. Crooked Man, crooked mile, A crooked six pence, crooked stile, A crooked kitten, crooked mouse, Together they lived happily in a little, crooked house. Together they lived happily in a little, crooked house.
@sanyora2 жыл бұрын
This is so beautiful. It's a shame I haven't heard this before, but I'm also so happy that I have found this now! Thank you for this amazing song!!
@martindalton93724 жыл бұрын
We need more content like this WNET series and more people and entertainers like Tracy Newman. She has a great page on youtube.
@alanlibert5939 жыл бұрын
What memories this brings back.
@biffinbelize Жыл бұрын
He took me in the green grass and the blue slies up above,The memory I treasure most is he taught me how to love Goes into the woods with a crooked homeless man with one pair of pants, two shirts and no shoes -- how did I ever miss this gem..
@beyondonethousand7 жыл бұрын
You're correct in needing to look for the good qualities in people, not the bad. The Lord said to love your neighbour as yourself. We need more of this.
@justin97442 жыл бұрын
I'm in love.
@rayrom642 жыл бұрын
Delightful. I have just fallen in love again.
@francisjo3 Жыл бұрын
Tracy you’re amazing!
@TracyNewmanOfficial Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@matthewestrada4073 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful woman
@DanDDirges5 жыл бұрын
What a great song! Been enjoying your videos so much!
@hippieluv2 жыл бұрын
Great voice. Nice guitar too👍
@ChunkyBoots4 жыл бұрын
Classic folk music.
@RyneMurray234 жыл бұрын
What a kind soul
@xanderpascel8603 жыл бұрын
this is a very famous nursery rhyme here in england
@thomasmcmahon28173 жыл бұрын
A lesson for many in 2021.
@Kingpinsuited003 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting these! Absolutely a gem!
@randomwhatever32624 жыл бұрын
Watching @2019
@ironsoul804 жыл бұрын
NO AUTO-TUNE USED
@punpck4 жыл бұрын
lovely performance :)
@nathanielrossi96594 жыл бұрын
Beautiful crooked mile.
@T0BERS2 ай бұрын
I hope they play this in the end credits whenever they eventually make “The Crooked Man” movie they shelved. Shame it’s the only Conjuring spin-off I’m interested in seeing.
@Daneh975 жыл бұрын
Would consider doing tutorials on how to play these songs? I’d love to know how to play this one, and most of the others from this program.
@bobriquardo53172 жыл бұрын
THIS
@robbiekipping11244 жыл бұрын
I am totally in love... dr. K
@jamesbond46332 жыл бұрын
Nice playing and singing. I really like your speaking voice. So calm and relaxing. Did you ever take acting or voice lessons? I think Johnny Carson was really impressed with you too!!!! :)
@meanbeanmachine5 жыл бұрын
Oh gosh, this lady reminds me so much of my ex-girlfriend, Alex. I miss her tremendously, and I wish we could have married. She was a lovely singer.
@Jeansieguy5 жыл бұрын
Get over it
@dontcallmepeanut5 жыл бұрын
@@Jeansieguy yes very epic
@adrianostafford82404 жыл бұрын
Did you find Alex? She sounded nice
@justin97442 жыл бұрын
Creepy.
@meanbeanmachine2 жыл бұрын
update: got over Alex, found spouse, still enjoy this song. PS: such delightful comments! :P
@saragonzalez31724 жыл бұрын
Always judge a book by its cover
@insertnamehere46653 жыл бұрын
I want the crooked kitten 😢
@shantericapoole74826 жыл бұрын
The man is real please write back
@cydtherando5 жыл бұрын
How is the crooked man real? Did he visit you? Lol
@tedmccarron5 жыл бұрын
@@cydtherando 🤣
@IamN0-15 жыл бұрын
The conjuring 2 brought me here😶
@yujnx3 жыл бұрын
Same!!
@jilliancroskey83342 жыл бұрын
Me too! Lol
@Muertes-tf2oj3 жыл бұрын
I learned this in the 1st grade, but as a poem, not a song.
@lasse9278 Жыл бұрын
Bone
@spencerwhite8891 Жыл бұрын
Then he had a crooked thought, Why's the crookedness my lot? Why must I be crooked when others they were not? And the crooked man would cry, and he couldn't fathom why, and he was sad all the time, and so he cried.
@dustywendigo89525 жыл бұрын
But the crooked man was sad and he once had a thought... why should he be so crooked but others were not
@spencerwhite8891 Жыл бұрын
And the crooked man would cry, and he couldn't fathom why, and he was sad all the time...and so he cried Everything was worthless he heaved a crooked sigh, he found a crooked rope and tied it to the sky.
@srichard19745 жыл бұрын
Tracy, you've been so awesome, we love you! Could you help me with the progression on this one as well? :)
@srichard19745 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure I got it figured out, C-Am-F-G but capo on 2, and you're tuned down a half step so key seems to be Db
@tracynewman32564 жыл бұрын
@@srichard1974 Sean - I think I'm actually playing in G, and it's only 3 chords, so minor. Sorry this took me so long. You're probably performing it by now!
@20alphabet4 жыл бұрын
She's also known as the human card shuffler.
@andrewclack48813 жыл бұрын
to think, a lucky man once lay with this beautiful women.........and all the lovers lie abed with all their griefs in their arms