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heard a song don't know by who but ive been singin it .for 20 yrs. now and would like to know all the words.It goes lord lord i'm an action man tryin ta find blah blah blah where ever i can.sorry that's all i got.
Hi Tom,
Thanks for your attention.
I guess you are looking for "Action Man", by John Cephas/Joe Wilson, recorded by the acoustic Blues duo Cephas & Wiggins in the 80s. Here goes the lyrics:
"Talk to me baby, I'm an action-man; out on the town, doing the best I can; Oh lord, I'm an action-man, oh lord, I'm an action-man!
Handy at mornin', handy at night; doin' my lovin' with all my might; oh lord I'm an action-man...
Come to the wild-woods, sit on a log; woman's been treating me like a dog; oh lord I'm an action-man...
I'll keep your potatoes, I'll heat your soup; pluck all the chickens in your coop; oh lord,I'm an action-man...
Talk to me baby! I'm an action-man! (repeat)
Saw a gorilla, and a gator too; I was lonesome, ain't a thing to do."
If you need anything else, please feel free to get in touch,
my regards,
Amarilis Gibeli - "Searchin` around..."
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Amarilis Gibeli
Expertise
I actively search out want lists of rare, hard-to-find & out-of- print Lps & CDs, antiques and collectables items, books, lyrics, sheet music and any other audio/visual media & format as well, for individuals, traders, retail outlets and online auctions. My specialty is 60`s (psych & garage rock, doo-wop, girls groups, etc.) & 70`s (hard, punk, progressive, etc.), although I have acquired a large range of knowledge on any other style & period as well. As a researcher in musical subjects, I have received requests to write programme notes for modern & classical music, history of music, forms, contemporary music life, bibliographic references, among other topics.
Experience
I'm an Independent Consultant for music legal rights & copyright
law (Musical Performance & Mechanical Rights) for 32 years in
Brazil, as well as private record collector, trader & music
researcher.
Organizations
Sociedade Independente de Compositores e Autores Musicais
(SICAM), Sociedade Brasileira de Escritores de Musica (SABEM),
Escritorio Central de Arrecadação e Distribuição (ECAD), among
others copyright societies.
Education/Credentials
Law School "Largo Sao Francisco", at the University of Sao
Paulo, Brazil.
Still working as translator and subtitler at MTV Brazil.
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