Shel Silverstein
Sheldon Allan "Shel" Silverstein (September 25, 1930 – May 10, 1999) was an American poet, singer-songwriter, cartoonist, screenwriter, and author of children's books. He styled himself as Uncle Shelby in some works. Translated into more than 30 languages, his books have sold over 20 million copies.
Personal life
Born into a Jewish family, Silverstein grew up in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago, attended Roosevelt High School and, later, the University of Illinois, from which he was expelled. He then enrolled in Chicago Academy of Fine Arts where he was attending when he was drafted into the United States Army. He served in Japan and Korea. He had one daughter, Shoshanna Jordan Hastings, born June 30, 1970, with Susan Taylor Hastings of Sausalito, California. Susan died on June 29, 1975, one day before Shoshanna's fifth birthday, and Shoshanna died April 24, 1982, at age 11, of a cerebral aneurysm. He also had a son named Matthew, born November 10, 1984, with Sarah Spencer of Key West, Florida; Sarah drove the conch train and inspired Shel's song "The Great Conch Train Robbery." On May 10, 1999, Silverstein died at age 68 of a massive heart attack in Key West, Florida. He is buried in Westlawn Cemetery in Norridge, Illinois.
Podcasts:
Famous quotes by Shel Silverstein:
Shel Silverstein
ALBUMS
- Inside Folk Songs released: 2008
- The Best of Shel Silverstein: His Words, His Songs, His Friends released: 2005
- Freakin' at the Freakers Ball released: 1999
- Shel Silverstein released:
- Shel Silverstein released:
- I'm So Good That I Don't Have To Brag released:
- A Boy Named Sue released:
- The Great Conch Train Robbery released:
Inside Folk Songs
Released 2008- Bury Me in My Shades
- Have Another Espresso
- Bananas
- Liz
- You're Always Welcome at Our House
- Civil War Song
- Boa Consrictor
- 25 Minutes to Go
- Folk Singer's Blues
- Beans Taste Fine
- Slitheree-Dee
- It Does Not Pay to Be Hip
- Blue Eyes
- Standing on the Outside of Your Shelter
- Wreck of the Old '49
- Never Bite a Married Woman on the Thigh
- The Unicorn
The Best of Shel Silverstein: His Words, His Songs, His Friends
Released 2005- A Light in the Attic
- A Front Row Seat to Hear Ole Johnny Sing
- Freakin' at the Freakers' Ball
- Monsters I've Met
- The Unicorn
- The Dragon of Grindly Grun
- Marie Lavaux
- Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out
- Sylvia's Mother
- The Taker
- Homework Machine
- Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too
- Crowded Tub
- Rock and Roll Band
- Cover of the Rolling Stone
- Daddy What If
- Zebra Question
- Plastic
- A Couple More Years
- Peanut-Butter Sandwich
- Queen of the Silver Dollar
- The Generals
- I Got Stoned and I Missed It
- A Boy Named Sue
- Boa Constrictor
Freakin' at the Freakers Ball
Released 1999- Thumbsucker
- I Got Stoned and I Missed It
- Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out
- Stacy Brown Got Two
- Polly in a Porny
- Freakin' at the Freakers Ball
- All About You
- Don't Give a Dose to the One You Love the Most
- The Peace Proposal
- Masochistic Baby
- Liberated Lady 1999
- The Man Who Got No Sign
- A Front Row Seat to Hear Ole Johnny Sing
- 26 Second Song
- Everybody's Makin' It Big but Me
Shel Silverstein
- I Got Stoned And I Missed It
- I Saw Polly In A Porny
- Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too
- Marijuana
- My Hobby
- My Masochistic Baby
- Never Bite A Married Woman On The Thigh
- One Sister For Sale
- Paranoid
- Pathetic Way Of Getting Over Me
- Peanut Butter Sandwich
- Put Another Log On The Fire
- Qualludes Again
- Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take The Garbage Out
- Sick
- Somebody Stole My Rig
- Someone Ate The Baby
- Stacy Brown Got Two
- Sure Hit Songwriter's Pen
- Take Me Out To The Ballgame (& Carly Simon)
- The Farmer And The Queen
- The Smoke Off
- They Won't Let Us Show It At The Beach
- With His Mouth Full Of Food
Shel Silverstein
- Greasy Grit Gravy ( & Bobby Bare, Waylon & Willie)
- Truck Driver, Truck Driver (& Bobby Bare)
- Roland The Roadie And Gertrude The Groupie (& Dr. Hook)
- A Front Row Seat To Hear Ol' Johnny Sing ( & Johnny Cash)
- Killed By A Coconut (& Bob Gibson)
- Lookin' For Pussy (& Dr. Hook)
- Peace Proposal
- 26 Seconds Song
- Alimoney
- Boa Constrictor
- Civil War Song
- Comin' After Jinny
- The Diet
- Don't Give A Dose To The One You Love The Most
- Eighteen Flavors
- Father Of A Boy Named Sue
- Freakin' At The Freaker's Ball
- Fuck 'em
- Goodnight Little House Plant
- Handy Man
- Hector The Collector
- Homework Machine
- Going Down To Texas
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
-
by Shel Silverstein
Floobie Doobie Doo
by: Shel SilversteinAs I walk down to Bishop Street I met a girl who smiled so sweet
Now she was young and pretty too
And on a string she walked with a thing called the Floobie Doobie Doo
Oh the Floobie Doobie Doo now what is that it ain't no dog and it ain't no cat
It's not the doll with eyes of blue
I never seen such a thing as thing called the Floobie Doobie Doo
It had one tooth five purple toes sixteen elbows and a twelve-foot nose
You never see one in the Zoo
I mean a thing like a thing on a string called the Floobie Doobie Doo
I told that girl lemme take you home and maybe we can be alone hahaha
She said I'd love to go home with you
But I have to cling to my thing on the string called the Floobie Doobie Doo
Well I took her home that very night we talked a while and I dimmed the light
She cuddled close and the next thing I knew
Just as soon as it seen us in between us jumped the Floobie Doobie Doo
It stayed all night it stayed all year I never got to hold you near
I said sweet baby I wanna cling to you
But she wanna cling to the thing on the string called the Floobie Doobie Doo
Oh the Floobie Doobie Doo oh now what is that
It ain't no dog it ain't no cow it ain't no cat
It's not the doll with eyes of blue
You just can't swing with the thing on the string called the Floobie Doobie Doo
Well she cried and cried she wiped her eye she said farewell so long goodbye
For though I loved you yes I do
I can't reveal the love that I feel for the Floobie Doobie Doo
I never see her anymore she never knocks upon my door
And every night alone and blue
I sit and swing about a swing on a thing
I mean I sit and think about a swing on a thing
Latest News for: Shel Silverstein
Bobby Bare's 90th birthday celebrated with week of Nashville events at Basement East, more
'Where the Sidewalk Ends': Signs of spring on Cape Cod show themselves
A minute with Maria Siakalli, poet
Americana songwriter-guitarist Michelle Malone slides back into Santa Cruz County
- 1