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  • New filk: Little Wood Stool

    From Arthur T.@arthur@munged.invalid to rec.music.filk on Sat Feb 25 19:37:02 2023
    From Newsgroup: rec.music.filk

    The first verse came naturally after I mentioned "a little black
    stool, over in the corner". The second verse came from not wanting to
    leave well enough alone. I'm unsure if I'll want to add more verses;
    I currently have no plans to.

    Title: Little Wood Stool
    ttto: Little White Duck by Bernard Zaritzky & Walt Barrows

    There's a little wood stool sitting in the corner
    A little wood stool, and on it sits Jack Horner
    He stuck his thumb in his Christmas pie
    And pulled out a plum and he said "Now I
    Am a very good boy, sitting in the corner.
    Ha, ha, ha."

    There's a pie full of birds, twenty-four I figger
    And when it is cut, the birds will sing with vigor
    The king and the queen were pleased, of course,
    But a blackbird took the maid's nose by force.
    A very good pie, cooked with love and rigor,
    Not to eat.

    My lyrics copyright 2023 by Arthur Tansky. License granted for
    non-commercial, non-political archiving and performance as long as:
    1. copyright notice is maintained, and
    2. no money changes hands.
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    Arthur T. - ar23hur "at" pobox "dot" com

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    guessing an author's opinions from his novels.
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  • From Gary McGath@garym@mcgath.com to rec.music.filk on Sun Feb 26 12:42:54 2023
    From Newsgroup: rec.music.filk

    On 2/25/23 7:37 PM, Arthur T. wrote:
    The first verse came naturally after I mentioned "a little black
    stool, over in the corner". The second verse came from not wanting to
    leave well enough alone. I'm unsure if I'll want to add more verses;
    I currently have no plans to.

    Title: Little Wood Stool
    ttto: Little White Duck by Bernard Zaritzky & Walt Barrows


    Here's a verse that sticks a little closer to the original:

    There's a little black cat sinking in the water,
    A little black cat, where she shouldn't oughter.
    She screamed and wailed as she wanted out,
    And was rescued by little Tommy Stout.
    There's a little black cat sitting in the water,
    Meow, meow, meow.
    --
    Gary McGath http://www.mcgath.com

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  • From Gary McGath@garym@mcgath.com to rec.music.filk on Sun Feb 26 12:44:43 2023
    From Newsgroup: rec.music.filk

    On 2/26/23 12:42 PM, Gary McGath wrote:

    There's a little black cat sinking in the water,
    A little black cat, where she shouldn't oughter.
    She screamed and wailed as she wanted out,
    And was rescued by little Tommy Stout.
    There's a little black cat sitting in the water,

    Make that "sinking" to match the first line.

    Meow, meow, meow.

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    Gary McGath http://www.mcgath.com

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  • From Tim Merrigan@tppm@ca.rr.com to rec.music.filk on Sun Feb 26 11:45:14 2023
    From Newsgroup: rec.music.filk

    On Sun, 26 Feb 2023 12:44:43 -0500, Gary McGath <garym@mcgath.com>
    wrote:

    On 2/26/23 12:42 PM, Gary McGath wrote:

    There's a little black cat sinking in the water,
    A little black cat, where she shouldn't oughter.
    She screamed and wailed as she wanted out,
    And was rescued by little Tommy Stout.
    There's a little black cat sitting in the water,

    Make that "sinking" to match the first line.

    Meow, meow, meow.


    If it's been rescued, than it's no longer sinking. Though, on the
    other paw, it's also no longer in the water.
    --

    Qualified immunity = virtual impunity.

    Tim Merrigan

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  • From Arthur T.@arthur@munged.invalid to rec.music.filk on Sun Feb 26 15:58:57 2023
    From Newsgroup: rec.music.filk

    In Message-ID:<ttg5mu$2vkqv$1@dont-email.me>,
    Gary McGath <garym@mcgath.com> wrote:

    Here's a verse that sticks a little closer to the original:

    True. And a nice addition.
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    Arthur T. - ar23hur "at" pobox "dot" com
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