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Thread #35714   Message #489168
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
21-Jun-01 - 05:25 PM
Thread Name: Song Challenge! - Part 56
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 56
I saw this one in the paper, and was just thinking of suggesting it. Amos beat me to it - he moves quick. I couldn't resistthis:

Mynah's Lifeguard

"Mynah's life is life in danger
of the silence of the grave.
If he tells just any stranger
How the old man misbehaved.
If the missus chanced to hear ye,
Careless bird you're sure to fail
So keep your mind upon your birdseed
And that beak tucked up your tail."
Union Mynah's sing together,
Do not heed the master's wail -
Tell the truth and shame the master,
And the missus will prevail.


"I've been locked there in a prison,
I've been laughed at for his fun.
What have I to show for talking
since my Mynah's life begun?
Worn out beak and worn out tonsils,
Broken voice and seed that's stale,
You can take your bloody birdseed,
You can stuff it up your tail."
Union Mynah's sing together,
Do not heed the master's wail -
Tell the truth and shame the master,
And the missus will prevail.


"For the truth is, birds with memory
Keep your falsehoods in our mind.
God provides for every Mynah
If he tells the truth in time.
And like bold birds of a feather
Victory will sure prevail.
Mynahs strike, and win together,
If we'll only tell the tale."
Union Mynahs sing together,
Do not heed the master's wail -
Tell the truth and shame the master,
And the missus will prevail.