THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Áine
Date: 16 Jan 00 - 01:01 PM

Dear kat (a/k/a mehitabel),

It'll take a while; but, I'll work on it. That is, if you promise that from now on you'll put a semicolon after 'Á' -- that ought to get the 'Á' to work -- although I have to admit that I love being called 'cute' all the time! ;-)

-- Áine

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: katlaughing
Date: 16 Jan 00 - 01:51 PM

Oh, Áine! I got my html code wrong that one time and now you'll never let me live it down, eh?? And, here I was feeling SO smart for figuring out that it takes an AMPERSAND (&) followed by the A followed by the word acute, to get that capital A for your name with the acute diacritical mark over it! Guess I'll just have to go bakc to calling you "Womon!" **BG**

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Áine
Date: 16 Jan 00 - 01:55 PM

Dear kat/mehitabel,

Call me anythang ya wont to, jez don't call me late fer dinner!

-- Áine (who's oh-so-acute!)

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Dave (the ancient mariner)
Date: 16 Jan 00 - 03:11 PM

Gather up the books and the old Lp's
the Cd's and tapes, and the old bodhran
run like the devil from the copyright man
Keep the threads from flaming Max please

Oh the copyrightmen are on their way
they're hunting the forum for songs they say
oh they won't go away till the copyright's payed
By the folkies at the Mudcat Tavern

Old Irish The hills of Connemara
Yours,(the ancient moonshiner) Aye. Dave

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Little Dorritl
Date: 16 Jan 00 - 03:12 PM

With apologies to the national anthem of the U.S.A.) Oh hey can you see by the dawns early light hunched ov-er her P.C. she is surfing like crazy But her one true delight is the Mudcat Cafe But she's up half the night So next day she's real lazy

She's not cooked for a week And the prospects are bleak That housework will get done Till the next millenium

So let's hear a cheer for the Mudcat Cafe She'll be loyal and true Till they cart her away!!!

(Will somebody please point me to the thread that shows me how totab properly!)

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Áine
Date: 16 Jan 00 - 03:26 PM

Dear Little Dorrit,

All you have to do is type the letters br inbetween two brackets <> at the end of each line and your verses will look like they should.

-- Áine

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: JenEllen
Date: 16 Jan 00 - 04:00 PM

to the tune of "How Can I Keep From Singing"

My life flows on in endless song
Of possum's lamentation
I hear the real, though far off thread
That hails a new creation
Through all the tumalt and the strife
I hear that music ringing
It sounds an echo in my soul
How can I keep from posting?

What though the gargoyle loudly roars
I hear the truth it liveth
What though the tavern round me close
Songs in the night it giveth
No Reg can shake my inmost calm
While to Dave and Mbo I'm clinging
Since Max is Lord of heaven on earth When profiteers tremble sick with fear
As they hear bells of freedom
When friends rejoice both far and near
How can I help but join them
In Neil Young Centers and Insanevacs vile
Our thoughts to them are winging
When friends by name are undefiled
How can I keep from posting?

I lift my eyes the computer fades
I see the blue above it
And day by day this website grows
Since first I learned to love it
The peace of kat restores my soul
A fountain ever springing
All threads are mine since I am loved
How can I keep from posting?

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: JenEllen
Date: 16 Jan 00 - 04:03 PM

Sorry about the melting in the middle...should be

Max is lord of Heaven on Earth
How can I keep from posting
When profiteers ...etc...Elle

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: katlaughing
Date: 16 Jan 00 - 07:37 PM

BRAVO, ELLE!!!! MOst deserved of a shiny award!!! Well done!

luvyaKat

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: JenEllen
Date: 17 Jan 00 - 02:07 AM

Yes...I'd like to thank the academy for recognizing true genius when they see it. And since I have no one else to thank for this but myself, I'll bid you all good night. Luv, Elle (she of tongue firm in cheek)

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Ali_UK
Date: 17 Jan 00 - 09:31 AM

When you think that you are forgotten,

And the world around seems pretty rotten.

You post a message and all that matters,

Is the good feeling you get from the Mudcatters.

stretching it a bit I know but hey it gets the feeling out, doesn't it?

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Bill D
Date: 17 Jan 00 - 12:55 PM

about those odd characters and foreign letters...on a PC..(not on a MAC) all you have to do is hold down the 'alt' key while typing numeric combination..

thus 'alt 0131' = ƒ, and 'alt 0223' = ß, and 'alt 0176' = °

somewhere in the Windows bowels is the 'character map' which has the complete list..(I have several font listing programs which find 'em for me)

MAC can do something similar, but I don't know exactly how

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: katlaughing
Date: 17 Jan 00 - 03:21 PM

BillD, thanks, but somehow it got flushed from the bowels of my Windows program. I went looking months ago and was informed it wasn't there!

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Bill D
Date: 17 Jan 00 - 04:27 PM

kat..thanks for the heads up!maybe THAT's why I couldn't find it! Wonder why they would eliminate that? the characters are still there...The real answer is to get yourself a Font viewing/editing program which has the character map built in....(I'll post several if there is any interest... I like being able to do ¼, ½, ¾ and €,@,Æ,ç, directly from the keyboard!)

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: katlaughing
Date: 17 Jan 00 - 05:41 PM

Yes, please do, I was able to find the codes to a few important ones, such as ©; for it to work, I have to be sure to have my number lock down. should we move this to another thread? Thanks, Bill

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Bill D
Date: 18 Jan 00 - 03:22 PM

I'll post it here, and start a thread also

I am using ICFont Lite...free(fancy version also available)(also MAC version!)

and The Font Thing (there are several more on that page and also on this page at "NoNags"

each is a little different...try 'em! If you need to use a LOT of different fonts, "The Font Thing" will alow you to show several fonts side by side for comparison.

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 08 Aug 01 - 02:17 AM

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: GUEST,Jaina
Date: 08 Aug 01 - 02:47 AM

Okay, here goes:

Did you ever hear tell of the Mudcat Cafe,
Where all the cool people share songs that they play?
They all may be crazy, they all may be broke,
But they're ever so knowing when it comes to "folk".

(to the tune of "Sweet Betsy From Pike", even if it isn't very offensive or ribald)

--- Line breaks <br> added ---
---Jeff (PA)---

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Benjamin
Date: 08 Aug 01 - 03:59 AM

Sometimes one feels like a lion tamer
When trying to moderate anonymous guest flamers
But in this cyber room there's much love
With members of the folk community and members of the...
...Dead beat club!

Mudcat, baby Mudcat!

Sorry, got off on a B52s moment there.