Subject: RE: Pt. III - Additions to Mudcat Songbook From: Mbo Date: 16 Feb 00 - 11:35 AM Oh, ok! I wasn't sure you had seen it. --Mbo |
Subject: RE: Pt. III - Additions to Mudcat Songbook From: Áine Date: 16 Feb 00 - 12:38 PM Whew! Another morning laboring over the hot keyboard, putting a whole bunch of songs into the Mudcat Songbook! Careful - hot keys! Willie-O issued a challenge for songs that predated 1073. Here are the songs that resulted and they're all great!
1066 by Amos The SONG CHALLENGE! Winners for Part 7 are now on the SONG CHALLENGE! WINNERS PAGE:
Carry Me Back To 1920 by Troll Check them out and enjoy! Keep playing, singing and writing, Áine |
Subject: RE: Pt. III - Additions to Mudcat Songbook From: Amos Date: 16 Feb 00 - 12:43 PM Oh, AIne, thank you so much! I am all over redolent with cow Chip honor!! If you're ever in there editing pages, the last line of 1066 says "fields" where it should say "field" -- my typo, sorry! |
Subject: RE: Pt. III - Additions to Mudcat Songbook From: Áine Date: 17 Feb 00 - 09:46 AM I placed the following songs on the Songbook last night; but, what with the Mudcat Radio (starring our own darlin' Amos) and the hockey game (my lads won, thank you, and they're in first place in their division), I didn't have time to post the notice here. So, here ya go -- All of these songs are responses to Willie-O's Song Challenge and they're all great! Take and look and enjoy:
(1606) Virginia Dare by Lonesome EJ Way to go fellas! -- Áine |
Subject: RE: Pt. III - Additions to Mudcat Songbook From: Áine Date: 17 Feb 00 - 11:03 AM I've started a new 'Additions' thread *Part IV* since this one has exceeded 50 messages. Please post any messages to this new thread. Thanks! Click here to go to 'Part IV - Additions to Mudcat Songbook' -- Áine |
Subject: ADDSB: THE BALLAD OF KARLA FAYE TUCKER From: Ivan Date: 18 Jun 00 - 04:02 PM THE BALLAD OF KARLA FAYE TUCKER (Ivan McKeon) Karla Faye was a bad girl, \ an addict by the age of ten She sold her body on the streets of Houston \ to pay for heroin To pay for heroin. By twenty-one she was a call-girl \ and a drug-dealer by trade With her boyfriend Daniel Garrett \ lived a life of sin and shame A life of sin and shame. Now her brother-in-law, name of Jerry Dean, \ had been beating up his wife Karla Faye planned to take revenge \ by stealing his motorbike His beloved motorbike. After a three-day orgy \ of drugs and drink and sex Karla and Daniel and a friend named Jimmy \ put the plan into effect They put the plan into effect. They went round to Jerry's building \ and sneaked into the place They thought that he was out of town \ but took weapons just in case Took weapons just in case. But Jerry was at home that night \ lying in his bed Daniel took a hammer \ and he struck him on the head He struck him on the head. Then Karla grabbed a pickax \ as she heard him moan in pain She swung the axe at Jerry's head \ and smashed up Jerry's brain She smashed poor Jerry's brain. Now Deborah Thornton had hidden away \ when she heard them coming in She screamed out loud when she saw the deed, \ sealed her fate right there and then Sealed her fate right there and then. Twenty strokes of the pickax \ until the deed was done When the police asked why she did it \ she said it was just for fun Said it was just for fun . Well Jimmy turned states evidence, \ the law let him walk free But the judge would not allow Karla Faye \ any mitigation plea No mitigation plea. In prison she stole a bible \ and took it to her cell She read from it night after night \ then on her knees she fell Down on her knees she fell. She said "Lord there is no reason \ for you to listen to what I say I'm the very worst of sinners", \ but He listened anyway He listened anyway. She became a preacher \ while still in prison bound She helped so many others there \ to turn their lives around To turn their lives around. The police and prison authorities \ agreed onto a man: "She helps so many to mend there ways \ like no-one else here can Like no-one else here can". Even the brother of the girl she killed \ spoke for her by and by Said "I forgive this woman \ and I pray she will not die I pray she will not die". And hell-fire preacher Pat Robertson, \ and he's no liberal man He said "This is a special case \ I'll help her all I can. I'll help her all I can". The appeal court sat in a crowded room, \ the judges side by side Said: "The laws of the state of Texas, \ they cannot be denied They will not be denied". They set the execution date, \ said: "This is what must be And the only thing that will save you now \ is a governor's decree The state governor's decree". Governor Bush he stood his ground, \ like Pilate he washed his hands He said "I cannot judge this case, \ I'll leave it in God's hands I'll leave it in God's hands". With Karla Faye strapped in the chair \ a silence filled the hall The very last word this woman said \ was "Friends I love all" "Friends I love you all". The crowd gathered round the prison gate, \ singing and drinking beer When the word came down that Karla Faye died \ you should have heard them cheer. Lord, you should have heard them cheer. Now Karla Faye was a bad girl, \ with evil to her name But George W. Bush and the state of Texas, \ they bear the greater shame. They bear the greater shame. The final line originally went " But the lone-star state of Texas, it bears the greater shame" but after Governor Bush won the presidential nomination I figured that he should have greater prominence. This song is based on actual events (as they say for all those TV movies) but please remember it is a BALLAD not a history. The background information was sourced from various places including CNN and Karla Faye Tucker's own autobiography, with a fair degree of poetic licence. In particular, any remarks attributed to individuals are paraphrased from their reported comments - not verbatim quotes (libel lawyers please take note!) The tune I wrote it to is adapted from the traditional tune for"Frankie and Albert" (the original version of the "Frankie and Johnny" song) as recorded by Rory Block, but with bars nine and ten (- he was her man -) missed out. I.M.
MIDI file: karlafay.mid
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Subject: RE: Pt. III - Additions to Mudcat Songbook From: Bradypus Date: 18 Jun 00 - 06:16 PM Aine - I know bbc has left the Mudcat, as announced recently. Here's a thread song that could perhaps be placed in the book as a reference to that era ...
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Subject: RE: Pt. III - Additions to Mudcat Songbook From: Áine Date: 19 Jun 00 - 03:51 PM Since this thread has gone over 50 postings, I'll be announcing the latest additions to the Mudcat Songbook on a new thread, "Pt. IV - Additions to Mudcat Songbook". Please post anything new on the new thread. Thanks! -- Áine |
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