Hay Fever

Subject: Hay Fever
From: Mark Cohen
Date: 16 May 00 - 11:42 PM

Well, it's not much, but it's the first thing that resembles a song that I've written in, what, 7 years -- and ya gotta start somewhere, right?...

HAY FEVER

Got a little trouble breathin'
Got a little itch in my nose
Every other minute I'm sneezin'
Every spring that's how it goes

(cho)

I got hay fever, in the morning
Hay fever all through the night
Hay fever, when I'm sneezing
Hay fever when I'm wheezing and tight

Benadryl's my constant companion
Though it always puts me to sleep
Claritin, Allegra or Zyrtec
Now that's better company to keep


Okay, so you have to fudge the scansion a little. And yes, for the purists, wheezing isn't really part of hay fever. So call a doctor. :-)

Aloha,
Mark

Subject: RE: Hay Fever
From: Little Neophyte
Date: 17 May 00 - 07:12 AM

So Mark, when you have a patient come to see you who has hay fever, do you dance around singing them your song while they catch the pharmaceutical company drug samples you toss at them?
Sounds like a great way to keep you entertained at work.

Little Neo

Subject: RE: Hay Fever
From: Little Neophyte
Date: 17 May 00 - 07:14 AM

Oh by the way, I like your song. In fact I am going to sing it to my sister this morning who is suffering terribly from spring allergies.

Little Neo

Subject: RE: Hay Fever
From: TerriM
Date: 17 May 00 - 10:07 AM

You get hay fever in Hawaii?? That's ingratitude if ever I heard it!

Subject: RE: Hay Fever
From: Little Neophyte
Date: 17 May 00 - 01:11 PM

Terri, I think they get ukelele fever in Hawaii.

Subject: RE: Hay Fever
From: TerriM
Date: 17 May 00 - 03:35 PM

more like pakalolo fever! Not that I am accusing our dear doctor ( good parody,BTW) of course, but I lived there for six months and only remember the first couple of weeks!

Subject: RE: Hay Fever
From: Mark Cohen
Date: 17 May 00 - 10:43 PM

No, I left my allergies on the Mainland. This is a nostalgic song (folk etymology: pain in the nose). Actually, though, there is a high incidence of allergies and respiratory problems here on the Big Island. Biggest culprits are dust and mold (lots of mold in Hilo, where we get 150 inches of rain a year), and also vog (=volcanic smog, caustic chemicals burped out by Madame Pele at an enormous rate). And then, of course, there's all that smoke...

Aloha,
Mark

Subject: RE: Hay Fever
From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler
Date: 18 May 00 - 06:04 AM

I sniff and sneeze most of the year,too, worst during the pollen season but there are too many dusty books at work (and at home if truth were told!). My preferred medication doesn't apear to make me drowsier than usual.
RtS