Mary, on replaying one of my Gordon Bok CDs after Charlie's house concert, I wanted to kick myself for not doing your song about Willapa Bay at the concert. Like other songs of yours, it's a great sing-along!

For Don, Charley & the other attendees at the house concert & jam:


Now, who has the more hostile climate,
Down east or this wet northwest ground?
To make both immortal, we'll rhyme it
In songs of Maine and Puget Sound.

In hymns to Maine & Puget Sou-ou-ound,
In hymns to Maine & Puget Sound.
To make both immortal, we'll rhyme it
In songs of Maine and Puget Sound!

I'm halfway a slave to tradition,
Yet tempted by satire and slams.
No doubt I'll be sent to perdition
Surrounded by Mudcatter hams!

Surrounded by Mudcatter ha-a-ams,
Surrounded by Mudcatter hams!
No doubt, I'll be sent to perdition
Sooooo-rounded by Mudcatter hams!


Genie