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Thread #99152 Message #3581050
Posted By: Bill D
03-Dec-13 - 11:04 AM
Thread Name: Absurdities in songs - any examples?
Subject: RE: Absurdities in songs - any examples?
Oh, "Cutaway Mike" goes on & on! (I know only one source on an old LP)
"He once took a trip to his grandfather's tower Who lived about 600 miles out of town. Got there in an hour and lifted the tower Returned home again with a church in his lap.
He once made a contract with baker and butcher For all they could bake and for all they could kill. A whole batch of bread he consumed for his dinner, Then stuck a cow's tail in the hole of his tooth." ---------------------------------------------------
Then there is Bob Beer's "PYTHAGORUS AND CANTANKORUS" which you can listen to here... of which he says:"This is a musical abstract. I would describe it as being in blank verse, with no meter, no ending, and no meaning. Of course, I wrote it with; absolutely no effort."