The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #31487   Message #409879
Posted By: Bradypus
02-Mar-01 - 06:52 PM
Thread Name: Song Challenge! Part 50
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 50
Everyone seems flushed with success on this one.

Here's my offering - the tune is 'Golden, Golden', by Andy M Stewart.

The Golden Bowl

Slowly, slowly walk the street
The shops admire, your wallet flush
The jeweller find, and enter in
And wait in a silent hush

Chorus

Golden, golden is the bowl
In rich surrounds, a work of art
Slowly, slowly, do your stuff
Then reverently you must part

Wildly, wildly eye the goods
The stones and gems, their beauty palls
A thousand dollars gladly pay
Then go where nature calls

Gently, gently take your seat
The metal cold behind your knees
The crusted gems on fitments all
Designed a lord to please

Loudly, loudly sounds the flush
As water pours on pan of gold
Then wash your hands, and then retire
Collect the goods you've been sold

Wonder, wonder what it means
Extravagant waste, or work of art
A Chinese joke of poorest taste
Or just somewhere to … sit