THE PHOTOGRAPHERS
(Grit Laskin)
As recorded by Grit Laskin on "Unabashedly Folk: Songs and Tunes 1979-1985" (2000)

Early Saturday morning, while strolling in the wood,
I chanced upon a lady who by the wayside stood.
"And what, pray tell, would such a lass as you be doing here?"
"I've come to take some photographs," she said as she drew near.

Says me to her, "I do declare, this is a fateful day,
For I had come to photograph, the same as you did say."
So I pulled out my Nikon-F and placed it in her hand.
She said, "That's quite a camera you've got at your command."

Well, my camera so delighted her, that with no more delay
She let me see her camera case, wherein her accessories lay.
"I'm sure," says I, "you've got most everything that can be bought.
Just help me stretch my tripod before I take some shots."

Well, we photographed from haylofts, and up against the wall.
If you've not photographed on a Saturday night, you've not photographed at all..
She had her shutter open wide, for daylight was all gone.
Likewise my naked camera lens, it had its filter on.

Well, this lady had experience with cameras, yes, indeed,
And I thought her exposures the best I ever see'd.
Although she seemed to tire not as on and on we went,
Says I, "We'll have to finish now; my film supply is spent."

Said she, "I've had Minoltas, Yashicas and Rolleis,
Hasselblad and Pentax, likewise a Polaroid;
Miranda, Leica, Nikkormat, a Kodak and the rest,
But now I've had your Nikon-F, and surely it's the best."