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Thread #35714   Message #489574
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
22-Jun-01 - 06:31 AM
Thread Name: Song Challenge! - Part 56
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 56
Here is Grunty's website.

Here's that last song I posted, slightly modified:

Mynah's Lifeguard

"Mynah's life is life in danger
of the silence of the grave.
Telling every passing stranger
How the old man misbehaved.
If the missus chanced to hear ye,
Careless Mynah's sure to fail.
Keep your mind upon your birdseed
And your beak tucked up your tail."
Union Mynah's sing together,
Do not heed the master's wail -
Tell the truth and shame the devil,
And the Mynahs will prevail.


"I've been locked here in your prison,
I've been laughed at for your fun.
What have I to show for talking
since this Mynah's life begun?
Worn out beak and worn out tonsils,
Broken voice and seed that's stale,
You can take your precious birdseed,
Stuff it up your precious tail."
Union Mynah's sing together,
Do not heed the master's wail -
Tell the truth and shame the devil,
And the Mynahs will prevail.


"For in truth we birds with memory
Keep your falsehoods in our mind.
God provides for every Mynah
When he tells the truth in time.
And for bold birds of a feather
Victory will sure prevail.
We can strike, and win together,
When the Mynah tells his tale."
Union Mynah's sing together,
Do not heed the master's wail -
Tell the truth and shame the devil,
And the Mynahs will prevail.


(Maybe it should be Avian Mynahs? Probably not.)