THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)

Subject: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Sam Pirt
Date: 29 Apr 99 - 03:40 PM

OK Mudcatters now I'm really testing you out!! I've had an idea (Oh No, brase yourselfs!!) I seem to have picked up from the threads that Mudcat needs a song, correct? I thought so. So heres where my idea fits in. Below I have written a Chorus but You, thats right, yop have to write the Verses. Not only will we end up with the longest song in history written by the most people (record breakers may show an interest here) but the song will trully be the mudcatters song as it will have been written by Mudcatters after all!!

Heres the chorus: -

Listening, reading, thinking and writing
All about a world thats all mixed up
Believing, retrieving, conceiving and weaving
Positive messages for people that look

Have a go write a verse!!!

Cheers

Bye, Sam

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Bert
Date: 29 Apr 99 - 03:58 PM

We're great when we're retrieving
But we're only half believing
.. what anybody said.
and there's none of us that's grieving
and our thoughts are so relieving
'cos there's none of us conceiving
.. Since Art Thieme's condom thread

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: The_one_and_only_Dai
Date: 30 Apr 99 - 04:02 AM

How many threads must a man scroll down,
Before he a Mudcatter can be?
And how many times must he miss an ending tag,
And lose a post for want of a 'backslash B'?
The answer, my friend, is

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Tucker
Date: 30 Apr 99 - 04:22 AM

Oh, Stand and Deliver, Mudcatter's thee Write your verse and clinch your thirst on yonder pages free And if ye ever wonder if ye hae no friends kick up your computers'folks and to this site please send

Ok, it's a wee early. I could do better

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Tucker
Date: 30 Apr 99 - 04:25 AM

I see I am going to have to remember to puncuate in the future(sic)

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Wolfgang
Date: 30 Apr 99 - 04:53 AM

Ich weiß nicht, was soll es bedeuten,
ich summe nur still vor mich hin,
die bookmark für Mudcat, mein shortcut,
die will mir nicht aus dem Sinn.
Ich weiß, ich sollte jetzt schlafen,
ich müßte schon lange in's Bett.
Doch vorher möcht' ich noch lesen
noch einen und noch einen thread.

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Banjer
Date: 30 Apr 99 - 05:35 AM

Let me tell ya'll a story 'bout an internet site,
A place to go to sit 'n read 'n write
A place where you can spend a lot of time, you'll see
Surrounded by a lot of cyber-family,
Mudcatters, Fine Folks, ya'll come back now, hear?

For those poor souls amongst us lacking in the finer side of culture, the preceding is to the tune of "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" ala Flatt & Scruggs

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: katlaughing
Date: 30 Apr 99 - 06:32 AM

It was late, it was early,
The midnight oil was low.
I fired up the pewter
And decided where to go
To the Mudcat, hie! Away I go!
To the Mudcat, Hie! Away!

To friends afar and friends anear
Good phoakies all are they.
The threads they weave
Are of a fabric blest; say,
To the Mudcat, hie! Away I go!
To the Mudcat, Hie! Away!

Argghhhh! Oh, well, as the Tuckered Mudder says, it's early and I am not 'xaclee focus'd.

Wolfie: are you gonna make me get out my German dictionary? I kind of got the gist, I think, but my high school German is rusty. It sounds good, but maybe a translation would help for those of us who fail miserably and embarassingly at being bilingual?:-)Danke.

Thanks, this is fun.

katlaughing

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Wolfgang
Date: 30 Apr 99 - 07:13 AM

kat,
isn't it just fun to sing in a foreign language without understanding everything?

O.K., here's the translation:

the first line just gives away the tune and I won't translate it. Then:
I just hum along silently
the bookmark for mudcat, my shortcut
won't leave my mind evermore.
I know I long should be sleeping
long ago should have gone to my bed,
but before that I'm longing for reading one more thread one more thread, one more thread.

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: MudGuard
Date: 30 Apr 99 - 07:25 AM

Here is my own attempt.
It does not fit any melody I know, but perhaps someone will add that to our song as well as additional verses...


Without my Mudcat I am sure I would be dead,
I can stay there in the morning and very late,
There is music, there is fun, there is chat,
And for the lyrics there is the DigiTrad
And all the people loving tradition
Who are here for their addiction
Who can't live without a good talk
Over the internet to speak folk


An attempt to translate Wolfgangs verse:

I don't know what it should mean
I am quietly humming just for me
The bookmark for my Mudcat, my shortcut
Will not get out of my mind
I know I should sleep now
I should be in bed for a long time
But before, I want to read
One more and one more thread.

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Steve Parkes
Date: 30 Apr 99 - 07:45 AM

Frankie and Johnny were 'Catters
Lordy, how they could thread!
Swore they would post to each other,
Even though they should'a been in bed!
But he left his mouse
In some other girl's house.

or Delia's gone
One more thread ...

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Tucker
Date: 30 Apr 99 - 09:22 AM

Wolfgang, how do you make the double s letter on your song? I don't have it on my keyboard. Is it only on Deutsche keyboards? Just curious.

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Wolfgang
Date: 30 Apr 99 - 09:35 AM

easy, Tucker, it's on my keyboard.
There is a "hard" way, recently described by Harald, but I forgot which thread.

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: MMario
Date: 30 Apr 99 - 09:37 AM

I now know, an' I bin tol' MudCat wrapped aroun' my soul Gotta post them threads and send them out Cuz when I read'em I laugh and shout

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Wolfgang
Date: 30 Apr 99 - 09:40 AM

Tucker,
here's what Harald posted .

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: katlaughing
Date: 30 Apr 99 - 09:50 AM

Wolfgang, Yes! It is fun to sing in another language and not worry about what it says and I love pronouncing German, because that is one thing I did NOT forget from high school! Thanks anyway, though, because I always LOVE to read what it is you have to say!

katlaughing

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Margo
Date: 30 Apr 99 - 10:53 AM

With harmony and dissonance the 'Catters weave their threads, They weave with song, they weave with thoughts, the loom is the internet. The fabric they weave is strong and warm, and is worn all 'round the earth. All are welcome to sit at the loom and add their own colors, their own brand of mirth.

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: mountain tyme
Date: 30 Apr 99 - 10:55 AM

Banjer....weren'thet Scruggs fella the one who made all thet clatter in the backround whilst thet Flatt fella were a'tryin ta sing them real profound lyrics?

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Cara
Date: 30 Apr 99 - 12:56 PM

I'll tell me boss when she comes in I can't do work, I'm Mudcattin' Scrollin' down and readin' threads Laughing loud at what they've said

Mudcat's addictive, Mudcat's the best Our little hamlet on the World Wide Web Spend two hours in the blink of an eye Soon enough, your desk's piled high...

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: SeanM
Date: 30 Apr 99 - 01:08 PM

Oh, of all the threads on which I post... I wish I could be as witty as they And of all the attempts at humour I've done, Alas they were funny to none but me... And all the 'cats were so nice And did not mock me to my face So give to me the 'Cat cafe... A whole lot of people in a very fun place...

Probably going to hell for ruining such a lovely song, but oh well... if ya gotta burn, burn for something big...

M

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Max
Date: 30 Apr 99 - 06:46 PM

My parents say "why non-profit?"
I say "So ASCAP don't squash it."
What did you do this for?
Cuz Art doesn't tour anymore!
I had to hear what he'd say next
His last thread left some vexed
Of life, of love, of folk for some
I am not worthy of the fine people who come.

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: LEJ
Date: 30 Apr 99 - 07:14 PM

Well I jumped on the Mudcat late last night,

Just to catch up with my friends,

Lord have mercy, what a wonderful site!

There were threads there without end!

(there was)Kosovo, Hank Snow, Sweet home Chicago, another one bout John Prine

(there was) Mudstock, Gordon Bok, Lonely Hearts and Wedlock, Place Names and Wild Mountain Thyme

I had to read every thread fom A to Zed

Some were serious and some were just a joke.

But every body was there, just a-lettin down their hair,

Those Free-thinkin' Mudcattin' Phoak!

(there was) Liam's Bro, vixen, Mo, Catspaw and Bruce O., Nightowl and Animaterra

(there was) Allan C, Andy G, Banjeray and bbc, Doctor John, Dai and Cara

Now I sometimes dream how easy it would seem

If the whole world could act this way-

We could all get along with a smile and a song

Like the Catters at The Mudcat Cafe!

(like)Wolf Hell, Kat and Rick, Joe Offer, Big Mick and don't forget ol Swamp Dweller Frank,

Harpgirl, Sam Pirt, Art Theime, Max n Bert, Sandy, Lion, Roger and Hank!

LEJ

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: bet
Date: 30 Apr 99 - 07:16 PM

Mudcatters come, Columbus' the place Hear the voice, see the face. Bring the strings, the blowers And even the enjoyers. Music's in the air The PHOAK's are here!

Ahhhh well, Can't say that it's early 5 p.m. but it is Friday and the kids were wild all day. I have no idea if it fits a melody or not. bet

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Banjer
Date: 30 Apr 99 - 07:31 PM

Good evenin' Mr. Mountain Tyme.

Seems to me like 'twere that there Scruggs feller aplayin' on thet banjer whilst the the other feller, thet one they call Flatt was adoin' his durndest to drowned him out with alla thet catterwallin'...doncha think? But either way it turns out they's some good fellers, the both of'em.

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Big Mick
Date: 30 Apr 99 - 10:37 PM

To the tune of The Shanty Song:

I read the threads in the morning,
I read the threads at night
As long as I got my Mudcat, Mama
I know everything's alright
Cause we gonna lay around the computer, Mama,
And get a 'Cat buzz on

Scrolling through postings, Mama
Do it night and day
Learning from phoaks around the world
Making phriends the Mudcat way,
We gonna lay around the Cafe, Mama
And get a 'Cat buzz on.

There's Max to thank, and Susan,
tell it to Dick, too
They created this thing called Mudcat
As a gift to me and you
We gonna hang out in the Cafe, mama
And get a 'Cat buzz on.

Damn, but that is bad, but I did it in about 30 seconds. I will add more later.

Big Mick, grinning sheepishly.

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Alice
Date: 30 Apr 99 - 11:04 PM

Come all you loyal Mudcats,
Wherever you may be,
And don't follow just any webmaster,
You know Max is for you and me.
For you can log on early,
In the clear day light of dawn,
And I know that you'll always be able,
To find your favorite song.

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 30 Apr 99 - 11:10 PM

With apologies to "Rosin the Bow" (Canadian spelling)

I'm sittin' here at this computer.
It's still a great myst'ry to me
I'll never post tunes like the others
A toaster is high-tech to me.

Joe Offer has threatened to "off" me
Katlaughing is laughing at me.
Big Mick, though he's kind, is still Irish,
Says "ya better be watchin' your knees.

So I bought me a book just for "Dummies",
And I'm study'n by night and by day
But I can't get off this damn Mudcat
So computer illit'rate I'll stay.

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Big Mick
Date: 30 Apr 99 - 11:21 PM

I love it, Alice!!! I just sang it to the tune of Gutherie's "Buffalo Skinners". Let's add some more.

It was in the town of Mudcat
in the year of '98
A friend sends me an e-mail,
says try this site its great
That was the beginning
I post here night and day
'Cuz I am hopelessly addicted
To the old Mudcat Cafe.

We've talked at length about lyrics
Musical history, too.
Reg and Paw and Cletus,
They're all part of the glue
That binds us all together,
In a most pleasurable way
In the nooks and crannies and alleys,
Of the old Mudcat Cafe

So if you need an answer,
or want to express your point of view,
Type in www.mudcat is all you have to do
To find the greatest people,
And hear what they have to say
And spend some time pleasant,
At the old Mudcat Cafe.

Mick

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Alice
Date: 30 Apr 99 - 11:23 PM

Big Mick, try it with "The Rocks of Bawn", its inspiration.

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: katlaughing
Date: 01 May 99 - 12:50 AM

Rick, Alice and Mick:

WELL DONE!

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Banjer
Date: 01 May 99 - 04:53 AM

BRAVO! BRAVO! BRAVO!

Such talent...No wonder this has become my favorite (and most days, only) stop on the "information super highway"! Thanks to all!

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 01 May 99 - 11:45 AM

Mick and Alice. Brilliant, but I believe Mick that Buffalo Skinners has a very dark ending. Not tryin' to put wicked ideas in your head or anything like that.

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Alice
Date: 01 May 99 - 12:33 PM

For those of you not familiar with THE ROCKS OF BAWN, the lyrics in the DT are here.
The first verse of the DT version is a little different than the Clancy's version that I learned. There are many versions of the song. Here's the first verse as in the Clancy's songbook.

Come all you loyal heroes,
Wherever that you be,
And don't hire with any master,
'til you know what your work will be.
For you must rise up early,
From the clear day light of dawn,
And I know that you'll never be able,
To plow the Rocks of Bawn.

alice

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Alice
Date: 01 May 99 - 04:24 PM

Sam, I apologize that I'm not holding to the chorus/song you started this with, but The Rocks Of Bawn has been going through my head recently, so that is the tune that I'll continue with.
more verses

My vocal cords may wear out,
My voice, it may get thin,
And my lips, they are a tremblin',
For the shape that Catspaw's in.
But our voices rise up early,
In the clear day light of dawn,
And I know that we're all able,
To pray while he is gone.

Well, rise up all you Mudcats,
And sing to break of day,
Don't sink into the deep despair,
Of gloom and clouds of grey,
Whatever this old world may bring,
You know your friends are there,
Cause all around the world,
Mudcatters join in prayer.

And Catspaw, he'll again return,
He's here in every thread,
For if you do a forum search,
You'll find old things you've read,
That made you wince or laugh and smile,
The way he only can,
And we know that when he's back here,
Cat **** will hit the fan.

So, blessings on all Mudcats,
And be they near or far,
We sit by cyber firesides,
And drink another jar.
By flickering lights of monitors,
We slide the silent mouse,
And I know that wherever we're living,
It feels like one big house.

alice

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Big Mick
Date: 01 May 99 - 04:47 PM

And surely our bard is Alice,
Old Mick did fondly say
For she shares her heart and her love with us
In so very many ways
She brings clarity to our feelings,
And helps us see light of day
And gives a sense of community
to the old Mudcat Cafe

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: katlaughing
Date: 01 May 99 - 11:38 PM

A heart is full, a heart is strong It beats as one For all who come; Are welcome just to sit a spell Or carry on.

The porch is full, the voices strong Blending until done For all who come; Open minds and hearts, weaving in Or carrying on.

The space is full, exists in air alone End of day won For all who come; Open minds and hearts, letting in Or carrying on.

I've a tune for it in me head, but no abc, yet, sorry! A sweet surcease, a answer one or two For carrying on.

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: bseed(charleskratz)
Date: 02 May 99 - 08:48 PM

Here are a couple of songs I wrote last year when we were suffering with a series of weekend Mudcat crashes:

MISSIN' THE MUDCAT BLUES


I got the blues 'cause the Mudcat's gone and crashed again;
My God it hurts, the Mudcat's crashed again--
Good golly Miss Molly, when will them crashes end?

I gotta have the 'cat, 'cause I got a lotta stuff to say;
Oh, I need them threads 'cause I got so much to say.
But Benjamin and Barry Finn and all the threads have gone away.

I need Barbara and Art, I need Alison and Mick,
With only silence from the swamps, I know I'm gettin' sick,
Tim and Chet and Northfolk, you're gone but what can I do?
I'd ask Joe Offer, but dammit, he's gone, too.

With no Harpgirl and no Raven I'm stuck all alone in lonesome hell;
Bill's in Alabama, and there's no Wolfgang here in hell,
Roger, Pete, and Ewan, Mike and Murray, they're all gone as well.

There's no word out of Brisbane, and Vancouver's quiet, too;
There's no word out of Brisbane, and Vancouver's quiet, too.
Max,. you gotta get me back on line, 'cause what else am I gonna do?

(the four verse line is sung to the same twelve bars, a la "Long Line Skinner.")

Missing the mudcat on the banks of the ohio.

I met my Baby on a thread;
Our souls are one, that's what she said.
She said she'd always be with me,
But the Mudcat's down--where can she be?

(Cho.)
Max, only say you'll bring 'em back:
Without the threads, what good's my Mac?
Each time a weekend rolls around,
I'm all alone 'cause the threads are down.

We always met, my Baby and me,
At the topmost thread just after three.
We'd play thread-tag 'til time for bed,
But not tonight, 'cause the threads are dead.

It's Saturday night, and I'm alone,
All I can do is weep and moan,
All I can do is cry them blues,
My Baby's gone, nuthin' left to lose.

--seed

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Tucker
Date: 02 May 99 - 11:15 PM

ya all are a bunch of softie's. here's hoping Cat's coming out with all claws. God bless you all. Tucker

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: danl
Date: 03 May 99 - 11:43 AM

a few more verses! i took a break from revision to scrawl a line or two and ended up with several! here goes...

In a intricate world a pattern unfurls They are bound by the love of a song And the soft, gentle beat or the rich strong heat Of the words that keep them strong.

Free of image that hides the sweetness of minds The ballard of life is shown. Though the friend is unseen the friendship is keen And harmony world wide is grown.

The quick beat of the past and the world deep and vast Encompassed in voices of those Who send each thread of light to a small screen so bright And each life fills with songs as it grows.

needs a bit more work but my chemistry revision books are calling to me...

love ivy b.

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Tucker
Date: 04 May 99 - 12:02 AM

Vielen Danke Wolfgang aber meine werke mit html gesucken, I will have to work on those (I hope my play on language didn't get me in hot water, I once wrote a German pen pal I was sending her a "gift". I was surprised at the angry letter I got back that I was sending her poison. The German word for poison is "gift". I know you know that Wolfgang but other's reading this thread may not. LOL

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: bseed(charleskratz)
Date: 04 May 99 - 02:50 AM

My "Missing the Mudcat Blues" somehow ended up without its first line: "I got the blues 'cause the Mudcat's gone and crashed again." Ain't hardly the same song without it. (Joe, if you're around, could you put it in place?) --seed

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: The Shambles
Date: 04 May 99 - 02:22 PM

Ivy B

Don't worry too much about your results, you will always have songwriting to fall back on. Forget the chemistry, stick to poetry..............................Nice one.

This is good,
But I think we should,
Offer a thought for poor old Joe.
Where will he begin?
To put the line-breaks in?
Or will he just let it go?

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Sam Pirt
Date: 05 May 99 - 06:07 AM

KEEP WRITING ALL!!!!!!!

Some absolutly GREAT verses, MUDCATTERS you have excelled yourself once more...

Go on write a verse (or two!!)...

Bye, Sam

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Ian Stephenson
Date: 05 May 99 - 08:53 AM

Mudcatters, Mudcatters, Where are you from, The things that unite us are music and song. Sorting through threads, Writing words for our song, Its such a sweet shame that this thread is so long!

Cheers, Ian

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Greg Baker
Date: 05 May 99 - 05:41 PM

Where are you going, my Mudcat verse, Mudcat verse, Where are you going, my lyrics, my own, Turn around and you're long Turn around and you're short - Turn around and the computer's locked, hit ESCAPE to abort.

Bookmark's lost, oh what do I do, Bookmark's lost, oh what do I do, Bookmark's lost, no verses I view, Search for the Mudcat, darling.

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Alice
Date: 02 Sep 99 - 08:46 PM

refresh

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: annamill
Date: 02 Sep 99 - 10:00 PM

Ok, I'll try, Maybe..

VERSE May the Mudcat specials shine their light on me, may the Mudcat specials shine their EVERLOVIN light on me.

Well, I get up in the mornin'. Say the same damn thing. Where's my Mudcat to make my whole world sing.

VERSE

Well, my boss says you'll be fired if don't go to work. But even though I love him He's a big dumb jerk. ( wow. That's bad)

VERSE

I'll keep on writin' and spillin' my heart. I've never met so many with a fondness for the fart. (Tee Hee! This is fun)

VERSE

I'll meet you in the Tavern for some quality time (right!) A little Tanqueray and Absolute..ly no lime.

VERSE

END..

Love, annap

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Neil Lowe
Date: 03 Sep 99 - 09:14 AM

Woke up this mornin', Mudcattin' on my mind
Woke up this mornin' baby, Mudcattin' on my mind
Got them Mudcat Blues, baby, threads
Done got me in a bind.

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Jen
Date: 03 Sep 99 - 10:11 AM

Oh you'll take the high road
And I'll take the low road
And I'll be in Mudcat before ye
Oh, me and my true friends will yet meet again
On the bonnie bonnie banks of the Mudcat

or... (to the tune of "The Blackbird"

I am a web surfer, my story is glad
For once I was searching the DigTrad
I stumbled on Mudcat, I laughed 'til I cried
Oh, I'm addicted to Mudcat, no more can I hide

Oh, yeah! Wow! Love everyone else's songs!!!

Jen

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: katlaughing
Date: 16 Jan 00 - 12:23 PM

Since our dear Áine has started the Mudcat Songbook, I thought she might want to go through this for likely candidates. There are some good ones, not surprisingly.

Thanks, Áine for doing such a wonderful job!

katlaughing

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Áine
Date: 16 Jan 00 - 01:01 PM

Dear kat (a/k/a mehitabel),

It'll take a while; but, I'll work on it. That is, if you promise that from now on you'll put a semicolon after 'Á' -- that ought to get the 'Á' to work -- although I have to admit that I love being called 'cute' all the time! ;-)

-- Áine

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: katlaughing
Date: 16 Jan 00 - 01:51 PM

Oh, Áine! I got my html code wrong that one time and now you'll never let me live it down, eh?? And, here I was feeling SO smart for figuring out that it takes an AMPERSAND (&) followed by the A followed by the word acute, to get that capital A for your name with the acute diacritical mark over it! Guess I'll just have to go bakc to calling you "Womon!" **BG**

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Áine
Date: 16 Jan 00 - 01:55 PM

Dear kat/mehitabel,

Call me anythang ya wont to, jez don't call me late fer dinner!

-- Áine (who's oh-so-acute!)

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Dave (the ancient mariner)
Date: 16 Jan 00 - 03:11 PM

Gather up the books and the old Lp's
the Cd's and tapes, and the old bodhran
run like the devil from the copyright man
Keep the threads from flaming Max please

Oh the copyrightmen are on their way
they're hunting the forum for songs they say
oh they won't go away till the copyright's payed
By the folkies at the Mudcat Tavern

Old Irish The hills of Connemara
Yours,(the ancient moonshiner) Aye. Dave

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Little Dorritl
Date: 16 Jan 00 - 03:12 PM

With apologies to the national anthem of the U.S.A.) Oh hey can you see by the dawns early light hunched ov-er her P.C. she is surfing like crazy But her one true delight is the Mudcat Cafe But she's up half the night So next day she's real lazy

She's not cooked for a week And the prospects are bleak That housework will get done Till the next millenium

So let's hear a cheer for the Mudcat Cafe She'll be loyal and true Till they cart her away!!!

(Will somebody please point me to the thread that shows me how totab properly!)

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Áine
Date: 16 Jan 00 - 03:26 PM

Dear Little Dorrit,

All you have to do is type the letters br inbetween two brackets <> at the end of each line and your verses will look like they should.

-- Áine

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: JenEllen
Date: 16 Jan 00 - 04:00 PM

to the tune of "How Can I Keep From Singing"

My life flows on in endless song
Of possum's lamentation
I hear the real, though far off thread
That hails a new creation
Through all the tumalt and the strife
I hear that music ringing
It sounds an echo in my soul
How can I keep from posting?

What though the gargoyle loudly roars
I hear the truth it liveth
What though the tavern round me close
Songs in the night it giveth
No Reg can shake my inmost calm
While to Dave and Mbo I'm clinging
Since Max is Lord of heaven on earth When profiteers tremble sick with fear
As they hear bells of freedom
When friends rejoice both far and near
How can I help but join them
In Neil Young Centers and Insanevacs vile
Our thoughts to them are winging
When friends by name are undefiled
How can I keep from posting?

I lift my eyes the computer fades
I see the blue above it
And day by day this website grows
Since first I learned to love it
The peace of kat restores my soul
A fountain ever springing
All threads are mine since I am loved
How can I keep from posting?

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: JenEllen
Date: 16 Jan 00 - 04:03 PM

Sorry about the melting in the middle...should be

Max is lord of Heaven on Earth
How can I keep from posting
When profiteers ...etc...Elle

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: katlaughing
Date: 16 Jan 00 - 07:37 PM

BRAVO, ELLE!!!! MOst deserved of a shiny award!!! Well done!

luvyaKat

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: JenEllen
Date: 17 Jan 00 - 02:07 AM

Yes...I'd like to thank the academy for recognizing true genius when they see it. And since I have no one else to thank for this but myself, I'll bid you all good night. Luv, Elle (she of tongue firm in cheek)

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Ali_UK
Date: 17 Jan 00 - 09:31 AM

When you think that you are forgotten,

And the world around seems pretty rotten.

You post a message and all that matters,

Is the good feeling you get from the Mudcatters.

stretching it a bit I know but hey it gets the feeling out, doesn't it?

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Bill D
Date: 17 Jan 00 - 12:55 PM

about those odd characters and foreign letters...on a PC..(not on a MAC) all you have to do is hold down the 'alt' key while typing numeric combination..

thus 'alt 0131' = ƒ, and 'alt 0223' = ß, and 'alt 0176' = °

somewhere in the Windows bowels is the 'character map' which has the complete list..(I have several font listing programs which find 'em for me)

MAC can do something similar, but I don't know exactly how

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: katlaughing
Date: 17 Jan 00 - 03:21 PM

BillD, thanks, but somehow it got flushed from the bowels of my Windows program. I went looking months ago and was informed it wasn't there!

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Bill D
Date: 17 Jan 00 - 04:27 PM

kat..thanks for the heads up!maybe THAT's why I couldn't find it! Wonder why they would eliminate that? the characters are still there...The real answer is to get yourself a Font viewing/editing program which has the character map built in....(I'll post several if there is any interest... I like being able to do ¼, ½, ¾ and €,@,Æ,ç, directly from the keyboard!)

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: katlaughing
Date: 17 Jan 00 - 05:41 PM

Yes, please do, I was able to find the codes to a few important ones, such as ©; for it to work, I have to be sure to have my number lock down. should we move this to another thread? Thanks, Bill

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Bill D
Date: 18 Jan 00 - 03:22 PM

I'll post it here, and start a thread also

I am using ICFont Lite...free(fancy version also available)(also MAC version!)

and The Font Thing (there are several more on that page and also on this page at "NoNags"

each is a little different...try 'em! If you need to use a LOT of different fonts, "The Font Thing" will alow you to show several fonts side by side for comparison.

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 08 Aug 01 - 02:17 AM

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: GUEST,Jaina
Date: 08 Aug 01 - 02:47 AM

Okay, here goes:

Did you ever hear tell of the Mudcat Cafe,
Where all the cool people share songs that they play?
They all may be crazy, they all may be broke,
But they're ever so knowing when it comes to "folk".

(to the tune of "Sweet Betsy From Pike", even if it isn't very offensive or ribald)

--- Line breaks <br> added ---
---Jeff (PA)---

Subject: RE: THE Mudcat Song (Come and write a verse!!)
From: Benjamin
Date: 08 Aug 01 - 03:59 AM

Sometimes one feels like a lion tamer
When trying to moderate anonymous guest flamers
But in this cyber room there's much love
With members of the folk community and members of the...
...Dead beat club!

Mudcat, baby Mudcat!

Sorry, got off on a B52s moment there.