Lyr Add: Parody: Ghost Knitters by the Road

Subject: Lyr Add: Parody: Ghost Knitters by the Road
From: MMario
Date: 10 Oct 12 - 09:50 AM

I sang this is the songwriters workshop at FSGW Getaway 2012


Some fiber folk went out to KIP One bright and sunny day
Upon a bench they rested, nearby a public way
When all at once there gathered there in just a little bit
A crowd of nosy tourists to watch those crafters knit.

|Yippee-i-yaaaaaaaaa
Yippee-i-oooooooooooooo
Ghost knitters by the road|

Their needles were on fire and the yarn it shone like steel
As yard by yard of knitting, began to fast unreel
A bolt of fear ran through the crowd, as the row it neared the end
'Til the needles were revers-ed; and began to knit again.

|Yippee-i-yaaaaaaaaa
Yippee-i-oooooooooooooo
Ghost knitters by the road|

Their eyes were blurred, their fingers cramped,
their shirts were soaked with sweat
They're knitting hard to finish soon but they ain't finished yet!
For they're doomed to knit forever on that bench out by the road
With their Navajo plied bison yarn....
that they hand dyed with Woad!

|Yippee-i-yaaaaaaaaa
Yippee-i-oooooooooooooo
Ghost knitters by the road|

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Parody: Ghost Knitters by the Road
From: Charley Noble
Date: 10 Oct 12 - 10:42 AM

You had me in stitches!

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Parody: Ghost Knitters by the Road
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 11 Oct 12 - 02:49 AM

I've sent it to a few knitter friends, I love it.

sandra

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Parody: Ghost Knitters by the Road
From: JennieG
Date: 11 Oct 12 - 07:10 AM

No mention of qiviut? Perhaps it hard to find a a rhyme.....

Love it, Mario - thank you!

Cheers
JennieG away from home on the far side of the known universe in Toronto, Canada

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Parody: Ghost Knitters by the Road
From: MMario
Date: 11 Oct 12 - 10:09 AM

Qiviut puts in an appearance in another parody I'm working on...set to the tune of "They call the wind Mariah"

which reminds me - I need to get the verses to "Woad in the Garden" oinned down and into print.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Parody: Ghost Knitters by the Road
From: open mike
Date: 11 Oct 12 - 12:18 PM

that's a purl of a song, Mario!

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Parody: Ghost Knitters by the Road
From: GUEST,DrWord
Date: 11 Oct 12 - 04:53 PM

MMario: Priceless! I started singing it right off the hop, then tried to raise my youngest on her cell phone to sing it for her. She's both a great fan of parody & a great knitter. May I share this with the seniors with whom I do music? It's great fun, Mario. [btw sis's book looks like a great read!]

openMike--lol==don't get me started on knitting puns

cheers all
keep on pickin
dennis

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Parody: Ghost Knitters by the Road
From: MMario
Date: 11 Oct 12 - 06:47 PM

Of course it can be shared!