Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook

Subject: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Áine
Date: 21 Apr 00 - 08:31 PM

I've added an excellent new song by Spider Tom to the Mudcat Songbook called A Mothers' Day. It's in the "Thread Songs" category. I hope that you'll check it out, and other great songs by Mudcatters in the Songbook. Spider Tom is also fast becoming a regular contributor to the SONG CHALLENGE! WINNERS PAGE. Keep writing, singing, and playing, Spider Tom!

-- Áine

(Don't forget that if you'd like to add one of your original songs to the Songbook, you can post it here or email it to me at [e-mail])

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Spider Tom
Date: 22 Apr 00 - 07:49 AM

Thanks for that Aine,
I've been asked for a couple of my songs recently, they are "The Softest Touch"
and "Lord Bartock", so here they are, thanks.
Ken
THE SOFTEST TOUCH (C) Ken Robertson 12/10/1999.

D
Please understand, a simple man like me,
C
Could never make a move, you could reject.
D
Beware! The slightest movement of the eye,
C
Might show some feeling, someone could detect.
G D
But worry not I'll hide emotion, be it slight or strong.
C G D
But let me touch you softley, with my song.

D
Do you listen to the words I spill,like tears,
C
That spring from crying of the heart,
D
Or smile on nonsence, in a song,
C
That I might finish soon, before you start.
G
As I was running up some hill,
D
Did your ears track my footsteps, weak or strong,
C
God knows I can't ignore you,
G D
So, let me touch you, softley, with my song. (CHORUS)

D
You understand the meanings, I've wrapped within,
C
And, inbetween, the lines,
D
At times I trapped your smile in them,
C
I've caught your laughter, often, other times.
G
I wasn't singing solo,your mind was up there,
D
With me, all along.
C
All things in life are possible,
G D
So let me touch you softley, with a song. (chorus)

D G
Could I touch you with my song today,
D
For fate may never give another chance,
G D
Two paths may cross but once, and never stir the earth in dance.
G D (CHORUS )
I'll keep it simple, you knew I was that, all along.
C G D
Two paths may cross but once, yet, I might touch you, softly, with a song.

(C) Ken Robertson 13/10/1999

- LORD BARTOCK, LADY CLARE and LOCKLAN (the locksmith)
©Ken Robertson 6/4/1998.

Dm C Dm
(1) Dm Gm A7 Dm
Lord Bartock called his Lady Clare, said "I must go away.
Gm A7 Dm
I will grab my sword and shield, I'm off to the crusades.
Gm Dm
I have a little gift for you as I'm gone day and night,
Gm A7 Dm
A gold and felt, chas-ti-ty belt, will help you sleep real tight."

(2) Dm Gm A7 Dm
Now, Lady Clare was none too keen, to wear the golden locks,
Gm A7 Dm
But Bartock was a jealous type, and Lady Clare, a Fox .
Gm Dm
Though she did plead, he paid no heed, to treat her with suspicion ,
Gm A7 Dm
So, still he locked her in the belt, to safeguard their partitian.

Gm Dm Gm
Is the keeper, of the key, the master of the heart?
A7 Dm (chorus)
"All is fair in love and war." He said that at the start.

(3) Dm Gm A7 Dm
Lord Bartock galloped off to war, sword drawn for the fight,
Gm A7 Dm
And Lady Clare would lay awake, and try stray keys at night.
Gm Dm
But ne'ar a key did come to hand, to open up her lock,
Gm A7 Dm
And Bartock had the master key, hidden in his sock. (chorus)

(4) Dm Gm A7 Dm
One day, fate would have it, 'cause fate's like that for sure,
Gm A7 Dm
Locklan, the mobile locksmith, knocked on the castle door,
Gm Dm
He took pain, to then explain, he'd open any locks,
Gm A7 Dm
Be it on a celler door, or on a jewelled box. (chorus)

(5) Dm Gm A7 Dm
Lady Clare, she heard the words that tumbled off his tongue.
Gm A7 Dm
"I bid you, sir, to break the lock, I need to be undone."
Gm Dm
So he agreed, and did proceed, to pick the lock himself,
Gm A7 Dm
Though he feared, that doing so, could be bad for his health.

(6) Dm Gm A7 Dm
His skillful hands did skate around, like feathers on the lock,
Dm Gm A7 Dm
And Lady Clare, so long untouched, had one or two, small shocks.
Gm Dm
The locksmith man, with steady hands, had soon removed her bounds,
Gm A7 Dm
Just then, Bartock was home from war, Clare heard his barking hounds.

(7) Dm Gm A7 Dm
As Bartock held his key in hand, and aimed it at the door,
Gm A7 Dm
He was knocked down by a cannon-ball, you should have heard him roar.
Gm Dm
And Lady Clare, she said, "Clear off! The locks have all been changed,
Gm A7 Dm
You can't even row the boat, the moat has all been drained."

(8) Dm Gm A7 Dm
"You never cared a fig for me, you just locked me up.
Dm Gm A7 Dm
I cursed you when you went away, I had had enough.
Gm Dm
You can't lock up emotions, you won't try that, no more.
Gm A7 Dm
I'm pushing a Court-Order, underneath the door.
Gm Dm Gm
Is the keeper of the heart, the master of the key?
A7 Dm
All is fair in love and war, you once said that to me."

(9) Dm Gm A7 Dm
"And I have found another, who is more to please,
Dm Gm A7 Dm
He found a way into my - heart, and didn't need your keys,
Gm Dm
If you feel frustration, as you're strutting, like a cock,
Gm A7 Dm
I'll throw you my chas-ti-tity belt, the key's still in your sock. (chorus)

© Ken Robertson 6/4/1998

Thanks Aine.

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Áine
Date: 22 Apr 00 - 11:00 AM

Thanks, Spider Tom! I've added your songs, The Softest Touch and Lord Bartock, Lady Clare and Locklan (the locksmith) to the Songbook this morning. Great Stuff!

I've also added a lovely little ditty by Kelida called The Lovely Ship The Mudcat to the Threads Category. It's a great song, so check it out!

-- Áine

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Irish sergeant
Date: 22 Apr 00 - 11:29 AM

Spider Tom: Great songs! You should be making pots of money wtiting them! Aine; Thanks for putting A Soldier's Lament in the song book. McGrath of Harlow is sending me a tape of it with the music he came up with for it, Neil

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Áine
Date: 22 Apr 00 - 07:38 PM

I've just added two wonderful (and topical) songs to the Songbook: O Elian by Praise and Before We Knew His Name by Dharmabum. Hopefully, we'll get to hear them both soon. Thanks to both of you for sharing your evocative words with us all. I hope everyone goes to the Songbook and checks them out!

-- Áine

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Irish sergeant
Date: 22 Apr 00 - 07:49 PM

Aine: I post a parody for you. If you know anyone with a really good sense of humour or someone you don't care if you offend it is a birthday song. The Birthday Song (Sung to the tune of Silver Threads among the Gold)

Darling you are growing ancient, Rocks don't live as long as you. You're not quite as old as God is, But you're older than primordial stew. Yes, Oh Darling you will be, will be, Older than the rocks and trees. Yes, Oh darling you will be, Older than the rocks and trees.

Like "Happy Birthday", any name can be inserted instead of "Darling". I thought it up on the spur of the moment at a reenactment for someone's birthday one year. So far, people have been laughing too hard to kick my tailfeathers for singing it. Have a great night and happy Easter, Neil

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Áine
Date: 22 Apr 00 - 08:13 PM

There ya go, Neil -- The Birthday Song is now in the Mudcat Songbook! I won't even ask how you knew that my birthday was coming up in a few days -- and I promise that I won't kick your tailfeathers either! Thanks for the laugh!

-- Áine

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Dharmabum
Date: 23 Apr 00 - 09:00 AM

Thanks Aine for adding my tune to the songbook. It's nice to rub elbows with such talented folks. Hope tou have a happy birthday.

Ron.

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Áine
Date: 28 Apr 00 - 11:38 AM

We have two new songs in the Mudcat Songbook this morning.

The first one, Being Vulgar by Spider Tom, I actually posted a few days ago. It's a lovely apologia (which we all need once in a while), so check it out!

The second, which you can find in the Thread Songs category, is Ode To The Captain's Hearts by Kelida and Mbo. If you want to see wherefrom it arose, look at this thread. "Don't beam me up, Scotty - they write great songs down here!"

Enjoy these new Songbook entries, and please feel free to add your own original songs to the growing tome!

-- Áine

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Áine
Date: 08 May 00 - 04:40 PM

If you like train songs and, of course, songs about love, you'll like the song that I've just added to the Songbook by Mbo entitled Train Ride To Heaven. It's a good one, so everyone please check it out. Thanks, Mbo!

Keep playing, writing, and singing, Áine

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Irish sergeant
Date: 08 May 00 - 08:46 PM

Aine: I must confess, I didn't know your birthday was approaching when I sent the birthday parody. I just thought it might be fun for all concerned. Sometimes my timing is imppecable all on its own with no help from me. I'm glad you got a laugh from it. Neil

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Dave (the ancient mariner)
Date: 08 May 00 - 11:05 PM

Spider Tom sang a great song he wrote called "I'm Grieving Tonight" hope he sends some stuff in to Max to play on the radio.. You guys should try and listen to him on hearme sometime, he is excellent.. Yours, Aye. Dave

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Spider Tom
Date: 09 May 00 - 03:02 AM

Thanks for your kind words about my song Dave(Tam)I am putting the words here , as I am a bit of a nong where the typing thing is concerned I didn't put the chords in sorry,
hope to hear you soon, and Hi Aine .

GRIEVING © Ken (Spider Tom) Robertson 4/6/1996

(1) I need the darkness,
And it should rain.
Just you leave me,
Alone again.
I'm grieving, grieving tonight,
I'm grieving, grieving tonight.

(2) Don't want, no one,
I'm feeling numb.
My chest is strangled,
My heart, struck dumb.
I'm grieving, grieving tonight,
I'm grieving, grieving tonight.

Chorus
The loss, steals your everything,
The pain and the hurt, it brings,
And there's no one, or nothing,
Can cure the ache.
D It's said, time heals everything,
But it's healing no one.
Time, it won't heal,
It will just make you numb.

(3)
Life is held by,
A tiny thread,
And, when it breaks,
Is that the end?

I'm grieving, grieving tonight,
I'm grieving, grieving tonight,

(4)
Life's a battle,
'Tween hopes, and fears.
Now hope is drowning,
In a stream of tears.

I'm grieving, grieving tonight,
I'm grieving, grieving tonight, (chorus)

(5)
I hear the laughter,
In the streets of loss,
As life is chanced, like
A coin that's tossed.
I'm grieving, grieving tonight,
I'm grieving, grieving tonight,

(6)
A million tears,
Won't cure the pain,
They're bringing nothing,
Back again.
I'm grieving, grieving tonight.
I'm grieving, grieving tonight.
I'm grieving, grieving tonight.
I'm grieving, grieving tonight!

Grieving © Ken Robertson 4/6/1996.

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Amergin
Date: 09 May 00 - 03:06 AM

That's beautiful, Spider.

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Spider Tom
Date: 09 May 00 - 07:39 AM

Thanks Amergin I always say that Grief is the loneliest of emotions, maybe I can share it in a song.
Ken S.T.

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Áine
Date: 09 May 00 - 09:30 AM

Dear Ken,

I couldn't agree with Amergin more, this is a beautiful song. So here you go, Grieving is now in the Songbook. Thank you so much for sharing this with us all.

-- Áine

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Áine
Date: 09 May 00 - 10:24 AM

I found a lovely surprise in my email box this morning, and I've added it to the Songbook! It's Sugar Dog Man by Praise -- a happy little song that was hatched in one of the Tavern threads. Want to put a smile on your face today? Then check it out and enjoy. Thank you, Praise, for giving me this happy face grin!

-- Áine

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: wysiwyg
Date: 09 May 00 - 12:25 PM

Sugar Dog Men, you know who you are!

~Sugar Dog

Wuf!

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Bradypus
Date: 10 May 00 - 08:06 PM

Aine - I put a thread song called 'Love Bytes' in the Despicable Virus Alert thread. You might want to put it in the songbook ...

Bradypus

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Amergin
Date: 11 May 00 - 03:17 AM

Here I am shamefully self-promoting my work but here goes: Is This Good Enough?

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Áine
Date: 11 May 00 - 10:20 AM

(Dear Amergin -- What do you think the Songbook is for if not shameless self-promotion? *BG* Let's have more of it, I say!)

Along with adding Amergin's Lament Of A Guardsman and Bradypus' Love Bytes to the Thread Songs in the Songbook, I've also added Sweet Columbine, a song by Dharmabum. I hope everyone will check out these wonderful songs, and have a good think about the world we live in.

And if you get an inspiration from your visit to the Mudcat Songbook, then please write it down before it flies away and send it to me for inclusion in our special book!

Keep playing, writing, and singing, Áine

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Metchosin
Date: 12 May 00 - 12:34 PM

Well Áine, there were a few gems? on this thread. Now if we can only get Spaw and Sorcha to come up with second verses......

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Áine
Date: 17 May 00 - 09:39 AM

Just added an inspiring song by Praise entitled Jesus Is Coming - Look Busy! to the Songbook. If you need something to get you to do 'right' today, check it out. Thanks Praise, for another great song!

-- Áine

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Spider Tom
Date: 17 May 00 - 09:57 AM

Aine, hello again,
I am putting my song,The Cull in this thread incase you would like to put it in the songbook, I started a thread for Anzac day and have had a few calls for it since,
keep up the good work you are a wonder and thankyou,
Spider Tom
The definition of Cull is to kill numbers, of a species to limit their numbers:Men do this to animals, men do this to each other, tragic but true.

THE CULL (C)Ken (Spider Tom) Robertson. And the order was sent,from Command, to the Front, They were sending them out for the Kill. Sprung out of the trenches, like hounds on a hunt, But dying like flies on the hill.

In The Field, you own nothing, even Life's not your own, Like the cloths on your back, you're on loan. You're only a number, a "piece", in their Game, Soldiers die, spill their blood to the stone.

Chorus What a senceless waste of Life! Just a stupid waste of Life! War,a senceless waste of Life! Devils' Darkness, steals the Light.

Man, he learns little from, mistakes of the past, Young men sent like lions, to the slaughter. Where the choices aren't much,just to kill, or be killed, And you'll fall first, if you faulter.

And there's many a business man, sat on the sidelines, Counting the wealth, War has made him. The vultures, the leaches, they sell to both sides, In War, they're the only ones to win.

The last thoughts of soldiers, lying, dieing in battle, Most likely, go down the same path, Last thoughts, of loved ones, or babies with rattles, Are cut short by Death, Wars last laugh.

We are programmed to Kill,or programmed to Cull, Or be killed, or be culled, in the fight, And years after battle, there's many a soldier, Awakes, with a scream in the night.

I dream of a day, when we lay War to rest. Lay down thegun, and the spear. A world, with a place for The Peace Dove to nest, An end to the Culling and tears.

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Áine
Date: 17 May 00 - 01:00 PM

There ya go, Spider Tom. The Cull is now is the Songbook. Please take a look at it and make sure that I got the line breaks right, OK?

-- Áine

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: wysiwyg
Date: 18 May 00 - 01:09 AM

Spider--

I have culled farm critters when the previous manager let the place go to hell. Big critters that had been fine the spring before went "down the road," and smaller ones I dispatched myself. Hard to bring death in spring.

Just saying, I understand, tho not exactly, and I love your song.

} : ~ *) >

~Susan~

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Amergin
Date: 18 May 00 - 01:45 AM

Aine, if you don't mind anything without any tunes for them, here's one for you: click here I also have another one or two scattered about here.

If you do mind that's ok, don't worry about it.

Amergin

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: wysiwyg
Date: 18 May 00 - 02:08 AM

Amergin,

I am hearing it sung. There is a lead gospel-calling type singer, and a two-section backup choir. The two backups toss the repeated lines back and forth under the lingering note of the lead caller. Each line comes with no break, no breath taken from the end of the previous line. Like this:

I wanna go down (go down) (go down) (go down),
To Jackson, Mississippi. I wanna go down (go down) (go down) go down) (go down),
to protest the war. I wanna go down (go down) (go down) go down)
to Jackson, Mississippi--
To hear (to hear), to hear the students roar.

OK? Musta caught it when I sat in yer lap sleepin'.

~S~

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: wysiwyg
Date: 18 May 00 - 02:08 AM

oops, sorry parens are bad

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Áine
Date: 18 May 00 - 09:35 AM

I've added Amergin's song, I Wanna Go Down, to the Songbook. A simple, yet very forceful, song -- check it out. Well done, Amergin!

-- Áine

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Áine
Date: 18 May 00 - 09:59 AM

And I've also just added Metchosin's Slug Songs from the "Do Slugs Swing" thread to the Songbook. Sorry about taking so long, M. -- No excuse for it, I just plain forgot. Please accept my apology.

-- Áine

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: The Shambles
Date: 18 May 00 - 10:06 AM

Born on the run

Born on the run
The wildebeest come
Running from dawn
To the setting sun
The travelling days are never done
Under the watching sky

Got to learn
From when you're torn
From your watery home
One the day you're born
A crashing ball, all hoof and horn
To stumble is to die

The advancing throng
Their lives, not long
The weak must perish, to enable the strong
To endure and pass the memory on
Under the watching sky

Born…On the run
Born…On the run
Born…On the run

Where to cross
Where to pass
Where to find those oceans of grass
Times of plenty, that will not last
Under the watching sky

There's no choice
Must follow that voice
That calls out loud, above the noise
Though river roar and rivers rise
Under the watching sky

The lion that hides
Needs to feed her pride
On the lost, the lame, the weak and the tired
The predator too, is driven inside
Under the watching sky

Born…On the run
Born…On the run
Born…On the run

Just part of the chain
The bones of the slain
Feed the soil, that covers the plain
New life, will follow the rains

Under the watching sky

Roger Gall 1997

This was a song that I wrote about the life of the wildebeest (or the gnu). It was suggested to me, after I had sung it once, that it was more about another certain two-legged mammal.

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Áine
Date: 18 May 00 - 10:36 AM

Boy, when it rains good songs, it pours!

I've added The Shambles' (gnu?) song, Born On The Run, AND a new love song by Mbo, For What It's Worth. Great stuff, both of ya!

-- Áine

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Áine
Date: 18 May 00 - 10:40 AM

Let's try this link to Mbo's song -- For What It's Worth.

-- Áine

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: The Shambles
Date: 19 May 00 - 02:49 PM

When I lived in London, I got used to sitting next to and opposite people in trains and not speaking. On my last visit, I was amazed to find trains full of people talking, but still not to each other.

The Art Of Conversation

Now I walk the streets of the city
I've never felt so alone
Everybody's talking, yes
But only on the phone
Now everybody's talking it seems
And it's good to see
The art of conversation's not dead
But they ain't talking to me

I heard a friendly voice saying "hello"
I looked to find someone I know
I turned to meet the eyes of a stranger
Who carried on talking, as they watched me go
Don't know what the phones may do to your brain
Know what they do to mine and I'm trying to explain
Not sure if you're in any danger
But they're slowly driving me insane

Now I walk the streets of the city
I've never felt so alone
Everybody's talking, yes
But only on the phone
Now everybody's talking it seems
And it's good to see
The art of conversation's not dead
But they ain't talking to me

All of these things happen so fast
Just a passing craze or will it last?
Is this what the future is bringing?
Is talking face to face a thing of the past?
Are you worried like me or do you think it's fine
To hear all of this talking, all of the time
For even now, I can hear a mobile ringing
Please excuse me….. I think it's mine

Now I walk the streets of the city
I've never felt so alone
Everybody's talking, yes
But only on the phone
Now everybody's talking it seems
And it's so good to see
The art of conversation's not dead
But they ain't talking to me

Roger Gall 2000.

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Amergin
Date: 19 May 00 - 06:22 PM

Thanks, Aine, don't think this I'll ever stop blushing now... Praise, that's a wonderful idea. Never really thought of it like that.

Well, here's another chordless one: Into My Thoughts>

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Áine
Date: 19 May 00 - 07:02 PM

Mmmmmm -- Senses and Sensuality -- we've got it all in the Mudcat Songbook! Roger, your Art Of Conversation and Amergin, your Into My Thoughts are now in the book.

Check these two songs out, folks -- they're fantastic!

-- Áine

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Kelida
Date: 19 May 00 - 10:05 PM

Never

Bridget McKinney, 1998

I never meant to fall in love, Especially so soon, You're all I ever dream of, Nighttime or afternoon. You're all that I could ever want, And all I'll ever need again You're my lover and my confidant My pain and hurt and my best friend.

Never--never--never again Never will I forget the pain-- The pain I caused to you

I never thought that we would last, But this time I was wrong I thought that you'd be in the past, By this point in the song I wish you were still here to hear Exactly how sorry I am Please forgive me soon, my dear, Please realise just how lost I am (without you)

Never--never--never before Has one of our fights evolved to a war Why did I start it now?

I've never been in love 'till now I never expected or wanted to be Sometimes these things happen, but how Oh how I could do that, I'll just never see I suppose I thought you wouldn't know, I didn't think that I'd get caught I surely didn't think you'd go, But mostly I just don't think I thought.

Never--never--never again, Will I hurt you the way that I hurt you then The question now is: Will you forgive me?

Here's the song from the "infidelity" thread.

Peace--Keli

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Mbo
Date: 19 May 00 - 10:35 PM

Keli, I almost have the music for your song finished...

--Mbo

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Kelida
Date: 19 May 00 - 11:21 PM

Very cool!! Make sure to e-mail me a recording of it ([e-mail]). Or something. . .

Peace--Keli

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Amergin
Date: 19 May 00 - 11:32 PM

Lovely song, Kelida.

Well, I posted this one around here somewhere can't remember where...

The Drunkard King

The pitcher's on the bar
The glass is in my hand
The fag is in the ashtray
I'm in that wonderful land
Known as Tir-na-nog
The land of eternal youth
The beer in my belly
Slowly begins to sooth
The warmth rises to my head
I forget the sorrows of the day
As I feel this great uplifting
There's only one thing I can say:

Drunkenness is my only virtue
The pub is my second home
The taps and bottles are my subjects
The barstool is my throne

The band begins to play its jig
Lonesome songs of yearning
As they strike the first chord
The masses begin their churning
As I slowly drink in
The great water of life
I scan this mystic land
It is empty of all strife
As I sit on my drunken throne
The faeries around me prance
My feet stomp with the drums
Longing to join the dance
Suddenly I laugh and yell
So fucking loud and clear
Every head turns toward me
Their ears straining to hear
As the barman sadly tells me
That I cannot stay
But that's alright for me
Tomorrow is another day

Because:

Drunkenness is my only virtue
So, remember when I sing
That the taps and bottle are my subjects
For I am the drunkard king!

Amergin

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Áine
Date: 20 May 00 - 11:41 AM

My, my, my -- a plethora of pulchratude!!! Here's a list of the latest, hot-off-the-Net songs from some of our most musical Mudcatters that have been added to the Songbook -- check 'em folks!

The Token Reversed by McGrath of Harlow
Never by Kelida
The Drunkard King by Amergin
Is It Only In The Stories Miracles Happen by GreatGoo
Modern Magic by MMario

-- Áine

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Áine
Date: 10 Jun 00 - 12:56 PM

I've added a wonderful story-song parody by Alice to the Mudcat Songbook this morning, called Roundup, Montana. It's a great tale, so please check it out! Thank you, Alice.

-- Áine

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Amergin
Date: 10 Jun 00 - 01:05 PM

My God, that's lovely...

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Amergin
Date: 10 Jun 00 - 01:14 PM

Aine, here's another one....My First Love

Oh and BTW will there be anymore of your Challenges?

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: GUEST,Áine (using IE)
Date: 10 Jun 00 - 01:28 PM

Dear Amergin,

I don't know what link you put up, but it's buggered the thread. I can't get your message to come up at all on Netscape, and I can see the link in your message from IE. So, I'll be sending a little message to Joe and Max to see if they can fix it.

-- Áine

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Áine
Date: 21 Jun 00 - 11:33 AM

Now we're back on track with Part VI here -- this should make MMario very happy *BG* --

I've added Amergin's tasty love song, My First Love to the Songbook this morning (with apologies for being so late about it!), and the excellent "first time in the Book" song by Harry (who's a Guest at the moment, but we're hoping he'll join up and become a regular 'Catter!) entitled Ode To Thread Creep, a subject we all can appreciate! I've put both of these new entries in the Thread Song category, since they "crept" into the 'Catter Consciousness' from two very interesting threads.

Thanks to both of you for two very good additions to the Book!

Keep 'em coming, 'Catters, Áine

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: The Shambles
Date: 22 Jun 00 - 01:27 PM

This is a song about that wonderful moment just before the sky falls on top of you.

Bitter Words

Bitter words, sung sweetly
The whole truth, but not completely
Bitter words…. Sung sweetly by you
My world, broken in a minute
My life and all that's in it
My world…. Is broken in two
Bitter words, sung sweetly by you

I looked up to see the sun, instead I saw the moon
Somehow the words don't fit the tune?
When I first heard it, no wonder I got it wrong
I knew the singer but not the song
Well you sang so sweet, that music to my ear
It's just those words I don't want to hear
Your timing was OK and the place was fine
But, there's no right place and no right time

Bitter words, sung sweetly
The whole truth, but not completely
Bitter words…. Sung sweetly by you
My world, broken in a minute
My life and all that's in it
My world…. Is broken in two
Bitter words, sung sweetly by you

It don't matter how you disguise it, when you aim that low
It still feels like a hammer blow
If you don't see it coming you can't break your fall
You just take the full force of it all
I thought I was 'boxing clever', then I hit the floor
Like a fool I stood up for more
I thought we were only sparring, but this was the 'big show'.
Why was I the last one to know?

Bitter words, sung sweetly
The whole truth, but not completely
Bitter words…. Sung sweetly by you
My world, broken in a minute
My life and all that's in it
My world…. Is broken in two
Bitter words, sung sweetly by you

Roger Gall 1999

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Áine
Date: 22 Jun 00 - 03:44 PM

Dear Lodger (hehehe), Bitter Words is now in the Book. Another great song from one of our resident masters (and thanks for sharing it with us).

-- Áine

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Amergin
Date: 22 Jun 00 - 06:12 PM

Thanks, Aine.

Roger that is a lovely song. Oh, how I can relate to that one with many instances in my young life as can we all.

Amergin

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: The Shambles
Date: 01 Jul 00 - 05:09 PM

From the 'Lure of the sea' thread.

The Tall Ships Race was starting locally and my daughter informed us that she was going to leave home and sign on to one of these vessels. In the end she didn't but it did inspire this, which is an adolescent's song to their loved ones.

Like The Sea

I've a notion to sail the ocean
And drift where the winds do blow free
Far from the choices and from the voices
That know best, what I should be
I'm like the sea before me
On the surface calm and serene
Who knows what forces and from what sources
Stir in the depths unseen

As I cast off on my journey
What of those who made history?
What advice can be offered
To those who sail uncharted seas

The great adventurers, did not venture
Too far from the virgin shore
They claim their prizes and as the sun rises
They seek more land to explore
I'm like the sea before me
Well charted but still a mystery
I'm not revealing, all that I'm feeling
If you look you may discover me

Maiden voyagers are not fearful
For they don't think that they could fail
You've kept me safe within your harbour
Now it's time to set sail

You may be fearing, this course I'm steering
Will lead me far from your door
When the sounds of goodbye, starts the clouds in your eyes
Remember I couldn't love you more
I'm like the sea before me
My colours change from blue to grey
Windy and wild, or asleep like a child
What mood will I display?

Roger Gall 1997

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Áine
Date: 02 Jul 00 - 01:03 PM

There you go, Roger, your beautiful Like The Sea is now in the Songbook. Thank you once again, for adding such a lovely song to the tomb.

-- Áine

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Áine
Date: 02 Jul 00 - 01:05 PM

Dear Lodger,

Of course, I meant tome there, didn't I? *BG* It only happens with you, don't ya know . . .

-- Áine

Subject: RE: Part VI - Additions to Mudcat Songbook
From: Amergin
Date: 02 Jul 00 - 11:27 PM

Aine, here's another one of mine:scroll down