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Subject: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: katlaughing Date: 10 Aug 00 - 08:07 PM Sure is a nice cool day here in the park, amongst the sylvan glades and flower beds. We've got a tented tavern set up with a portable stage and a portable swiiming pool; nice cool breeze is blowing through and if you look really closely, you might see the PeterDenizenT Greenman as he waltzes about smiling at each little flower and categorising each type of topsoil, and tracks the path of each different little critter. Don't mind if he trails a bit of leaves or other debris, or that he lollygags...it's that kind of day for us all...just take it slow and easy, sit back in the grass, relax, take a long, cool sip, and hum a little tune....ah.....summertime and the living is easy.... Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Greenman Mudcat Tavern...
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Mbo Date: 10 Aug 00 - 08:17 PM I'll be waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay over here trying to learn a new tune called "Angel Child". Gotta keep the others away from my youthful drivelings AND my guitar away from flying rotten vegetables. Living is EASY? I'm hyped up on music, I get to meet Mrrzy tomorrow, and school starts up again next week. All I can say is Summertime, glad it's almost over! Sweating like a pig just ain't my thing... Oh right, where was I? Tonight, this is your life...angel child of mine... --M |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: catspaw49 Date: 10 Aug 00 - 09:15 PM and where do I find a drink?..............uh, okay kat............What's this? Looks like something a 'gator threw up............say what?........................A VEGGIE COCKTAIL!?!?!?!?!..........gawddam woman, I'm about to head out for a few days and you expect me to go on THIS?............Got any Jack to throw in there? I mean its grain and natural and all that stuff.............no go huh?...........OK...........geeziz............(sip)......AARRGGHHH...GACK...CULCH..BLECK.........ohboy......(burp)...........yeah, that's uh.........that's real........er, tasty.......yeah.............So I'll just sip this a bit.......HEY! I'm headin' for the great outdoors!!! Yep. Going to a campground at a lake where we'll commune with nature.....and the 576 other families camping there.........Not to mention the fun reunion of Wayne's family that I don't know any of.................Yeah...gonna' be great.......................AW C'MON KAT!!!! GIMMEE SOME JACK HERE.......I'M GOING TO HELL FOR THE WEEKEND AND I'M TOWING TO GET THERE---I NEED SOME JACK!!!!!!..........still no huh?..........is Leej around?.........maybe he's got some of that Rockacastle shine....................... Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: DougR Date: 10 Aug 00 - 09:23 PM "Can a Republican get a drink around here and join in the fun,? he asks timedly. DougR |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: catspaw49 Date: 10 Aug 00 - 09:36 PM Come on in here Doug my friend.......Got anything in a hip flask? .....I'll buy you one of these "Gator Barf Gimlets" if you got some real booze we can add..................Ain't no politickin' here.....Just ol PT with something that stinks real bad on his shoes and kat mashin vegggies........oh yeah, Meebo's over there and sounds like he's in pain.........probably had one of these GBG's..............say what kat.................Oh, sorry.....he's singin somethin' by "Outta Sync and Down the Desert Drain" or somebdy..............Anyway, park it here and lemmee tell you about how I'm towing to hell for the weekend.............. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: DougR Date: 10 Aug 00 - 09:40 PM Spaw, kat, 'tis truly nice to sit down in a friendly atmosphere, forget politics and sip some suds. Tell you what, I'll buy the house a drink (after all it's not terribly crowded!) DougR |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Clinton Hammond2 Date: 10 Aug 00 - 09:45 PM *wanders through singing* Have you seen, the Jack in the green With his long tail hainging down He quietly sits under every tree In the folds of his velvet gown... And trails off into the distance with a {~` |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Mrrzy Date: 10 Aug 00 - 09:53 PM Mmmm - I got me some frozen vodka, are there any fresh lemons in this garden? Aah, thanks; now, some sugar, don't sit on the sharp knife... Lemon drops, anyone? Oh, and where's the hammock? (...swinging gently...) As I were going to Strawberry Fair, singing, singing, buttercups and daisies |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: catspaw49 Date: 10 Aug 00 - 09:55 PM ......Geeziz...Maybe there is something in this Gator Barf.........Who was that masked man? Looked like Puck or somethin'........Anybody else see that?.....sang pretty good ....... dresses pretty weird .............Was he carryin' a sword too?..............KAT!! Bring me another one of these............. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Mrrzy Date: 10 Aug 00 - 10:09 PM (still swinging gently)...Says she, Kind Sir, my roses are red, singing... Cherry ripe, the pretty maid said, Fol... I'm very sweet, and petty to spare, as I go on to Strawberry Fair, O reap... |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: katlaughing Date: 10 Aug 00 - 10:10 PM Awright, awright, Spaw! Ooooooooommmmmmm....takes a deep breath in and leetttttsssss it oout sllllooooowwwwwlllyyy here ya go, darlin' since you're going to hell in a handbasket of a van, anyway, I guess you deserve something a little stronger, listen up, now...go back behind the porta-swimming pool, down that dirt path, up the little hill, until you come to a fork, take the left trail heading down towards the bog, there's a miasma of smoky, oily crap in the air, stinks, too, keep on that path until you see a red pair of knickers tied 8 feet up in a sycamore tree on your south side, go under that very tree, and part the lilac bushes on yer right and you will see a narrow, slatted swinging bridge which goes over the bog Now, if you've made it that far, DON't go over the bridge!! That's where the Flushing Gators really are, BUT, you do hafta get kinda close anyway. Start singing, I don't care what, just something soothing, then, very, very slowly...step towards the Banks of the Bog, look under the nearrside of the bridge and you will find a key. Take the key very slowly, then back away very slowly, never turning your back on the gators. Once you are back on the upper bank, follow your trail back and bring the key to me and we can unlock the booze wagon!!! DougeR, sure glad to have you on board, maybe you can ride shotgun for Spaw? And, watch out for the rest of the phoaks, okay? There should be a pretty big group coming in here real soon...all manner of folkers, draped in greens of various fashions and eras..'tis a grand day for a renassiance fair, eh? Oh, Mbo, have you found yer angel, yet, darlin'? Oh and who is Derry, Derry Darlin's us all? Did you see that?!!
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Mrrzy Date: 10 Aug 00 - 10:21 PM (...attempting to sit up, never easy in a hammock...) Hey, can I wear on of those cone hats with the long flowing veils? (...grinning a little)...Anyone want to help me with the corsets...? |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Mrrzy Date: 10 Aug 00 - 10:35 PM (...Stretching like an awakening cat...) Well, all, I'll have to wander off now, gotta get ready for my road trip tomorrow, we'll have to play corsets some other day... (...Kisses anyone willing, stolls off into the sunset...) |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Sailor Dan Date: 10 Aug 00 - 10:50 PM Skys blue, puffy clouds, Light breeze, suns a shinin. Twin diesels purring, autopilot connected Gulfstream is bluuee and 2 foot. Sitting on flying bridge, banjo in hand, fingering foggy mountain breakdown slow, switch to 8 more miles to Louisville, switch to Bile dem cabbage. Pitcher of Vodka and tonic with limes a floating, by my right hand. Dolphins playing off port bow, course 145 from Miami, Just me and the sea, Hmmmm maybe I should try to learn Moody river but i dont know the chords or tabs, Wonder if Mbo or spaw might know, Hmm maybe rick oh well, have a drink and watch the gulls, diesels purring mmmmmmmmmm. Sailor DAn |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Mbo Date: 10 Aug 00 - 10:51 PM See you tomorrow in the 3D world, Mrrz! No kat, it'll be a long time still. But that doesn't stop me from writing songs for her! Got a new one but can't do it here...too risky.
Back to Oasis... --Matt |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: DougR Date: 10 Aug 00 - 11:47 PM kat, me darlin', I'll ride shotgun since you ask me, but but Spaw needs no help. DougR |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: katlaughing Date: 10 Aug 00 - 11:52 PM On THAT trail I set him on??? You don't think he might meet some spiders or snakes? 'Cause that ain't all it takes to love me...or however that naughty song goes...I still think ya better go along, 'sides that, there will be no hope of hard liquor for anyone 'less he is successful and we just better not leave that to chance, eh, DougeRdarlin'?**BG** |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: catspaw49 Date: 11 Aug 00 - 12:21 AM Spaw comes limping into the bar looking beaten and completely bedraggled, clothes torn........ ......Holy Keyriced on a crutch.......Somebody give me a hand here..........I'll take anything ya' got to drink....WATER.....ANYTHING!!!!!.......Damn kat, what the hell are you tryin' to do here anyway.......I thought I was supposed to be smellin' the roses.........Yeah, you're right....I don't smell like no rose!!!........Spiders and snakes my ass....they were the least of it! I was going through that first woods and a bunch of rabid possums came after me! Had to beat it up that damn hill and I thought I was having another heart attack!!! Then I slog through the bog and there's a big fockin' Irish guy with a potato stuffed thong tryin' to dance a jig in a tub of lime jello and I had to detour into a REAL swamp.....damn near killed me gettin' outta' that.......and just when I reach the top of a hill and am ready to head for the key stash, some fuckwit in half a gorilla suit and fishnet tights was lighting farts and singed me pretty bad on the way past..............THEN, just when I grab the key, your dipshit garden faeries came out screaming like banshees and swinging tiples everywhere. What the hell is the matter with you anyway, keeping those little pissants around? Those little creeps kept coming til they encountered Peter dressed in green and looking like the Boston Strangler which seemed to confuse them for a minute and I was able to hobble away. You got any idea what its like having a bunch of garden faeries clamped on your legs like a pack of horny beagles??? ...................Geeziz..........Anyway, here's the key....Now get me some Jack!!!!!!!!.........anybody got anything for these cuts? Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: DougR Date: 11 Aug 00 - 12:27 AM Well,kat, perhaps I'm wrong. Spaw does need help, it seems. DougR |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Mbo Date: 11 Aug 00 - 12:36 AM Peter T all in green? Where's Sir Gawain when you need him? |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: catspaw49 Date: 11 Aug 00 - 12:41 AM Yeah Doug, you should have come along..........Did I mention the Jewish princess with the banjo in white socks? I was really excited, but when I started towards her I fell into a cesspool and was only able to get out with the help of a guy who had a Radio Shack R/C car with a winch. The damn winch broke of course....typical Radio Shack....But at that point I grabbed hold of a leg attached to a fiddler with dragonflies hovering around her hooters and clams in her toes. I'm tellin' you....The whole thing was a nightmare........................ Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: MAG (inactive) Date: 11 Aug 00 - 12:59 AM to the tune of "Just a Song at Twilight:"
When the swamp is quiet, When the moss hangs low -- favorite lullaby of those long-tailed, sharp-toothed, yellow-eyed alligators from Thatcher Hurd's book, *Mama Don't Allow.* Any virtual gin and limeade around this joint? Tanqueray, preferably. I am feeling very mellow after doing a bunch of old-timey stuff last weekend. It is my mission in life to see that children do not forget how to play "In and out the window," "A-tisket a-tasket," etc. Kat, how did you know about the Green Man and me?? Did I get the line break thing right? |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Mbo Date: 11 Aug 00 - 01:28 AM Swamps? Did someone mention swamps? Right! The Swamp Song for all of you, then! BWWWAAAAAA!!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Amergin Date: 11 Aug 00 - 06:49 AM Well, it's a quarter to four in the morning west coast time.....just got off work and am ready for a drink...Hey, Kat, where's my Bushmills and my Guinness? |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Giac Date: 11 Aug 00 - 07:09 AM Hey, Ameregin, said Giac, pulling up in an old rattletrap with a false gas tank, I just got here, over the "real" Thunder Road, with some of the best untaxed liquor you ever tasted. None of that oily, kerosene stuff, no sir, this is real. Try some. Things must have been pretty rough here last night. I just saw a guy with faeries stuck all over his legs. He was covered with sludge and was lying next to a wench, er, winch. By golly, I think it was Spaw. |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: MMario Date: 11 Aug 00 - 09:12 AM *observing the horde through a telesope mounted on a hilltop at a very safe distance* Gad! I thought I'd get to relax if I went over there, but I see they just don't seem to know how... |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Peter T. Date: 11 Aug 00 - 09:36 AM Mossssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Tweetweettweettweettweet (Oh, make like a tree and leave). (Puts on fluorescent roller blades, puts on Rogue-sucking-Wolverine's face T-Shirt on, tanks up Walkman with "Walking on Sunshine" at full blast, fills mouth with Coke and Cheezies, voooooommmm. Enviro-dude!!!!!!yours, Peter T. |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Cap't Bob Date: 11 Aug 00 - 09:51 AM Hay Kat.... you gotta get ole Spaw outta here as soon as possible... that gator barf that he thought he was drink'en..... er ah. ... well he must be more near sighted than we thought .... I was watch'en and he was getting it outta the tail end of the gator ... better send for the Insane-a-vac helicopte ... er better make that the Cesna 120 ya gotta to get him back to the asylum ... er horse piddle el-pronto. Better get him in a straight jacket though .... er ... ah . if you don't have one just rap him a good on the head with one of them over sized zucchini - he'll be easier to handle that way. |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler Date: 11 Aug 00 - 09:54 AM Pete's been at the mushrooms again, I think! Well, I'm off to an open air jazz & fireworks concert tomorrow night (The latter after the former, not at the same time!) so I've got to pack the coolbox, check the citronella candles and select a bottle to go with the picnic but there's time to drop in here and have a glass or two first. TGIF Here's to a fun weekend! RtS |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Bert Date: 11 Aug 00 - 10:25 AM Veggie Cocktail! That sounds like a 'Pimms'. Fix one for me kat me darlin'. And Doug, if you just drop the 'RE' you'll become a 'Publican' and you will be welcome amongst folkies everywhere. Come and taste of my basket she said singing, singing, buttercups and daisies my cherries ripe or my strawberries red fol de dee, fol de dee Bert. |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: catspaw49 Date: 11 Aug 00 - 10:45 AM ..........Gawd, whadda' morning..............whta was in that stuff?..............Now I gotta' go hook up the camper and tow off to Hell for the weekend...............Gimmee some more of the gator barf...or whatever's comin' out the back of that gator.............I need something to face the next few days............See y'all later................. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Kim C Date: 11 Aug 00 - 11:15 AM Shandy anyone? Since we're outdoors, may I have a cigar? |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Bert Date: 11 Aug 00 - 11:22 AM I'll have a shandy with you Kim, that Pimms went down without touching the sides. And sure you can have a cigar, If you talk to one of those Canadian Guys you may even be able to cadge a Cuban one. Bert. |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Peg Date: 11 Aug 00 - 01:00 PM Ooh, nice place. Very nice indeed. I like tin ceilings, but you can't beat these high, windy canopies of sun-dappled leaves... Hey, Satyr, buy me a drink??? Hmm, how 'bout a lemonade made with molasses? What's that, it's past noon? Why didn't ya say so? Okay, make it a...well, it's a drink I had recently, it doesn't have a name, let's give it one: a Tree Fairy! Absolut and tonic with lime and raspberry liqueur...OR you can make it with Absolut, tonic, sweetened lime juice and frozen or fresh raspberries, if ya got 'em... Okay, I am gonna go and nurse this nice cold drinkie under this chestnut tree over here...and keep working on the lyrics to this song I've been crafting off and on for two summers... Man in Green
Saw him in the forest,
Green, green his cloak
Saw him dancing shadows
Green his hazel wand
Green the twilight glows
Green, green the stars
Green, green my eyes
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: MMario Date: 11 Aug 00 - 01:03 PM *dang* doesn't matter where I go, there's this big grey thundercloud hangin' o'er my head. Someone make it go away, 'cuz this is last weekend of festival and I wanna have FUN!
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Bert Date: 11 Aug 00 - 01:21 PM kat, wave your magic wand at MMario's cloud will ya, and make it go away. |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Thomas the Rhymer Date: 11 Aug 00 - 02:09 PM THE GREEN MAN Copyright 1999 Thomas Herring Amidst the trees, Quivering mulberry leaves; Where king david found voices from his god. When spirits tease, they will begin to please; Shall we listen to their answering song? CHORUS: Through the ages, and millenium, Turning pages on each kingdom come, As he gazes on the race we run; In laws of nature, TRUTH!, we return... To the Green Man... His steady gaze, Watcher from woodland ways; East of the moon, West of the stars. His memories, Bring us forgotten days; Alexander kissed the tree of the sun on it's bark. CHORUS Mysteries, he beckons, "Escape with me, To madness divine; For human is blind". Spirits speak, From every flower and leaf And the Hunter may find the thrill in his mind! Chorus Tree of desire, Oh, Tree of the moon, The tree prophesises, Speaks out and warns. Gardens require, Oh, but the wild is begun, The Green Man inside us; Forever reborn! CHORUS, and repeat first verse! Blessings upon you!
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Lonesome EJ Date: 11 Aug 00 - 02:37 PM LEJ emerges from forest,radio-controlled towtruck under his arm, clothes muddy, hair looking like thatched roofWhat manner of mirth is bruited to the late-summer skies here? It is an assemblage of peasant-folk in honor of that sprite known hereabouts as Jack-in-the-Green! Methinks I'll have me a flowing beaker and tarry a while here, safe from the attack of the evil ninja fairies in yon dark and hostile wood.What? Not ninja fairies but bats you say? Zounds." |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: DougR Date: 11 Aug 00 - 06:05 PM Aw,Bert! Just as everything was all quieting down (disregarding Spaw and LonesomeEJ), you had to go and bring up politics! Shucks shoot! Kat, why not ban the discussion of divisive topics, in this, your very own "Mudcat Tavern?" Anyway, Bert, I'm confident once the folkies got to know me, and find out that I don't have horns on my head, and know which fork to use, at special occasions, they'll probably welcome me in spite of my percieved shortcomings. DougR |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Amergin Date: 11 Aug 00 - 06:31 PM Whooooooweeeeee!!!! Giac, that's mighty potent stuff you got here......Don't let Kat catch you with it....heard she has ties with the Revunue Office......Gonna have to have some more... Amergin |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: katlaughing Date: 11 Aug 00 - 07:05 PM Me? Revenue Orifice, why, not>/i> lil' ole' me! I just keep the good stuff under lock and key! Hey ya'll, this is a FUN and GREEN and SUMMERTIME picnickey kind of Tavern, so have at it, make of it what you will; it is all YOURS. Ole Spaw will come back no doubt refreshed or frazzled...those dang cigars have got to be downwind, please..and no political buttons of any sort, no proselytising...except for the Green Man, of course, and he wins hands down, especially with all of those wonderful songs already sung in this Tavern! Open bar, serve yourself, when we run out...someone can make a run to the swamp or move the still! Lemonade, freshly squeezed sounds lovely and I've never tasted it with molasses before....Hmmmm...oh that IS good and so nice and kewl! Thanks!
Tarry a bit
Dance a while
Clouds are spent kat and the faeries start dancing round the ring, with her cats merrily chasing their ribbons....
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: katlaughing Date: 11 Aug 00 - 07:07 PM (oh great, kat, didn't close it right now did you! sheesh...lotsa italics running around the park today! Sorry!) |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: MAG (inactive) Date: 11 Aug 00 - 08:58 PM I've got loads of homegrown (heirloom) tomatoes for the serve-yourself, and pesto made with homegrown basil (rhymes with dazzle). |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Mbo Date: 12 Aug 00 - 12:21 AM Woohaa! Just rolled in after having a big meeting with Mrrzy and her boys Willie & Timmy! What a blast! And my parents were made cuz I rolled back home at 11:47pm! |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Susan A-R Date: 12 Aug 00 - 10:54 PM I do believe I need a nice cool glass of white wine and another of those hammocks please. Just finished 12 hours of choral rehearsa (Byrd, DiLaso, Josquin, DuFay, ya know, the old guys. I can sing 'em, but I sure can't spell 'em at this hour.) Tomorrow we do another 9 hours. I'll try to cruise back through after rehearsal for something stronger, but NOT Spaw's stuff. That loks just like what it is. Susan A-R |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: MAG (inactive) Date: 12 Aug 00 - 11:58 PM Well, that Gin & Limeade sounded so good I went and fixed one; figured I deserve it, being on vacation and all. About half an hour into sippin' it VERY slowly I started feeling crappy, so I went and took my blood sugar, which was climbing toward 200. Had to dump it and take a bike ride. Damn. I'm back for the virtual, and the company. Can I interest anyone in a circle game, since we are out here on the greensward?? |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Mbo Date: 13 Aug 00 - 12:10 AM What's a circle game? |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Catrin Date: 13 Aug 00 - 10:30 AM Don't know what a circle game is either, but I'm lolling in my hammock with my chilled freshly made punch that they're serving at the bar right now. It's made from freshly squeezed oranges and lemons, with lashings of gin, which the committed bar staff have been spending hours preparing (that's why they've been so quiet and couldn't help Spaw on his mission). I've just bought a bamboo flute and in this world where dreams come true, I've mastered (mistressed?) with eaze its elusive notes and fingering, and am playing the most romantic slow air of all with its woody deep tones. The faeries are dancing. In the distance, a group of elves, Tolkeinesque, are singing. The sound of their sweet voices marred only by the sound of Spaw's gentle snoring (he's fallen asleep from exhaustion).... Will you come by the hills to a land where fancy is free? To stand where the peaks meet the sky and the rocks meet the sea Where the river runs clear and bracken lies gold in the sun And the cares of tomorrow must wait 'til this day is done. Will you come by the hills to a land where life is a song? To stand where the birds fill the air with their joys all day long Where the trees sing in tune and even the wind blows in time And the cares of tomorrow must wait 'til this day is done. Will you come by the hills to a land where legend remains? Where stories of old touch the heart, where we're led to the days Where the past it is lost and the future is yet to be won And the cares of tomorrow must wait 'til this day is done. Will you come by the hills to a land where fancy is free? To stand where the peaks meet the sky and the rocks meet the sea Where the river runs clear and bracken lies gold in the sun And the cares of tomorrow must wait 'til this day is done. I could stay here forever. Sigh. Catrin |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: MAG (inactive) Date: 13 Aug 00 - 11:27 AM Circle game: example. All join hands, any number or gender. One sucker, er, volunteer, in the middle. You need only know your left from your right, and be able to count to eight. Face left, left foot poised and ready to step out. To practice, have everyone take eight steps, to the beat. Take eight more. Now, to the music:
We're marching 'round the village Everyone stop. Raise arms into arches. "It" goes out one arch, then in the next:
Go in and out the window, (3x)
Go forth and find your lover,
I kneel because I love you, (Getting preadolescents to do this is really a chore.) Everyone joing hand and resume circling left to:
Farewell, I hate to leave you, Circle turns and circles RIGHT to:
I'm coming back to see you, These games are lots of fun, and the secret agenda is, you are creating the next generation of FOLK DANCERS, as the moves are the same. |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Mbo Date: 15 Aug 00 - 12:58 AM Goodnight all! When you next see me I will be in Greenville, the land of freedom and good net connections! --Matt |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Thomas the Rhymer Date: 15 Aug 00 - 01:21 AM Catrin, would you sing it again, only this time...could ya slow it down even more, and sing it even softer with your gloaming gist.... a languishing list,...and an echoing moon waxing with harmony.... sweet harmonies...... |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Catrin Date: 15 Aug 00 - 02:09 PM I'll sing it Thomas, if you put in a harmony and whatever you do, sing it gently so you don't put the elves off. They can be very sensitive and easily upset. In the meantime, I'm off to the bar for another glass of punch...... |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Mbo Date: 15 Aug 00 - 05:10 PM Well guys I'm FINALLY back! We loaded up the car and headed to Greenville at 10:30am this morning. Everything was go, until 12:30pm, when we were about 15 miles outside Greenville. Various scary noises and difficulties steering forced me to pull off the road, expecting a flat tire. Turned out something got caught on the drive belt and chewed it up. We called up our Dad on the phone to come help us (he's a mechanic) but he was back in Jacksonville, 70 miles south. After 2 hours of waiting in the hot car with nothing to do on the side of the road with nothing around but fields of crops, our Dad found us. After 45 minutes of wrestling with the evil new drive belt, everything was back in working order, and he escorted us the rest of the way into Greenville. An adventurous day, to say the least! Glad I'm back, sitting in my swivel chair infront of my computer with BLOODY GREAT net connection again! Whhheee! BTW school starts tomorrow, arrrg! --Matt |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Amergin Date: 15 Aug 00 - 07:07 PM Here I go all drunkered up singing (or attempting to) this song to the tune of Hobo's Lullaby....
Farewell…
Farewell, my weary steel mill
PGE jacked their rates up;
Workers at Kaiser are still striking
Now the smoke is no longer rising Amergin
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Morticia Date: 15 Aug 00 - 07:43 PM I see the bucket of frozen margheritas I brought is going down........I could go mix some more but I'm soooo peaceful...........lying here in this hammock timing a song to 'Spaw's gentle snores
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Catrin Date: 16 Aug 00 - 06:12 AM Ask the dedicated bar staff Morticia - They'll mix some up for you - says she, lazily swinging in hammock. Catrin Who's turn to sing then? |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: hesperis Date: 16 Aug 00 - 08:02 PM As this is the Green Man's Tavern, I could sing of his lady fair... 'Tis a song of spring, not harvest, though, And night is drawing near. Shall I sing as I wander here? As a lady dressed in red, with dancing bells and mischievous spells, and hair all crowning my head? Or did I crash this party? I'm new here, as you may know. Do I sing among you, Or turn and sadly go? Thank you to Peg, Thomas the Rhymer, and Kat for your Green Man Songs. I'm going to have to look those up now. Beautiful. Hey, somebody said something about bamboo flute? Wanna play? I know a really good song called Lady of the Wood, needs a flute with it. Even virtually. Maybe a little later... After some o'the punch. Ahhh! ~*sirepseh*~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Susan A-R Date: 16 Aug 00 - 08:54 PM Ahhh, the dedicated bar staff came through on the Margheritas. Nice glasses too, I particularly like the cacti on the stems. I've brought along some spring rolls and a bit of Key Lime pie to add into the mix here. (a little tequila in the whipped cream is a nice touch.) I'll throw in a harmony on whatever comes along. I survived the weekend of classical music, (It totally burried my Birthday. Waaaa! although I did get THE most amazing chorus of the usual that I've ever heard. Probably ten part harmony, and Nice voices.) I was certainly gl;ad toget back to fiddle playing and beer with the boys on Tuesday night, and a bit of singing and margheritas wouldn't go amis. Say, Where'd Spaw end up? How'd the dreaded camping trip go? Was it almost as bad as lookin' for that key? |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: MAG (inactive) Date: 16 Aug 00 - 10:03 PM I like to rise when the sun she rises Ear-lay in the mo-hor-nin; I like to hear the small birds sing, And to ramble in the new-mown hay. Anybody know the rest? |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: MAG (inactive) Date: 16 Aug 00 - 10:08 PM It's in the DB under the title, "Country Life." Good one for high summer. |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: katlaughing Date: 16 Aug 00 - 10:19 PM Ah, Susan, Happy Birthday!!! Key Lime Pie??Yeah!! sapw made it back, I think, but I am not sure if he's up to looking for anymore keys.**BG** In the meantime, Hesperis has just sung a lovely song and I'd love to hear more while we down those margaritas! Hesperis, welcome the Tavern and to the Mudcat! May I ask what the salutation is at the bottom of your postings? It has a very delightful sound to it! Ah, this is just right, a bit of rain last night freshened things up a bit, the faeries played nicely, and with the good music and foos, there's bound to be some drifting phoakies coming along any moment.... |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: katlaughing Date: 16 Aug 00 - 10:39 PM Hi, MAG! We cross posted across the meadow I guess! Guy Wolff does a wonderful version of that song. Good choice! Grab a hammock and have some fun! |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Thomas the Rhymer Date: 16 Aug 00 - 11:07 PM Look at the green fields in green hue'd splendor, Abundant, arizen, arbour'd surrender As I gaze near your graces, and faces, remember OUR evening sojourn, sweet dreams in december This stillness is rich, like the head on my Guiness It floatingly spills, through thin air, these long minutes Rewarding, retelling, Rhymsical infinits Our listening fortune, these songs that are in us Beautiful, Beautiful, so calmly we are In dancing the dance, footsteps from afar Conjoin with all elegence the first shining star my heart is a longing, for your voice, your guitar...
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: katlaughing Date: 16 Aug 00 - 11:10 PM BRAVO, TtR!!!!! Hey, Mudders! Can this guy woo or can he woo?!!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: hesperis Date: 17 Aug 00 - 12:33 AM I think that was my cue to wander back in... As it is now dark where I live, I have brought meditation pebbles with me. These are virtual pebbles of virtual glass that glow with a soft, serene light, in a multitude of colours. The best thing about them is that they just disappear when they burn out, nothing to clean up after. Thomas the Rhymer, again, niiice. Where do you find these songs? Or are they yours? So, I will sing! This is the best song I ever wrote, (so far,) it's got harpsichord, piano, flute, drone, and pulse. Just imagine an incredibly rich textured mix of timbres and colours the parts all weave in and out of each other and the music weaves in and out of major key very structured, though, and the flute takes the melody during the descant. Lady of the Wood © "hesperis" May 2000 verse 1: Lady of blossoming Awaken us to thy bliss Oh, Green Lady, Springbringer Lovers joy in thy kiss Passion of leaf and fern Of flowering moss on stone Wood-green light dances here For love's delight alone verse 2: Lady of the wood How shall we celebrate this day? By dancing, and laughter, and Loving, on the first of May Passion of flesh and bone Of heartbeat close to heart-beat The Year-Wheel is turning now Merry part and merry meet Descant: Lord of the Green Lady of Light Springtide is quickening We meet in thy sight Lord of the Green Lady of Love The earth beneath us Branches above Repeat descant. I really need to record it, but I'm looking for someone to lend me a flute, 'cause I want to do it in a mix of midi and real. I could play Horn for the flute part, but... OK, so I'm picky. Kat(purring?), thank you for the lovely welcome. The salutation is just hesperis read the other way. One of my circle dancing friends signs his emails 'salohcin', so I tried mine out, and was pleased with it. He just wrote his first song, so I'm going to tell him about Mudcat! ~*sirepseh*~ still dressed in red |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Thomas the Rhymer Date: 17 Aug 00 - 12:36 PM Lazy smoke coils up from the fire as the morning proceeds peacefully. a few people are up and getting ready to take hikes, but the rest of us are waking slowly, and from our beds we are all finding our voices. Were chanting softly: This day is ours, This day is ours, this day the earth turns the minutes to hours.... |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: MMario Date: 17 Aug 00 - 12:39 PM Did you know there was a brick oven over here? Bread's almost ready, and a big batch of cinnamon rolls, the sticky kind. I'm trying the low-carb diet, so there's plenty for the rest of you. I'll just sit here and drool while you all eat them... Food, glorious food! |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: katlaughing Date: 17 Aug 00 - 01:57 PM MMario, be sure you drink plenty of water and have your doc check your blood for kidney function if you stay on that one for long. The rolls and bread smell just lovely. Do we have any freshly squeezed lemon juice to put in a bit of hot water...gets your blood going right quick. Here's another softly starting out song...I walk in beauty, beauty is before me, beauty is behind me, above and below me Please join in, it makes a lovely round as we slowly walk round the circle, gesturing with tai chi type hand movements for the directions....ah, it is a lovely morn.. |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: MMario Date: 17 Aug 00 - 02:08 PM I hear you kat! (I've got sixty-'leven peoples checking up on me, so I would have a hard time NOT drinking enough) |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Biskit Date: 17 Aug 00 - 03:02 PM Whazzatismell???Sticky Buns,y'wouldn't min' if afeller had'm a lil' taste now wouldja,HHHHhhhhhhhmmmmmmmm |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Peg Date: 17 Aug 00 - 03:16 PM hesperis: welcome to the tavern where the juniper berry liqueur flows freely, the trees are always dappled with sunlight and the songs are such stuff as fevered dreams are made on... thanks for your lovely song! Absolutely stunning...and thanks for liking mine, too, but I'll wager you won't find it anywhere cuz I wrote it... forgot the little copyright symbol... I hope it finds an audience one day, maybe I will try recording it next time I go into the studio (before the year is out, I hope...) peg |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Catrin Date: 17 Aug 00 - 05:40 PM Aaaaah! Sticky rolls - what a perfect breakfast. I think I'll mosey on over to the bar - those dedicated barstaff need a break surely. I'll happily give them a much needed rest and spend the day mixing the drinks myself, passing the time with anybody who chances my way. Hesperis - gorgeous singing, I could HEAR it! I happily donate my flute - I have this feeling that you would make far more beautiful sounds from it than I ever could. Now, where did I put those oranges? |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: hesperis Date: 18 Aug 00 - 01:18 AM Hail! Catrin, thank you for the flute, although you probably do play it much better than I would. I'm not a flute player... I just play any musical instrument I can get my hands on. I'm a wee bit obsessed with music, you see. I currently have ten instruments in the house (including the homemade cobbled-together-out-of-junk ones) and only five actually belong to me... (Mostly the homemade junk ones, but my friend just gave me a small cactus Rainstick!!!!! I Happy!!!!!!!!!) Glad you folky folks liked my song. I wrote three beautiful songs this year, one each in May, June and July. Now that it's the middle of August I should probably write another one... Maybe I'll use the Rainstick for it. Amazing what happens when you actually dedicate yourself to your Art, eh? Peg, that 'Man in Green' is really beautiful! BTW, the html code for © is © just in case anyone wants to know. (html is a hobby of mine.) ~*sirepseh*~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Lox Date: 18 Aug 00 - 01:59 AM My dear hesperis, you look absolutely fabulous in purple. Just be careful you don't snag those frills on the garden hedge. ps (I think thats where the oranges have escaped to) |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Lox Date: 18 Aug 00 - 02:34 AM Match strikes, flame flares, head lifts, reefer glows red. Toke, suck, inhale, hold, then wwwhhhheeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwww ; (smoke billows forth) Stretch, yawnnn..nyumnyumnyumzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz........ |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Lox Date: 18 Aug 00 - 02:40 AM Match strikes, flame flares, head lifts, reefer catches...
Toke, suck, inhale, hold, then wwwhhhheeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwww (smoke billows forth)
? Stretch, yawnnn..nyumnyumnyumzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz........ |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Lox Date: 18 Aug 00 - 02:46 AM Durnit!
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Catrin Date: 18 Aug 00 - 05:30 AM Hey Lox - pass it over here! Just what I need to aid the creative processes necessay for innovative drink mixing.
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler Date: 18 Aug 00 - 05:55 AM Funny smell around here. Can't be "wacky baccy" or "Jamaican woodbines" surely? Well it's POETS day so pass me the brandy bottle and let's sing a happy song: "The safe arrival of the old 97", perhaps, or "Full bed blues", maybe...No, OK then I'll just watch the circle dancers, they're making a hell of a mess of those crops. BTW I hear Rick, the folk singer,(perhaps I should say "allegedly" to avoid lawsuits) is going to Orillia to sing "may the Crop Circle be Unbroken" but it's only a rumour, I'm sceptical myself... RtS (Off to Greece again in 10 days time, to get some sand in my toes. Yippee - even if it is a 6am flight and because of strange ferry timings we don't get to accomodation till midnight!) |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Morticia Date: 18 Aug 00 - 09:15 AM you can edge the herbiage over here when you're done with it guys :) Roger, you are always on holiday.....I want a job where you work.........got another bucket of margheritas here to celebrate the genius of my first born and three years of impending poverty.......three cheers for higher education....... |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Catrin Date: 18 Aug 00 - 10:56 AM Well Morticia!
Here's a drink to your first born!! CHEERS! (clink) Catrin |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: hesperis Date: 19 Aug 00 - 02:37 PM I like this place. The birds are singing prettily now that everyone else is gone. The bar staff is chittering away to itself, and trailing streams of magic into little glasses... Whiskey, I think it is... I'll have a spiked honey lemonade, thanks. Refresh-ing! ~*sirepseh*~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Micca Date: 20 Aug 00 - 06:46 AM A large green giant, following Liz the Squeak who is walking backwards and giving hand signals to the porter, enters and stops by the door. The Porter comes out from under the Giant sweaty and very thirsty, with a large carrier in one hand ( swearing colourfully sotto voce)and calls to the bar staff fo a lrge jug 1/2 full of Ice, from the bag he pulls a bottle of Champagne and a container with a pint(UK) of chilled peach juice in it, he carefully( by eye) measures 4 Oz of apricot Brandy into the jug and adds the peach juice followed by the champagne and give it a stir. The cry goes up, " "The golden Shower is ready" ( for that is what the drink is called) and the porter collpses into a seat with a glass of it in his hands, muttering, " what fool suggested I dance a green man Giant in the woods in summer" |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Morticia Date: 20 Aug 00 - 07:32 AM Cheers Catrin.....we liked your poem a lot........ |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: katlaughing Date: 20 Aug 00 - 09:01 AM Ah, the Giant and Golden Showers all at once, 'tis a fine day we've got started here now! |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: GUEST,Someone you know at work Date: 20 Aug 00 - 01:15 PM Dang!!!!! I wanna play too! |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Susan A-R Date: 20 Aug 00 - 09:44 PM Well someone, what are you waiting for? Get the guy with the Golden Showers to pour you some. I'll stick to the Margheritas myself, but it is your call. I'l just pull my fiddle out and play a nice liesurely hornpipe or two. The Faerie Queen might do nicely. I've been cooking most of the weekend, but just came from a great music party with the boys, where I played until the tips of my fingers started taking paint off the finger board. I love those. I also have tomorrow off, so I'll have another margherita andsee about a song or two. My voice isn't tired. The boys don't sing, they just play. It was pleasant and delightful of a bright summer's morn Whith the fields and the meadows all covered in corn And the blackbirds and thrushes sang on every tree And the larks they sang melodious at the dawning of the day . . . |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Catrin Date: 21 Aug 00 - 07:26 AM And the laaaaarks they sanng melodious And the laaaaarks they sanng melodious And the laaaaaaks they sang meolooooodious At the daaawning of the daaaaaay |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Morticia Date: 21 Aug 00 - 10:02 AM and the sharks they played melodeons and the sharks they played melodeons and the sharks they played melodeons At the bottom of the bay |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Catrin Date: 21 Aug 00 - 10:22 AM And her armpits smelt maloderous And her armpits smelt malodorous And her aaaaarmpits melt malodorouuuuuus At the daaaaawning of the day |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: MMario Date: 21 Aug 00 - 10:23 AM And the skunks they were so oderous!, And the skunks they were so oderous! And the skunks they were so oderous! They drove themselves away! |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Catrin Date: 21 Aug 00 - 10:51 AM And the star ships swirled all over us And the star ships swirled all over us And the star ships swirled all over us Before they flew away |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Catrin Date: 21 Aug 00 - 10:56 AM Too much gin and herbiage (again!)..... |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: hesperis Date: 21 Aug 00 - 01:51 PM And the circles they astounded us And the circles they astounded us And the circles they astounded us Before explained away (guess which thread I just read?) |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Thomas the Rhymer Date: 21 Aug 00 - 03:32 PM Hey, look at that one! It looks a lot like an apple dangling from a hitching post! Can you see the twisting of the reins to the left of the apple? an over there is the horse and an armadillo with a sword held on its back! Sure you can! Just squint your eyes and Yes! that's it! |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: DougR Date: 21 Aug 00 - 10:19 PM Does this bar still serve booze? DougR |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Amergin Date: 22 Aug 00 - 05:06 AM Not for crotchety old men like yourself....*BG*.....
Here I go singing to the tune of Lord of The Dance....Dance in The Mudcat Tavern
The night has come and the moon is high
Chorus: Dance, dance, wherever you may be
Kat's in the kitchen cooking a meal
Chorus:
Spaw's in the bedroom talking to the possums
Chorus:
Mick's in the parlor to organise the sidhe
Chorus:
Bert's in the back singing about his size
Chorus:
Rick's on the roof a-singing his tunes
And I'm in the corner writing a song
Chorus:
The others come on in through the mists
Chorus: Amerginwhoapologisestoanyonewhofeelsleftoutofthisbutifyougetmadathimforityoucanpissoff....
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Noreen Date: 22 Aug 00 - 06:50 AM mmmmm-
(humming gently ...and I think to myself .....what a wonderful wor-ld ......oh y-eh Noreen |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler Date: 22 Aug 00 - 06:51 AM Another crochety old man: What does a man have to do to get served round here? I'm even wearing my ethnic combinations instead of my jockey shorts (well we've had summer hailstorms in UK, can't be too careful). RtS |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: DougR Date: 22 Aug 00 - 12:54 PM Roger the Skiffler: Unappreciated crochety old men. Sob! DougR P. S. I thirst. |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Thomas the Rhymer Date: 22 Aug 00 - 01:47 PM Amergin I salute thee, perchance though I should boot thee Hooray! your love of beauty; The Greenman's horn dost toot thee! |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Bert Date: 22 Aug 00 - 01:59 PM Well I'm going to pass on that Golden Shower drink (if 'pass' is an appropriate word) just the name puts me off. There's a large bottle of Pusser's Rum here so Skiff and DougR, join me for a large one. Amergin, there are times like this when size DOES matter. |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: DougR Date: 22 Aug 00 - 07:21 PM Thanks, Bert, I'll be proud to join you. DougR |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Amergin Date: 22 Aug 00 - 09:03 PM I don't know about this "Golden Shower" drink folks....sounds a little too kinky for my taste.... |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Catrin Date: 23 Aug 00 - 12:24 PM Not sure if I'm too keen on 'pussers' rum either. |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: DougR Date: 23 Aug 00 - 01:10 PM Catrin: you TRUST Bert, don't you? Bert would never lead anyone astray. :>) DougR |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Susan A-R Date: 23 Aug 00 - 09:28 PM Hmmm, I'll go for the Pussers, if I may. And Bert, thanks for taking care of Doug R. He's the man with the magic fingers, as I recall. I'm not in need of a back rub just now, but you need to keep the masseus (sp??) happy. Trust him Caitrim. It's Good Rum!! Hey!! Get that marsupial out of my drink!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: DougR Date: 23 Aug 00 - 11:40 PM Susan A-R: You remembered! My magic fingers haven't had a workout lately, so when you are ready! I'll have a Pusser with you anytime, day or night! DougR |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler Date: 24 Aug 00 - 03:55 AM Well, Greek brandy is my tipple (NOT tiple!) but if it's Bert's shout I'll have a rum! Work & family committments and then 2 weeks in Greece drinking the real thing mean I'll not be 'catting again till 18th Sept so just you all behave while I'm away! RtS |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Catrin Date: 24 Aug 00 - 06:30 AM Ok, ok, I'm persuaded. Of course I trust Bert and all people mudcatterish. I'll have a double large one please and recline for a while in my hammock, soaking up the sun and the warm breeze and watching the faeries. Doesn't Hesperis sound WONDERFUL on that flute? |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: hesperis Date: 24 Aug 00 - 01:18 PM *How did you know that was me?* Well, I'm circle dancing tonight. Maybe not with faeries, but it's going to be fun! Next time I'm here, I'll bring my French Horn. ::You can hear "L'Allouette" start up, and then trail off into the distance:: (Oh, my! I actually played a 'real folk song' fer the nonce!) |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Mbo Date: 24 Aug 00 - 01:21 PM French Horn? YES! Now all we need is a fiddle, and we can play the folk version of 10538 Overture! |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Susan A-R Date: 24 Aug 00 - 10:33 PM After a few tall rum and tonics, Susan launches into the following, in a rich, rum-enhanced voice, to the tune of a Mozart horn concerto (courtesy of Flanders and Swann) I once had a whim and I had to obey it to buy a french horn in a secondhand shop I polished it up and I started to play it, in spite of the neighbors who begged me to stop To sound that horn, I had to develop my embouchure I found that horn was a bit of a devil to play So artfully wound to give you a sound, a beautiful sound so rich and round Ah the hours I had to spend before I mastered it in the end But that was yesterday, and just today, I looked in the usual place. There was the case, but the horn itself was missing Ah where can it have gone, Haven't you, hasn't anyone seen my horn Ah where can it have gone, What a blow, now I know, I'm unable to play my allegro Who swiped that horn I'll bet you a quid, somebody did Knowing I'd found a concerto and wanted to play it Afraid of my talent at playing the horn For only today to my utter dismay It had vanished away like the dew in the mornn I've lost my horn I know I was using it yesterday I've lost my horn Lost my horn Found my horn Gone There's not much hope of getting it back, though I'd willingly pay a reward I know some hearty folk who's party joke's pretending to hunt with a horn Gone away, gone away, was it one of them took it away. (she stopps for another rum and tonic.)
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: hesperis Date: 25 Aug 00 - 12:09 AM Well, my French Horn stays with me... So! Music! Mbo - find me the music or the score, and I'll play whatever-it-was for you. But for tonight, The playlist: Shenandoah The Water is Wide Meet me in St Louis Georgy Girl King of the Road Scarborough Fair Hooked on a Feeling Homeward Bound My Heart Will Go On Red River Valley The 59th Street Bridge Song Danny Boy Standing underneath a linden tree, with my case left open in front of me, If you like my play, then rest here for a song, drop in a quarter, I'll thank you before long ~*sirepseh*~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: MMario Date: 25 Aug 00 - 12:16 AM could someone please pour me a half dozen or so double anythings, straight up and keep them coming? It's been a piss-poor week folks, "friend" wise. Disappointments from some friends I trusted, and tonight one friend hurt two other mutual friends very badly, to the detriment of all. Sometimes life just sucks. so I'll go and I'll get blue bleedin' blind drunk |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: katlaughing Date: 25 Aug 00 - 01:21 AM Here ya go, MMario, sorry about your friends...you just have a seat here and take a deep breath now...listen to the music and watch the faerie lights dancing in the trees...let your heart mend from the hurt, darlin'... oh, Amergin! Yoo-hoo, Aaaaaammmeeerrrrgggiinnn....lovely song, only "kat" doesn't cook! **BG** All of the lovely spreads we have at these do's is courtesy of our resident professional, Susan A-R, and fine cookin' it is! Of course, she comes here to relax after doing it in 3-D, BUT she always brings loads of leftovers and they are delicious! I STILL love your song, though!!!
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Catrin Date: 25 Aug 00 - 05:43 AM Susan AR - a new quest for the taverners- The hunt for horn Hmmmmm |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Susan A-R Date: 25 Aug 00 - 10:52 PM I KNOW I was using it yesterday. Maybe Cletus and the boys. . . but that is truly a terrible thought. Yep, brought some great leftovers today. spring rolls (lots of 'em, not fried, so don't worry, be hapy.) and an amazing mango, snow pea dish (your choice of tofu or chicken) with a zing of hot chili, and lime and some cashews to top it off. DougR, i'd like to make my appointment for a massage on Sunday evening. I'm entering the weekend of the big Dim Sum, and expect it to be quite a work-out. Well, I'll have one of those Pusser's rum and tonics and toddle off to one of the hammocks to listen to some sweet song or other, and drift off. . . zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: DougR Date: 26 Aug 00 - 08:24 PM Susan A-R, you're on for Sunday night. I almost gave up on the massaging bir because it appeared that I might be causing problems for Big Mick with Alison. I'll get the old fingers all limbered up for tomorrow night, though. With Alison in Ireland, and Mick so busy with the political campaign, it probably won't cause an upset anyway, anyhow. DougR |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Catrin Date: 27 Aug 00 - 08:24 PM More rum please |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Amergin Date: 27 Aug 00 - 11:29 PM More beer plaes....like i need more at this flaming moment.... |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: Susan A-R Date: 28 Aug 00 - 09:11 PM Whew!! Thanks DougR. Dim Sum was quite a workout, and it was great to come in, have a bit o' rum and have the magic fingers go at it. Today I slept late (after 8) and spent the day out in the sun, picking blackberries (in entirely inadequate clothing. I have what looks like needle tracks down my arms.) and lounging around on the deck up at camp. Hurrah for a suny, relaxing day off. Hasn't happened for quite a while. More rum please. |
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Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN From: DougR Date: 28 Aug 00 - 09:15 PM Happy to oblige, Suzan A-R! Never picked a blackberry in my life. Can you make wine out of blackberries? I'll have tad more of that rum too, while we are waitin for the fermenting process. DougR |