Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: MMario Date: 09 Jul 01 - 02:11 PM i should know better then try to argue with amos anyway...*ahem, cough,gulp* I honestly didn't see it, sorry! I LIKE - though understandably the whole subject is not one of my favorites...
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: Áine Date: 09 Jul 01 - 02:06 PM Alright now, you two -- you've been so busy arguing over a preposition, that you've both missed seeing my song . . . oh dear, I see a bad moon risin' . . . -- TGG |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: MMario Date: 09 Jul 01 - 01:19 PM drop the "of" and sure...(works every time. defend your feeble choice long enough and someone else comes up with a better lyric...) and if you agree to dropping the "of" then my original try at double meaning holds. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: Amos Date: 09 Jul 01 - 01:14 PM Eternally, the bosun's call The sailor's heart doth quicken! Chained not by sin, but the Captain's fear Of that ghastly, ghostly chicken!! Oh, pleeeeeze???? A |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: MMario Date: 09 Jul 01 - 01:13 PM actually amos - when I wrote the line, the word "of" was not there_ because I was trying to make a play on words with the captain not only being afraid of the ghost chicken but also calling the captain a chicken in the same phrase....and when we used to call someone "chicken" it was indeed pronounced "chick-IN" - tho I would normally say CHICK-in - which makes a much weaker rhyme |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: Áine Date: 09 Jul 01 - 01:11 PM Alright, here it comes . . . I wrote this at 3 a.m. this morning, after sleeping on the sofa in front of the TV . . . that's my excuse, and I'm sticking to it . . . I'm fairly confident that everyone on the globe remembers the sad story of Loreena Bobbit, her husband, and that incident with a certain piece of cutlery. Personally, I never bought that 'mad with jealousy' defense that her lawyer talked her into. At last, the real reason for her 'temporary insanity' can be revealed . . .
Loreena's Raison -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: Amos Date: 09 Jul 01 - 01:05 PM LOL, MM -- your circular reasoning has defeated me!!! LOL! A |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: MMario Date: 09 Jul 01 - 12:57 PM of course it's chick-IN.....otherwise it wouldn't rhyme. then again I know some people who pronounce it chi-CKIN - so I could see how it might not rhyme...
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: Áine Date: 09 Jul 01 - 12:50 PM Oh, SharonA -- Anybody that can work 'Pyrex glass' and 'house-slipper fuzz' into a rhyme can pick any dang past Challenge! they want to! Here's your Silver B.L.O.B. for the wonderful:
The devil took a bite, and then he knew what heaven was. -- Áine (still tickled 'pink' with that 'fuzz' thang!) |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: Amos Date: 09 Jul 01 - 12:50 PM Sharon: I am rolling on the damn floor here!! TEEEEriffic!!! Aine, you pronounce the bird "chi'i'n"? Or the lapse "s'k-in"? Or is it a question of peculiar Texan em-PHAHS-is on the wrong syll-ABLe, as chick-IN? A |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: Áine Date: 09 Jul 01 - 12:19 PM Ah, derrymacash, go iontach! I just love the romantic slant that you took on this one ;-) And my hat's off to you for working the word 'albatross' into a song! Here's your Silver B.L.O.B. for:
You may talk about the ostrich and of its awesome size And to MMario, for his brilliant bit of Stephen King cookery, a Silver B.L.O.B. for:
Morn the Flying Dutchman, morn, for horrible it's doom -- And where I come from, Amos my dear, 'sin' DOES rhyme with 'chicken'! ;-) -- Áine
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: SharonA Date: 09 Jul 01 - 12:16 PM (...or do they HAVE to be the past Challenge!s that were named???) |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: SharonA Date: 09 Jul 01 - 12:14 PM P.S. - Áine, as you can tell, I can't resist a dare, but I prefer to pick my own past Challenge!s to work in, if it's all the same!! ;^) SharonA |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: MMario Date: 09 Jul 01 - 12:12 PM *clap,clap,clap,clap!* I'm still groggy enough that I "heard" the solos as I read that Sharon.... |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: SharonA Date: 09 Jul 01 - 12:08 PM Okay, I'm awake now... THE DEVIL WENT TO NEW ZEALAND (Tune: "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" by Charlie Daniels) The devil went to New Zealand. He was lookin' for a chick to fry. He was in a mess; he needed cooks to dress Hens to grill for that Elvis guy. When he came across this woman Fiddlin' with an oven and makin' it hot And he sat down there on her kitchen chair And said, "Girl, lemme tell you what: "I guess I didn't show it, but I'm a chick-fillet-er, too And if it's jake, let's shake and bake — you'll take a dare, won't you? Now you roast a pretty good pullet, girl But I'm the devil, of course. I'll bet this Pyrex of glass against your ass That my bird tastes better than yours." The woman said, "My name's Kay And it might be you're bad But I'll take your dare; you'd better beware 'Cuz mine's the best you've ever had." Kay, go grease your roastin' pan And baste your chicken wet 'Cuz hell's broke loose in Auckland And the devil cheats his bet. And if you win, you get this sparklin' Pyrex made of glass But if you lose, the devil gets your ass. (Chicken-neck solo) The devil plucked himself a hen And said, "This bake-off starts!" And fire flew out of his behind As he heated up his farts. And he put his hen in back of him And he drank some Jap'nese beer. Then he cooked with gas and burned the hen It was music to his rear: Devil solo: "Phlphlphlphlphl-whoosh-crackle" When the devil served it up, Kay said, "Well, it's pretty good, old fart But sit down there in that kitchen chair And let me make a work of art!" Fire in the oven — done well done The devil's in the house of the risin' bun Chicken in the roast pan, pickin up steam Lady, does your hen fright? Scream, chick, scream Kay's chicken solo: "Bukaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaccck!" The devil took a bite, and then he knew what heaven was. He laid that Pyrex on the floor at Kay's house-slipper fuzz. Kay replied, "Devil, just come on in If you ever want to fry a thing; If it's poultry once, it's poultry again — Mine's the best that ever sing!!" And she made fire in the oven — done well done The devil's in the house of the risin' bun Chicken in the roast pan, pickin up steam Lady, does your hen fright? Scream, chick, scream Kay's chicken fade-out: "Bukaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa......" |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: MMario Date: 09 Jul 01 - 12:03 PM but then again - I've been known to rhyme "glockenspiel" with "commenwealth" |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: MMario Date: 09 Jul 01 - 11:59 AM they rhyme the way I pronounce 'em |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: Amos Date: 09 Jul 01 - 11:39 AM Oh, Mario, you have outdone yourself!!! That's SO funny!!!. Just change that next to last line so it ends with "thicken" or "kickin'" or "makes their hearts to sicken...." or "grinnin' an' a-pickin'" or "malevolently tickin'" or ... "prickin'" or .... well, you get the idea. There's no way to make sin rhyme with chicken!!! A |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: MMario Date: 09 Jul 01 - 11:35 AM The Flying Dutchman (Revised) In the hot and gloomy galley on the Dutchman one dark night When from a stiff nor'wester we had been in hurried flight Like an infant in his cradle rocked, the cook was fast asleep While peacefully we ploughed along the bosem of the deep All at once our cook he gave a shout of terror and fear As if he had just heard about some sudden danger near We listened most intently and soon we all had heard The ghastly ghostly cackle of a disembodied bird Let out the flowing canvas, now, Van Dyck he loud did cry For this to our ship's company great terror does betide I'd rather that the billows toss, or all my topsmen sicken Then hear again this dreadful cry, the ghostly ghastly chicken On sped the Flying Dutchmen, cutting through the hissing spray Pursued as if by tempest by that loud and cackling bray And though the ship it sped along as if by tempest blown Still faster came the ghostly sound, just like a rooster crowin' Morn the Flying Dutchman, morn, for horrible it's doom The ocean round the stormy Cape forever is its tomb They must now eternal sail, but not for the cause of sin Rather 'tis due to the captain's fear of the ghostly ghastly chicken. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: Amos Date: 09 Jul 01 - 11:12 AM Never you mind, you bleary lot! Derrymacash has swept the board!! LOL!!! A |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: MMario Date: 09 Jul 01 - 09:28 AM gazing bleary eyed and befuddled at the challenge thread, awe-struck and amazedI don't have the brain cell this week, dearest GG. Probably won't for a while... |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: SharonA Date: 09 Jul 01 - 09:07 AM I'm here, Áine, back from the weekend and suffering from the Monday-Morning Can't-Thinks. I'll wake up soon. Meanwhile, I'm just boggled by all the super songs that have been posted thus far. Great Squeaking Oven-Stuffers, you guys are good. SharonA |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: Aidan Crossey Date: 09 Jul 01 - 06:39 AM A slightly tangential take on Aine's challenge!
The cuckoo is a bird that doesn't bother with a nest
You may talk about the ostrich and of its awesome size
They say that in the colder climes, there is a penguin bird |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: Áine Date: 09 Jul 01 - 03:55 AM Oh behave, dear Amos B.O.T.F.! (blush)... ;-) Where in the henhouse are the other usual suspects?? SharonA, Bradypus, MMario, derrymacash . . . Oh Challenge!rs Where Art Thou?? Do you mean to tell me that the day has finally dawned when a Double-Dawg Dare doesn't raise a squawk around here?? -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: Amos Date: 08 Jul 01 - 02:27 PM There's good and sufficient reason for the Gaelic Goddess' reverent title, see. And that historical chain demonstrates she has earned every cosmic iota of her status! Divinity doesn't come cheap, ya know! Love, A |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: Lin in Kansas Date: 08 Jul 01 - 02:22 PM Thanks, Áine! Love your challenge!s...just printed out the list of past challenges you linked up above, and have been giggling dementedly, remembering and checking out the gems your Challengers have come up with--amazing. Thanks again for all the fun! Lin |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: Áine Date: 08 Jul 01 - 09:31 AM Way to go, Lin! That's a wonderful twist on this chicken's tale!! Here's your Silver B.L.O.B. for:
They'd begun to relax with wine and coy flirting -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: Lin in Kansas Date: 08 Jul 01 - 01:16 AM THE CLUCK CAME BACK (To the tune of "The Cat Came Back"—very loosely!) Ms. Kay Martin had trouble all her own She'd bought a range-bred chicken to cook up in her home She'd dressed that bird up special and stuck it in a pan Thinking it would be good eating for her and her man. They'd begun to relax with wine and coy flirting When they heard a mournful sound that was both distressed and hurting It came from close at hand, from somewhere in the kitchen "Sure smells good, honey, but...the oven is bitchin'!" CHORUS: 'Cause the cluck came back, oh yeah, the cluck came back! The bird it was a goner, but the cluck came back, It just wouldn't stay away! Kay's mind was spinning, her face turned pasty pale But though she feared to look, her courage did not fail. She opened up the oven, yanked out fowl and pan Tried to chop its neck off, and that's when the fun began. CHORUS The farmer down the way came up with his shotgun Said "I can fix this problem, put that bird on the run." He loaded up his shotgun with nails and dynamite And blew that roasted carcass plumb out of sight. There were 97 pieces of the bird upon the ground And every single piece was still making that weird sound So Kay put them in a sack and buried them in the park Where they rested quietly until long about dark— Then.... The cluck came back! F**k! The cluck came back! The bird it was a goner, but the cluck came back It just wouldn't stay away! Now Kay's house is haunted, and she's had to move away Hoping that that awful sound will disappear some day. If you pass by on the street, and listen carefully, You can hear, inside the house, from oh so far away— (Fading into the distance...) CLUCK, cluck, cluck, CLUCK, cluck, cluck, CLUCK, cluck, cluck...
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: Áine Date: 08 Jul 01 - 12:35 AM BRILLIANT! SIMPLY BRILLIANT!! . . . ah, but I knew ya could do it, RobDale ;-) And here's an extra Silver B.L.O.B. to go on your virtual mantle for:
Our animal foods extracting revenge Hoo-haw! -- Áine (whew -- now I can take these dang boots off -- Man, are my dawgs barkin' and this whip thang is givin' me car-pull tunnel syndrome, I swan!) |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: GUEST,Robdale Date: 07 Jul 01 - 11:45 PM I hope these are enough verses. My first instinct was to end the song, Edgar Allen Poe like... in the moment of greatest horror. Dragging it out and torturing the audience with gratuitus images of senseless violence is also fun!!!
Boiling Lobster , Screaming Chicken
But maybe the causes are deeper than that!
Our animal foods extracting revenge
The chef from the "Won-Ton" garden |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: Áine Date: 07 Jul 01 - 10:54 PM Yo RobDale -- Wow, that's all I've got to say -- WOW! Here's your Silver B.L.O.B. for:
But maybe the causes are deeper than that Now you have to wrap up the story line in your ditty, RobDale...at least one more verse, preferrably two, OK? Hey, if you're gonna go and be this dang good, the High Priestess of the Patricus Potamus has to be more exacting, don't ya know! ;-) Lawdy, I've even been accused of wearing highheeled black boots and carrying a whip . . . (hee hee). -- Áine P.S. TO ALL CHALLENGE!RS: If any of you are looking to qualify for the 'Two-Fer' Award (or better), check out SONG CHALLENGE! Part 8, Part 22, and Part 42 on the Song Challenge!s Past page, and see how you can work this Challenge! and one or more of these past hoo-haws into a song . . . It's a Double Dawg Dare, so ya can't turn it down! '-) -- Á. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: Lin in Kansas Date: 07 Jul 01 - 07:24 PM LOL! And has anyone checked this one out in the DT? Click here Lin |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: Amos Date: 07 Jul 01 - 04:15 PM A collection of unknown Micro-pseudo-Joes who run up and down the threads fixing errors on request or if they are damaging the display in some way, deleting double posts, etc. They are called "Elves", hence "Elfin (or Elven) Clan". |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 07 Jul 01 - 04:10 PM But then again it might have been be quaking. Or squeaking. I love these folk variants... |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: GUEST,robdale Date: 07 Jul 01 - 04:05 PM Thanks Amos, archiac word processing features are among the true charms of the Mudcat! You're right about the speling. What's an "Elfin Clan"? |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: Amos Date: 07 Jul 01 - 03:59 PM "Squaking" should probably be "squawking", Ye Elfin Clan! |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: Amos Date: 07 Jul 01 - 03:57 PM Free formatting for RobDale! Boiling Lobster , Screaming Chicken
But maybe the causes are deeper than that! 'squaking' to 'squawking' fixed by mudelf ;-) |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: GUEST,robdale Date: 07 Jul 01 - 02:20 PM Still more comment on consumerism. I am hoping this song will br the basis for an organization called PETH People for the Ethical Treatment of Hens. Kind of spookily chanted over a Delta blues riff with scratchy percussion in the background. Kind of a voodoo sound.
Boiling Lobster Screaming Chicken line breaks and spelling fixed by mudelf ;-) |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: Áine Date: 07 Jul 01 - 11:20 AM Aaahhh, the talent here is just amazing! Here is the next batch of Silver B.L.O.B.s -- and well done so far, all a' y'all: To the ever effervescent JenEllen for (and this B.L.O.B. was the unanimous choice of the Wonder Kids):
The cackling that did ensue To dear Amos, B.O.T.F. for:
We buried it out in the back yard And another B.L.O.B. to Master McGrath for the vivid:
Oh Mother dear Mother, the house is all dark, Wonderful stuff -- now what other 'interesting' situations can you come up with for that bird?? -- Áine ;-) |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: Amos Date: 07 Jul 01 - 11:10 AM OI, McGrath, you are jerking my poor heartstrings!! Nicely turned. A |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 07 Jul 01 - 08:05 AM Second course coming up:
Oh mother, you've cooked us a succulent feast
Oh Mother, that chicken now lies on the plate,
Oh Mother dear Mother, the house is all dark,
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: Amos Date: 06 Jul 01 - 10:56 PM Well, I can't compete with these high-powered hen types, but here's a little number from a range rooster....
The Lavender Broiler
It was only a Lavender Broiler Tweedledee, tweedledeedledeedum, deedledum! And after I had turned up the oven Tweedledee, tweedledeedledeedum, deedledum! But soon a mysterious whimper Tweedledee, tweedledeedledeedum, deedledum! At first a looked 'round, all bemused Tweedledee, tweedledeedle deedum, deedledum! The hairs on my neck they were rigid! Tweedledee, tweedledeedle deedum, deedledum! The chicken was weeping and squawking Tweedledee, tweedledeedle deedum, deedledum! We buried it out in the back yard Tweedledee, tweedledeedle deedum, deedledum! Oh ladies of passion, take warnin' Tweedledee, tweedledeedle deedum, deedledum! |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: JenEllen Date: 06 Jul 01 - 09:11 PM In was on that fateful day I faced the poultry resurrection Standing in the kitchen Oven mitts my only protection Lawd a mighty- left me singin' What the cluck?!?! ~crowingirl |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: JenEllen Date: 06 Jul 01 - 08:43 PM LOL Aine....thye just keep comin', don't they? THAT CHICKEN WAS A HOMEWRECKER (My Johnny Was a Shoemaker)
That chicken was a homewrecker
The cackling that did ensue
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: Áine Date: 06 Jul 01 - 07:19 PM Ach a Chaoimhín, ya wee devil! Well, it seems that Kim has left us to our own 'devices' this weekend - her and screechin' chicken - It ought to be interestin' to see what we cook up! '-) First, the alpha batch of Silver B.L.O.B.s: To the ONE AND ONLY JENELLEN for these righteous lines:
All you women out there listen to my tale And to McGrath of Harlow for the picturesque verse (and I'm hoping there'll be more forthcoming from this Master of the Mudcat...):
Oh mother, you've cooked us a succulent feast Geez -- I'm quivering in my boots wondering what the other Challenge!rs will come up with . . . Meanwhile, here's yet another humble entry from the Keeper of the Book:
I Wish I'd Cooked Zucchini Lasagne |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: Gareth Date: 06 Jul 01 - 07:10 PM Sorry - can only be a Fowl song Gareth |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 06 Jul 01 - 06:53 PM Just as well! I left out a vital quote mark - I think that was the problem. Let's see anyway. Shazam!:
First off, A poignant chicken link
Oh mother, you've cooked us a succulent feast
That'll do for now. Here goes (but saved this time in case!) ---Jeff (PA)--- |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: JenEllen Date: 06 Jul 01 - 06:17 PM Deeee-lightful! Half-Dead Chicken Blues (to Hank's First Year Blues)
I was sitting there drinkin my glass of wine
Well I've been cookin' all my life
All you women out there listen to my tale
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: Kim C Date: 06 Jul 01 - 05:40 PM Heehee! I'm about to go home for the weekend so I'll leave this one to the more capable hands...... ;-) |
Subject: SONG CHALLENGE! - Part 59 From: Áine Date: 06 Jul 01 - 05:21 PM Alrightey, Challenge!rs -- Drop them leeches and pick up a steaming drumstick for the next Challenge! This one comes from our own dear, sweet Kim C (somebody get this girl in counseling quick! ;-) Have fun . . . even though you Ren Faire folks will think twice the next time you bite into a big hunky roasted turkey leg . . . If you start hearing voices with every bite, call Kim, not me, OK? So, Challenge!rs pluck up your courage, do your thang, and GO FOR IT!! -- Áine
Chicken Of The Living Dead? -- Kay Martin, a secretary to a New Zealand MP, got the fright of her life a few weeks ago. According to the Auckland Sunday Star, she and a friend were chatting over a drink when they heard a chicken squawking. The bird sounded in some distress, so they went outside to investigate, thinking perhaps that it had escaped from one of the neighbors. But, there were no chickens anywhere.
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