Subject: Lyr Add: A COWARDLY ACT (Charlie Ipcar) From: Charley Noble Date: 28 Apr 02 - 12:02 PM It's been brought to my attention that Tom Paxton was also inspired by an urban legend to compose a song about a cow falling from the sky and sinking a Japanese fishing trawler; Garrison Keillor was apparently singing it recently for one of his early morning spots on Public Radio. Anyone got the lyrics handy or a Paxton e-mail address (PM it to me if you do)? As some of you know from an old song challenge, I composed my own response to this apparent news article, which I'll paste again below (to line up the chords copy and repast into WORD/Times/12): A COWARDLY ACT (Words by Charlie Ipcar © 1998 After a news story by Dave Barry Maine Sunday Telegram, 2/22/98 Originally in Air Transport World, January 1998 Tune: adapted from traditional Irish "The Son of a Gambolier") C---------------------------------G7----------C Now you've heard of the Titanic, an iceberg her de-mise; -------F-----------------------------C You've heard of Amelia Earhart, whose plane plunged from the skies; ----F--------------------------------------------C But have you heard of the Kasii Maru, her fate true tragedy; ----------------------------------------G7------------C When she was sunk by a falling cow while trawling on the sea? Refrain: ------F--------------------------------C While trawling on the sea, me lads, while trawling on the sea, -----------------------------------------G7-----------C When she was sunk by a falling cow while trawling on the sea. This cowardly act took place, 'tis said, in nineteen-ninety-seven, The Kasii Maru cruised the Sea of Japan, no eye was turned to Heaven; When suddenly from overhead there came a plaintive "Moooo!" It was udder terror for her crew as that boat was stove in two.(REF) "How could a cow," you might well ask, "fall from the sky above?" They have no wings to ride the winds, unlike the turtledove; The truth would surely challenge the most bizarre criteria – That cow'd been rustled by Russians from her pasture in Siberia.(REF) Those Russians loaded up that cow on a military jet, They'd not been flying long before Bossy became upset; She began to thrash about and threatened to stampede, In panic they opened the cargo doors at 30,000 feet.(REF) And so it was that cow dashed out into the skies so blue, She struck the trawler far belowww, and sore perplexed her crew; But them fishermen they all survived and lived to tell the tale; They'll soon be milking royalties when their agent makes a sale.(REF) Cheerily, Charley Noble
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Paxton Song of Cow Sinking Trawler From: GUEST,Sonja Date: 28 Apr 02 - 06:06 PM Charley, If you go to prairiehome.org, you can listen to any of the archived broadcasts of Prairie Home Companion and download them. They also have lyrics to some songs available and can tell you where to find others. Good luck. Sonja |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Paxton Song of Cow Sinking Trawler From: Gareth Date: 28 Apr 02 - 06:20 PM "Says Farmer Giles, a wiping his eye, Thank the Lord that Cows don't fly" Gareth |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Paxton Song of Cow Sinking Trawler From: Wolfgang Date: 29 Apr 02 - 05:41 AM or Tom Lehrer's song about them: '...don't sail underneath when they fly by' Wolfgang |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Paxton Song of Cow Sinking Trawler From: Charley Noble Date: 29 Apr 02 - 08:25 AM Wolfgang, I hadn't thought about re-working the Lehrer song. Sonja, I'll give the PHC website a check but I doubt that they'll have something posted so soon. I've tried the Paxton website but so far haven't run across the song there or any way to address a query to Paxton himself. |
Subject: Lyr Add: THE DAY OF FALLING COWS (Tom Paxton) From: Charley Noble Date: 29 Apr 02 - 11:19 AM Ahah! The Prairie Home Companion Website provided a link to Garrison Keillor's Writer's Almanac where MPR conveniently provides a transcript of what played on particular days. The result is this inspiring poem by Mr. Paxton: THE DAY OF FALLING COWS (Poem by Tom Paxton © 2002)
The Russian cargo plane sat on the tarmac, |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Paxton Song of Cow Sinking Trawler From: Charley Noble Date: 22 Aug 04 - 07:17 PM Here's a link to my website for a MP3 sample of "A Cowardly Act:"Click here! If you want to record this song, please contact me first. Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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