BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN

10 Aug 00 - 08:07 PM (#275414)
Subject: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: katlaughing

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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10 Aug 00 - 09:15 PM (#275459)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: catspaw49

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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10 Aug 00 - 09:23 PM (#275465)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: DougR

"Can a Republican get a drink around here and join in the fun,? he asks timedly. DougR

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10 Aug 00 - 09:36 PM (#275476)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: catspaw49

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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10 Aug 00 - 09:40 PM (#275479)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: DougR

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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10 Aug 00 - 09:45 PM (#275483)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Clinton Hammond2

*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
HEY DOL DERRY DOL DERRY DOL ME DARLIN'S

{~`

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10 Aug 00 - 09:55 PM (#275492)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: catspaw49

......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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10 Aug 00 - 10:09 PM (#275505)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Mrrzy

(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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10 Aug 00 - 10:10 PM (#275506)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: katlaughing

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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10 Aug 00 - 10:21 PM (#275514)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Mrrzy

(...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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10 Aug 00 - 10:35 PM (#275528)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Mrrzy

(...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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10 Aug 00 - 10:50 PM (#275538)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Sailor Dan

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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10 Aug 00 - 10:51 PM (#275540)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Mbo

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...
I want to talk tonight
Until the morning light
About how you saved my life...

--Matt

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10 Aug 00 - 11:47 PM (#275581)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: DougR

kat, me darlin', I'll ride shotgun since you ask me, but but Spaw needs no help.

DougR

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10 Aug 00 - 11:52 PM (#275586)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: katlaughing

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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11 Aug 00 - 12:21 AM (#275600)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: catspaw49

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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11 Aug 00 - 12:27 AM (#275604)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: DougR

Well,kat, perhaps I'm wrong. Spaw does need help, it seems. DougR

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11 Aug 00 - 12:36 AM (#275610)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Mbo

Peter T all in green? Where's Sir Gawain when you need him?

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11 Aug 00 - 12:41 AM (#275613)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: catspaw49

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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11 Aug 00 - 12:59 AM (#275624)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: MAG (inactive)

to the tune of "Just a Song at Twilight:"

When the swamp is quiet, When the moss hangs low
tum-tee-tum - tee-tum-tum, When the water moves slow
That's the time to sing softly, Lay your head down awfully,>br> Stick your head in the mud.

-- 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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11 Aug 00 - 01:28 AM (#275639)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Mbo

Swamps? Did someone mention swamps? Right! The Swamp Song for all of you, then! BWWWAAAAAA!!!

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11 Aug 00 - 06:49 AM (#275710)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Amergin

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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11 Aug 00 - 07:09 AM (#275715)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Giac

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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11 Aug 00 - 09:12 AM (#275754)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: MMario

*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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11 Aug 00 - 09:36 AM (#275765)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Peter T.

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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11 Aug 00 - 09:51 AM (#275769)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Cap't Bob

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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11 Aug 00 - 09:54 AM (#275770)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler

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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11 Aug 00 - 10:25 AM (#275784)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Bert

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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11 Aug 00 - 10:45 AM (#275788)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: catspaw49

..........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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11 Aug 00 - 11:15 AM (#275803)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Kim C

Shandy anyone? Since we're outdoors, may I have a cigar?

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11 Aug 00 - 11:22 AM (#275810)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Bert

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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11 Aug 00 - 01:00 PM (#275892)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Peg

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,
His eyes speak trees and vine
Saw him bless the harvest,
His lips taste songs sweet acorn wine

Green, green his cloak
green, green his hood
green, green the garments of the man in the wood

Saw him dancing shadows
Misty meadow grey, dew-dropping rain
Watched him waltz with the barley mows
Gold and silver shining warm autumn grain

Green his hazel wand
Green his oaken shield
Green his ivy-covered mantle, the lord of the field

Green the twilight glows
Green the water gleams
Green, green his secrets, the master of dreams

Green, green the stars
Green, green the fire
Green the whispering glade around us
Green the shade of desire

Green, green my eyes
Green, green my heart
Green my love's dusky shadow
The man in the dark.

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11 Aug 00 - 01:03 PM (#275894)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: MMario

*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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11 Aug 00 - 01:21 PM (#275907)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Bert

kat, wave your magic wand at MMario's cloud will ya, and make it go away.

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11 Aug 00 - 02:09 PM (#275923)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Thomas the Rhymer

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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11 Aug 00 - 02:37 PM (#275937)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Lonesome EJ

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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11 Aug 00 - 06:05 PM (#276013)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: DougR

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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11 Aug 00 - 06:31 PM (#276021)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Amergin

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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11 Aug 00 - 07:07 PM (#276033)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: katlaughing

(oh great, kat, didn't close it right now did you! sheesh...lotsa italics running around the park today! Sorry!)

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11 Aug 00 - 08:58 PM (#276074)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: MAG (inactive)

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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12 Aug 00 - 12:21 AM (#276170)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Mbo

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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12 Aug 00 - 10:54 PM (#276605)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Susan A-R

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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12 Aug 00 - 11:58 PM (#276652)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: MAG (inactive)

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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13 Aug 00 - 12:10 AM (#276661)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Mbo

What's a circle game?

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13 Aug 00 - 10:30 AM (#276828)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Catrin

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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13 Aug 00 - 11:27 AM (#276852)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: MAG (inactive)

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
(3x)
As we have done before.

Everyone stop. Raise arms into arches. "It" goes out one arch, then in the next:

Go in and out the window, (3x)
As we have done before.

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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15 Aug 00 - 12:58 AM (#277958)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Mbo

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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15 Aug 00 - 01:21 AM (#277969)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Thomas the Rhymer

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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15 Aug 00 - 02:09 PM (#278277)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Catrin

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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15 Aug 00 - 05:10 PM (#278377)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Mbo

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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15 Aug 00 - 07:07 PM (#278425)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Amergin

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
Let your foundries slowly die;
The gates are closing behind me
As I wipe tears in my eyes.

PGE jacked their rates up;
EPA decreased the water flow.
There're forest fires in Idaho
All the reasons they need to know.

Workers at Kaiser are still striking
For jobs that are barely even there;
The corporations are now laughing
At the worried faces everywhere.

Now the smoke is no longer rising
The emptiness is bearing down;
The mill is in a blanket of darkness
As the car slowly leaves the town….

Amergin

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15 Aug 00 - 07:43 PM (#278454)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Morticia

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

One more day, me Johnnies,
One more day
Oh rock and roll me over
One more day

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16 Aug 00 - 06:12 AM (#278679)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Catrin

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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16 Aug 00 - 08:02 PM (#279199)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: hesperis

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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16 Aug 00 - 08:54 PM (#279231)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Susan A-R

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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16 Aug 00 - 10:03 PM (#279266)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: MAG (inactive)

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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16 Aug 00 - 10:08 PM (#279271)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: MAG (inactive)

It's in the DB under the title, "Country Life." Good one for high summer.

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16 Aug 00 - 10:19 PM (#279281)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: katlaughing

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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16 Aug 00 - 10:39 PM (#279289)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: katlaughing

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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16 Aug 00 - 11:07 PM (#279308)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Thomas the Rhymer

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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16 Aug 00 - 11:10 PM (#279311)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: katlaughing

BRAVO, TtR!!!!! Hey, Mudders! Can this guy woo or can he woo?!!!

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17 Aug 00 - 12:33 AM (#279360)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: hesperis

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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17 Aug 00 - 12:36 PM (#279654)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Thomas the Rhymer

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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17 Aug 00 - 12:39 PM (#279655)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: MMario

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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17 Aug 00 - 01:57 PM (#279697)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: katlaughing

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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17 Aug 00 - 02:08 PM (#279700)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: MMario

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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17 Aug 00 - 03:02 PM (#279725)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Biskit

Whazzatismell???Sticky Buns,y'wouldn't min' if afeller had'm a lil' taste now wouldja,HHHHhhhhhhhmmmmmmmm

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17 Aug 00 - 03:16 PM (#279735)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Peg

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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17 Aug 00 - 05:40 PM (#279804)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Catrin

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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18 Aug 00 - 01:18 AM (#280075)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: hesperis

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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18 Aug 00 - 01:59 AM (#280082)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Lox

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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18 Aug 00 - 02:34 AM (#280086)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Lox

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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18 Aug 00 - 02:40 AM (#280089)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Lox

Match strikes, flame flares, head lifts, reefer catches...

Toke, suck, inhale, hold, then wwwhhhheeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwww (smoke billows forth)

?
?
~=====**

Stretch, yawnnn..nyumnyumnyumzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz........

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18 Aug 00 - 02:46 AM (#280091)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Lox

Durnit!

?
?
#======V==~~

How's that?.. Wicked...

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18 Aug 00 - 05:30 AM (#280114)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Catrin

Hey Lox - pass it over here! Just what I need to aid the creative processes necessay for innovative drink mixing.

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18 Aug 00 - 05:55 AM (#280119)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler

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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18 Aug 00 - 09:15 AM (#280165)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Morticia

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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18 Aug 00 - 10:56 AM (#280219)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Catrin

Well Morticia!

Here's a drink to your first born!!
Three cheers and hooray
How much you both dreaded
And yearned for this day

For no news is good news
But good news is best
Time to relax now
The weight's off your chest

So skip-to-me-diddle
And fol-diddle-day
For ever you'll remember
This wonder-ful day!

CHEERS! (clink)

Catrin

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19 Aug 00 - 02:37 PM (#280816)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: hesperis

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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20 Aug 00 - 06:46 AM (#281083)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Micca

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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20 Aug 00 - 07:32 AM (#281085)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Morticia

Cheers Catrin.....we liked your poem a lot........

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20 Aug 00 - 09:01 AM (#281108)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: katlaughing

Ah, the Giant and Golden Showers all at once, 'tis a fine day we've got started here now!

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20 Aug 00 - 01:15 PM (#281197)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: GUEST,Someone you know at work

Dang!!!!! I wanna play too!

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20 Aug 00 - 09:44 PM (#281388)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Susan A-R

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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21 Aug 00 - 07:26 AM (#281565)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Catrin

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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21 Aug 00 - 10:02 AM (#281650)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Morticia

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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21 Aug 00 - 10:22 AM (#281664)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Catrin

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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21 Aug 00 - 10:23 AM (#281665)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: MMario

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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21 Aug 00 - 10:51 AM (#281671)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Catrin

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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21 Aug 00 - 10:56 AM (#281672)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Catrin

Too much gin and herbiage (again!).....

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21 Aug 00 - 01:51 PM (#281769)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: hesperis

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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21 Aug 00 - 03:32 PM (#281820)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Thomas the Rhymer

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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21 Aug 00 - 10:19 PM (#282072)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: DougR

Does this bar still serve booze?

DougR

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22 Aug 00 - 05:06 AM (#282221)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Amergin

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
The stars are dancing across the sky
From the mists the faeries sing and prance
They come and ask us to join the dance

Chorus: Dance, dance, wherever you may be
For its the Mudcat Tavern you see
The music's great and the drinks are free
We're all keeping time with the wild Banshee

Kat's in the kitchen cooking a meal
Mbo's on the porch playing a reel
Jen's in the yard dancing with her man
Giac's drinking shine and he can barely stand

Chorus:

Spaw's in the bedroom talking to the possums
They talk back and he finds it really awesome
Aine's getting up and saying "night to y'all
The hour is late and I forgot my geritol"

Chorus:

Mick's in the parlor to organise the sidhe
Saying, "You must all stop working for free"
They all realise they have been maligned
So the faeries join Kaiser on the picket line

Chorus:

Bert's in the back singing about his size
It's how you use it I hope you realise
Thomas is speaking in his rhymes
He's been in Faery a thousand times

Chorus:

Rick's on the roof a-singing his tunes
Moonchild's down there dancing for the Moon
The Moon gazes down and dances with her
She reaches up and climbs to the stars

And I'm in the corner writing a song
The Faery Queen marches through the throng
She picks me up and draws me to the dance
And through the mists we kiss and prance

Chorus:

The others come on in through the mists
The FBI is here making a list
There is no need to stop with the coming dawn
For the Mudcat dance goes on and on

Chorus:

Amerginwhoapologisestoanyonewhofeelsleftoutofthisbutifyougetmadathimforityoucanpissoff....

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22 Aug 00 - 06:51 AM (#282235)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler

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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22 Aug 00 - 12:54 PM (#282463)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: DougR

Roger the Skiffler: Unappreciated crochety old men. Sob!

DougR

P. S. I thirst.

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22 Aug 00 - 01:47 PM (#282524)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Thomas the Rhymer

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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22 Aug 00 - 01:59 PM (#282532)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Bert

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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22 Aug 00 - 07:21 PM (#282779)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: DougR

Thanks, Bert, I'll be proud to join you.

DougR

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22 Aug 00 - 09:03 PM (#282881)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Amergin

I don't know about this "Golden Shower" drink folks....sounds a little too kinky for my taste....

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23 Aug 00 - 12:24 PM (#283297)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Catrin

Not sure if I'm too keen on 'pussers' rum either.

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23 Aug 00 - 01:10 PM (#283321)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: DougR

Catrin: you TRUST Bert, don't you? Bert would never lead anyone astray. :>) DougR

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23 Aug 00 - 09:28 PM (#283653)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Susan A-R

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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23 Aug 00 - 11:40 PM (#283737)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: DougR

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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24 Aug 00 - 03:55 AM (#283850)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler

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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24 Aug 00 - 06:30 AM (#283882)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Catrin

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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24 Aug 00 - 01:18 PM (#284157)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: hesperis

*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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24 Aug 00 - 01:21 PM (#284159)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Mbo

French Horn? YES! Now all we need is a fiddle, and we can play the folk version of 10538 Overture!

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24 Aug 00 - 10:33 PM (#284639)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Susan A-R

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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25 Aug 00 - 12:09 AM (#284722)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: hesperis

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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25 Aug 00 - 12:16 AM (#284729)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: MMario

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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25 Aug 00 - 01:21 AM (#284792)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: katlaughing

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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25 Aug 00 - 05:43 AM (#284882)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Catrin

Susan AR - a new quest for the taverners-

The hunt for horn

Hmmmmm

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25 Aug 00 - 10:52 PM (#285443)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Susan A-R

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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26 Aug 00 - 08:24 PM (#285836)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: DougR

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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27 Aug 00 - 08:24 PM (#286255)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Catrin

More rum please

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27 Aug 00 - 11:29 PM (#286319)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Amergin

More beer plaes....like i need more at this flaming moment....

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28 Aug 00 - 09:11 PM (#286888)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: Susan A-R

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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28 Aug 00 - 09:15 PM (#286891)
Subject: RE: BS: THE GREENMAN MUDCAT TAVERN
From: DougR

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

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