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Poems/Songs about Mudcat?

10 May 01 - 04:16 AM (#459347)
Subject: Poems/Songs about Mudcat?
From: Dave the Gnome

I have been doing some Kipling stuff recently and something struck me the last night. The first half of the last verse of 'If' seems particulary suitable for Mudcat. I will not post all the words here as they may already be in the DT - if not they are in tons of other places. I have given the relevant bit below -

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue
Or walk with kings nor loose the common touch
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you
If all men count with you, but none too much

How can we talk with a bigger crowd than Mudcat?
How many kings (and queens!) of folk do we have here?
Always remember, even in the more heated discussions, they are only words!
and most importantly, at the end of the day we are all equal.

My thoughts anyway:-)

Can anyone else think of any suitable, poignant, pithy or downright disgraceful stuff???

Cheers

Dave the Gnome


10 May 01 - 04:58 AM (#459356)
Subject: RE: BS: Poems/Songs about Mudcat?
From: mooman

Dear Dave,

Here (hopefully) is a

Blue clickable thingy

to Eric the Viking's saga about the recent German Mudgathering!

All the best

mooman (he who used to be but, alas, is no longer mcmoo)


10 May 01 - 05:01 AM (#459358)
Subject: RE: BS: Poems/Songs about Mudcat?
From: mooman

Ye gods and little fishes! It worked! This is an HTML first for me and deserves a pint at lunchtime!

mooman


10 May 01 - 05:15 AM (#459361)
Subject: RE: BS: Poems/Songs about Mudcat?
From: Dave the Gnome

Well done mooman! Have the scars from the op healed yet?;-)

Good stuff from Eric as well but I was thinking more along the lines of existing stuff that is apt rather than penned specificaly for the 'cat.

Perhaps we can have a 'worst tenuous link' contest at the Jug???

See ya there

DtG


10 May 01 - 05:20 AM (#459363)
Subject: RE: BS: Poems/Songs about Mudcat?
From: mooman

Not sure Dave...I'll take a look...

No can't see anything...(!)

mooman


10 May 01 - 03:33 PM (#459837)
Subject: RE: BS: Poems/Songs about Mudcat?
From: Dave the Gnome

I can't believe no-one else can think of any! Or even comment on what a bad idea it is;-)

Cheers

DtG


10 May 01 - 03:43 PM (#459851)
Subject: RE: BS: Poems/Songs about Mudcat?
From: MMario

music, music everywhere;
but not a note to sound
music, music everywhere
reels and rhythmns abound

okay - feeble - but bet with a little effort we could come up with the Rime of the Ancient MudCatter


10 May 01 - 03:46 PM (#459855)
Subject: RE: BS: Poems/Songs about Mudcat?
From: Justa Picker

Do instrumentals qualify?


10 May 01 - 04:43 PM (#459923)
Subject: RE: BS: Poems/Songs about Mudcat?
From: mousethief

Can you Brits still drink pints? I heard that someone got arrested for selling food by the pound (instead of kilogram). I'd hate for you to get in trouble just drinking.

Alex


10 May 01 - 05:58 PM (#459987)
Subject: RE: BS: Poems/Songs about Mudcat?
From: Dave the Gnome

Can you brits still drink pints???

I resemble that remark! Of course we can. Trouble is our overstretched police would rather arrest someone for selling bananananananananas (Ok - I never know when to finish) in pounds than find a mugger who has just beat up an 80 year old lady...

Oh, stop it. This ain't serious (is it?)

Alex - just try thieving cheese by the ounce and see what happens;-)

DtG


10 May 01 - 08:07 PM (#460065)
Subject: RE: BS: Poems/Songs about Mudcat?
From: McGrath of Harlow

The pints over here are bigger than the ones they have in America I understand. Most confusing for everyone.

The Moving Finger writes, and having writ
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it

From the Rubaiyat


10 May 01 - 09:53 PM (#460103)
Subject: RE: BS: Poems/Songs about Mudcat?
From: Alice

There is an old thread where we were making up Mudcat songs when the first Mudcat radio programs started - for radio intro songs. I did one to the tune of Rocks of Bawn. Don't have time to make a link right now.


10 May 01 - 10:05 PM (#460108)
Subject: RE: BS: Poems/Songs about Mudcat?
From: Sorcha

Justa, I don't see why not........instrumentals are certainly part of Trad! Why not Mudcat tunes too?


10 May 01 - 11:15 PM (#460142)
Subject: RE: BS: Poems/Songs about Mudcat?
From: Justa Picker

Yah think?


10 May 01 - 11:46 PM (#460162)
Subject: RE: BS: Poems/Songs about Mudcat?
From: alison

here is one of the Mudcat Radio Song thread

that alice was referring too....

slainte

alison