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11 May 01 - 12:04 PM (#460482) Subject: Lyr Add: I'D RATHER MAKE COFFEE THAN LOVE From: Uncle_DaveO I found the basic "I'd Rather Make Coffee Than Love" in the DT, but the three verses given seemed incomplete storywise, so I wrote the first verse given below. No tune was given, so I wrote one, and found the original two-line chorus inadequate, so I've added two lines to the chorus. The bold-faced parts below are my additions; ordinary typeface are as it appears in the DT. Now if I just had a way to submit my tune I'd be happy! I like to introduce this as "A song that points a moral: When you're looking for your one-and-only, be VERY careful where you find her! Dave Oesterreich
I'D RATHER MAKE COFFEE THAN LOVE He met her at Starbucks, he bought her a cup
Chorus:
Though he brought her sweet candy, a flower, a dove
cho:
She would even brew scrapings from overdone toast
cho:
He'd have given her Cuba for one litle kiss cho:
DRO |
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11 May 01 - 12:07 PM (#460484) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Expand: I'd rather make coffee than From: MMario dave - can you do the dots/tadpoles/notation? if so, a scanned image can be sent to me at lpola@edutech.org; if you don't have access to a scanner a hardcopy can be snail mailed to me. I would be happy to put it into a form that can be posted. |
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11 May 01 - 12:12 PM (#460489) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Expand: I'd rather make coffee than From: Uncle_DaveO If you would give me a snailmail address via PM, I'll send you a tape of me singing it. Maybe some other things too. Dave Oesterreich |
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11 May 01 - 12:12 PM (#460490) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Expand: I'd rather make coffee than From: Mrrzy The "lait" she loved most? Dave, what are we going to do with you? |
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11 May 01 - 12:13 PM (#460491) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Expand: I'd rather make coffee than From: Uncle_DaveO Frankly, that's my favorite line of the original three verses. Dave Oesterreich |
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11 May 01 - 03:54 PM (#460624) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Expand: I'd rather make coffee than From: Uncle_DaveO MMario, my Beautiful Wife, who is the musician in the family, has volunteered to write it out in musical notation for me, and I can mail it to you. Mrzzy, I am also sort of proud of the second half of the third line of my introductory verse. Dave Oesterreich |
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11 May 01 - 04:01 PM (#460630) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Expand: I'd rather make coffee than From: mousethief DaveO said: MMario, my Beautiful Wife, Is there something you need to tell us, Mmario? Alex |
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11 May 01 - 04:03 PM (#460631) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Expand: I'd rather make coffee than From: MMario yes, I have to confess, DaveO put his comma in the wrong place... (I feel much better now - the agony of hiding the truth is over) |
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11 May 01 - 06:24 PM (#460707) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Expand: I'd rather make coffee than From: Uncle_DaveO Sorry to be a pedant, but there was no error with the comma. A comma comes after direct address, "Mmario". Then a comma between "my Beautiful Wife" and the explanatory phrase that follows, "who is the musician in the family", and again after that phrase. Dave Oesterreich |
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11 May 01 - 10:35 PM (#460829) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Expand: I'd rather make coffee than From: MMario I knew I'd get into trouble no matter HOW I answered that one.... MMariofootinmouth |
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12 May 01 - 12:00 AM (#460869) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Expand: I'd rather make coffee than From: Sorcha One of them frases(sic) needed a semi colon......and don't let's get started on colons, OK? LOL! English teachers tell me that double comma phrases are not good. Great additions, Dave! |
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12 May 01 - 10:32 AM (#460991) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Expand: I'd rather make coffee than From: Charley Noble Just a passing thought: Then one I came home, found my stuff in the street, And a note on the door which filled me with grief, She'd met Juan Valdez, now her life was complete, She preferred making coffee to love. |
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13 May 01 - 10:31 PM (#461690) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Expand: I'd rather make coffee than From: Uncle_DaveO Charley Noble: A great verse to tie up the story. It needs to be third person, however, to fit with the rest of the song. I may well use it. I've sent the music to MMario. It may be he can submit it, as I can't. Dave Oesterreich |
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14 May 01 - 08:55 AM (#461901) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Expand: I'd rather make coffee than From: MMario will post the miditxt and send an NWC file to Joe when I get the music. |
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14 May 01 - 11:01 AM (#461970) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Expand: I'd rather make coffee than From: Charley Noble I seem to have missed a word in the first line: Then one DAY I came home, found my stuff in the street, |
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23 May 01 - 05:38 PM (#468995) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Expand: I'd rather make coffee than From: MMario Dave's Tune
MIDI file: cofflove.mid Timebase: 192 Name: I'd Rather Make Coffee Than Love This program is worth the effort of learning it. To download the March 10 MIDItext 98 software and get instructions on how to use it click here ABC format: X:1
NWC file will go to Joe as soon as I get back from vacation. Midi submitted to Alan of Oz for the midi site. |
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24 May 01 - 05:25 PM (#469806) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Expand: I'd rather make coffee than From: Liz the Squeak Either you make really fantastic coffee or else I'm missing something here...!! LTS |
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24 May 01 - 08:28 PM (#469918) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Expand: I'd rather make coffee than From: Uncle_DaveO The Romans had an expression for it: De gustibus non disputandum est." Dave Oesterreich |