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22 Jan 03 - 08:24 PM (#872469) Subject: Lyr Add: Song of Sixpence From: michaelr Today is the 30th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, and the landmark decision is hanging by a one-vote thread in the Supreme Court. President-select Bush and his conservative Christian backers would like nothing better than to appoint another right-wing "justice" and return us to the dark days of back-alley abortions and thousands of dead and mutilated women. Current discussion is here. I wrote this song after hearing about a teen-age Irish rape victim who was denied permission to travel to England because the authorities suspected she wanted to terminate her pregnancy. Song of Sixpence (Michael Rofkar) Sing a song of sixpence, pocket full of rye Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie Sing a song of sixpence, belly full of life Four and twenty black-robed men have got their fingers in your pie Jeannie was a good girl, she had a rosy sheen When she met young Willie she was barely just sixteen Young lovers they are careless, young hearts they are wild Before six weeks were over Jeannie knew she was with child She's gone to tell her mother at the breaking of the day Her mother's wrung her hands and cried, What will your father say Her father said, I'll not abide the shame you've brought on me Leave this house by morning and nevermore be seen She's gone to tell young Willie by the factory He says, I'm bound apprentice, can't support a family She's gone to the confession her fearful soul to soothe Saying, Father please forgive me for the thing that I must do The priest he was an old man, he knew young Jeannie well He says, May God forgive you but I fear you'll burn in hell Sing a song of sixpence, a shilling or a crown Jeannie's found a doctor in the bad part of town Sing a song of sixpence, rulebook full of lies Can we let old men decide if a young girl lives or dies? They found her in an alley at the breaking of the day Her arms wrapped tight around her, her life blood drained away Sing a song of sixpence, that's all a life is worth When a girl must make the choice between a living and a birth (repeat 1st verse) Published by Kudzu Tunes, (c) 1995 |
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23 Jan 03 - 05:47 PM (#873242) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Song of Sixpence From: Joe Offer Good song, Michael. Is there a couplet missing in the "bound apprentice" verse? -Joe Offer- |
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23 Jan 03 - 09:02 PM (#873444) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Song of Sixpence From: michaelr Thanks, Joe. No, nothing missing... that lone couplet leads into the instrumental section. Just happens to be all I had to say. This song is on Greenhouse's first album, "Shelter Cove" (1995). Cheers, Michael |
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22 Oct 22 - 07:20 AM (#4155942) Subject: Insight - Sing a song of Sixpence From: SPB-Cooperator In December my partner and I will be visiting Leipzig to see the Christmas market, and in advance I have just looked up local delicacies and saw a reference to Leipziger Lerche or Leipzig Lark Cake. Until the hunting of songbirds were banned in 1876, larks were roasted with herbs and eggs and used as a pastry filling. So the question is - is their a trail that indicates a crossover between the songs and the actual dish or are there documented UK recipes for British songbirds baked in pastry? From my understanding the first line and title alludes to Twelfth Night. |
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22 Oct 22 - 02:09 PM (#4155988) Subject: RE: Insight - Sing a song of Sixpence From: GeoffLawes Sing a Song of Sixpence from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sing_a_Song_of_Sixpence |