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04 Aug 05 - 02:42 PM (#1535032) Subject: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: DougR ...Want to buy EVERYBODY a drink! DougR |
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04 Aug 05 - 02:43 PM (#1535034) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Amos All right, Doug. That's a rapprochement I can get behind gladly. Make mine vile brown stuff. And bring your accordion! A |
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04 Aug 05 - 02:43 PM (#1535035) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: MMario I could use one! No. I take that back. I could use several! |
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04 Aug 05 - 02:47 PM (#1535038) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Stilly River Sage Is there an occasion? |
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04 Aug 05 - 02:48 PM (#1535040) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Catherine Jayne I'll have a pint of cider thank you! Good to have the Tavern open again! |
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04 Aug 05 - 02:50 PM (#1535042) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: harpgirl I want the most expensive Cabernet in the Tavern! He's a Republican so he can afford it! Let's raise a glass to dougie the rich republican!!!!!! |
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04 Aug 05 - 02:51 PM (#1535043) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Ebbie Do you have Alaskan Amber in stock, Doug? Try it first- you'll like it. |
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04 Aug 05 - 02:53 PM (#1535044) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: MMario ?? I know a lot more rich democrats then I do republicans - but that's besides the point. CatsPhiddle - don't spill on your shawl - the drink in here will eat through the wool in nothin' flat! |
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04 Aug 05 - 03:35 PM (#1535060) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Amos She'll look fine in no shawl, MM, not to worry. A |
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04 Aug 05 - 03:38 PM (#1535062) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Sorcha Make mine Guinness please. |
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04 Aug 05 - 03:40 PM (#1535066) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Divis Sweeney Blackberry brandy for me! E |
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04 Aug 05 - 03:40 PM (#1535067) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: MMario reminds me - At the archery booth (the weekend job) people are always whinging about there being no prizes. Hey! It's a festival! it's for PLEASURE! duh! well - to placate them in some ways we tell them if they get a bullseye they have the PRIVILEGE of buying us a round of Guiness. I got three last weekend!!!! |
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04 Aug 05 - 03:45 PM (#1535070) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: MMario hey! We got ourselves a genuine Horse goddess here in the Tavern! the only celtic Goddess to be adopted by the Romans - Maybe we should get her autograph - (preferably on the charge slip for Bert's Credit card) |
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04 Aug 05 - 03:53 PM (#1535075) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: number 6 I'll gladly just have an iced tea Doug... thankyou. Gotta keep my senses ... what's left of them. 'Left' meaning 'the remaining' not the political. sIx |
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04 Aug 05 - 03:57 PM (#1535078) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Don Firth Normally, with Doug buying, I would opt for a glass of Charles Shaw wine and ask Doug for his recommendation as to variety, but it's a pretty hot day here in Seattle. 90 degrees. So that would seem to call for a nice, cold beer. Just recently I was introduced to a brown ale brewed in Montana that just made it's appearance here. Moose Drool. Sounds ghastly, but it's a great beer! Thanks, Doug! Don Firth |
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04 Aug 05 - 03:58 PM (#1535081) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce a ginger beer for me- something from Jamaca, I think... |
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04 Aug 05 - 04:09 PM (#1535086) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: alanabit A nice cool pint of Tinner's Ale for me please Doug. Now Don, are you going to start singing a song for us, or are you just going to sit in the sun all afternoon? |
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04 Aug 05 - 04:12 PM (#1535089) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce here's a song... Half a bee, philosophically, Must, ipso facto, half not be. But half the bee has got to be Vis a vis, its entity. D'you see? But can a bee be said to be Or not to be an entire bee When half the bee is not a bee Due to some ancient injury? La dee dee, one two three, Eric the half a bee. A B C D E F G, Eric the half a bee. Is this wretched demi-bee, Half-asleep upon my knee, Some freak from a menagerie? No! It's Eric the half a bee! Fiddle de dum, Fiddle de dee, Eric the half a bee. Ho ho ho, tee hee hee, Eric the half a bee. I love this hive, employee-ee, Bisected accidentally, One summer afternoon by me, I love him carnally. He loves him carnally, Semi-carnally. |
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04 Aug 05 - 04:14 PM (#1535091) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Liz the Squeak Cyril Connolly? LTS |
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04 Aug 05 - 04:17 PM (#1535093) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce 8-{E |
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04 Aug 05 - 04:17 PM (#1535094) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: MMario well - all male bees are half-bees; (They are haploid, females are diploid) Of course many species of bees the female does manage to eviscarate the male during the mating flight - so then the poor guy is only half a half bee. |
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04 Aug 05 - 04:18 PM (#1535096) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce Is that like quarterhorses? |
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04 Aug 05 - 04:18 PM (#1535098) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: gnu Ah Jamaica mahhn... I'll have a Lambsbreathhhh... whot... not leeegal heere man? Onleee for thoose with a preeeescription mahhhn? Ah, I have some script if you have thee scratch mahhn. Tally meee mahhhn. Tally wool and that, eh whot, mahhn. Marley mahhn. |
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04 Aug 05 - 04:21 PM (#1535099) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce I don't care if it rains or freezes Long as I got my plastic Jesus Sitting on the dashboard of my car Comes in colors, pink and pleasant Glows in the dark because it's iridescent Take it with you when you travel far Get yourself a sweet Madonna Dressed in rhinestone, sitting on a Pedestal of abalone shells Going ninety, I ain't scary Because I got the Virgin Mary Assuring me that I won't go to Hell |
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04 Aug 05 - 04:23 PM (#1535101) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce Verse: I saw the splen -dor of the moon -light On Hon -o -lu -lu Bay There's some -thing ten -der in the moon -light On Hon -o -lu -lu Bay, And all the beach -es Are full of peach -es Who bring their "ukes" a -long And in the glim -mer of the moon -light They love to sing this song; Chorus: If you like -a Uk -u -le -le La -dy, Uk -u -le -le La -dy like -a you If you like to lin -ger where it's sha -dy Uk -u -le -le La -dy lin -ger too If you kiss a Uk -u -le -le La -dy While you prom -ise ev -er to be true And she see an -oth -er Uk -u -le -le La -dy fool a -round with you May -be she'll sigh May -be she'll cry May -be she'll find some -bod -y else Bye -and -bye To sing to When it's cool and sha -dy Where the trick -y Wic -ki -Wack -ies woo If you like a Uk -u -le -le La -dy, Uk -u -le -le La -dy like -a you. OK, that is enough for me...someone else can sing now... |
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04 Aug 05 - 04:26 PM (#1535106) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce oh well, one more... Verse: I'm writ -ing you dear, just to tell you, In Sep -tem -ber, You re -mem -ber, 'Neath the old ap -ple tree, You whis -pered to me, When it blos -somed a -gain, you'd be mine. I've wait -ed un -til I could claim you, I hope I've not wait -ed in vain, For when it's spring in the val -ey, I'm com -ing, my sweet -heart a -gain. Chorus: I'll Be With You In Ap -ple Blos -som Time I'll be with you to change your name to mine, One day in May, I'll come and say, "Hap -py the bride the sun shines on to day." What a won -der -ful wed -ding there will be, What a won -der -ful day for you and me, Church bells will chime, You will be mine, In ap -ple blos -som time. |
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04 Aug 05 - 04:29 PM (#1535111) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: MMario There'll be blue birds over The white cliffs of Dover, Tomorrow, just you wait and see. There'll be love and laughter And peace ever after Tomorrow, when the world is free. The shepherd will tend his sheep, The valley will bloom again And Jimmy will go to sleep, In his own little room again. There'll be blue birds over The white cliffs of Dover, Tomorrow, just you wait and see. |
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04 Aug 05 - 04:31 PM (#1535113) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: MMario Why are there so many songs about rainbows And what's on the other side? Rainbows are visions, but only illusions, And rainbows have nothing to hide. So we've been told and some choose to believe it I know they're wrong, wait and see. Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection, The lovers, the dreamers and me. Who said that every wish would be heard and answered When wished on the morning star? Somebody thought of that, and someone believed it, And look what it's done so far. What's so amazing that keeps us stargazing And what do we think we might see? Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection, The lovers, the dreamers, and me. All of us under its spell, We know that it's probably magic... ... Have you been half asleep? And have you heard voices? I've heard them calling my name. ... Is this the sweet sound that calls the young sailors? The voice might be one and the same I've heard it too many times to ignore it It's something that I'm s'posed to be... Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection, The lovers, the dreamers, and me. Laa, da daa dee da daa daa, La laa la la laa dee daa doo |
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04 Aug 05 - 04:31 PM (#1535115) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: MMario somebody give me some GOOD chocolate or I'll sing again! I mean it! |
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04 Aug 05 - 04:33 PM (#1535117) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce godiva? |
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04 Aug 05 - 04:38 PM (#1535121) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: MMario A long time ago when the earth was green - there were more kinds of animals then you had ever seen. [bracket]pause[/bracket] don't suppose you have any Charbonnel et Walker? godiva will due. |
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04 Aug 05 - 04:38 PM (#1535122) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce MMario, the rest of the words... I'll never forget the people I met Braving those angry skies I remember well as the shadows fell The light of hope in their eyes And though I'm far way, I still can hear them say, "Thumbs Up, 'Cause when the dawn comes up (chorus) There'll be bluebirds over The White cliffs of Dover Tomorrow, just you wait and see There'll be love and laughter and peace ever after Tomorrow when the world is free. The Shepherd will tend his sheep The valley will bloom again And Jimmy will go to sleep In his own little room again There'll be bluebirds over the White cliffs of Dover Tomorrow just you wait and see. |
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04 Aug 05 - 04:40 PM (#1535124) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: MMario ta bruce - I only know the abbreviated version. |
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04 Aug 05 - 04:42 PM (#1535125) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce Come sing a song with me Come sing a song with me Come sing a song with me That I might know your mind. Chorus: And I'll bring you hope When hope is hard to find And I'll bring you a song of love And a rose in the winter time. Come walk in rain with me Come walk in rain with me Come walk in rain with me That I might know your mind. Chorus: Come dream a dream with me Come dream a dream with me Come dream a dream with me That I might know your mind. Chorus: Come share a rose with me Come share a rose with me Come share a rose with me That I might know your mind. Chorus: |
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04 Aug 05 - 04:43 PM (#1535129) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce you had all the chorus. It's like Daisy Belle- ( Bicycle Built for Two) Most know the chorus, but the verses are rarely sung. |
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04 Aug 05 - 04:47 PM (#1535132) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce I have got a sweet -ie known as Su -sie In the words of Shake -speare she's a "wow" Though all of you May know her too I'd like to shout right now: Chorus: If you knew Su -sie like I know Su -sie Oh! Oh! Oh! what a girl! There's none so clas -sy as this fair las -sie Oh! Oh! Ho -ly Mos -es! what a chas -sis! We went ri -ding She did -n't balk Back from You -kers I'm the one that had to walk! If you knew Su -sie like I know Su -sie Oh! Oh! what a girl. Susie has a perfect reputation. No one ever saw her on a spree. Nobody knows where Susie goes. Nobody knows but me. If you knew Susie like I know Susie, Oh! Oh! Oh! What a girl! She wears long tresses And nice tight dresses. Oh! Oh! What a future she possesses! [Out in public, how she can yawn! In a parlor, you would think the war was on.]* If you knew Susie like I know Susie, Oh! Oh! What a girl! |
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04 Aug 05 - 04:49 PM (#1535135) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce We meet at eve -ning time, 'Tis sweet at eve -ning time, To know I'll spend an hour or two, Just with you. Then when the hour grows late; I love to hes -i -tate__ The mo -ments seem so fleet -ing, While I am here re -peat -ing. Chorus: Stars shin -ing bright a -bove you, Night breez -es seem to whis -per, "I love you," Birds sing -ing in the syc -a -more tree, "Dream a lit -tle dream of Me." Say "night -ie -night" and kiss me, Just hold me tight and tell me you'll miss me; While I'm a -lone and blue as can be, Dream a lit -tle dream of me, Stars fad -ing, but I lin -ger on, dear, Still crav -ing your kiss; I'm long -ing to lin -ger till dawn, dear, Just say -ing this: Sweet dreams till sun -beams find you, Sweet dreams that leave all wor -ries be -hind you, But in your dreams what -ev -er they be, Dream a lit -tle dream of me. |
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04 Aug 05 - 04:56 PM (#1535140) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce 'Sing High, sing low, wherever you go, Give a sailor his grog and there's nothing goes wrong' A's for the anchor that swings at our bow, B's for the bowsprit through the wild seas do plough. C for the capstan we merrily around, D are the davits we lower our boats down. E is for the ensign that flies at our peak, F is for the foc'sle where the good sailors sleep. G is for the galley where the good cooks hop around, H is for the halliards we haul up and down. Now I is for the iron the ship is made from, J for the jib which moves her along. K is the keel at the bottom of the ship, L is the lanyards that never do slip. Now M is the mainmast so neat and so strong, N for the needles which never go wrong. O for the oars we row our boats out, P for the pumps that we keep her afloat. Q for the quarterdeck where officers do stand, R is the rudder that steers us to land. S for the sailors which move her along, T for the topsails we pull up and down. U for the unicorn which flies at our peak, V for the victuals which the sailors do eat, W for the wheel where we all take our turn, X,Y,Z is the name on our stern. |
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04 Aug 05 - 05:02 PM (#1535146) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Divis Sweeney nice of you to notice, MMArio. E |
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04 Aug 05 - 05:04 PM (#1535147) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Amos Jeeze, BB, three sheets to the wind and the anchor down!! LOL!! What the hell, canna fault a man for hearty singing!! You crack me up, man! A |
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04 Aug 05 - 05:07 PM (#1535149) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce 8-{E Hopefully, some others will join in. I need a few minutes to soak up some more ginger beer. |
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04 Aug 05 - 05:10 PM (#1535150) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce 1. I'm dreaming dreams. I'm scheming schemes. I'm building castles high. They're born anew. Their days are few, Just like a sweet butterfly; And as the daylight is dawning, They come again in the morning. CHORUS: I'm forever blowing bubbles, Pretty bubbles in the air. They fly so high, Nearly reach the sky, Then like my dreams they fade and die. Fortune's always hiding. I've looked ev'rywhere. I'm forever blowing bubbles, Pretty bubbles in the air. 2. When shadows creep, When I'm asleep, To lands of hope I stray; Then at daybreak, When I awake, My bluebird flutters away. Happiness, you seem so near me! Happiness, come forth and cheer me! CHORUS |
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04 Aug 05 - 05:43 PM (#1535166) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: PoohBear See the lookout in the crows nest Flat on his back The cook's down in the galley Drinking rum extract Swinging in the rigging is the brilliant engineer He's converted every piston head To pumping Aussie beer We've got a pie-eyed aboriginy Playing on his didgeree Do you hear the captain Whistling the blues? A banjo pickin' bos'un And a crew that hates the ocean On the Sydney Harbour Ferry Boat Loaded up with booze! Please make mine Sahkeapeare Stout. . . thanks ever so . . . PB |
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04 Aug 05 - 06:11 PM (#1535180) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: gnu THE LUMBERMAN'S ALPHABET A is for axes that you may all know; And B is for boys that make them all go; C is for choppers so early begun And D is for danger we often stand in. CHORUS : 'Tis merry, 'tis merry, 'tis merry are we No mortal on earth, so happy as we. A derry, Lo derry, Ring derry dum. Give us shantymen's grog and there'll nothing go wrong. E is the echo that through the woods rang: F is the foreman, head one of our gang; G is the grindstone so merrily goes round And H js the handle, so smoothly 'tis worn. I is the Iron that mark-ed the pine; J is the Jov-al that's never behind; K is the keen edge our axes we keep And L is the lice that over us creep. M is the moss we patch-ed the cracks And N is the needle we patch-ed our pants; O is the owl that hooteth at night And P is the pine that always falls right. Q is the quarrel we never allow; R is the river we float our logs down S is the sleds so stout and so strong And T is the teams that go jog 'em along. U is the use we put our teams to; V is the valley we draw our logs through; W is the woods we leave in the spring And this is all I am going to sing. Now, this ain't the version I leaned from Da, who worked in a camp in the thirties, but it's close. Derry hiiii, derry doooe, derry higheee, derry dum, give the shanty by's whiskey, there's work ta be donnne. |
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04 Aug 05 - 06:20 PM (#1535186) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce Thanks, gnu! |
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04 Aug 05 - 06:23 PM (#1535189) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: alanabit I'll have another pint and listen to the singing. Hot sun, good beer and plenty of song. Why bother to tune the guitar? |
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04 Aug 05 - 06:54 PM (#1535207) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce Verse: Yes -ter -day I heard a lov -er sigh, "Good -bye oh me, oh my" Sev -en times he got a -board his train And sev -en times he hur -ried back to kiss his love a -gain, and tell her Chorus: "Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Good -Bye! Toot, Toot, Tootsie, don't cry, The choo choo train that takes me, A -way from you no words can tell how sad it makes me, Kiss me, Tooot -sie, and then, Do it o -ver a -gain, Watch for the mail, I'll nev -er fail, If you don't get a let -ter then you'll know I'm in jail, Tut, tut, Toot -sie don't cry, Toot, Toot, Tootsie Good -Bye!" |
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04 Aug 05 - 07:01 PM (#1535213) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: gnu Gee... I never did write it down as I was taught... so, why not? Here it is, as best as I remember it... A's for the axes that youse all own; And B's for boys that can use em also; C's for the chopping which now begins; And D's for the danger that we do stand in. And how merry are we; No mortal on earth, are as happy are we. Derry hi, derry doe, derry higheee, derry dum, Give the Shanty by's whiskey, there's work ta be done. E's is the echo that rings through the woods And F's for the foreman that booses our job; G's for the grindstone we grinds our axe on; And H'ach for the handle so smooth wore around. And how merry are we; No mortal on earth, are as happy are we. Derry hi, derry doe, derry higheee, derry dum, Give the Shanty by's whiskey, there's nothin goes wrong. I's for the Iron that marks out our pines; And J's for the Jovial that's always in time; K's for keen edges we all have to keep; And L's for the lice that o'er us do creep. And how merry are we; No mortal on earth, are as happy are we. Derry hi, derry doe, derry higheee, derry dum, Give the Shanty by's whiskey, the bosses are gone. M's for the moss we stogs in our camp; And N's for the needle as we sew our pants; O's for the owl that screeches by night; And P's for the tall pine that always we do slay right. And how merry are we; No mortal on earth, are as happy are we. Derry hi, derry doe, derry higheee, derry dum, Give the Shanty by's whiskey, our work is soon done. Q's for the quarrelling that we don't allow; And R's for the river where we float our boughs; S is for the sleds so stout and so strong; And T's for the big teams that hauls em along. And how merry are we; No mortal on earth, are as happy are we. Derry hi, derry doe, derry higheee, derry dum, Give the Shanty by's whiskey, and pay them or dun. U's for the uses we put ourselves to; And V's for the valley we drives our logs through; W's for the woods we leave in the spring And now I have sung all I'm going to sing. And how merry are we; No mortal on earth, are as happy are we. Derry hi, derry doe, derry higheee, derry dum, Give the Shanty by's whiskey, our work here is done. |
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04 Aug 05 - 07:07 PM (#1535217) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce I heard a rob -in this morn -ing, I'm feel -ing hap -py to -day Goin' to pack my cares in a whis -tle And Blow them all a -way. What if I've been un -luck -y, Real -ly have -n't a thing, There's a time I al -ways feel hap -py, As hap -py as a king. Chorus: When the red, red, rob -in comes bob, bob, bob -bin' a -long, a -long, There'll be no more sob -bin' When he starts throb -bin' his old sweet song, Wake up, wake up you sleep -y head, Get up, get up, get out of bed, cheer up, cheer up, the sun is red, Live, Love, laugh and be hap -py, What if I've been blue now I'm walk -in' through fields of flow'rs, Rain may glis -ten but still I lis -ten for hours and hours, I'm just a kid a -gain do -in' what I did a -gain sing -ing a song When the red, red, rob -in comes bob, bob, bob -bin' a -long. |
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04 Aug 05 - 07:15 PM (#1535221) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce A long time a -go a mil -lion years B C The best things in life were ab -so -lute -ly free But no one ap -pre -ci -at -ed a sky that was al -ways blue; And no one con -grat -u -lat -ed a moon that was al -ways new. So it was planned that they would van -ish now and then And you must pay be -fore you get them back a -gain: That's what storms were made for And you should -n't be a -fraid, for Chorus: Ev -'ry time it rains, it rains Pen -nies From Heav -en. don't you know each cloud con -tains Pen -nies From Heav -en. You'll find your for -tune fall -ing All o -ver town Be sure that your um -brel -la is up side down. Trade them for a pack -age of Sun -shine and flow -ers. If you want the things you love, You must have show -ers. So when you hear it thun -der Don't run un -der a tree. There'll be Pen -nies From Heav -en for you and me. |
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04 Aug 05 - 07:18 PM (#1535222) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce ok, if no-one else will sing, I'll have to start reciting poetry...... |
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04 Aug 05 - 07:46 PM (#1535240) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: katlaughing Well, my stars and garters! What a GOOD idea, DougeR! Thanks, I'll have an amaretto sour...first "hard" drink o' the year for me! Sure is swell of Bert to keep up with that credit card. Has anyone filled the jello pit? I see the cat's in the cradle with a silver spoon and the owl and the other pussycat have taken off...and the dog's howling at the moon. Wonder if some of the other regulars will be along soon... Annie's lover was a wildcat's brother And a badger's mad companion With his rainbow beads and his straw hat he's The King of Mercy Canyon.... |
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04 Aug 05 - 08:15 PM (#1535260) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce Sonnet 07/11/02 DCCLXV (33 of 257 to my current muse...) To each day comes a night, when stars appear, In promenade across the sky. I see Those fixed forms, and dream that I might free Just one, to offer muse: A beacon, near To hope's harbor, that heart might use to steer Desires. Thoughts wander without course, to be Tossed upon page. How can I ask that she Be what I seek, when I still heart-wreck fear? To each night comes a dawn, when sun returns, With harsh illumination. Is the sight More real than night's desires? This soul now spurns Cold fact: I would for dreams of passion fight. In muse I find my focus: My heart learns Of sun and stars, Love is the greater light. |
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04 Aug 05 - 08:42 PM (#1535280) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce Anybody out there want to buy some American Chestnut wood? I know where there are 6-10 inch diameter trees. ( only the ones dead/dying of blight are going to be cut down) Midstate NY. And another ginger beer, if you would... |
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04 Aug 05 - 09:24 PM (#1535303) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: ranger1 Gee, anything I want DougR? How about some Laphroig? No glass, just the bottle, thanks. |
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04 Aug 05 - 09:56 PM (#1535315) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce ranger1, One should ask for the CONTENTS of the bottle- I have several empties, and they are not that nice... |
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04 Aug 05 - 10:33 PM (#1535342) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: katlaughing Where have all my postings gone, Short time passin' Where have all my postings gone, Made to this thread? Another one this week...I must be hitting the wrong button! Anyway, I said something along the lines of "GREAT idea, DougeR! I'll have an amaretto sour, first stiff drink of the year! Sure glad Bert's been keeping up with the credit card. Anyone filled the jello pit? Reckon some of the regulars will wander in, soon...here's to the late, great Dave Carter: Annie's lover was a wildcat's brother And a badger's mad companion. In his rainbow beads and his straw he was The king of mercy canyon.. |
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04 Aug 05 - 10:44 PM (#1535354) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce Well you've heard the story of the hot-rod race that fatal day, when the Ford and the Mercury went out to play. This is the inside story I'm here to say, I was the kid that was a-drivin' that Model-A. It's got a Lincoln motor and it's really souped up, and that Model-A body makes it look like a pup. It's got twelve cylinders, and uses them all, with an overdrive that just won't stall. It's got a four-barrel carb and dual exhaust, 4-11 gears, she can really get lost. Got safety tubes and I'm not scared, the brakes are good and the tires are fair. We left San Pedro late one night, the moon and the stars were shining bright, everything went fine up the Grapevine hill, we was passin' cars like they was standin' still. Then all of a sudden, like a flick of an eye, a Cadillac sedan had passed us by. The remark was made "there's the car for me," but by then the taillights were all you could see. Well the fellers ribbed me for bein' behind, so I started to make that Lincoln unwind. I took my foot off the gas and man alive, I shoved it down into overdrive. Well I wound it up to a hundred and ten, twisted the speedometer cable off the end. I had my foot keyed clear to the floor, said "that's all there is, there ain't no more." I went around a corner and I passed a truck, I whispered a prayer, just for luck. The fenders was clickin' a guardrail post the guys beside me were white as a ghost. I guess they'd thought I'd lost my sense, the telephone poles looked like a picket fence. They said "slow down, I see spots," the lines on the road just looked like dots. Smoke was rollin' outta the back, when I started to gain on that Cadillac. I knew I could catch him, and hoped I could pass, But when I did, I'd be short on gas. We went around a corner with the tires on the side, you could feel the tension, man what a ride! I said "hold on, I got a license to fly," and the Cadillac pulled over and let me go by. Then all of a-sudden, the rods started knockin', when down in the dip, she started a-rockin'. I looked in my mirror 'n' red lights was blinkin'. The cops was after my hot rod Lincoln. Well, they arrested me, and put me in jail. I called my pop to go my bail. He said "son, you're gonna drive me to drinkin' if you don't stop drivin' that hot rod Lincoln." |
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04 Aug 05 - 10:48 PM (#1535357) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: SINSULL The night was mighty dark So you could hardly see For the moon refused to shine. Couple sittin' underneath a willow tree For love they pine. Little maid is kinds 'fraid of darkness So she says "I guess I'll go" Boy begins to sigh, Looks up at the sky To tell the moon his little tale of woe Oh Shine on shine on harvest moon Up in the sky I ain't had no lovin' since January, February, June or July Snow time ain't no time to stay around and spoon So shine on shine on harvest moon For me and my gal. Nothing for me thanks. I am still recovering from last weekend. |
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04 Aug 05 - 10:48 PM (#1535358) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: katlaughing Oops, I guess the first amaretto sour went to m'head! Foolestroupe, LOVE that song; one of my favs!! If you haven't already read this classic Mudcat thread, you'd probably enjoy it: Mudcat Juke Joint. Cheers, m'dears! |
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04 Aug 05 - 10:50 PM (#1535360) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce Ev -'ry hon -ey bee fills with jeal -ous -y when they see you out with me, I don't blame them, good -ness knows, Hon -ey Suck -le Rose. When you're pass -in' by flow -ers droop and sigh, and I know the rea -son why. You're much sweet -er, good -ness knows, Hon -ey Suck -le Rose. Don't buy sug -ar, you just have to touch my cup. You're my sug -ar, it's sweet when you stir it up. When I'm tak -in' sips from your tas -ty lips, seems the hon -ey fair -ly drips. You're con -fec -tion, good -ness knows, Hon -ey Suck -le Rose. |
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04 Aug 05 - 10:51 PM (#1535364) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce I have been a rov -er Since I was a child No one to love or care for me Knock'd a -round all o -ver Kind -a grew up wild My home's where -ev -er I may be Chorus: I'm just breez -in' a -long with the breeze, Trail -in' the rails, roam -in' the seas, Like the bird -ies that sing in the trees, Pleas -in' to live, liv -in' to please, The sky is the on -ly roof I have o -ver my head And when I'm wea -ry Moth -er Na -ture makes me a bed, I'm just go -in' a -long as I please, Breez -in' a -long with the breeze. breeze. |
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04 Aug 05 - 10:54 PM (#1535365) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce good night all. Off to Franklin's brewpub for LateNight. A Prayer for Barbara - Spring May all your days be filled with wonder, And may all your nights be filled with dreams of heart's desire. May you dwell amidst flowers and growing plants, And rest under bright stars. |
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05 Aug 05 - 01:50 AM (#1535428) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Liz the Squeak How can you tell when a guinea pig is pleased When he hasn't got a tail to wag? All other animals you will find Have got a little tail stuck on behind. If they'd only put a tail on a guinea pig, And finished off a decent job, The price of the animal would then go up From a guinea up to 30 bob! LTS bob - shillings - UK old money.. I don't remember it... I'm not that old. |
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05 Aug 05 - 03:42 AM (#1535445) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Roger the Skiffler Enter man in long mackintosh, bowler hat and Hitler moustache. "I don't believe theses premises have aplied for 24 hour opening or a music licence. Where is the architect's drawing, have you ticked all the boxes, is the fire exit clear, what IS that in the pit in the floor? I'm afraid I shall have to fetch my clip board and close you down..." J Jobsworth Gruntfuttock (Mr.) RtS |
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05 Aug 05 - 04:25 AM (#1535460) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: alanabit Doug, come over here. We are going to show Mr.Gruntfuttock the door! |
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05 Aug 05 - 05:03 AM (#1535481) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: GUEST,catsphiddle@work MMario..I'm taking good care of the shawl...and I never spill my alcohol!! I have a large supply of Green and Blacks chocolate if anyone wants some!!...I'll be bringing supplies to the Getaway too!! |
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05 Aug 05 - 09:17 AM (#1535579) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: MMario CHOC-CHOC-CHOCOLATE! If I had my druthers, I'd druther have my druthers Than anything else I know While you'd druther hustle accumulatin' muscle I'd druther watch daisies grow. While they're growin' slow 'n the summer breeze is blowin' My heart is overflowin' 'n so; If I had my druthers I'd druther have my druthers than anything else I know. If I had my druthers, I'd druther have my druthers Than work any wheres at all It ain't that I hates it, I often contemplates it while watchin' the rain drops fall I sits there for hours, developin' my powers a figurin' how flowers gets tall If I had my druthers I'd druther have my druthers than anything else at all. |
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05 Aug 05 - 12:46 PM (#1535736) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Ebbie Man, it's noisy in here. By the way, there's a window just about the right size for Mr Gruntfuttock. (Who's he going to complain to?) |
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05 Aug 05 - 01:16 PM (#1535761) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: MMario someone prop me up under the tap, please? we just had a call from on of our support companies - the main contact is going to be gone a few days (wife giving birth as we speak) and his replacement doesn't have access to our database - so now we need to e-mail her whenever we put in an entry. |
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05 Aug 05 - 02:30 PM (#1535826) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: MMario glug,glug,glug,glug, glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug, glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug, glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug, glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug, glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug, glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug, glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug, glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug, glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug, glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug, glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug, glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug, glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug, glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug, glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug, glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug, glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug, glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug, glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug, glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug,glug BURP! |
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05 Aug 05 - 03:40 PM (#1535878) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Liz the Squeak \_/ (_)? /_\? Just fill 'em up and leave the pit alone.... LTS |
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05 Aug 05 - 04:33 PM (#1535934) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce I'm a roam -ing cow -bow rid -ing all day long, Tum -ble -weeds a -round me, sing their lone -ly song. Nights un -der neath a prai -rie moon, I ride a -lone and sing a tune. Chorus: See them tum -bling down, Pledg -ing their love to the ground, Lone -ly but free I'll be found, Drift -ing a -long with the tum -bling tum -ble -weeds. Cares of the past are be -hind, No -where to go, but I'll find, Just where the trail will wind, Drift -ing a -long with the tum -bling tum -ble weeds. I know when night has gone that a new world's born at dawn, I'll keep roll -ing a -long, Deep in my heart is a song, Here on the range I be -long, Drift -ing a -long with the tum -bling tum -ble -weeds. tum -ble -weeds. |
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05 Aug 05 - 04:34 PM (#1535935) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce There she is! There she is! There's what keeps me up at night. Oh, gee whiz! Oh, gee whiz! There's why I can't eat a bite. Those flam -ing eyes! That flam -ing youth! Oh, Mis -ter Oh, Sis -ter Tell me the truth; Chorus: Ain't She Sweet? See her com -ing down the street! Now I ask you ver -y con -fi -den -tial -ly Ain't She Sweet? Ain't she nice? Look her o -ver once or twice. Now I ask you ver -y con fi --den -tial -ly Ain't she nice? Just cast an eye in her di -rec -tion Oh, me! Oh, my! Ain't that per -fec -tion? I re -peat, don't you think that's kind of neat? And I ask you ver -y con -fi -den -tial -y Ain't She Sweet? |
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05 Aug 05 - 04:39 PM (#1535937) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce Lis -ten to my tale of woe, It's ter -ri -bly sad, but true. All dressed up no place to go, Each ev -'ning I'm awf -'ly blue. I must win some win -some miss; Can't go on like this. I could blos -som out I know, With some -bod -y just like you, so, Chorus: Oh, sweet and love -ly la -dy, be good! Oh la -dy, be good! to me! I am so awf' -ly mis -un -der -stood, So la -dy be good to me. Oh, please have some pit -y I'm all a -lone in this big cit -y I tell you I'm just a lone -some babe in the wood So la -dy, be good to me! |
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05 Aug 05 - 06:03 PM (#1535991) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce Out in the land of San Domingo, Lived a girl named "Oh By Jingo" YA.YA..YATA YATA YA..YA..Boom-chika-boom chika boom chika boom. From the hills and from the Marshes, came the little, "Oh By Goshes" Ya...ya...yata yata ya ya ..Boom-chika-boom chika boom chika boom. They all spoke with a certain "Lingo" And they all loved "Oh by Jingo" And every night, they sang in the pale moonlight, (chorus "Oh by Jingo, Oh by Gosh , by Gee" Buzz around, Buzz around, keep a-Buzzin' round, Oh By Jingo, Gee what you do to me. We can build a little hut You will be my favorite nut Well have a lot o' little "Oh By Gollies" and we'll put them in the "Follies" Oh,By Jingo, Oh by Gosh, By Jove Oh By Jingo, Gee won't you be my love?" Then they all ran around singin', "Oh by Jingo" "Gee by Gosh, by Jimminee Ringo" "Oh by Jingo, Gee you're the one for me." |
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05 Aug 05 - 07:06 PM (#1536015) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce SPOKEN: You've heard of Florence Nightingale, Grace Darling and the rest. You've all seen Greta Garbo and her bosom friend, Mae West; But there's a little lady I want you all to meet. She's working on munitions and she lives just down the street. She can't pretend to be a great celebrity, But still, she's most important in her way. The job she has to do may not seem like much to you, But all the same, I'm very proud to say: SUNG: She's the girl that makes the thing That drills the hole that holds the spring That drives the rod that turns the knob That works the thing-ummy-bob. She's the girl that makes the thing That holds the oil that oils the ring That takes the shank that moves the crank That works the thing-ummy-bob. It's a ticklish sort of job Making a thing for a thing-ummy-bob, Especially when you don't know what it's for; But it's the girl that makes the thing That drills the hole that holds the spring That works the thing-ummy-bob that makes the engines roar; And it's the girl that makes the thing That holds the oil that oils the ring That works the thing-ummy-bob that's going to win the war. SPOKEN: She's not what you would call a heroine at all. I don't suppose you'll even know her name; And though she'll never boast of her important post, She strikes a blow for Britain just the same. (REPEAT THE SUNG PORTION ABOVE.) I thank you. |
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05 Aug 05 - 07:08 PM (#1536017) Subject: Lyr Add: THE GREAT AMERICAN BUM From: beardedbruce Come all you jolly jokers if you want to have some fun And listen while I relate the tale of the great American bum. From the east and west and north and south like a swarm of bees they come. They sleep in the dirt and they wear a shirt that's dirty and full of crumbs. (chorus) I am a bum, a jolly old bum And I live like a royal Turk. And I have good luck and I bum all my chuck And the heck with the man that works. It's early in the morning when the dew is on the ground, A bum arises from his nest and gazes all around. While going east they're loaded, and going west sealed tight, "I reckon we'll have to ride aboard the fast express tonight." (chorus) Well, I met a man the other day that I never met before, And he asked me if I wanted a job a-shovelin' iron ore. I asked him what the wages was and he said: "ten cents a ton." I said: "Old fellow, scratch your …neck, I'd rather be on the bum. (chorus) Oh, lady would you be kind enough to give me somethin' to eat, A piece of bread and butter and a tender slice of meat. Some apple pie and custard just to tickle me appetite, For really I'm so hungry, don't know where I'll sleep tonight. (chorus) |
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05 Aug 05 - 07:10 PM (#1536021) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce Beep beep beep beep His horn went beep beep beep While riding in my Cadillac What to my surprise A little Nash Rambler was following me About one third my size The guy musta wanted to pass me up As he kept on tooting his horn Ill show him that a Cadillac is not a car to scorn Beep beep beep beep His horn went beep beep beep I pushed my foot down to the floor To give the guy the shake But the little Nash Rambler stayed right behind He still had on his brake He musta thought his car had more guts As he kept on tooting his horn Ill show him that a Cadillac is not a car to scorn Beep beep beep beep His horn went beep beep beep My car went into passing gear And we took off with gust Soon we were going ninety Musta left him in the dust When I peeked in the mirror of my car I couldnt believe my eyes The little Nash Rambler was right behind Youd think that guy could fly Beep beep beep beep His horn went beep beep beep Now we were doing a hundred and ten This certainly was a race For a Rambler to pass a Caddy Would be a big disgrace The guy musta wanted to pass me up As he kept on tooting his horn Ill show him that a Cadillac is not a car to scorn Beep beep beep beep His horn went beep beep beep Now were going a hundred twenty As fast as I can go The Rambler pulled along side of me As if we were going slow The fella rolled down his window And yelled for me to hear Hey buddy how do I get this car outa second gear? |
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05 Aug 05 - 10:58 PM (#1536140) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: SINSULL What's a cowbow? |
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08 Aug 05 - 01:55 PM (#1537742) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce typo... but maybe we should define it, here... A large strip of cloth tied to a cow before giving the cow as a present? |
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08 Aug 05 - 03:03 PM (#1537807) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Amos That American Bum is a classic and should be modified with descriptions intact for the Getaway, BB! A |
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08 Aug 05 - 03:08 PM (#1537809) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce A I wish I had the tune for it! I have more lyrics than tunes... B |
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08 Aug 05 - 04:17 PM (#1537877) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Liz the Squeak Burp LTS |
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08 Aug 05 - 04:20 PM (#1537880) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: MMario someone pour a drink for Joe - I suspect he's gonna need one. And connect my IV up to the Guiness again, please? |
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09 Aug 05 - 03:22 AM (#1538199) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: el_punkoid_nouveau The punkoid staggered in, dripping rain and mud from the festival campsite. Wearily, he laid his mandolin case against the bar, and sighed heavily. "Hey bartender - do you have any Laphroaig?" "It's all gone!?! Ranger1 drank it ALL?" The punkoid collapsed over the bar, exhausted by pusing one car too many in the knee-deep mud of the campsite. "You got Fighting Cock? Make it a large one..." A sip later, and he began to sing... sing... sing... "Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh Ah'm a lumberjack and Ah'm okay Ah sleep all night and Ah work all day..." |
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09 Aug 05 - 03:47 AM (#1538204) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Liz the Squeak Can someone open a window please, the fragrance in here has suddenly turned from gentle whiskey fumes to week long camper fumes..... Oh, and top me up again please? (_)? LTS |
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09 Aug 05 - 04:31 AM (#1538222) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: MBSLynne MBSLynne creeps in and (uncharacteristically) goes quietly to a corner by the fire where she sits gazing into space........ |
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09 Aug 05 - 04:39 AM (#1538230) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Liz the Squeak YEah... it is an overpowering aroma isn't it...... : ) LTS |
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10 Aug 05 - 12:30 AM (#1539102) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Stilly River Sage Whew! And I thought the New York City subway in July smelled bad! This is what I returned to after my vacation? Let me have a Negra Modelo to go, please! I'll drink it out on the patio. :) |
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10 Aug 05 - 02:57 AM (#1539135) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: el_punkoid_nouveau The punkoid raised his head from the bar (where it had fallen during his post festival kip). The gentle aroma of stale camper wafted into his nostrils. "Jeez!" he yelled. "Can't be me - I used those campsite showers regularly! It's amazing what you can do walking round in the rain!" He took another slug at the Fighting Cock. "Hey barman! Where the heck are the showers in this joint?" |
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10 Aug 05 - 08:47 AM (#1539341) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: MMario second left hand door past the jello pits - or if you want hot water up the stairs and third right. |
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10 Aug 05 - 01:44 PM (#1539545) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Stilly River Sage "Save water--shower with a friend!" A line begins to form at the bottom of the stairs |
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10 Aug 05 - 02:07 PM (#1539568) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce more singing! Do I have to open my Alan Sherman notebook? |
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10 Aug 05 - 02:10 PM (#1539571) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Liz the Squeak wears the soap. LTS |
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10 Aug 05 - 02:11 PM (#1539573) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce "wears"? Mighty attractive outfit... |
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10 Aug 05 - 02:18 PM (#1539588) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: MBSLynne Yes it does Liz |
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10 Aug 05 - 02:20 PM (#1539589) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce slippery, though... |
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10 Aug 05 - 02:22 PM (#1539592) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: MMario I haven't done this one in a while.... There was a knight, a lusty knight, a randy knight was he, He had eleven mistresses and bastards thirty-three... He indulged in ev'ry excess,in each licenctious whim, So you should have seen his jaw drop when a unicorn chose him! Please go away my gold-maned friend, be gone I do declare! My reputation will be shot with all the ladies fair. I fear you've got the wrong man, of my friend with coat so fine... I haven't been a virgin since I reached the age of nine! I've led a very lusty life,summer winter fall or spring I have no peers in "swords-manship",I will rut with anything! So go away fair unicorn, if not I'll be grief stricken -- The rampant cock upon my shield will turn into a chicken! The ladies will reject me thinking I'm just bravado. There must be twenty other knights with chastity their motto. So go away fair unicorn, please leave me alone... The ladies will not lay with me with you for chaperone! Please go away my gold-maned friend, be gone and do no tarry. You'll probably find the man you seek up in the monastery. No wait, they're not the kind of monk who are celibately sleeping, Instead of Mass and priestly vows it's mistresses they're keeping! The unicorn said not a word but with a soft "tap tap" She curved her hooves around his legs, put her head upon his lap. The knight looked in her deep brown eyes and said, "Why me? why you?" Then the unicorn demurely said " !" |
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10 Aug 05 - 02:27 PM (#1539600) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce post 100? |
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10 Aug 05 - 02:30 PM (#1539603) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Liz the Squeak Yes, you bastard! LTS |
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10 Aug 05 - 02:32 PM (#1539605) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce Now, now. Let me get you a drink, and whisper soft sonnets into your ear... |
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10 Aug 05 - 02:34 PM (#1539607) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce Sonnet 09/05/01 DXLVIII I read your words, and my dreams try to feel The coolness of soft silk, and warmth of skin: I would reach out, and with sweet kisses seal My heart, that I might heart's desire win. As soft, and subtle scented as a rose, But without thorns, you pull me to your soul. I touch, with lips and tongue, yet hope heart knows How much these dreams can of my hopes take toll. I reach to touch you, but words do not hold The softness of your lips, nor feel of hair. How can I taste skin, or let fingers fold With yours, when only written words we share? Would you, then, drive me crazy with desire When distance and some years prevent love's fire? |
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10 Aug 05 - 02:34 PM (#1539608) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: MMario now don't go soft-soaping her! Care for some bubbly, Liz? |
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10 Aug 05 - 02:40 PM (#1539612) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce Sonnet 23/05/01 DLVIII I cannot alter Time's slow march, to speed The days, or slow the hours. If I could change The years, I would not stay so far, nor need To censure dreams, and desires rearrange. I cannot send what you deserve, to ease The effort of your days. Can words lend care, From one as I? How can my verses please, Or offer solace? Should I dead dreams share? I cannot offer heart, though your words reach Into my dreams: I have no right to ask That you care for me, nor can I heart touch To see beyond those dreams, or longing mask. I see a flame in you, to light my soul, Yet cannot reach to it, or time control. |
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10 Aug 05 - 08:24 PM (#1539770) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Liz the Squeak Don't much care for Bubbly unless it's a 1990 Moet..... I prefer beer and pies to champagne and lobster.. I'm a cheap date! LTS |
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10 Aug 05 - 08:41 PM (#1539776) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce price is no object- DougR is picking up the tab! |
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10 Aug 05 - 08:55 PM (#1539783) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce When I'm happy, when I'm happy, Singing all the while, I don't need nobody then To show me how to smile. When I've been out on the spree, Toddling down the street, With this little melody Everyone I greet; Show me the way to go home, I'm tired and I want to go to bed. I had a little drink about an hour ago, And it's gone right to my head. Wherever I may roam, On land or sea or foam. You will always hear me singing this song: Show me the way to go home... |
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10 Aug 05 - 08:56 PM (#1539785) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce 1. Queenie Bee lived o'er the lea and she was a bunny little honey bee Billy Bumble used to mumble 'round the rosemary Where she would meet him, greet him, and then treat him to some honey sprees. Then start a-buzzin' in a dozen diff'rent lovin' keys: CHORUS: Be my little baby bumblebee, (Buzz around, buzz around, keep a-buzzin' 'round.) Bring home all the honey, love, to me. (Little bee, little bee, little bee.) Let me spend the happy hours Roving with you 'mongst the flow'rs, And when we got where no one else can see, (Cuddle up, cuddle up, cuddle up.) Be my little baby bumblebee. (Buzz around, buzz around, keep a-buzzin' 'round.) We'll be just has happy as can be. (You and me, you and me, you and me.) Honey, keep a-buzzin', please. I've got a dozen cousin bees, But I want you to be my baby bumblebee. 2. Willie, he flew o'er the lea to call on her mama and her papa bee. Papa bee said "Goodness me!" and mama said, "We'll see If you can pay your way, for ev'ry day the price of honey grows dear!" But little Queenie said: "That for Sweeney," and whispered in his ear: CHORUS |
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10 Aug 05 - 08:59 PM (#1539787) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce Oh! The night that I struck New York I went out for a quiet walk Folks who are "on to" the city say Better by far that I took Broadway But I was out to enjoy the sights There was the Bow'ry ablaze with lights I had one of the devil's own nights I'll never go there any more. cho: The Bow'ry, the Bow'ry They say such things and they do strange things, On the Bow'ry! The Bow'ry! I'll never go there any more. I had walked but a block or two, When up came a fellow and me he knew; Then a policeman came walking by Chased him away and I asked him, "Why?" "Wasn't he pulling your leg?" said he, Said I, "He never laid hands on me!" "Get off the Bow'ry, you Yep (fool)!" said he I'll never go there any more. I went into an auction store, I never saw any thieves before; First he sold me a pair of socks Then said he, "How much for the box"? Someone said,"two dollars," I said "Three." He emptied the box and gave it to me, "I sold you the box, not the socks," said he, I'll never go there any more. I went into a concert hall, I didn't have a good time at all; Just the minute that I sat down Girls began singing "New Coon in Town," I got up mad and spoke out free, "Somebody put that man out," said she; A man called a bouncer attended to me, I'll never go there anymore. I went into a barber shop, He talked till I thought he would never stop I said, "Cut it short," he misunderstood Clipped down my hair just as close as he could; He shaved with a razor that scratched like a pin, Took off my whiskers and most of my chin; That was the worst scrape I ever got in I'll never go there any more. I struck a place that they called a "dive," I was in luck to get out alive When the policeman heard my woes, Saw my black eyes and my battered nose. "You've been held up!" said the "copper" fly! "No, sir! But I've been knocked down!" said I; Then he laughed, tho' I couldn't see why! I'll never go there any more. |
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10 Aug 05 - 09:41 PM (#1539797) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce I was might -y blue, Thought my life was through, Till the heav -ens o -pened, And I gazed at you. Won't you tell me, dear, Why, when you ap -pear, Some -thing hap -pens to me And the strang -est feel -ing goes through me? Chorus: You Do Some-thing To Me, some -thing that sim -ply mys -ti fies me. Tell me, why should it be, You have the pow'r to hyp -no -tize me? Let me live 'neath your spell, Do do that voo -doo that you do so well, For You Do Some-thing To Me, That no -bod -y else can do. |
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10 Aug 05 - 10:09 PM (#1539805) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce My day dreams lie bur -ied in au -tumn leaves, They're cov -ered with au -tumn rain, The time is sweet Sep -tem -ber, The place, a shad -y lane, I'm rid -ing the wings of an au -tumn breeze, Back to my mem -o -ries; Chorus: The leaves of brown came tum -bling down, re -mem -ber? In Sep -tem -ber, in the rain, The sun went out just like a dy -ing em -ber, That Sep -tem -ber, in the rain, To ev -'ry word of love I heard you whis -per, The rain -drops seemed to play a sweet re -frain, Though Spring is here, to me it's still Sep -tem -ber, That Sep -tem -ber, in the rain. |
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10 Aug 05 - 10:14 PM (#1539809) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce I just saw a ma -ni -ac, ma -in -ic, ma -in -ic, Wild, and tear -ing his hair, Jump -ing like a jump -in' jack, jump -in' jack, jump -in' jack, Child, you should have been there, Laughed so loud I thought that I would cave in, When I heard that sil -ly, daf -fy -dil -ly rav -in': Chorus: Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue, But oh, what those five foot could do, Has an -y -bod -y seen my girl? Turned up nose, turned down hose, Nev -er had no -oth -er beaus, Has an -y -bod -y seen my girl? Now if you run in -to a five foot two, cov -ered with fur, Dia -mind rings and all those things Bet -cha' life it is -n't her, But could she love, could she woo? Could she, could she, could she coo? Has an -y -bod -y seen my girl? |
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10 Aug 05 - 10:16 PM (#1539810) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce Last night I met a man from Mars, and he was very sad. He said, "Won't you help me find my girl friend, please?" So I asked him, "What does she look like?", And the man from Mars said, she's Eight foot two, solid blue, Five transistors in each shoe, Has anybody seen my gal? Lucite nose, rust-proof toes, And when her antenna glows, She's the cutest Martian gal. You know she promised me, recently, She wouldn't stray, But came the dawn, she was gone Eighteen billion miles away. Her steering wheel has sex appeal, Her evening gown is stainless steel, Has anybody seen my gal? How I miss all the bliss Of her sweet hydraulic kiss, Has anybody seen my gal? Lovely shape, custom built, Squeeze her wrong and she says "tilt", Has anybody seen my gal? She does the cutest tricks, with her six stereo ears. When she walks by, spacemen cry, 'Specially when she shifts her gears. If she's found, rush like mad, Put her on a launching pad, Down at Cape Canaveral, And shoot me back my cutie, My supersonic beauty, Send me back my Martian gal. |
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11 Aug 05 - 04:13 PM (#1540358) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Liz the Squeak Pass me over the anaesthetic bottle.. I cracked a tooth today and it needs to be soothed! LTS |
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11 Aug 05 - 04:15 PM (#1540361) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: MMario Who left this case of "Clinton Hammond Facial Cream" on the counter? |
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12 Aug 05 - 03:27 PM (#1541234) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce I went down to St. James Infirmary To see my baby there, She was lyin' on a long white table, So sweet, so cool, so fair. Went up to see the doctor, "She's very low," he said; Went back to see my baby Good God! She's lying there dead. I went down to old Joe's barroom, On the corner by the square They were serving the drinks as usual, And the usual crowd was there. On my left stood old Joe McKennedy, And his eyes were bloodshot red; He turned to the crowd around him, These are the words he said: Let her go, let her go, God bless her; Wherever she may be She may search the wide world over And never find a better man than me Oh, when I die, please bury me In my ten dollar Stetson hat; Put a twenty-dollar gold piece on my watch chain So my friends'll know I died standin' pat. Get six gamblers to carry my coffin Six chorus girls to sing me a song Put a twenty-piece jazz band on my tail gate To raise Hell as we go along Now that's the end of my story Let's have another round of booze And if anyone should ask you just tell them I've got the St. James Infirmary blues |
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12 Aug 05 - 03:37 PM (#1541241) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: PoppaGator Black Bush on the rocks, please, leave the bottle, and how about some instrumental tunes for a while? |
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12 Aug 05 - 03:41 PM (#1541243) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: MMario Sure! There's a heap of bodrhans in the other room, and I think there's a box of shaky eggs in the cupboard. |
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12 Aug 05 - 04:38 PM (#1541278) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Liz the Squeak He said instrumental, not instruments of torture (although I do actually posses several of those items and a shaky egg plant) LTS |
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12 Aug 05 - 10:38 PM (#1541460) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce . Night time am a-fallin'. Ev'rything is still; And the moon am a-shinin' from above. Cupid am a-callin' ev'ry Jack and Jill. It's just about the time for making love. Someone is awaiting all alone for me. No more hesitating; I must go and see. How de do, dear. It's with you, dear, That I love to be. CHORUS: Put your arms around me, Honey. Hold me tight. Huddle up and cuddle up with all your might. Oh, babe, won't you roll dem eyes, Eyes that I just idolize? When they look at me, My heart begins to float; Then it starts a-rockin' like a motorboat. Oh! Oh! I never knew Any girl like you. 2. Music am a-playin' such a "lovin' glide" That my feet keep a-moving to and fro; And with you a-swayin', I'll be satisfied To dance until we hear the roosters crow. I love seven-'leven. I love chicken, too. Nearest thing to heaven is to be with you; For I'm spoony, moony, loony, but my love is true. |
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15 Aug 05 - 11:56 PM (#1542832) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce Are you lonesome tonight do you miss me tonight? Are you sorry we drifted apart? Does your memory stray to a bright sunny day When I kissed you and called you sweetheart? Do the chairs in your parlor seem empty and bare? Do you gaze at your doorstep and picture me there? Is your heart filled with pain shall I come back again? Tell me dear are you lonesome tonight? I wonder if you're lonesome tonight You know someone said that the world's a stage And each must play a part. Fate had me playing in love you as my sweet heart. Act one was when we metI loved you at first glance You read your line so cleverly and never missed a cue Then came act two you seemed to change and you acted strange And why I'll never know. Honey you lied when you said you loved me And I had no cause to doubt you. But I'd rather go on hearing your lies Than go on living without you. Now the stage is bare and I'm standing there With emptiness all around And if you won't come back to me Then they can bring the curtain down. Is your heart filled with pain shall I come back again? Tell me dear are you lonesome tonight? |
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16 Aug 05 - 12:03 AM (#1542836) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce He remembers the first time he met her He remembers the first thing she said He remembers the first time he held her And the night that she came to his bed He remembers her sweet way of saying "Honey has something gone wrong?" He remembers the fun and the teasing And the reason he wrote her this song. I'll give you a daisy a day, dear I'll give you a daisy a day I'll love you until the rivers run still And the four winds we know blow away. They would walk down the street in the evening And for years I would see them go by And their love that was more than the clothes that they wore Could be seen in the gleam of their eyes. As a kid they would take me for candy And I loved to go tagging along We'd hold hands while we walked to the corner And the old man would sing her his song. I'll give you a daisy a day, dear I'll give you a daisy a day I'll love you until the rivers run still And the four winds we know blow away. Now he walks down the street in the evening And he stops by the old candy store And I somehow believe he's believing He's holding her hand like before. For he feels all her love walking with him And he smiles at the things she might say Then the old man walks up to the hilltop And gives her a daisy a day. I'll give you a daisy a day, dear I'll give you a daisy a day I'll love you until the rivers run still And the four winds we know blow away. |
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16 Aug 05 - 01:07 AM (#1542859) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: GUEST I don't have a tune in me head, but I'd like a Crown Royal in my gut!!! |
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16 Aug 05 - 05:02 AM (#1542941) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Liz the Squeak This place is turning into a singaround.... WHERE'S THE SQUID GODDAMIT!!! LTS |
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16 Aug 05 - 01:16 PM (#1543252) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce I used all it's ink writing sonnets- it has been keeping away from me, recently... |
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16 Aug 05 - 05:41 PM (#1543442) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Liz the Squeak WOMAN NEED BEER! LTS |
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17 Aug 05 - 08:34 AM (#1543837) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: MMario Beer, beer, beer for the women a merry wench is she! There's none so fair as can compare with Liz who is squeeky! |
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17 Aug 05 - 01:02 PM (#1544071) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce scans better as "Beer, beer, beer for the WOMAN FAIR, a merry wench is she! There's none so fair as can compare with Liz who is squeeky! " |
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17 Aug 05 - 01:07 PM (#1544076) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: MMario I just used the scanson from Belefonte - who am I to argue wi' him? |
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17 Aug 05 - 08:06 PM (#1544431) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Liz the Squeak I blush like a veritable rose - well I would, but the only roses out in my garden at the moment are white and yellow..... LTS |
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17 Aug 05 - 08:45 PM (#1544462) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce Blushing yellow is a problem- jaundice indicates a liver problem, and we will have to cut off the alcohol. |
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18 Aug 05 - 04:55 AM (#1544636) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Liz the Squeak Despite being a country girl with centuries of rural breeding behind me, I don't have the strawberries and cream complexion beloved of novelists.. it's more rhubarb and custard, so yellow isn't too much of a problem for me.... Limpit looks like a plate of rhubarb crumble when she cries and I get very red amazingly quickly on exertion. Although that has got a lot better since the dicky ticker was fixed.... LTS |
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18 Aug 05 - 12:55 PM (#1544994) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce When all the world is a hopeless jumble And the raindrops tumble all around Heaven opens a magic lane When all the clouds darken up the skyway There's a rainbow highway to be found Leading from your window pane To a place behind the sun Just a step beyond the rain Somewhere over the rainbow way up high There's a land that I've heard of once in a lullaby Somewhere over the rainbow skies are blue And the dreams that you dare to dream Really do come true Some day I'll wish upon a star And wake up where the clouds are far behind me Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me Somewhere over the rainbow blue birds fly Birds fly over the rainbow Why then, oh why can't I? If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow Why oh why can't I? |
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18 Aug 05 - 12:59 PM (#1544997) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce A Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann (Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann) Oh Barbara Ann take my hand (Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann) Barbara Ann (Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann) You got me rockin' and a rollin' Rockin' and a reelin' Barbara Ann Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann Went to a dance looking for romance Saw Barbara Ann so I thought I'd take a chance Barbara Ann Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann Oh Barbara Ann take my hand (Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann) Barbara Ann (Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann) You got me rockin' and a rollin' Rockin' and a reelin' Barbara Ann Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann Say Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann Oh Barbara Ann take my hand (Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann) Barbara Ann (Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann) You got me rockin' and a rollin' Rockin' and a reelin' Barbara Ann Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann Tried Betty Sue Tried Betty Lou Tried Mary Lou but I knew she wouldn't do Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann Oh Barbara Ann take my hand (Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann) Barbara Ann (Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann) You got me rockin' and a rollin' Rockin' and a reelin' Barbara Ann Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann Oh Barbara Ann take my hand (Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann) Barbara Ann (Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann) You got me rockin' and a rollin' Rockin' and a reelin' Barbara Ann Bar bar bar bar Barbar Ann Barbar Ann Barbar Ann. |
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18 Aug 05 - 01:10 PM (#1545001) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce A winter's day In a deep and dark December; I am alone, Gazing from my window to the streets below On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow. I am a rock, I am an island. I've built walls, A fortress deep and mighty, That none may penetrate. I have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain. It's laughter and it's loving I disdain. I am a rock, I am an island. Don't talk of love, But I've heard the words before; It's sleeping in my memory. I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died. If I never loved I never would have cried. I am a rock, I am an island. I have my books And my poetry to protect me; I am shielded in my armor, Hiding in my room, safe within my womb. I touch no one and no one touches me. I am a rock, I am an island. And a rock feels no pain; And an island never cries. |
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18 Aug 05 - 01:33 PM (#1545017) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Don Firth My wife's name is Barbara Ann. Who was it who did that song back then, The Beach Boys? Anyway, Barbara has headed up a peace group in the past, and has conducted workshops in non-violence and conflict resolution. Those times when someone with a warped sense of humor insisted on singing that song at her were the only times she has ever committed murder. Don Firth |
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18 Aug 05 - 10:08 PM (#1545385) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce It was automation, I know That was what was making the factory go It was IBM It was Univac It was all those gears going Clickity clack, dear I thought automation was keen Till you were replaced by a ten-ton machine It was a computer that tore us apart, dear Automation broke my heart. There's an RCA 5-0-3 Standing next to me, dear, where you used to be Doesn't have your smile Doesn't have your shape, Just a bunch of punch cards and light bulbs and tape, dear You're a girl who's soft, warm and sweet But you're only human and that's obsolete Though I'm very fond of that new 5-0-3, dear Automation's not for me. It was automation, I'm told That s why I got fired and I'm out in the cold How could I have known When the 5-0-3 Started in to blink it was winking at me, dear I thought it was just some mishap When it sidled over and sat on my lap But when it said "l love you " and gave me a hug, dear That's when I pulled out. . . its plug. |
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18 Aug 05 - 10:14 PM (#1545393) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce Strangers in my soup, that's what I found there Little tiny things that swim around there Looking down I see them looking up at me. Strange things can be seen, they're scattered sparsely, Small things that are green, but are not parsley In my soup they've made their little aquacade. Soup was meant to be Completely free of things, extraneous debris, Except for now and then, a noodle or some rice, But these things are not nice, See them swimming, thrashing thriving, Holy Smokes, they're scuba diving (Oh my god) In my bouillabaisse I looked and then I Saw a tiny face with two antennae And I heard him say, "Man, the soup is good today," I let out a whoop I hollered, "Waiter, there are strangers in my soup" And when he came I said "Now I'm a connoisseur, I ordered soupe de jour," And he said, "Look I'm just a waiter, You need an exterminator. So you're a connoisseur, I knew you dug soup I brought you soupe de jour--today it's bug soup That explains the group of strangers in your soup. |
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18 Aug 05 - 10:14 PM (#1545395) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce Don't be a stingy sandwich-maker Pile the cold cuts high Customers should see salami Coming through the rye. |
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19 Aug 05 - 08:12 PM (#1546094) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce A is for APPLE who sent us our Macs, D is for DEC, and they sold us a Vax. C is the language in which we write source, and B is our sort, which is BROKEN, of course. E is an ERROR when code is compiled, F is a FORK for creating a child, G is the GETTY that sits on the line, and H is a HANGUP whic:^?{^Zo^?{bD^]NO CARRIER I is the INTERCONNECTION of kit, J is the JOY when the cables all fit. K is for KERMIT, to copy a file, and L are the LINES that we drop all the while. M is the MODEM we use from our home, N are the NIGHTS which we spend on the 'phone, O is the OUTPUT we get from the host, and P are the 'PHONE BILLS we get in the post. Q for SIGQUIT makes our process abort, R is the REASON sigquit should be caught. S is the SIGNAL we catch and ignore, and T is the TRAP which we miss, and dump core. U is for UNIX -- I hope that is clear, V is the VISUAL editor here. W stands for the WINDOWS we use, and X for the windowing system we choose. Y is for YACC, quite a specialist tool, Z for the snores from the programming pool. Written while waiting while dinner was cooking |
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19 Aug 05 - 08:13 PM (#1546095) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce better !pout !cry better watchout lpr why santa claus cat /etc/passwd >list ncheck list ncheck list cat list | grep naughty >nogiftlist cat list | grep nice >giftlist santa claus who | grep sleeping who | grep awake who | egrep 'bad|good' for (goodness sake) { be good } better !pout !cry better watchout lpr why santa claus cat /etc/passwd >list ncheck list ncheck list cat list | grep naughty >nogiftlist cat list | grep nice >giftlist santa claus who | grep sleeping who | grep awake who | grep bad || good for (goodness sake) { be good; } |
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19 Aug 05 - 08:13 PM (#1546096) Subject: Lyr Add: THOSE WERE THE DAYS (Gene Raskin) From: beardedbruce Once upon a time, there was a tavern Where we used to raise a glass or two Remember how we laughed away the hours And dreamed of all the great things we would do Those were the days my friend We thought they'd never end We'd sing and dance forever and a day We'd live the life we choose We'd fight and never lose For we were young and sure to have our way. La la la la... Those were the days, oh yes, those were the days Then the busy years went rushing by us We lost our starry notions on the way If by chance I'd see you in the tavern We'd smile at one another and we'd say Those were the days my friend We thought they'd never end We'd sing and dance forever and a day We'd live the life we choose We'd fight and never lose For we were young and sure to have our way. La la la la... Those were the days, oh yes, those were the days Just tonight I stood before the tavern Nothing seemed the way it used to be In the glass, I saw a strange reflection Was that lonely woman really me Those were the days my friend We thought they'd never end We'd sing and dance forever and a day We'd live the life we choose We'd fight and never lose For we were young and sure to have our way. La la la la... Those were the days, oh yes, those were the days Through the door, there came familiar laughter I saw your face and heard you call my name Oh, my friend, we're older but no wiser For in our hearts the dreams are still the same Those were the days my friend We thought they'd never end We'd sing and dance forever and a day We'd live the life we choose We'd fight and never lose For we were young and sure to have our way. La la la la...Those were the days, oh yes, those were the days |
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22 Aug 05 - 02:38 PM (#1547245) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce refresh |
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22 Aug 05 - 02:48 PM (#1547249) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: MMario bruce - in reference to your post of 19 August, 8:13 PM OUCH! |
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22 Aug 05 - 02:52 PM (#1547251) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce another song to sing ... tears and beers - is there anything besides joy and sorry to sing of? |
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22 Aug 05 - 03:13 PM (#1547268) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Stilly River Sage Liz, this doesn't look like a squid-friendly venue. He said he'd be back later (maybe about the time we start trying to |
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23 Aug 05 - 09:55 AM (#1547657) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Don(Wyziwyg)T EARLY ONE EVENING Early one evening, just as the pubs were opening, A traveller came walking down a dark and rainy street, Noticed the door ajar, Stepped into the public bar, "Landlord, I would like a drink, and something nice to eat". "I fancy some some crusty bread, and roast beef of old England, Butter from the churn, and tangy home made pickles too, And if you think you could, Draw some bitter from the wood, I'd be most content to quaff a foaming pint or two". "I'll sit here by your open fire, and contemplate infinity, The quiet of your hostelry shall creep into my heart, And if a regular, Should chance to step into the bar, Mayhap I'll engage him in a contest with the dart". "Come in", said the landlord, "I got prepacked fishpaste sandwiches, And soya sausage substitute I purchase by the ton, And should yer fancy it, I might defrost a bit, And plaster it wiv ketchup, on a supermarket bun". "I'll sling yer a plastic pot of supersparkle Reddibru, As advertised on telly, by a famous rugby scrum, No filfy barrels 'ere, We serves 'ygenic beer, Safely paralysed inside these alyerminium drums". "Sit dahn by the fire squire, I'll switch the logs on right away, Or maybe you'd prefer to play my latest fruit machine, Free cherries in a row, That should set yer 'eart aglow, Or 'ow abaht me jukebox, that should really set the scene". The traveller sat down beside the polystyrene inglenook, The plastic beams vibrated to the electronic sound, Took a bite, began to chew, Sank his pint of Reddibru, Gave a ghastly gurgle, and fell dead upon the ground. "Oh dear", said the landlord, as he switched his colour telly on, "Anuvver fatal accident, the fird this week, I fear, If they can't 'old their own, Why don't they stay at 'ome, MY GAWD, YER DON'T 'ARF GET SOME FUNNY CUSTOMERS IN 'ERE". Researched (nicked) from a Fred Wedlock album. I'm not sure, but it might be another Miles Wooton. Don T. P.S. Of course none of this applies to the Mudcat Tavern. |
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23 Aug 05 - 05:31 PM (#1547974) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Liz the Squeak It is Miles Wooton... Fred Wedlock stole it, recorded it and didn't credit him. Have this.... There's a lady who's sure All that glitters is gold And she's buying a stairway to heaven When she gets there she knows If the stores are all closed With a word she can get what she came for Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh-ooh, and she's buying a stairway to heaven There's a sign on the wall But she wants to be sure 'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings In a tree by the brook There's a songbird who sings Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven Ooh, it makes me wonder Ooh, it makes me wonder There's a feeling I get When I look to the west And my spirit is crying for leaving In my thoughts I have seen Rings of smoke through the trees And the voices of those who stand looking Ooh, it makes me wonder Ooh, it really makes me wonder And it's whispered that soon If we all call the tune Then the piper will lead us to reason And a new day will dawn For those who stand long And the forests will echo with laughter Ohh-ooh ohh-ooh ohh-ooh ohh-ooh ohh hoh If there's a bustle in your hedgerow Don't be alarmed now It's just a spring clean for the May-Queen Yes, there are two paths you can go by But in the long run There's still time to change the road you're on And it makes me wonder Ahhh, hoh-hoh Your head is humming and it won't go In case you don't know The piper's calling you to join him Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow And did you know Your stairway lies on the whispering wind Guitar Solo And as we wind on down the road Our shadows taller than our soul There walks a lady we all know Who shines white light and wants to show How ev'rything still turns to gold And if you listen very hard The tune will come to you at last When all are one and one is all, To be a rock and not to roll And she's buying a stairway to heaven...... LTS |
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23 Aug 05 - 07:54 PM (#1548103) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce On The Old Fall River Line words by Wm Jerome & Andrew B Sterling Music by Harry Von Tilzer 1913 C D7 G7 C G7 C Talk about your spoo - ning, and moo – ning Take a trip to Boston, it's fine C D7 G7 C D7 G7 C Sailing up the bay boys hur-ray boys I was on the upper deck when I met mine D D^ D7 D6 D G D7 G D D^ D7 D6 D G7 I said Sue …in your sail-or suit you look cer-tain-ly cute (wolf whistle) C On The Old Fall River Line , On The Old Fall River Line C G7 C Am C D9 D7 D9 G7 I fell for Suzies line of talk and Su - zie fell for mine C C6 Gm6 Gm Gm6 F Then we fell in with a parson and he tied us tight as twi-----ne C Dm C C6 C D7 G7 C But I wish O Lord I fell overboard On The Old Fall Ri - ver Line C D7 G7 C G7 C When the boat is landing they're standing spooners by the dozen , and more C D7 G7 While the captains calling and baul - ing C D7 G7 C "Is there anybody wants to go a - shore?" D D^ D7 D6 D G D7 G Ev ' – ry bod - y just answers then D D^ D7 D6 D G7 "Turn the boat round a - gain" ……………………TO CHORUS |
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23 Aug 05 - 07:57 PM (#1548105) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce http://www.fallriverma.org/photo.asp?Location=About1 |
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24 Aug 05 - 04:28 AM (#1548350) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Liz the Squeak Can I get a refil now please? (_)? LTS |
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24 Aug 05 - 04:48 AM (#1548358) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: GUEST,catsphiddle {_}> could do with a refil myself!! |
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24 Aug 05 - 04:50 AM (#1548360) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Liz the Squeak Bad day at work? I got woken up by the window cleaner doing the bedroom window! LTS |
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24 Aug 05 - 05:10 AM (#1548372) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: GUEST,catsphiddle@work You could say that Liz. I've only been here an hour and 10 minutes and I feel like I been here for a whole day! Its going to drag on purpose too just because I have the rest of the week off! Gin??... |
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24 Aug 05 - 06:04 AM (#1548391) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Liz the Squeak Of course... should have done what I did... took the whole week!!! (Manitas doesn't know I took the week.... I wasn't going to until last Thursday.... I just knew I needed some time here alone to recover from a week of Limpit!). Consequently, I'm still in my nightshirt and about to start on breakfast at 11.00am! Just keep repeating this mantra... "tent then pub, tent then pub....." LTS |
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24 Aug 05 - 06:28 AM (#1548397) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: GUEST,catsphiddle@work Tent then pub, tent then pub, tent then pub, tent the pub, tent the pub, tent the pub, tent then pub, tent the pub, gin?! I feel better already!! See you tonight Liz! |
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24 Aug 05 - 11:41 AM (#1548629) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Leadfingers As Liz and Khatt stagger off in the direction of Towersey Village in comes a Hairy Oaf laden down with Instrument cases , which he piles in the corner and demands at LEAST a quart of Breakspears . Having taken a large swig , he drags a strange long necked 'thing' out of its case , tweaks the tuning , and launches into what passes for a song ! The Day was fine , the sky was blue , and up above , a Heinkel flew And in the Ops room they were saying "Heinkel , where can you be It Flew right past on its way home right o'er the top of Kirton 'drome And way back Goering he was yelling , Heinkel come back to me When the controller on the Tannoy told us of this plane We were delighted So we sent up all our Spitfires , and a Hurricane Who said "One enemy is sighted !" The clouds were low ,the sky was grey , that bloody plane it flew away But in the sea it fell , left Hitler vainly yelling Heinkel come back to me |
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24 Aug 05 - 03:33 PM (#1548821) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce refills, all around! |
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24 Aug 05 - 04:34 PM (#1548852) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Liz the Squeak Not gone yet, and if f&%$^g car won't start tomorrow, won't be going then either.... f£"$"£g thing!!!! GIMME MORE BEER!!!!! LTS |
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24 Aug 05 - 04:48 PM (#1548873) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Liz the Squeak I warn you, I'm out of chocolate and I'm ready to explode!!1 (I nearly said ready to blow but that didn't sound too good.....) LTS |
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25 Aug 05 - 11:30 AM (#1549472) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: GUEST,Bill the Collie go on then |
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26 Aug 05 - 07:23 AM (#1550133) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: alanabit Ain't it time Doug R slipped back in for a pint? |
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30 Aug 05 - 04:34 PM (#1552971) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce I NEED A DRINK! |
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31 Aug 05 - 04:50 AM (#1553322) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Liz the Squeak Well.. isn't it amazing the difference that a week away from everyone and a bar of chocolate a day makes..... Hello everyone, what are you having... I'm buying this round! LTS |
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31 Aug 05 - 06:14 AM (#1553379) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: MBSLynne Just stuck my head in the door to see who was here, and I heard those magic four little words........"I'm buying this round!" so....I'll have a pint of Thatcher's please Liz. Aaaaaaaah, that's better. Too nice a day to sit in here, lets go out into the garden and relax in the shade of that big tree..... |
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31 Aug 05 - 06:41 AM (#1553396) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Leadfingers If enough people are not totally played out after the weekend , how about a tune or two ?? I've got a tankard of ale to hand so how about a nice relaxed 'Ashokan Farewell' ?? Key of D and nice and slow . |
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31 Aug 05 - 08:36 AM (#1553484) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: MBSLynne I'll be in that Terry! Went to the "Gentle" session at the W/e so now I know how to do it! |
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14 Sep 05 - 10:43 AM (#1563523) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce A toast to LTS on her birthday! |
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14 Sep 05 - 10:52 AM (#1563531) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: MMario I'll drink to that! In Godiva Chocolate Liquor! |
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14 Sep 05 - 04:42 PM (#1563764) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Liz the Squeak Thank you all, I drank to it in a very VERY nice Barolo in our local proper Italian restaurant. LTS |
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15 Sep 05 - 04:33 PM (#1564537) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce I'll hold your hand in mine dear, I'll press it to my lips And take a healthy bite from Your dainty fingertips. My joy would be complete, dear If you were only here, But still I have your hand as A precious souvenir. The night you died I cut it off I really don't know why For now each time I kiss it I get bloodstains on my tie I'm sorry now I killed you Our love was something fine And 'till they come to get me I will hold your hand in mine |
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15 Sep 05 - 05:11 PM (#1564569) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Liz the Squeak Was singing this in a traffic jam the other day.... windows wide open.... got some very strange looks from the truck drivers... Or was that because my dress was caught up in my knickers and I was exposing vast amounts of nekkid flesh?! LTS |
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15 Sep 05 - 08:17 PM (#1564706) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce THE FOLKSINGERS' BALL cho: Wha do you lassie? Wha do you noo? The one wha do you last time, He canna do you noo! 1. The Clancy Brothers they were there, Along with Tommy Makem. They waved their Finnegans in the air, But, alas, they could not wake 'em. 2. And Peter with his banjo, Was pickin' until dawn. Next morning all the lassies asked, "Where have all our flowers gone?" 3. Oh, Ed McCurdy he was there, But not the least obscene. Compared to all the songs he sings, This was exquisite clean. 4. Then Jan Ian she came in, Her behavior was quite mild, Although she is a grown-up now, She's still "Society's Child." 5. Professor Child he came in, But just to take a look, And every variation, He wrote down in his book. 6. Then next came Alan Lomax, With his microphone, He spent the night recording, Every squeal and moan. 7. And the Earl of Scruggs he was there, What do you think of that? He had a little breakdown, That left his Lester Flatt. 8. And Old Man Guthrie he was there, He made the lassies coo, "Oh, Woody, you are so long, It's been good to know you, too!" 9. Oh, Huddie Ledbetter he was there, He made the lassies squeal, For his belly 'twas said was made of lead, But his pride was tempered steel. 10. And Ewan MacColl he was there, Explaining to a lass, "I sing about the workin', And not the firkin' class." 11. And McGuinn the Byrdie joined the fun, He made the lassies yearn. They stood in queue and one by one, Each took her "Turn, Turn, Turn." 12. But little Arlo, I pray tell, He didn't do no firkin', 'Cause he spent the night with A.O.L., On the Internet a-lurkin'. 13. And old Josh White he went bare, A-prancin' through the hall, Asking all the lassies there, To taste his "One Meatball." 13. The Carter Family's drinking beer, They were on a spree, And every fifteen minutes, They stopped to take A.P. 14. The singer-songwriters we saw, Cavorting with their lovers, Were singin' 'til their throats were raw, But wouldn't do no covers. 15. Ed Cray had on a costume, Inspired by the blues, He dressed up as an old tomcat, And gave erotic mews. 16. Said Berryman to Berryman, "What _are_ they doing, dear?" "Words fail me," answered Berryman, "I see some mothers here." 17. If you went into the back room, You might see Oscar Brand, Working on a ballad, With whatever came to hand. 18. Oh, Joanie Baez she was there, Of non-violence she did speak, So when a laddie bumped her rump, She turned the other cheek. 19. Don Laycock joined the company, His face was rather red, For when they'd introduced him, There was no more to be said. 20. Tom Lehrer gave a lecture, That had everybody scared. He stood on the piano, And shouted, "Be prepared!" 21. "I've madeira on my waistcoat," Poor Flanders said to Swann. "It worked so well the first time! Well, let's be getting on." 22. And Robert smiled aboon the crew, And doun his voice cam ringin', "For a' that, there are some owre fou, But wha's owre fou for singin'?" 23. Well, Louie Killen he was there, His back agin' the wall, He squeezed and squeezed and squeezed and squeezed, But it wouldna go in at all. 24. And Ali Anderson he was there, But he knew what to do. His 'tina wouldna fit, so, He's usin' his chanter noo. 25. The Kingston Trio they came in, The night was very young, When each one dropped his pants to show, How Tom Dooley hung. 26. Jean Ritchie she spent the night, A-ticklin' on her zither, And all the lads who watched her there, Couldn't help but shake and shiver. 27. Paul and Mary they came in, In private he did meet her, They had a "Puff" of some magic stuff, And then brought out his Peter. 28. The traditional singer's wife, Was sighin', "Dear, oh dear! He never performed a' his life, Wi'out his finger in his ear." 29. No one was shocked when Cecil Sharp, Winked at Lester Flatt. It scarcely seemed unnatural, They they should have a chat. 30. Richard Dyer-Bennet, Surprised everybody, For his stones were like a baritone's, But his voice a true castrati. 31. Bob Dylan kept his britches on, So one would never know, If his hung "Forever Young," Or on "Desolation Row." 32. But when he finally took 'em off, How old Bobby grinned, For all the gas that he passed, Was "Blowing in the Wind." 33. Sid and Henry they were there, A-makin' fast and free, Though could not do that proper like, But only parody. 34. Now Gordon Bok he came on down, From Nor'east on the go. When they asked him for his pleasure, He answered, "Isle au Haut!" 35. Stan Rogers he was quick and sure, And strong with what it takes, But he wouldna take the lassies at a', Not even "Between the Breaks." 36. Now k.d. lang she came and looked, And said, "There's naught to fear, From all these swinging blades afar, If I can keep my Holly Near." 37. Lovely Hedy West was there, Observin' with dismay, After one quick peek she wished she were, "Five Hundred Miles" away. 38. Dar Williams she stopped to give, The older folkies hell, But when they all exposed themselves, Said, "My, you're aging well!" 39. Crystal Gale was at the ball, And her old lover, too. He sighed and said, "It's been a while, Since I was 'Blue Bayou.'" 40. The Kingston Trio soon came in, And everyone was keen, To know amonst the three of them, Which one slept in between. 41. And Cecil Sharp was taking notes, While watching all the fun, He's never tried himself but he, Knows all the way's it's done. 42. Stephen, Stephen, he was limply, Trying harder than most, To get us all to write a verse, But couldn't get a post. By mutual agreement of the authors, this song is now and forever in the PUBLIC DOMAIN. No copyrights are claimed. Among those who contributed or polished up verses are: Joseph C. Fineman, Eric Berge, Sean Smith, Ada M. Prill, Donald Nichols, Abby Sale, Robert Derrick, Justan O. Thereditor, Leslie Evers, Barrie McCombs, and Stephen L. Suffet. |
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15 Sep 05 - 08:18 PM (#1564707) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce We are the Folk Song Army, Ev'ryone of us cares. We all hate poverty, war, and injustice, Unlike the rest of you squares. There are innocuous folk songs, But we regard them with scorn. The folks who sing 'em have no social conscience Why, they don't even care if Jimmy Crack Corn. If you feel dissatisfaction, Strum your frustrations away, Some people may prefer action, But give me a folk song any old day. The tune don't have to be clever, And it don't matter if you put a coupla extra syllables into a line. It sounds more ethnic if it ain't good English, And it don't ever gotta rhyme---excuse me---rhyne. Remember the war against Franco? That's the kind where each of us belongs. Though he may have won all the battles, We had all the good songs. So join in the Folk Song Army, Guitars are the weapons we bring To the fight against poverty, war, and injustice. Ready! Aim! Sing! |
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15 Sep 05 - 08:20 PM (#1564709) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce I really have a yen To go back once again, Back to the place where no one wears a frown, To see once more those super-special just plain folks In my home town. No fellow could ignore The little girl next door, She sure looked sweet in her first evening gown. Now there's a charge for what she used to give for free In my home town. I remember Dan, the druggist on the corner, he Was never mean or ornery, He was swell. He killed his mother-in-law and ground her up real well, And sprinkled just a bit Over each banana split. The guy that taught us math, Who never took a bath, Acquired a certain measure of renown, And after school he sold the most amazing pictures In my home town. That fellow was no fool Who taught our Sunday School, And neither was our kindly Parson Brown -- (We're recording tonight, so I'll have to leave this line out.) In my home town. I remember Sam, he was the village idiot, And though it seems a pity, it Was so. He loved to burn down houses just to watch the glow, And nothing could be done, Because he was the mayor's son. The guy that took a knife And monogrammed his wife, Then dropped her in the pond and watched her drown. Oh, yes indeed, the people there are just plain folks In my home town. |
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15 Sep 05 - 08:37 PM (#1564715) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: beardedbruce anybody else want to sing? |
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16 Sep 05 - 12:03 PM (#1564961) Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Tavern is open and I .... From: Liz the Squeak Let every man so pitch his song... And start again, he's got it wrong! Still recovering from various birthday treats.... not into singing much at the moment, but I will have a hair of the dog if it's going..... LTS |