HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: Shadow.Spear@f236.n271.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: More Poems...
Date: 28 Dec 92 00:10:00 GMT
X-Sender: newtout 0.04 Dec 29 1992


	
	Imagine...


Imagine with me
	If you will
When snow falls
	On your windowsill

That you could see
	Each snowflake pass
As through a
	Magnifying glass

You'd see each flake
	As something grand;
A work of art
	By God's own hand

Each one a 
	Crystalline delight
As they float past
	In weightless flight

And as each crystal
	Passes by
Upon it's trip
	To earth, from sky

They swoop, and swirl,
	And fall, and climb,
As if they're dancing
	All the time

Dancing on the 
	Wind they go
They float past in
	A silent show

Imagine with me...
	And you'll see
How beautiful
	The world can be.


	12-27-1992
	Robert G. Haid,Jr.
(continued in next letter)

... Dogs are like kids,cats are like grown ups.
--- FMail 0.90
From: Major.Matt.Mason@p11.f715.n273.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Season's Greetings, Everybody!
Date: 24 Dec 92 15:41:18 GMT
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992

Here's one I picked off the FILK echo back in February, 1991:

From:    Gerry Uba
To:      All                                    Msg #46, 11:18pm Feb-07-91
Subject: Merry Xmas!

        The following song was rehearsed (though not, alas,
performed) by a choral group at the Unitarian church in Richmond
VA. Maybe next year...
________________________________________________________________

              GOD REST YE UNITARIANS
                (Author Unknown)

        1. God rest ye, Unitarians,
           Let nothing you dismay!
           Remember that there is no proof
           There was a Christmas Day
           For Christmas really started as
           A pagan holiday.

           Oh, glad tidings of reason and fact,
           Reason and fact.
           Glad tidings of reason and fact.

        2. No wise men traveled from the East,
           The journey's far too long.
           There were no shepherds in the fields,
           The time of year's all wrong;
           We don't believe in angels;
           That rules out the angels' song!

           (Chorus)

        3. We're too sophisticated to
           Believe in tales so old.
           We know that human avarice means
           Too much bought and sold;
           We only celebrate because
           This season is so cold.

           (Chorus)

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-MMM-


--- MacWoof Eval:24Dec92
From: Joe.Bethancourt@f72.n114.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: 3 banjo tablature
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 23 Dec 92  23:28:00

You'll notice that this one is -very- simple, but it will use a hammer-on
to get one note, and a (SL) "slap-thumb" to leave a hole where a note is
-not- played.

        SKIP TO MY LOU (-Traditional) "G" Tuning

  G
| 3/0 T | 2/0  2/0 T  3/0 3/0 T |  2/0  2/0 T 1/0  1/0 T |
         Flies in the buttermilk,  shoo fly   shoo

  D7
| 3/2   3/2 T   4/4 4/4 T | 3/2  3/2 T  2/1 1/0 T |
  Flies in the buttermilk,  shoo fly   shoo

   G
| 2/0  2/0 T  3/0 3/0 T  | 2/0  2/0 T 1/0  1/0 T |
  Flies in the buttermilk, shoo fly shoo

  D7
| 3/2 2/0(H)2/1 2/0  3/2| 3/0 (ST) T 3/0 |
  Skip to    my  lou, my     darlin'

CHORUS: Lou, lou, skip to my lou (3X)
        Skip to my lou, my darlin'

Lost my partner, what'll I do? (3X)
Skip to my lou, my darlin'

I'll find another one prettier than you! (3X)
Skip to my lou, my darlin'

Danced so much got a hole in my shoe! (3X)
Skip to my lou, my darlin'

                                          Now, try it like this:

  G
| 3/0 T | 2/0  2/0 T  3/0 3/0 T |  3/0(H)3/2  2/0(H)2/1  1/0  1/0 T |
         Flies in the buttermilk,    shoo        fly     shoo

  D7
| 3/2   3/2(P)3/0  4/4 4/0(H)4/4 | 4/0(H)4/4  3/0(H)3/2  2/1 1/0 T |
  Flies in    the   buttermilk,        shoo        fly     shoo

  G
| 3/0 T | 2/0  2/0 T  3/0 3/0 T |  3/0(H)3/2  2/0(H)2/1  1/0  1/0 T |
         Flies in the buttermilk,    shoo        fly     shoo

  D7
| 3/2 2/0(H)2/1 2/0 T 3/2| 3/0 (ST) T 3/0 |
  Skip to    my  lou, my     darlin'

                              (An alternative last line:)
  D7
| 3/2 2/0(H)2/1 2/0 T 3/2| 3/0 1/0 [2/0] 3/0 |
  Skip to    my  lou, my   dar-----------lin'

             LOOK OUT! That [2/0] is played with the -thumb-! This is
             an example of -drop-thumb- frailing! NO SNIVELING!


... Alcoholics don't take lovers....they take hostages.
--- Blue Wave/QWK v2.10


--- WM v2.04/92-0475
From: Major.Matt.Mason@p11.f715.n273.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: sacrelegious filk
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 21 Dec 92  01:11:51

On 12/17/92, Harry Smothers said to Frank Reid concerning sacrelegious filk: 

  FR> Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ, He's so nice, that Jesus Christ. He's
  FR> gonna get nailed, just you wait and see. "Why's everbody wanna crucify
  FR> me?"
  FR> 
  FR> --
  HS> I like it.  Write the rest of the song.
 
Done and done.  See my earlier posting.

-MMM-

--- MacWoof Eval:25Oct92
From: Major.Matt.Mason@p11.f715.n273.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Baaaaad karma
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 20 Dec 92  07:51:35

On 12/17/92, Snake said to J-Mag concerning Baaaaad karma: 

  Se> Leprosy All I once held dear deserted me But I've little left to lose,
  Se> you see Since I contracted Leprosy Since I contracted Leprosy

(insert one full minute of hysterical laughter here)

-MMM-

--- MacWoof Eval:25Oct92
From: Allan.Burrows@f836.n250.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: Mathoms, Gracey?
X-Sender: newtout 0.04 Dec 29 1992
Date: 26 Dec 92  22:54:50

DA> AB>         Pardon, please; what is a "mathom"?

DA>Two meters.  B-)

PG> Bzzzt!  Wrong-- 1.8288 meters.

         Ah ha! No wonder I couldn't fathom his reply.

               Allan

--- Blue Wave/Max v0.7 Q-Blue
From: Dave.Aronson@p11.f120.n109.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: East Coast Storm Filks.. Soon to be all the Rage
X-Sender: newtout 0.05 Dec 30 1992
Date: 31 Dec 92  16:25:06

 DW> And if I ever lose my car
 DW> Have to wade near and far
 DW> And if I ever lose my car I won't have to ride no more.

 DW> And if I ever lose my house
 DW> All my stuff blown north and south
 DW> and if I ever lose my house I won't have to clean no more.

 DW> And if I ever lose my life
 DW> Washed away from all this strife
 DW> And if I ever lose my life I won't have to filk no more.

Can't have a full filk without computer references!

 And if I ever lose my disk
 As the head fries in a whisk
 And if I ever lose my disk I won't have to hack no more.

 And if I ever lose my modem
 And can't find where Nature throwed 'im    /* gd&rlh! */
 And if I ever lose my modem I won't have to sysop no more.

 And if I ever lose my screen
 So my email's never seen
 And if I ever lose my screen I won't have to squint no more.

 And if I ever lose cc
 So asm's all that's left for me
 And if I ever lose cc I won't have argv no more.

Or amateur music references!

 And if I ever lose my axe
 (That's a guitar, not a sax)
 And if I ever lose my axe I won't have to sing no more.

Or feline references!

 And if I ever lose my cat
 Whirled around and then smushed flat
 And if I ever lose my cat I won't have vet bills no more.

Or space references!

 And if I lose my ion drive
 My only hope to long survive
 And if I lose my ion drive I won't have escape no more.

Next!

--- Maximus 2.01wb
From: Harry.Smothers@f281.n120.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: sacrelegious filk
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 22 Dec 92  18:32:00

 On 12-20-92 Frank Reid wrote to All... 
 
 FR> Organization: Indiana University 
 FR> From: reid@ucs.indiana.edu (Frank Reid) 
 FR> Message-ID: <reid.19.724888426@ucs.indiana.edu> 
 FR> Newsgroups: alt.music.filk 
 FR> >On 12/15/92, Frank Reid said to All concerning sacrelegious filk: > 
 FR> >  FR> "Why's everbody wanna crucify me?" 
 FR> > 
 FR> >OOOOOOOK!  Okay, you have me inspired. 
 FR> > 
 FR> >He walks through the Temple 
 FR> >Cool and slow 
 FR> >Say, who calls 
 FR> >Ol' King Herod "Daddy-O"? 
 FR> > 
 FR> 
 FR>    Tells those money-changers 
 FR>    That they gotta go! 
 
I love it, but don't forget the bridge! 
 
... OFFLINE 1.41 * RAM = Rarely Adequate Memory     

--- DCQwk/T.A.G.  1.5
From: Harry.Smothers@f281.n120.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: "BREAK THE LAW"
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 23 Dec 92  17:27:00

 On 12-21-92 Dave Aronson wrote to Harry Smothers... 
 
 DA>  MC> "Break the Law". She credits it to Garnet Rogers, 
 DA>  MC> and it's on one of his tapes, but he's not the guy who wrote it; 
 DA>  MC> I can't remember offhand who did. 
 DA> 
 DA>  HS> Doug MacArthur. 
 DA> 
 DA> Does he end his concerts by saying "I shall return", or has he 
 DA> perchance written a song by that name? 
 
Nope, sorry, wrong Doug MacArthur.  This ones a bit younger, and 
Canadian to boot, eh? 
 
... OFFLINE 1.41 * New Woody Allen Movie "Close Encounters of the 3rd Grade" 

--- DCQwk/T.A.G.  1.5
From: Snake@f113.n106.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: More sexy banjo stuff
X-Sender: newtout 0.05 Dec 30 1992
Date: 31 Dec 92  17:06:23

 -=> Joe Bethancourt after the arraignment hearing said to Snake <=-

 Sn> We aren't forgetting the hammer-stroke are we?   Let me tell you,
 Sn> properly executed by a bassist in his prime, wave bye-bye to your
 Sn> toupe and THEN tell me it's not a percussive explosion of sound.
 Sn> Also, there's always col legno (striking the string with the stick
 Sn> instead of the bow hair), there's spiccato which is a light 'off-the
 Sn> string' sounding bouncing of the bow on the string which makes it sound
 Sn> like you're striking the string with the hair, although properly
 Sn> executed, the hair never quite leaves contact with the string, and
 Sn> lastly, there are a few *actual* off-the-string bowing sound effects
 Sn> that are almost like plucking the string with a quick pressure and
 Sn> flick of the bow or an actual striking of the string with the bow hair.

 JB> Heh! Also, the "slap-bass" style, where the strings are slapped, with
 JB> the hand striking the fingerboard in an incredibly syncopated
 JB> beat...... 

Now we're talking lectric though....the cheaters...   I do some of that
too of course, but my best buddy is Fred... my double bass that is...
Orville (my Rick) is fun to play with too, but he don't do da blues like
Fred do... or the Beethoven, Bruckner, or Brahms for that matter.

You bring to mind a neat schtick a drummer and I used to do on occaision
when I played at Baylor.  I'd turn my bass around and he'd strike out
intricate rhythms across chords I'd finger with two hands for a really
wild sound.  Of course, we're the same ones that thought running a
trumpet through two in series, out of phase phase shifters so that it
sounded like he was playing under water sounded great too...

 JB> ... Filk you and the horse you rode in on!



... No filkin' way!
--- Blue Wave/Max v2.10 [NR]
From: Major.Matt.Mason@p11.f715.n273.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: sacrelegious filk
Date: 23 Dec 92 05:31:12 GMT
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992

On 12/20/92, Frank Reid said to All concerning Re: sacrelegious filk: 

  FR> Tells those money-changers 
  FR> That they gotta go!

I love it!
 
  FR> Guess we're gonna have to recreate the whole thing!  Lotsa
  FR> possibilities! 

Make it so, Mr. Reid.  ;)

-MMM-

--- MacWoof Eval:25Oct92
From: Kay.Shapero@f524.n102.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: Filking...I'm new to the
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 19 Dec 92  09:47:06

On <Dec 17 10:17>, figmo@netcom.com (Lynn Gold) said to All;

 LG>P.S.--Kay -- before you think this is off-topic, I'd like to 
 LG>remind
 LG>you and anyone else who saw it of the one-shot at a Bayfilk where
 LG>someone came up with a large stringed instrument covered with 
 LG>neon
 LG>green fur -- yes, it was a "lime cello."

Hey, this is the FILK echo - why would I object to musical puns?!?  I DO think 
the mathom discussion can shut down now...  If it doesn't die of its own
accord I shall have to Kabong it sometime next week or so. 

--- msged 2.06
From: Andrew.Cookson@f1701.n291.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: SoonerCon Filking Report
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 17 Dec 92  21:20:14

A node called Kihe Blackeagle, said to node All O'ye,
about SoonerCon Filking Report, on 23 Nov 92  10:00:25.
 KB> Well, I made it to SoonerCon, the NeoCon party (sorry to hear about
 KB> yer troubles Andrew -- maybe see you at CowboyCon?),

lo'
   VERY sorry I couldn't make it, myself.   I probably won't make it to
another Con 'till NeoCon, too many kindom duties.   Wanna Newletter?

 KB> the gaming room,
 KB> a few panels (Forry's slideshow, Steve Brust's reading, and the
 KB> tail-end of the filk panel scheduled against Steve).

   What?   S. Brust was at SoonerCon!   AARRRGGHHHH!!!   BTW, a question to
the gallery, does Steven Brust do filk?   He has the sence of humour from
what I have read from some of his discussions on the net.

                                          - Longshot *      };=>


... "Fantasy as the bait, with history as the hook." - W. Heydt on the SCA
--- GEcho 1.00/beta+
From: boyko@skyfox
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: RE: I'm Dusting Fiddlers
Date: 27 Dec 92 05:42:13 GMT
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
NNTP-Posting-Host: sask.usask.ca

Adeste Fidesis was originally a latin song. that would explain
the usage.
oops that's fideles.
some carols go 'way back. O Come O Come Emmanuel, my favorite,
predates the Reformation by a couple centuries.
From: Shadow.Spear@f236.n271.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Rush Limbaugh
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 22 Dec 92  11:59:00

<We have witnesses who say Charlotte Jerscheid spoke to Shadow Spear
about Rush Limbaugh on 12-16-92  15:36>
 SS> <We have witnesses who say Richard Sarner spoke to Shadow Spear
 SS> about Rush Limbaugh on 11-27-92  01:10>
 SS-> wouldn't it? Actually I haven't tried to fit it to any music, most of
 SS-> my poems don't fit music.  oh well.
 RS> 
 RS> There's always "greensleeves" and "Gilligan's Isle"... <g>  
 
 
 SS> Thanks, but I don't count "Greensleeves" when I am looking for a
 SS> tune, because EVERYTHING can be sung to it.
 SS> I must admit, I never thought of "Gilligan's Island", though it seems
 SS> to be the same type of tune, as "Greensleeves".  ;)
 SS> Shadow Spear

 CJ> Yup...I tried it.  You can sing the words to "Gilligan's Island" to
 CJ> the tune of "Greensleeves."  And vice verse.
 CJ> :-)  csj

	Yup...I tried it to. Incase you're curious, someone suggested that 
the poem could be sung to "America the Beautiful". Just thought you might
like to know.

Robert


... We need filk in Yorktown! We need filk in Yorktown! We need filk in Yo
--- FMail 0.90
From: Kettlingurr@f708.n362.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: London Bridge
X-Sender: newtout 0.05 Dec 30 1992
Date: 29 Dec 92  13:26:23

 -=> I once heard J-Mag say this: 

 J-> Thursday December 17 1992, Major Matt Mason writes to Kay Shapero:
 
 KS>> KABONGGGG!! This thread has been officially KABONGED by reason of
 KS>> being off topic.  Feel free to continue this discussion via
 KS>> netmail, but keep it off the echo.  Thank you for your
 KS>> consideration!
 
 MMM> London Bridge has been KABONGED
 MMM> Been KABONGED
 MMM> Been KABONGED
 MMM> London Bridge has been KABONGED
 MMM> My fair lady.

 J-> Build it up with lines of filk
 J-> Lines of filk
 J-> Lines of filk
 J-> Build it up with lines of filk
 J-> Back on-topic!

LOL!  Now if y'all have a filk for taglines?  You & that Major seem to work
well together!  :>



... Put on your seatbelt... I wanna try something!
--- Blue Wave/Max v2.11 [NR]
From: Scott.Malcomson@f110.n114.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: My last two songs...
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 20 Dec 92  18:39:00

Too late...I already have "Who Let Him in Here?!". As to the "in-jokes",
that's because I never heard the original it was filked from. Nor the filk
THAT was filked from. Frankly, Filk-Meister, I find myself a TAD
confused...but it scans very well and is obviously amusing nonetheless, since 
much of the humor can be picked up by inference.
 
---LCD

--- QuickBBS 2.75
From: Shadow.Spear@f236.n271.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: lords of the dance
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 22 Dec 92  11:59:00

<We have witnesses who say Kettlingurr spoke to Kay Shapero
about lords of the dance on 12-17-92  09:57>
 -=> I once heard Kay Shapero say this: 
 
 KS> Gang?  I think this one has gone on long enough, don't you? 

 Ke> oh, pooh.......  <looking up at you with kitten eyes>  ..but I LIKE
 Ke> this  topic!  The song has that nice Gmaj chord (I *think* that's what
 Ke> it is) at the beginning.......  <sigh>


	Actually, acording to the version I have in a military hymnal, the
first chord is an "F", but changes quickly to an "Fmaj7". 
	The tune is traditional Shaker tune, called "Simple Gifts", and it
is copyrighted, so I don't think posting the words is legal(is it?).
	I would be happy to post them, if it is allowed, if anyone is 
interested(and Kay doesn't mind ;) ).


Robert



... We need filk in Yorktown! We need filk in Yorktown! We need filk in Yo
--- FMail 0.90
From: Shadow.Spear@f236.n271.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Rush Limbaugh
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 22 Dec 92  11:58:00

<We have witnesses who say Richard Sarner spoke to Shadow Spear
about Rush Limbaugh on 12-16-92  10:26>
 SS->    Thanks, but I don't count "Greensleeves" when I am looking for a
 SS->    I must admit, I never thought of "Gilligan's Island", though it
 RS> 
 RS> It's a short cut, but it works till you settle in on a more permanant
 RS> tune. Singing Rush to Gilligan's Isle might imply he's sinking. <g>  


	It might, but he's not.  ;)  His radio and television shows are
gaining in audience. His book is #1 best-seller again, also.<unpaid promo
ends here>  ;)



... We need filk in Yorktown! We need filk in Yorktown! We need filk in Yo
--- FMail 0.90
From: Harry.Smothers@f281.n120.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: _Popular Culture Library_
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 23 Dec 92  17:37:00

 On 12-21-92 Usenet wrote to All... 
 
 U > Organization: Sophomore, H&SS general, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA 
 U > From: Eli Brian Goldberg <eg1n+@andrew.cmu.edu> 
 U > Message-ID: <4fBZ6Qu00WB_IFNIBv@andrew.cmu.edu> 
 U > Newsgroups: alt.music.filk

 U > 
 U > Would anyone here know how far away it is from OVFF or Marcon?  Is 
 U > there 
 U > enough legally copyable lyric/music pages to justify the extra trip? 
 U > What 
 U > _do_ they have that is copyable that isn't easily available [If it was 
 U > in the 1987 OCP catalog, I consider it to be easily available. ;-] 
 
Bowling Green is only a little bit south of Toledo, so it still is 
a two-hour drive from Columbus (about 122 miles on my map). 
 
... OFFLINE 1.41 * Sysop not found! Please notify computer 

--- DCQwk/T.A.G.  1.5
From: Neal.Feldman@f605.n105.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Song: The 12 Days Of Netw
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 24 Dec 92  08:09:06

UU>#Note:  The "Net. Admin" can be made to fit into the original's "Christmas" 
b
UU>using "dih-dih-dah" rather than "dah-dah" as your beat pattern (for hams,
tha
UU>means use "W" instead of "M")
UU>#

Sorry to disillusion you, but as a ham (WR7E) ..- (dididah) is U, not
W... .-- (didahdah) is W (see my call to understand how I am so sure...
8-).


 * SLMR 2.1a * I want that 4% Lieutenant. - Picard
--- FMail 0.90
From: Bruce.Feist@f615.n109.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: Filking...I'm new to the
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 22 Dec 92  06:51:22

 ER> On (21 Dec 92) Bruce Feist wrote to Erik Ratcliffe...

 BF> One of these days, Allegro up and stop doing this.  But until then,
 BF> I'd better improve my conduct or it'll be time to baton down the
 BF> hatches to avoid being band.  [ed.]

 ER> Uhhh, I don't have a snappy  comeback...  I  think 
 ER> you've  covered all  the 
 ER> puns that are left... (It's late, so I'm not capo ble of coming up with 
 ER> anything...<G>)

Compose yourself!  If you find this topic too viol or chorus, you can always a 
choir another.  I understand that walking into something like this is like
being whacked over the head with a tuba four (I'm so embrassed at that last
one).  

--- Maximus 2.01wb
From: Julie.Rhodes@f120.n226.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: The lair of cthulu
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 20 Dec 92  18:36:00

J-> Pardon me boy -
J-> Is this the lair of Great Cthulu?
J-> In the city of slime,
J-> Where it is night all the time.

Wonderful!  I love it!

 * SLMR 2.1a * "I'm IIsx-y for my mouse..." <Macintosh User>


--- TosScan 1.00
From: Steve.Powell@f1066.n374.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Lyric search
X-Sender: newtout 0.05 Dec 30 1992
Date: 30 Dec 92  04:05:02

*** Quoting J-Mag to Steve Powell dated 12-23-92 ***
>  SP> I'm looking for words for my music, of which I have a blue ton,
>  SP> so are there any takers?
> 
>  SP> -+- FMail 0.90
>  SP>  + Origin: The Shire Scribe BBS (1:374/1066)
> 
> Where are you?  I just trimmed my nodelist.  <sigh>

I'm in Titusville, Florida.  The BBS I use to access this echo is in either
Cocoa or Rockledge... why, are you interested in talking music with me?

--- FMail 0.90
From: Dave.Aronson@p11.f120.n109.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: "BREAK THE LAW"
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 21 Dec 92  10:49:48

 MC> "Break the Law". She credits it to Garnet Rogers,
 MC> and it's on one of his tapes, but he's not the guy who wrote it; 
 MC> I can't remember offhand who did.

 HS> Doug MacArthur.

Does he end his concerts by saying "I shall return", or has he perchance
written a song by that name?


--- Maximus 2.01wb
From: Bob.Cadwalader@f1044.n261.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Minor Christmas Filk
Date: 27 Dec 92 20:11:03 GMT
X-Sender: newtout 0.05 Dec 30 1992

To tune of "Chestnuts Roasting by an Open Fire":
 
Chipmunks roasting o're an open fire,
 Children nibbling on their toes,
Their little pelts hung in row by the fire,
 To make coats for tiny eskimos.
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From: Bruce.Feist@f615.n109.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: all those musical puns!  :>
X-Sender: newtout 0.05 Dec 30 1992
Date: 31 Dec 92  07:17:14

 K> Heavens........ you people are NUTS!  (I'm saying "people" as I'm not sure
 K> if there's a lady in that mishmash of puns or not. :)

No lady (or gentleman, for that matter) would ever resort to these shenanigans 
<g>.

 K> Anyone in that thread mind if I send this off to my 
 K> former pastor?  I'm sure
 K> that he & his wife would love it, being vocal musicians themselves (he's
 K> a baritone, she's an alto).

That's better than the other way around <g>...  Anyway, no complaints here. 
Hope they don't suffer too much!

 K> I'm also sending this to my mom & to the choir director of my old church.
 K> I'm sure both would get a kick out of it.

I know some people who would prefer the kick...

BTW, I think I'll take advantage of this opportunity to explain the Bill Card 
theory of punnishment.  Does anybody here know Bill Card?  I went to college
with him.  He's probably the source of all puns, even the ones that we think
we originated on our own.  Therefore, when somebody makes a bad pun, it's
considered appropriate to hit Bill.

--- Maximus 2.01wb