HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: Bruce.Feist@f615.n109.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: Filking...I'm new to the
X-Sender: newtout 0.06 Jan  3 1993
Date: 07 Jan 93  16:17:04

 DA> If they do that, they'll have a rhumbal on their hands and get shot by my 

 DA> canon, so they best refrain or come out swinging.  Or maybe I'd sic my 
 DA> pet tarantella on them (just soul long as they don't 
 DA> have a pet frug that would eat it), throw rocks, or 
 DA> twist their necks until they turn blues.  Or maybe I 
 DA> could guit_Ar-nold Schwarzenegger for a bodyguard.  And 
 DA> being a Benny-ficial Good_man, I'm sure you'd at least 
 DA> hep me go go away and hide in the Vienna Woods along 
 DA> the Blue Danube in the Moonlight, in an abandoned 
 DA> Mill_er something.  I've seen some that could be fixed 
 DA> up nice, decorated by hanging A_reth_a-round the 
 DA> Franklin stove.

Oy gavotte, that was hora-ble.  It's back to Square one (I have lots of them
on my Quadrilled paper).  Basooner or Lehrer Wel_k-atch up; don't Rag on me
too much.

Well, Karajan; Seeger later (un-Les Paul stops me).

--- Maximus 2.01wb
From: Major.Matt.Mason@p11.f715.n273.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: London Bridge
X-Sender: newtout 0.06 Jan  3 1993
Date: 02 Jan 93  16:03:00

On 1/1/93, Kay Shapero said to Major Matt Mason concerning London Bridge: 

  KS> Ya forgot the partridge in the pear tree... :->
 
Coises!  I KNEW I forgot something.  Oh, yeah, we arranged to send a partridge 
in a pear tree to, uh, Tom Smith!  Yeah, that's the ticket.  ;)

-MMM-

--- MacWoof Eval:24Dec92
From: Allan.Burrows@f836.n250.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: Filk, Filk, Filk
X-Sender: newtout 0.06 Jan  3 1993
Date: 04 Jan 93  21:58:48

        Now then <28-Dec-92 21:11> you were saying about Filk

DR> So...for a newcomer to this board (and hobby) wherez all th' songs?

        Patience, they'll be along.

DR> I'd love to work on some filk, mostly because the music really has
DR> affected me.  Any suggestions?

        Well, there's probably a Twelve Step program out there.... B-)

        You must know the routine; find the music, write the lyrics, edit
and post. Luck!
                Allan

--- Blue Wave/Max v0.7 Q-Blue
From: Mike.Liebmann@f524.n102.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Cliff's getting married?!
X-Sender: newtout 0.06 Jan  3 1993
Date:  9 Jan 93 11:46:33

Wonderful!! Who's the bride? 

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From: Allan.Burrows@f836.n250.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: perversion
X-Sender: newtout 0.06 Jan  3 1993
Date: 03 Jan 93  02:16:09

JR> To stay on topic, I don't exactly do filk...what I do is "pervert"
JR> perfectly good popular tunes.  If there's a song I absolutely
JR> despise, and it comes on thecar radio, I will make up my own "more
JR> interesting" words....

        Ah yes, you work in the best tradition of Weird Al Yankovic. I've
done that after listening to a song to many times, too. Remember Jane
Siberry, "One More Colour"?
        "There's
        "Nothing we don't serve here
        "We've even got cold beer
        "All that we need is one more crueller now"

                Allan

--- Blue Wave/Max v0.7 Q-Blue
From: Tony.Trujillo@f333.n280.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: A Filking we will go!
X-Sender: newtout 0.06 Jan  3 1993
Date: 10 Jan 93  04:24:11

Hi Kay!

    Just thought I'd drop a message in here to say "hi" and to ask
you a couple of questions. Has there been any FILK songs about RED
DWARF or MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000? If so, could you post
(or someone here) the song for me?

The second questions is what exactly is FILK? Is there a standard
definition around?

There is no third question.

My last question is are we free to post original FILK on the echo?


... "Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is a better defense"
___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.11
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From: Deborah.Weiss@f524.n102.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: I promised!:  National Embalming School
X-Sender: newtout 0.06 Jan  3 1993
Date:  6 Jan 93 22:59:18

I started singing this out loud as it scrolled & Rick joined in!  He even knew 
the lyrics before I sang them!  Anyway, when asked how he was familiar with
this song, he said, "Oh yes, I've heard it before. 
 It's in the NESFA Hymnal."  So off we ran to find the book & sure 
enough, there it was on Page 181 of the NESFA Hymnal, 2nd Edition. 
 No credits were given, though.  Rick thinks it may be public domain. 
 Does this help?


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From: hjfeld@acs.bu.edu (harold feld)
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: Musicon, More Of
Date: 8 Jan 93 04:44:35 GMT
Organization: Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

In article <12710b20@ofa123.fidonet.org> Harry.Smothers@f281.n120.z1.fidonet.org writes:

HS>I don't know if it was Murray's first filk in 1993, but it could have been..
HS>the title is God Gave the Torah.  It's only half as long as Julia's tune, but 
HS>it's worth it.

Please, please PLEASE either email me or snail mail me a copy.
My mundane address is:  Harold Feld
                        239 Harvard Ave #1
                        Allston, MA 02134

Alternatively, if you email me your snail mail address, I will send you
a SASE.

On a completely different topic....

HS>(BTW, Claire said that
HS>almost nobody ever did her stuff.  She said it like she didn't care whether
HS>they did or not, but what are you people *singing* if you're skipping HER
HS>stuff???)  

My own stuff, of course. Doesn't everyone?

Harold
From: William.Hughes@f255.n387.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Rush Limbaugh
X-Sender: newtout 0.06 Jan  3 1993
Date: 07 Jan 93  12:34:18

DA> DA> You can also do the "Poor Man's Copyright", by mailing it to
  > DA> yourself in a sealed envelope, in order to get the postmark date
  > DA> on it, but I have it on fairly good authority that that does not
  > DA> stand up reliably in court.
DA> KS> I wouldn't - how do you prove you didn't mail yourself
  > KS> an unsealed empty envelope?
DA>Exactly - that's one of the reasons it does not stand up reliably in court.

Send it Registered Mail, with the address, stamps and postmark on the
flap side of the envelope.


 * SLMR 2.1a * St. Dismas' Infirmary for the Incurably Informed

--- Maximus/2 2.01wb
From: Kay.Shapero@f524.n102.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: Filking the Taglines
X-Sender: newtout 0.06 Jan  3 1993
Date: 09 Jan 93  10:00:03

On <Jan 07 15:42>, figmo@netcom.com (Lynn Gold) wrote to Rowan Fairgrove;

 LG>The song is by the late Allan Sherman; it's the opening ditty on 
 LG>a cut
 LG>called "Shticks of One and Half a Dozen of the Other" at the end 
 LG>of his
 LG>"My Son, The Celebrity" album (alas, out of print...I wish I 
 LG>could get
 LG>it on CD).  The exact words are:

 LG>P.S.--Sorry Kay, but I'd have to hold a seance to ask the author 
 LG>for
 LG>permission. :-)

Knowing the late Allan Sherman, he'd probably answer with a Cream Pie from
Beyond... :->  Seriously, his estate might have a thing or two to say on the
subject of copyright.  Best to use email with something of that nature.  But
I'm not sorry I got to see it anyway. 

--- msged 2.06
From: Kay.Shapero@f524.n102.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Stormgate
X-Sender: newtout 0.06 Jan  3 1993
Date: 04 Jan 93  20:24:41

On <Jan 03 09:19>, Julie Rhodes (1:226/120) wrote to Kay Shapero:

 JR>Have mercy...leave me the number of Stormgate so I can call and 
 JR>get those Filk files.  Please!

Sorry about that.  Here, I'll post it for everybody:

The phone number for StormGate Aerie is (310) 822-6729.  The Aerie will handle 
up to 9600 baud depending on your modem (note - if your modem is a v32 or v32b 
then the maximum will be 2400).  The first time you call, leave your home
address and home phone (sorry, business numbers won't do) so that the sysop
can phone you and verify that you are indeed the person with your name that
logged on.  Once this has been done, you will have access to the file area.  

The files can also be filerequested (f'reqed) if your sysop is amenable. 

--- msged 2.06
From: William.Hughes@f255.n387.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Filking the Taglines
X-Sender: newtout 0.06 Jan  3 1993
Date: 07 Jan 93  12:32:16

MP>I think that as a wee lad I learned a verse that went:

MP>She was a fishmonger
  >and sure 'tis no wonder.
  >Her mother and father
  >were fishmongers, too.

MP>And they wheeled their wheelbarrows
  >through streets wide and narrow
  >crying, "Cockels and mussels.
  >Alive.  Alive-o."

MP><chorus>

Aye, those verses were in the recording I heard twenty years ago. That
record had a bunch of this type of music; I drove my parents nuts
constantly replaying it. Lost it in a move, unfortunately. *sigh*


 * SLMR 2.1a * St. Dismas' Infirmary for the Incurably Informed

--- Maximus/2 2.01wb
From: Nancy.Feldman@f605.n105.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: Looking for Filks
Date: 7 Jan 93 06:41:00 GMT
X-Sender: newtout 0.06 Jan  3 1993

On 01-04-93  09:17 Mary Creasey was heard to babble to Nancy Feldman: 

 MC> To continue--lots of filks about vampires have been done; I'd suggest
 MC> Cynthia McQuillin's _Moon Shadows_ tape and songbook, and "Baby
 MC> Vampire Boogie (Fly By Night)" on Windbourne's first (and out-of-print)
 MC> tape, _Echoes On the Wind_.
 MC> Darkover filks are usually to be found in Darkover zines; someone
 MC> who has those references handy can fill her in. There are some on
 MC> various tapes: "The Marching Song Of Bard DiAsturien" by (I think)
 MC> Roberta Rogow comes to mind; can't remember whether it's on a con
 MC> tape, one of her tapes, or both. One of the most famous is "The
 MC> Horse-Tamer's Daughter", by Leslie Fish (also one of the longest!),
 MC> found on the  out-of-print tape and songbook of the same name. (There
 MC> are still a  few of the songbooks around from dealers; the tape is VERY
 MC> hard to  find any more.)
 MC> Lee Gold's _Xenofilkia_ and _Filker Up_ filkzines contain a wide
 MC> variety of filksongs; I know there are several good vampire songs,
 MC> maybe a Xanth or two, and I think at least one or two Darkover (don't
 MC> have my index to check, and anyway it only covers _Xeno_).
 MC> That do for a start?

Yeah, that'll due for a start.  I'll relay the info to her tomorrow at
school.  Thanks a lot.


 MC> -!-
 MC>  ! Origin: StormGate Aerie/Home of OTHER SUNS/310-822-6729 (Opus
 MC> 1:102/524) 



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--- FMail 0.90
From: Mary.Creasey@f524.n102.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: Musicon, More Of
X-Sender: newtout 0.06 Jan  3 1993
Date:  7 Jan 93 10:09:05

I do have an e-mail address for Claire Maier--she's on GEnie,
as C.MAIER.
If you do see her at a con, get her to do "Zero-G Football"--
it's a riot!


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Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
From: figmo@netcom.com (Lynn Gold)
Subject: Re: Filking the Taglines
Organization: The Burn the Candle at Both Ends Club
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 18:20:10 GMT

In article <491010b78@ofa123.fidonet.org> Kay.Shapero@f524.n102.z1.fidonet.org writes:
>On <Jan 07 15:42>, figmo@netcom.com (Lynn Gold) wrote to Rowan Fairgrove;
>
> LG>The song is by the late Allan Sherman; it's the opening ditty on 
> LG>a cut
> LG>called "Shticks of One and Half a Dozen of the Other" at the end 
> LG>of his
> LG>"My Son, The Celebrity" album (alas, out of print...I wish I 
> LG>could get
> LG>it on CD).  The exact words are:
>
> LG>P.S.--Sorry Kay, but I'd have to hold a seance to ask the author 
> LG>for
> LG>permission. :-)
>
>Knowing the late Allan Sherman, he'd probably answer with a Cream Pie from
>Beyond... :->  Seriously, his estate might have a thing or two to say on the
>subject of copyright.  Best to use email with something of that nature.  But
>I'm not sorry I got to see it anyway. 

Actually, Kay, if you read his autobiography ("A Gift of Laughter"),
you'll find Allan Sherman was very sloppy about copyright laws when he
started out and often complained bitterly about people with no sense
of humor who wouldn't give him permission to use their stuff (Bert
Kaempfert (sp?) and Meredith Wilson are two examples).  If he were
alive, I'm sure he'd give blanket permission to post his lyrics.

Besides, his records are out of print, so it's not as if someone's
getting ripped off.

--Lynn
-- 
Worst pickup line of the decade:
   "You're so cute, so pretty.  I've got the beer if you've got the
time, you know.  I've been all around the world.  Would you like to
see some human remains and intestines I have in the back of my van?"
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
From: an5445@anon.penet.fi
Subject: Keepers of the Flame
Organization: Anonymous contact service
X-Anonymously-To: alt.music.filk
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 20:00:01 GMT

	If anyone has or knows of a copy of "Keepers of the Flame" that might
be available for sale or trade, please contact me directly.  I don't care if
it's CD or tape, but I desperately want this album after hearing some of the songs on it.  I apologize for using an anonymous server, but the system here at
delightful West Georgia College won't add Usenet so this is the only way I have
to post.  I've attempted to add my Email address to this, but the server may
zap it; if it does, please contact me through the anonymous address above.
I apprieciate any help you might be able to give me, and hope to be able to
participate more fully in alt.music.filk now that I've found out how to post
to the damn thing!

						Wind to your wings,
						Bill Steinen
						wrsstu@sun.cc.westga.edu
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From: Mary.Kay.Kare@f219.n143.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: perversion
X-Sender: newtout 0.06 Jan  3 1993
Date: 09 Jan 93  18:23:02

Actually, making up your own words to perfectly good extant tunes was really
how filking started.  They were mostly Irish folk songs back then.  Note that
filking someone's song has come to mean setting new, usually satirical words,
to a tune they wrote.  Also, anything that gets sung at a filk sing is filk.
And most of us are very open minded... 
--- RA/FD/FMail-Great Stuff
From: Bruce.Feist@f615.n109.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: Filking...I'm new to the
X-Sender: newtout 0.06 Jan  3 1993
Date: 05 Jan 93  20:41:54

 DA> Well that's a fine pas-de-deux!  

??  Sorry, I don't get this one.

 DA> Anyway, glad to hear that Kay doesn't 
 DA> object to reeding these eGrieg-ious puns; more like 
 DA> they Bolero-ver, like a Brahms-a bull in a china shop 
 DA> at the Mahl_er something.  Tuba-d I hired Polly(phone-d her last week, on 

 DA> that monster-shaped one, the God-xylophone) and her 
 DA> boss as mouthpieces and told hymn the order to 
 DA> sue's_a_phone call away, and would sue Kay's sackbut 
 DA> off if she ejected me from this crowd.  Coulda gotten a 
 DA> bell of a lotta lute that way; can't afford Pasta 
 DA> Primadonna for dinner now.  Who ever said success 
 DA> choral-ated with effort?  At least we can now carrillon 
 DA> with business as usual; harmoni_ca-n be great, although 
 DA> Amadeus'ed and confused.

You're full Albinoni, or at least your Corelli hair is in your Ives and
obscuring your vision.  The Stern moderato may not be objecting, but we're
still ad-verse-aries.  Can-can you Sull-i-van and Khatchaturian bus to
sight-see (or sight-reed) your way out of this, or is your Grieg too great to 
pay?  Try to Furt-wangler way out of this one if you like...  but you won't.  
You and I, we're the heavyweights of the pun war -- Berli-oz!  They can Tchaik 
ov ski hat from your head and Hec,tore it to shreds, ignite your coat and let 
it Bern,stein your shirt, or even break you on Dvo-rack,  but you'd just get a 
trill out of it.  Shucks, you probably pach-el-bel in your suite-case just to 
ring up a few extra ones.

Abado go, this is getting too obscure.

--- Maximus 2.01wb
From: Dave.Aronson@p11.f120.n109.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: Filking...I'm new to the
X-Sender: newtout 0.06 Jan  3 1993
Date: 08 Jan 93  14:08:38

 BF> Oy gavotte, that was hora-ble.  It's back to Square 
 BF> one (I have lots of them on my Quadrilled paper).  
 BF> Basooner or Lehrer Wel_k-atch up; don't Rag on me too much.

 BF> Well, Karajan; Seeger later (un-Les Paul stops me).

Not to contra-dict you, but large gall_i_ard in front of you could probably do 
well in a bransle [1].  (She's a slut, tho; watusi is wat u get!  And that's
not the only reason her employer likes her; she bought the Bosa Nova.  Great
view from the back too; you oughta see that fox trot!  Makes ya feel as lucky 
as Lindy to be able to watch.)

[1]: pronounced "brawl".

--- Maximus 2.01wb
From: Kay.Shapero@f524.n102.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: Tiny toon cthulu
X-Sender: newtout 0.06 Jan  3 1993
Date: 10 Jan 93  08:59:57

On <Jan 04 20:07>, Allan Burrows (1:250/836) wrote to Kay Shapero:

 AB>        Kay, why do you say that this song which is set to the 
 AB>Tiny Toons
 AB>theme is almost certainly under copyright? Do you know the 
 AB>author? (I was
 AB>NOT going to post any sort of transcription of the MUSIC!)

Because I misread your post and thought you'd said you wanted to post the Tiny 
Toons theme song itself, not someone else's song to it.  However, if you don't 
know the author it's probably better to err on the side of caution. 

--- msged 2.06
From: phydeaux@guru.med.cornell.edu (Dave Weingart)
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: song:  Pretend He's Dead
Date: 11 Jan 1993 20:00:22 GMT
Organization: CUMC
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: guru.med.cornell.edu
Keywords: Superman, dead, NOT!


Perhaps not the best song on the subject, but how many out there
really think that Big Blue is down for the count?

PRETEND HE'S DEAD

Words:  David Weingart (c) 1993
Music:  "Pretend We're Dead" (L7)

What's going on in comics now?
They say that Superman has been cut down
I think you've got a lot to think about
If you think that DC will dump their main cash cow

CHORUS: They're just pretending he's dead
        They're just pretending he's dead
        I don't believe what they said
        They're just pretending he's dead
        Dead (c'mon c'mon oh really)  (4x)

Here's something that you oughta learn
They're neither stupid nor have cash to burn
DC, I am sure, is ready for his return
Or say goodbye to all the dough that they could earn

CHORUS
 
-- 
73 de David Weingart  KB2CWF    In the event I am captured or killed, the
phydeaux@cumc.cornell.edu       Cornell University Medical College and the
phydeaux@guru.med.cornell.edu   Department of Academic Computing will disavow
phydeaux@src4src.linet.org      any knowledge of my opinions.
From: Allan.Burrows@f836.n250.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: Cthulhu
X-Sender: newtout 0.06 Jan  3 1993
Date: 03 Jan 93  02:16:17

        By the way, don't fret if it takes a while for that song to get as
far as you. I just found out that I do have access to net mail, so now I
have to repost it. Sorry for the delay.

                Allan

--- Blue Wave/Max v0.7 Q-Blue
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
From: cliveg@cix.compulink.co.uk (Clive Grace)
Subject: Double Bass for Sale
Reply-To: cliveg@cix.compulink.co.uk
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 16:21:00 +0000

Subject: Double Bass for Sale
=============================

[For UK post only: Sorry my mailer can't automatically do UK 
distribution posts.]


3/4 size Double Bass for sale. Blonde, carved Zeller model, includes 
soft case. A-mazing sound, but sadly I'm moving to smaller premises 
that only allow for my bass guitars.

Two years old, never gigged, never left my house and it's in 
absolutely pristine condition. Cost #670. Want to sell for #550 
o.n.o.

Please don't follow up in this newsgroup, please Email me for more 
information and I'll post you my telephone number if you';re 
interested.

Thank you

Clive Grace
From: Scott.Fridenberg@f901.n170.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Sam Hall (Tagline Thief)
X-Sender: newtout 0.06 Jan  3 1993
Date: 09 Jan 93  14:35:00

Feel Free to add to this.

                        Sam Hall (Tagline Thief)

Oh me name it is Sam Hall.
Tagline thief, tagline thief.
Oh me name it is Sam Hall,
Tagline Thief.
Oh me name it is Sam Hall
And I'd like to steal them all.
But my hard drive is too small.
Getting full, getting full.
But my hard drive is too small,
Getting full.

Oh my friends all think it's sad.
I care not.  I care not.
Oh my friends all think it's sad,
I care not.
Oh my friends all thinks it's sad.
They're sure it's drove me mad.
But I'll steal both good and bad.
I can't stop, I can't stop.
But I'll steal both good and bad.
I can't stop.

... Hello.  My name is Scott and I'm a Tagline Thief.


--- FMail 0.90
From: steve-b@access.digex.com (Steve Brinich)
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: Musicon, More Of
Date: 10 Jan 1993 00:02:02 GMT
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
NNTP-Posting-Host: access.digex.com

  Yes, -definitely- get "Zero-G Football"!


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