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From: Dave.Aronson@p11.f120.n190.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Lyric search
X-Sender: newtout 0.05 Dec 30 1992
Date: 30 Dec 92  11:56:18

 SP>  + Origin: The Shire Scribe BBS (1:374/1066)

 J> Where are you?  I just trimmed my nodelist.  <sigh>

...and I can't do a thing with it.  (Sorry, couldn't resist!)

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From: phydeaux@guru.med.cornell.edu (Dave Weingart)
Subject: Re: Minor Christmas Filk
Nntp-Posting-User: @cornell.edu
Organization: CUMC
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 20:37:27 GMT

In article <3730120a55@ofa123.fidonet.org>, Bob.Cadwalader@f1044.n261.z1.fidonet.org writes:
|> To tune of "Chestnuts Roasting by an Open Fire":

B{)

-- 
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: boyko@skyfox
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: RE: London Bridge
Date: 27 Dec 92 05:36:37 GMT
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
NNTP-Posting-Host: sask.usask.ca

London Bridge fell down again
down again
down again
london bridge fell down again
not on topicenough
From: John.Creasey@f524.n102.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: Filking...I'm new to the
X-Sender: newtout 0.05 Jan  2 1993
Date:  2 Jan 93 09:04:44

Really, I'm Wagner tired of you picking on each other. We ought to
Dvorak this from the echo, and return to suite topics. Are you through
Grofe`-ing up this mess.



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From: scheider@Oswego.EDU (Linda Scheiderich)
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: Scarborough fair
Date: 22 Dec 92 19:12:04 GMT
Reply-To: scheider@oswego.Oswego.EDU (Linda Scheiderich)
Organization: Instructional Computing Center, SUNY at Oswego, Oswego, NY

In article <n12a1t@ofa123.fidonet.org> Julie.Rhodes@f120.n226.z1.fidonet.org writes:
>This is not exactly on topic, but there are people here who might well be able 
>to help me...I have a bet with my husband that Simon and Garfunkle did *not*
>write Scarborough Fair.  I maintain they simply arranged it and created
>"Scarborough Fair/Canticle."
>
>What I need is some kind of source I can quote, or otherwise use as "proof".


Scarborough Fair is in no way original, it is a Middle English folk
song, if not earlier.  If I remember correctly, the attribution on
the album I have is 'traditional'.  If that is not enough, perhaps
a local library might have a songbook of traditional English tunes.
Also, a few years ago, a choir I was in did a gorgeous contrapointal(sp?)
arrangement, a local high school or college might have that on file.
The copies we were using pre-dated S&G by a good 40 years, and were
considered 'classical' then. :)  I cannot comment either way on
Canticle, though I would not be surprised in the least if it was a
contemporary to Scarborough Faire.  Hope this helped, and do I get a cut
if it did? ;)
>
> * SLMR 2.1a * DOS Utilities? Naah, we got Columbus Southern Electric.
>
>
>--- TosScan 1.00

             Cat, the Mystical Divinity of Unashamed Felinity
Round the cathedral rang 'Vivat!'  Life to the everlasting Cat!
From: Nancy.Feldman@f605.n105.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Looking for Filks
X-Sender: newtout 0.06 Jan  3 1993
Date: 02 Jan 93  15:59:01

Morning Everyone,

After I introduced a friend to filk, she began to ask lots of questions
I didn't know the answers to.  So I turned here, telling her that you
guys knew a whole lot more than I do.

She's looking for filks about Jacqueline Lichtenberg's Sime Gen universe
and characters, about Darkover, about vampires, and about the Xanth
books.  (She says there's the potential for some good humor there, and
she's probably right.)

Also, from my own curiosity, has anyone tackled Deep Space Nine yet?  I
can't be the only one who has seen it.


... Open mouth, insert foot, echo internationally.
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From: Major.Matt.Mason@p11.f715.n273.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: sacrelegious filk
X-Sender: newtout 0.05 Dec 30 1992
Date: 30 Dec 92  19:27:19

On 12/26/92, Allan Burrows said to Major Matt Mason concerning Re:
sacrelegious filk: 

  AB> About that bridge; as I recall, there was a sung bridge as well. The
  AB> tune transposed into a sort of minor of the theme which segued back
  AB> into the theme at the end of its fourth bar, R&R style.
  AB> 
  AB> Who's that preaching 'neith the trees Who's that curin' up disease
  AB> Who's that walkin' on the seas Hey, you! "Yeah, me!" (bom b-b-bom
  AB> b-bom b-bom bom)

Quite right!  We'll have to add that to the song...
 
  AB> I love what you did with it otherwise, though!

Thenkew, thenkew.

-MMM-

--- MacWoof Eval:24Dec92
From: Deb.Wunder@f706.n2605.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: East Coast Storm Filks.. Soon to be all the Rage
Date: 30 Dec 92 05:47:00 GMT
X-Sender: newtout 0.05 Dec 30 1992

How 'bout (to the tune of "Moonshadow" --

I'm bein' followed by a nor'easter, nor'easter, nor'easter
Winds whippin' wildly from a nor'easter, nor'easter, nor'easter

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

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

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

What do ya think?

Deb

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Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
From: rhiannon@netcom.com (The Lady R)
Subject: Medic!
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 14:55:30 GMT

Happy Filkers
(to the tune of 'Happy Workers' from the movie "Toys")

Middle of the night in the crowded con suite
Filkin' to the music all around me
Hi-ho! Hey-ho!
We're off to sing again.
Harps are strumming
We are humming
Grinning at the parody.

I love to sing!
He loves to sing!
Hand out tokens
Pass the soda

Get the songbook
Start the circle
Ask for your choice
Play the new songs
Get the songbook
Start the circle
Ask for your choice
Play the new songs	
It's the perfect con!

Happy filkers!
Happy filkers!
Happy filkers!
Happy filkers!

(If you haven't seen this movie, I heartily recommend it.)

Rhia
(a happy filker)
From: Allan.Burrows@f836.n250.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: sacrelegious filk
X-Sender: newtout 0.04 Dec 29 1992
Date: 26 Dec 92  23:31:09

  FR> "Why's everbody wanna crucify me?"

MMM> OOOOOOOK!  Okay, you have me inspired.

MMM> He walks through the Temple
MMM> Cool and slow
MMM> Say, who calls              [Who calls that... ?]
MMM> Ol' King Herod "Daddy-O"?

MMM> Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ,
MMM> He's so nice, that Jesus Christ.
MMM> He's gonna get nailed, just you wait and see.
MMM> "Why's everbody wanna crucify me?"

MMM> [Bridge]

         About that bridge; as I recall, there was a sung bridge as well.
The tune transposed into a sort of minor of the theme which segued back into
the theme at the end of its fourth bar, R&R style.

      Who's that preaching 'neith the trees
      Who's that curin' up disease
      Who's that walkin' on the seas
      Hey, you! "Yeah, me!" (bom b-b-bom b-bom b-bom bom)

         I love what you did with it otherwise, though!
               Allan

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Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
From: charles@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Charles Jacob Cohen)
Subject: Humorous Radio Station
Organization: University of Michigan EECS Dept., Ann Arbor, MI
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 20:54:27 GMT

A week ago, WOGF, FM 99.5 was just having a robot voice counting down
the second until the new year.  Then, all of the sudden, two days ago,
they are playing nothing but funny songs.  Not just Wierd Al and Julie
Brown, but obscure stuff too, and some minor stand up.  

I can't believe it!

I wish this station would do this all year long!

And the best part is:  no commercials. None. Zip.  No talking either.
Just comedy pieces, one after the other.

Is this happening anywhere else in the country/world now?? - Chuck


-- 
"I do not feel obliged to believe that same God who endowed us with sense,
reason, and intellect, had intended for us to forgo their use." - Galileo
"I'm an engineer, not a dictionary!" - Me
From: Joe.Bethancourt@f72.n114.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: 2 banjo tablature
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 23 Dec 92  18:23:00

Banjo tablature # 2

 (S) means -slide- to the next note
 [ ] means play these notes -without- hitting these strings with your
     right hand!

                         CRIPPLE CREEK
                                -Traditional
                         "G" Tuning

         G                              C                 G
| 1/0 T 1/5 1/5 T 1/5(P)1/0 1/0 | T  2/1 [1/2(P)1/0] 1/2 1/0 |
   Oh    I   got a    gal    at   the head      of  the creek

         G
| 3/0 T 3/2(S)3/4 3/4 T  3/2(P)3/0 | 3/0 T 4/0(H)4/2  3/0(H)3/2 3/0 |
        Goin'     up  to see   her   'bout   three    times  a  week

         G                              C                     G
| 3/0 T 1/5 1/5 T 1/5(P)1/0 | 1/0  T  2/1 [1/2(P)1/0] 1/2 T 1/0 |
        She's got   kisses    just as sweet  as        any  wine

        G
| 3/0 T 3/2(S)3/4 3/4 T  3/2(P)3/0 | 3/0  T 4/0(H)4/2  3/0(H)3/2 3/0 3/0 T |
        Wrap     herself around me   like a sweet po--ta----to  vine

| 3/2(S)3/4 3/4 T  3/2(P)3/0  3/0 T | 3/2(S)3/4 3/4 T  3/0 3/0 T |
   Goin'     up     Cripple    Creek,  Goin'     on a  run

| 3/2(S)3/4 3/4 T  3/2(P)3/0  3/0  T | 4/0(H)4/2  3/0(H)3/2 3/0 3/0 T |
  Goin'       up    Cripple  Creek to   have   a   little   fun

| 3/2(S)3/4 3/4 T  3/2(P)3/0  3/0 T | 3/2(S)3/4 3/4 T  3/0  3/0 T |
  Goin'       up    Cripple    Creek    Goin'    in a whirl

| 3/2(S)3/4 3/4 T  3/2(P)3/0  3/0 T | 4/0(H)4/2  3/0(H)3/2 3/0 3/0 T |
  Goin'       up    Cripple Creek to     see         my    girl


Cripple Creek girl just about half grown
Jump on a boy like a dog on a bone
Roll my britches up to my knees
Wade ol' Cripple Creek whenever I please

Cripple Creek's wide and Cripple Creek's deep
wade ol' Cripple Creek before I sleep
Hills are high and the roads are muddy
An' I'm so drunk that I can't stand steady

   This one uses two new moves: the -slide- and the -false pulloff-.
   Don't be alarmed at them. They are NOT that hard! The false pulloff
   (and false hammer-on) are two of the real secrets of good banjo
   playing...your -left- hand is actually playing part of the melody
   -independently- of the striking of the right hand.

   I am not sure of the measures in this one...let me know of any
   obvious errors!




... Oh VERY GOOD, Worf! Eat any good books lately?
--- Blue Wave/QWK v2.10


--- WM v2.04/92-0475
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: 25 Dec 92  09:29:10

 LG> Guys, GUYS!  You need a few people who play classical string
 LG> instruments so you can have "saxes and violins!"

 JE> Sorry, Lynn, I'm sure you're a nice lady and all, 
 DA> but I'm a very strong
 JE> believer in non-violins. I won't string you along. 
 JE> I don't fiddle around.

 DA> Normally I'd join in, but I'll bow out this time.  
 DA> Don't fret over it, at least not enough to go nuts and 
 DA> jump off a bridge.  (Then again, many of us wouldn't 
 DA> have the gut to do that.)

 BF> I'm disconcertoed by how low this is getting.  Dave, 
 BF> that was a truly bass remark -- doubly so, in fact.  
 BF> Do we have to cello-phane tape your mouth closed to 
 BF> get you to stop?  You should be drawn and quartet.  
 BF> That's the last time that I treat you to anything from 
 BF> the pizza cart -- oh, never mind.  I shouldn't pick on 
 BF> you, you're a plucky fellow.

 DA> Thank you -- some folks make allegro-ations that I'm 
 DA> just sym phony spouting off his largo mouth and getting 
 DA> into alto much treble with clefer remarks.

 BF> This is a ball, but we'd better keep a sharp eye out 
 BF> or the moderator will have us orcastrated.  Some of 
 BF> these comments are falling flat, but if we just act 
 BF> natural, maybe the echo staff won't notice.  They're 
 BF> getting tired of these slurs; if it isn't one thing, 
 BF> its sonata.  So, we should give it a rest.

 DA> Your point is noted.  Maybe we best beat it before we 
 DA> feel the full measure of Kay's wrath, and get barred 
 DA> from here for violating the Coda Honor.  Or maybe the 
 DA> others will drum us out.  Either way, tempo fugue-it!

Heh.  You fell into my snare, without considering the re percussions.  What
goes round, comes round (although that's a muted point).  If you pick a high
road, I piccolo one -- and it brings me to the conclusion that while you
worried about beating it I've been anticipating your remarks; for any card you 
can play, I can trump et.  But for now, I think I'll sign off - I'm getting
key bored.

--- Maximus 2.01wb
From: Beth.Friedman@p5.f341.n282.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: lords of the dance
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 20 Dec 92  20:27:26

 K> (If anyone knows who SINGS the original, I could try to 
 K> find it......  I know I have it down on tape SOMEWHERE. 
  
Sidney Carter wrote it.  Mary O'Hara also recorded it, and it's on her album
MARY O'HARA AT THE FESTIVAL HALL.

--- Sirius 1.0ya
From: Allan.Burrows@f836.n250.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: Mathoms, Gracey?
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 24 Dec 92  15:49:14

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

DA> Two meters.  B-)

        Ah. Thank you.

                Allan

--- Blue Wave/Max v0.7 Q-Blue
From: Harry.Smothers@f281.n120.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Temperature of Roast Filk
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 19 Dec 92  10:09:00

                     The Temperature of Roast Filk
                       by Harry Smothers, c. 1992
      (Tune and apologies to:  Temper of Revenge by Julia Ecklar)
                     (Inspired by too much coffee,
                and Temperature of Revenge by Tom Smith
            Tom Smith himself, and life, the Universe, etc.)
 
 
He's filked too many tunes in the last few months
And gotten away with a score
But this time, he's pushed things a lot too far --
If we don't stop him now, he'll write more!
So I've found me a recipe, one that fits,
That roasts "long pig" to a "T".
Some veggies, some bread stuffing under the pits --
Where most filk ideas come from, you see!
 
      So give me a tune; this one will do.
      Give me a roaster enameled in blue.
      It will go in the oven, 400 degrees
      I'm not Alferd Packer, but think what you please.
 
      Hand me the book by Julia ... Child;
      It may smell like roast, but for Tom Smith, it's mild.
      In the fridge, find the fungus -- you'll like this a lot --
      For Tom Smith is best served hot, Tom Smith is best served hot.
 
We slice all the veggies into the pot,
Place halved potatoes therein,
Set the timer for, oh, seven hours or so,
And observe Julia's widening grin!
Oh, how many filks could a woodfilker filk
Before his abode would get bombed?
If Kanefsky could sing, play guitar, put on weight,
Move to Michigan, he would be Tom!
 
      So give me a tune; this one will do.
      Give me a roaster enameled in blue.
      It will go in the oven, 400 degrees.
      I'm not Alferd Packer, but think what you please.
 
      Hand me the book by Julia ... Child;
      It may smell like roast, but for Tom Smith, it's mild.
      In the fridge, find the fungus -- you'll like this a lot --
      For Tom Smith is best served hot, Tom Smith is best served hot.

--- T.A.G. 2.6c1 Standard
From: Scott.Malcomson@f110.n114.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: London Bridge
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 20 Dec 92  18:23:00

Someone may have HAD to, but I'm SURE yours was the only hand that went
up...<gryn>
 
---LCD

--- QuickBBS 2.75
From: Kay.Shapero@f524.n102.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Golden Bough
Date: 31 Dec 92 03:36:20 GMT
X-Sender: newtout 0.05 Dec 30 1992

The following is reposted from the DAG board:

40/44: Re: Golden Bough
Name: Nick Smith #9 @3096
Date: Sat Dec 19 02:06:21 1992

If any of you are interested, Golden Bough will in fact be in the L.A. area,
and performing in Pasadena at Dabney Hall on the evening of February 14th at
7:30 pm. Ticket price is $9.00, and reservations can be made at (818)
356-4652. There should be tickets available at the door, but if you want to
pay by credit card, you have to do it in advance at that phone number. The
concert is part of the Caltech Folk Music Society series, and there's other
good stuff coming up this spring. Guitarists Chris Proctor and Harvey Reid
will be at the same series at 8 pm on January 22nd, for example.


--- msged 2.06
From: Joe.Clement@f120.n226.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: wolfrider
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 19 Dec 92  05:10:00

BR>Organization: Chinet - Public Access UNIX
BR>From: roper@chinet.chi.il.us (Bill Roper)
BR>Message-ID: ByKApM.Dzn@chinet.chi.il.us
BR>Newsgroups: alt.music.filk

BR>I am told that most of the old Off-Centaur masters were
BR>donated to the Popular Culture library at the University of Kentucky
BR>at Bowling Green (I think I got that right...) with the proviso that
BR>they not be used for commercial purposes.


The Off-Centaur masters, along with a box of paper copies of lyrics, some old 
filk magazines (I believe the title was "Kanele"), and some misc. other papers 
were donated to the Popular Culture Library at Bowling Green State University 
in Bowling Green _Ohio_.

I had heard that someone had donated some filk related material to the library 
so I stopped in there one day when I was in Bowling Green.  I was _very_
suprised to see just what the material was.  There are 78 tapes (I don't know 
if all of them are masters).  I immediately asked the obvious question (Could 
I have the opportunity to copy some of them?) and was told "No way, Jose!". 
The Curator (a very nice gentleman whose name escapes me at the moment) said
that they were all copy-writed and he wasn't sure who owned the copywrite and 
that he wasn't going to get involved in that.  They do have cassette copies
that you can listen to at the library, though.

The papers consist of the old filk magazines, a couple of filk books, and a
lot of loose papers with lyrics on them.  Some of the loose papers appear to
be the original hand written copy of a song written on various hotel
stationary or notebook paper.  Much of the paper is Xerox copies of these
documents or of later revisions, typewritten lyrics, and what-not.  Many of
these have multiple copies.

None of this stuff has been catalogued nor is it likely to be.  The day I was 
there they had just had a fare-well lunch for 2 staffers that were leaving and 
they would _not_ be replaced due to budget considerations (Ohio higher
education has taken it on the chin due to state budget problems).  They did
let me paw through this stuff to my heart's content and make copies of some of 
the papers (filled in some missing blanks in my transcribed songs from various 
convention tapes).

Barry and Sally Childs-Helton "might" have the academic credentials to get
copies of the tapes for "scholarly research" but the rest of us are out of
luck unless someone can obtain the necessary copywrites and then get the
Library to let them make new recordings for sale.

If someone would like to visit the library and listen to the tapes or view the 
material, it is not in the Popular Culture Library per se (a very interesting 
place in itself) but in the music department 1 floor down.

===
 * OLX 2.1 TD * All hope abandon, ye who enter messages here.


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From: Bruce.Feist@f615.n109.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: ST Nick #3
X-Sender: newtout 0.05 Dec 30 1992
Date: 31 Dec 92  20:39:34

 BF> There's something delightfoul for everyone here."
 DA>                               ^^^^
 DA> Freudian slip?

These weren't original with me.  I left most of the typos in; that one, in
particular, could conceivably have been intentional...

--- Maximus 2.01wb
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk,rec.arts.sf.fandom,alt.callahans,alt.fandom.misc,ba.general,ba.music
From: trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Barbara Trumpinski)
Subject: Re: FILKING IN PUBLIC!!!
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 13:28:25 GMT

kitten hugs lynn...."it's okay, i guess, to filk in public....just
make sure you wash your hands afterwards....

}:)

glad to see you again..."
--
***************************************************************************
conan the librarian a.k.a. kitten           /\ /\  barbara ann 
"my life's a soap opera, isn't yours?"      {=.=}
                                              ~   trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu 
"love is the wild card of existance"
                          rita mae brown
From: Julie.Rhodes@f120.n226.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: New filk files on the aer
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 20 Dec 92  18:36:00

NS> /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
NS>                    Filksong Archive Files
NS> \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/

NS>FI121692.ZIP   Filk echo archive 11/27/92 through 12/16/92


Yes, but what is the NUMBER of your BOARD???!!!???  I want to call!

 * SLMR 2.1a * Oh my love, I would have given my right hand for you.


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From: J-Mag@p25.f2000.n106.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Scarborough fair
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 25 Dec 92  05:20:34

Sunday December 20 1992, Julie Rhodes writes to All:

 JR> This is not exactly on topic, but there are people here who might well
 JR> be able to help me...I have a bet with my husband that Simon and
 JR> Garfunkle did *not* write Scarborough Fair.  I maintain they simply
 JR> arranged it and created "Scarborough Fair/Canticle."

 JR> What I need is some kind of source I can quote, or otherwise use as
 JR> "proof".

Get yourself to the CML and you'll find it in lots of places.  Try Childe.

Here's one trad version that I like  (omitting the "parsley, sage, rosemary
and thyme" which some folks say "sav'ry" for "parsley")

Are you going to Scarborough Fair
Remember me to one who lives there
She once was a true love of mine

Tell here to make me a cambric shirt
Without no seams nor rough needlework
Then she'll be...

Tell her to wash it in yonder dry well
Where ne'er a drop of rainwater fell
Then she'll be...

Tell her to dry it on yonder dead thorn
That never a leaf nor blossom has borne
Then she'll be

Well, if you're goin' back that way again
Give my regards to that same young man
What says he was...

Tell him to find me an acre of land
Between the salt water and the beach sand
Then he'll be...

Tell him to plow it with a ram's budding horn
And to plant it all o'er with but one barleycorn
Then he'll be...

Tell him to reap it with a sickle of leather
And to bundle it all with a hummingbird's feather
Then he'll be...

Tell the young fool when he's finished his work
Only then he can come and collect his new shirt
For then he'll be a true love of mine.

(This is cobbled from variations in a book on Appalachian folksongs that I
read about a decade ago.)

- J-Mag

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From: Kay.Shapero@f524.n102.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: FALCON 3.0 Disk 4
Date: 30 Dec 92 22:23:12 GMT
X-Sender: newtout 0.05 Dec 30 1992

Offhand, I think you're lost.  This is a music discussion echo... 

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