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From: Bob.Cadwalader@f1044.n261.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: lords of the dance
Date: 27 Dec 92 20:01:02 GMT
X-Sender: newtout 0.05 Dec 30 1992

You are quite correct - traditional "tunes" can not be copyrighted as long as 
it can be proven that they were indeed in the "public domain". During the 60's 
many otherwise respectible Folk Singers grabbed up public domain material and 
copyrighted it with little or no change to the structure.
  Simply Gifts carries no copyright in it's original form. There have been a
few enterprising scum who have added words or verses and then attempted to
copyright the resulting piece and "original material".
  The song was sung in Shaker communities well before the Civil War.
  Bob the Pilot
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From: Kay.Shapero@f524.n102.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: Filking...I'm new to the
X-Sender: newtout 0.05 Dec 30 1992
Date: 01 Jan 93  10:29:19

On <Dec 31 11:49>, Dave Aronson (1:109/120.11) wrote to Bruce Feist:

 DA>(ps: I've saved the prior junk to a file to avoid wasting 
 DA>bandwidth with the quotes; I can netmail it to you if you need it 
 DA>to check what's been used.)

Thanks - the puns are delightful but the quotes were getting just plain out of 
hand!
 

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Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
From: rhiannon@netcom.com (The Lady R)
Subject: Re: Modem filk
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 20:34:08 GMT

William.Hughes@f255.n387.z1.fidonet.org writes:

> TLR>I saw a fortune cookie on one of the Suns at work today, which prompted
     >me to filk the fortune cookie:
> TLR>(to the tune of "Eleanor Rigby")
> 
> I like it. Request permission to cross-post to DrDebug?

Be my guest.  The more the merrier...

Rhia
From: Allan.Burrows@f836.n250.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: A Purry Filk
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 24 Dec 92  15:56:26

        Now then <14-Dec-92 08:53> we were saying

 AB>  (They've) no claws to hold me and they couldn't purr
KS>                                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
KS> Wanna bet?  (I can - comes of having had a number of cats about when
KS> small and gotten curious about how they did it - enough so that I
KS> figured out how to do itmyself.)

        Yeah, but do you have claws? (If so, how do you play guitar with
them?) Kay, dear, I trust that wasn't an invitation. I wouldn't want to get
on Nicolai's bad side! >;-)

                Allan

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From: lanih@herald.Berkeley.EDU (J. Lani Herrmann)
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: another christmas carol trashed
Date: 26 Dec 1992 09:04:41 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: herald.berkeley.edu
Summary: What really happened when Mary and Joseph went for a walk
Keywords: Pickle, Mary, Joseph, Jesus

Okay, it's a little late for this year (but in plenty of time for next):


The Pickle Carol
	copyright 1980 by Lani Herrmann

Oh, Joseph was an old man, an old man was he,
But still he courted Mary to gain a family,
	But still he courted Mary to gain a family.

One day they were a-walking along so carefully,
When Mary cries, "Please, Joseph, a pickle for me,"
	When Mary cries, "Please, Joseph, a pickle for me."

"A pickle," says Joseph, "Now how can that be?
Two miles to the nearest deli is too many for me!"

"I must have a pickle, or I shall go wild,
And, by the way, Joseph, we have a little child."

Then Joseph in anger jumped up and also down,
"It isn't even kosher; you've been fooling around!"

Then up piped little Jesus from in his mother's tent,
"Please, Dad, give her a pickle and stop this argument!"

And as they stood amazed by the side of the road,
A tree all full of pickles bent down its heavy load.

On Mary showered pickles both great and small,
And they bent down together and gathered them all.

So Mary got her pickle, and Joseph a son,
In peace and contentment they lived, every one.


TUNE in "numerical sol-fa" (| are barlines, 1=do, _1=octave below do,
a note followed by a space = quarter-note; notes without spaces between
are eighth notes; a . after a note adds half the time value of the note)
(the ^ show pulses = strong beats within the bars)

time 3/4

_5 | 1 1 2_7| 1 3 4 | 5 4 2 | 1 _7
^  | ^ ^ ^  | ^ ^ ^ | ^ ^ ^ | ^ ^
1_7| _6 .1_7_6| _5 1 4 | 321 2 | 1 _7
^  | ^  ^ ^   | ^  ^ ^ | ^ ^ ^ | ^ ^
	1_7| _6 .1_7_6| _5 1 4 | 321 _7 | 1 - ||
	^  | ^  ^ ^   | ^  ^ ^ | ^ ^ ^  | ^ - || 

(Permission is hereby granted by the author to reproduce words and
music to "The Pickle Carol," provided the credit/copyright line is
attached firmly.  It was originally distributed as part of a family 
Christmas greeting in 1980.)
From: Mary.Kay.Kare@f219.n143.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: lyric request: murder
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 19 Dec 92  23:56:02

How wonderful.  I don't think I've ever had an entire song just for me.  I
will check with Jordin if this song is copyrighted.  If so I'll have to send
it by po (I'm having trouble with e-mail) so you should probably send me your
address.  And please be patient--the holidays you know.

--- RA/FD/FMail-Great Stuff
From: Joi.Ball@f207.n271.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Scarborough fair
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 23 Dec 92  23:39:00

 > 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."

I'm sure this will be one of many answers you receive.....

Simon and Garfunkel, The Concert in Central Park, lists Scarborough Fair,
arranged by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. So I'd see it as you win. What did
you bet?

--- GEcho 1.00/beta
From: Chuck.Moore@f9023.n6002.z87.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Mrs. Downing
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 25 Dec 92  12:42:00

There will be a viewing on sunday at Jacksonville Memory Gardens on 
Blanding in Orange Park for Mrs. Downing from 2 pm till 6 pm.  The wake
will be at 3 pm.

The funeral service will be held at St. Catherine's Catholic Church at
1649 Kingsley Ave. at 9 am on Monday, 28 Dec.

If you are unable to be there, please take a moment on Monday and say a
prayer.

LT Kor vestai-Riskadh
Captain, I.K.V. Premonition
Klingon Assault Group


... {-----*  From the Center Seat of the I.K.V. Premonition (KAG)  *-----}
--- Blue Wave/QWK v2.10

--- UltraBBS v2.09
From: Joe.Bethancourt@f72.n114.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: More sexy banjo stuff
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 20 Dec 92  10:55:00

 -=> Sherman Dorn said to Joe Bethancourt on 12-17-92  09:06 <=-

 SD> On <13 Dec 92  11:37>, Joe Bethancourt scribbled the following to
 SD> Usenet:
 JB>  But take a look at it: it is strings
 JB> mounted on a drum-head....and this
 JB>  should be a pretty good indicator that the banjo is a PERCUSSION
 JB>  instrument as well as a STRINGED
 JB> instrument. The banjo should have a good
 JB>  -strong- rhythmic beat, accenting and driving the rhythm of the song's
 JB>  tune and lyrics. Pay attention to that!

 SD> Of course, any jazz musician or afficionado must note that drums,
 SD> guitars, basses, and pianos all are considered "rhythm" (and thus
 SD> percussion) for the purposes of jam sessions.  We know a piano is
 SD> percussion.  A guitar *should* be considered also a percussion
 SD> instrument, as well as basses when not bowed.

Heheh! And thinking of the guitar as a +lead+ instrument in jazz kinda was a
revolutionary concept a few years back......<grin!>....my point here is that
in the frailing/clawhammer technique you *want* to be striking the head of
the banjo as you play, as opposed to fingerpicking styles, which tend to many
notes and no rhythm backing at all.

Then you get people like Doug Dillard, and Tony Trishka, and Bela Fleck, who
take that fingerstyle out to some other planet......


... Universe corrupted -- reboot REALITY.SYS


--- WM v2.04/92-0475
From: kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov (Scott Dorsey)
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: Rush Limbaugh
Date: 28 Dec 1992 16:22:56 GMT
Organization: NASA Langley Research Center and Reptile Farm
NNTP-Posting-Host: grissom.larc.nasa.gov

In article <n1313t@ofa123.fidonet.org> Richard.Sarner@f236.n271.z1.fidonet.org writes:
>SS->  RS> tune. Singing Rush to Gilligan's Isle might imply he's sinking.
>SS->    It might, but he's not.  ;)  His radio and television shows are
>
>I know, I listen to him now and then.
>
>SS-> ... We need filk in Yorktown! We need filk in Yorktown! We need filk
>
> Would you settle for visiting it in Williamsburg?  

There is an organized filk which will be taking place in Williamsburg.
In February.  Some time.  On a Monday.  Ping me or give me a call at
(804) 229-1547 for more information.  Bring all your friends who play
any sort of musical instrument.
--scott
From: Shadow.Spear@f236.n271.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Another Poem :)
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 22 Dec 92  11:59:00

<We have witnesses who say Scott Malcomson spoke to Shadow Spear
about Another Poem :) on 12-16-92  12:23>
 SM> Shadow Spear denied allegations of involvement with all over Another
 SM> Poem :): 
 SS> A Lesson
 
 SS> By an act of your will.
 
 SS> December 8,1992
 SS> Robert G. Haid,Jr.

 SM> *snif* Very fine, Shad, very fine. And on me birthday, too. Blues,
 SM> anyone? 

	Thank you. Happy Birthday(better late than never, right?)!!

Robert


 SM> ... General Brain Failure: (A)bort, (R)etry, (I)gnore, (L)obotomize
 SM> -!- Blue Wave/QBBS v2.10
 SM>  ! Origin: Kitty's Sandbox  [602]829-7522  Tempe, AZ (1:114/110.0)



... We need filk in Yorktown! We need filk in Yorktown! We need filk in Yo
--- FMail 0.90
From: Allan.Burrows@f836.n250.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: Filking...I'm new to the
X-Sender: newtout 0.04 Dec 29 1992
Date: 27 Dec 92  10:04:15

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

         Fa! You're being bass and viola. I should beat you with my staff.

               Allan

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From: Major.Matt.Mason@p11.f715.n273.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Lyric search
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 20 Dec 92  07:56:15

On 12/16/92, Steve Powell said to All concerning Lyric search: 

  SP> I'm looking for words for my music, of which I have a blue ton, so are
  SP> there any takers?

Sure.  Hum a couple for us and we'll see what we can do for ya, guy... ;)

-MMM-

--- MacWoof Eval:25Oct92
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
From: n5gax@leo.unm.edu (Duke McMullan n5gax)
Subject: Re: Scarborough fair
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 04:59:46 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

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".

The only handy source I have is "Rise Up Singing", p. 32.  It cites SF as:

	-- trad. (English: Child Ballad #2 "The Elfin Knight")

Evidently, TEK is another set of lyrics using this tune (Who would do such a
thing? ;^)

The "traditional" label wouldn't be hung on a SaG original.

In college, I recall doing a choral arrangement of SF.  Something on the music
described it as "medieval", but that has to be just heresay . . . I _don't_
have the sheet music handy.

						d
-- 
		"I've let my cat use my typewriter on occasion,
		    and the results were cryptic at best." 
						-- Larry Niven
	Duke McMullan n5gax nss13429r phon505-255-4642 n5gax@leo.unm.edu
From: Bruce.Feist@f615.n109.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: ST Nick #2
X-Sender: newtout 0.05 Dec 30 1992
Date: 31 Dec 92  07:28:42

CHRISTMAS IN SPACE:  THE PREVIOUS GENERATION
 
'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the decks
Not a crewman was stirring, 'cept those having sex;
Their boots were all placed by the vent shafts with care,
In hopes that by morning they'd get some fresh air.
 
The Redshirts were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of staying alive all danced in their heads;
And, Kirk in his gold shirt, and McCoy in his blue,
Had just settled down for a nice Christmas brew--
 
When from the comm panel there came such a wail,
They sprang from their chairs, knocking over their ale.
Away to the panel Kirk flew, drenched in beer,
Snapped on the comm switch and barked loudly, "Kirk here!"
 
The squeals that emerged from the thing after that
Sounded just like the Devil was strangling a cat;
When, when to their bombarded ears should appear,
But the music of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,"
 
With a voice in the background, a murmur of talk,
That made Krk exclaim, "Bones....That sounds just like Spock."
More rapid than bullets his syllables came,
As he tested each circuit and called it by name--
 
"Cross Alpha to Beta, join Delta to Theta,
Route Kappa through Lambda, and Gamma to Zeta.
To the end of the circuit, the end of the line,
Now clip a resistor--there.  That should do fine."
 
As Kirk and McCoy listened closely to this,
The comm unit speaker let out a long hiss.
So, off to the turbolift both of them flew,
With a mind to discover what Spock was up to.
 
And then, in a twinking, they reached the bridge deck,
Stepped out of the lift, and began a quick check.
As they went down the steps and were looking around,
>From a nook Spock emerged, barely making a sound.
 
He was dressed in gray from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with solder and soot.
A bag of components he had in one fist,
And held in the other, a rather long list.
 
His eyes did not twinkle, his dimples were none,
Yet somehow it looked like he'd been having fun.
His mouth, at one corner, quirked up just a touch,
And one eyebrow lifted, though not by too much.
 
A soldering iron he held in his teeth,
And the smoke from it circled his head like a wreath.
He looked like a man with a task to complete,
And nothing would stop him, not rain, snow, or sleet.
 
His two colleagues stood there, dumbfounded by this.
McCoy chuckled softly; Kirk let out a hiss.
The look in Spock's eye and the set of his head,
Soon gave them to know he would not go to bed.
 
He spoke not a word, but wet straight to work,
And tuned all the sensors then turned back to Kirk.
And pressing a button and counting to three,
He lit up the bridge like a huge Christmas Tree.
 
His work done, he nodded, and walked to the lift
As his friends stared in awe at his lumious gift.
But they heard him exclaim, his voice with good-will rife,
"Merry Christmas!  And to you all, Peace and Long life!"
 

--- Maximus 2.01wb
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 Dave Aronson spoke to Shadow Spear
about Rush Limbaugh on 12-16-92  09:07>
 SS> I don't count "Greensleeves" when I am looking for a tune,
 SS> 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".  ;)

 DA> Very much so.  Gilligan's Island scans reasonably well to
 DA> Greensleeves.... 

	It works the other way also(at least _What Child Is This_ does).
I've got a question for you. How does one go about getting a copyright?
(anyone can answer this)

Robert



... We need filk in Yorktown! We need filk in Yorktown! We need filk in Yo
--- FMail 0.90
From: Uucp@ofa123.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: SONG: The 12 Days of Network Administration
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 22 Dec 92  13:59:20

From  ucivax!pathmac.med.cornell.edu!cumc.cornell.edu!phydeaux
From: phydeaux@cumc.cornell.edu ("The person your mother warned you about" )
To:   filk@ofa123.fidonet.org
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 13:41:16 EST

NEEP-NEEP-NEEP-NEEP-NEEP-NEEP-NEEP-NEEP-NEEP-NEEP

WARNING...if you are not a geek, you may not fully appreciate this song

NEEP-NEEP-NEEP-NEEP-NEEP-NEEP-NEEP-NEEP-NEEP-NEEP

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

The Twelve Days of Network Administration

Words:  David Weingart  (c) 1992
Music:  < go ahead, guess! :-) >

On the (nth) day of Net. Admin the system gave to me:

A 12 hour backup
11 bad addresses
10 floppies shredding
 9 apps a-hanging
 8 users bitching
 7 file servers 
 6 hours of downtime
 5 token rings
 4 ethernets
 3 I.P.'s
 2 monitors
 (And ) A ROM drive with a CD


(I'm still not sure this is quite right...any suggestions for improvements
gratefully read)



--
Dave Weingart   KB2CWF      In the event I am captured or killed, the Cornell
phydeaux@cumc.cornell.edu   University Medical College and the Office of 
phydeaux@src4src.linet.org  Academic Computing will disavow any knowledge of
                            my opinions.


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From: Sherman.Dorn@p6.f715.n273.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: More sexy banjo stuff
Date: 23 Dec 92 01:40:08 GMT
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992

On <20 Dec 92  10:55>, Joe Bethancourt scribbled the following to Sherman
Dorn:

 > SD> Of course, any jazz musician or afficionado must note that drums,
 > SD> guitars, basses, and pianos all are considered "rhythm" (and thus

 JB> back......<grin!>....my point here is that
 JB> in the frailing/clawhammer technique you
 JB> *want* to be striking the head of
 JB> the banjo as you play, as opposed to
 JB> fingerpicking styles, which tend to many
 JB> notes and no rhythm backing at all.

Ah.  As one whose primary experience with banjo is Pete Seeger, I don't really 
concentrate on playing style.
--- via XCS 1.00
From: Kihe.Blackeagle@p4003.f6224.n124.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: lyric request: murder
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 20 Dec 92  16:16:20

 MK> How wonderful.  I don't think I've ever had an entire song 
 MK> just for me.  I will check with Jordin if this song is 
 MK> copyrighted.  If so I'll have to send it by po (I'm having 
 MK> trouble with e-mail) so you should probably send me your
 MK> address.  And please be patient--the holidays you know.

No problem. Since my snail address *has* changed within the recent past, and I 
am not certain who else might have an old version, I'll go ahead and post
openly. Thank you for your support of filking, and yourgeneral presence in the 
Echo.
 
 Kihe Blackeagle
 7040 Holly Hill #243
 Dallas, TX 75231
 Home 214-691-6322 (no machine)
 Work 214-591-7542 (phonemail)

With the Best Wishes of the Season, in whatever tradition you & yours might
celebrate it!


Pax ... Kihe

--- EZPoint V2.2
From: Danny.Barnett@f1005.n124.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Another Christmas filk
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 23 Dec 92  09:07:26

(To the tune of "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer")
 
You know, south of the Equator, Yuletide is sunny.
White Christmas to Australians must seem funny.
Santa can't use his sled...
So he rides a surfboard instead!
 
Rudolph, the Red-Horned Narwhal
Had a horn that glowed bright red.
And if you ever teased him,
He would ram it through your head.
 
All of the female narwhals
Love to watch him fight off sharks.
His horn had other uses...
It lights up parties after dark!
 
Then, one foggy Christmas Eve,
Santa came to say:
"Rudolph, help me ride the waves;
Thirty grand a year the wage!"
 
So, if you see a red light
In the Gulf of Mexico,
It's Rudolph, the Red-Horned Narwhal
Blowing all his hard-earned dough!
 
Lyrics to RUDOLPH, THE RED HORNED NARWHAL are (c) Danny Barnett, who dreamed
up the lyrics after a caffeine overdose. 
 
Merry Christmaws, folks!

--- Maximus 2.01wb
From: Major.Matt.Mason@p11.f715.n273.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: London Bridge
X-Sender: newtout 0.05 Dec 30 1992
Date: 31 Dec 92  09:53:20

On 12/29/92, Kay Shapero said to Major Matt Mason concerning London Bridge: 

  KS> (Just think - for a whole week you guys coulda gotten away with MURDER
  KS> and you didn't know it... :->)

Oh, we DID.  You missed the posting of the Complete Monty Python Songbook,
every filk Julie Ecklar ever wrote, secret National Security Agency
communications codes, calling card numbers AND a complete guide to hacking
into TRW's credit files and replacing everybody's files with copies of "Banned 
From Argo"...

-MMM-

--- MacWoof Eval:24Dec92
From: Julie.Rhodes@f120.n226.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Tiny toon cthulu
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 20 Dec 92  18:36:00

AB>      I've got a copy of one set to the Tiny Toons theme, but I don't
AB>know
AB>who wrote it, if it's copyrighted or what permissions apply. I got it
AB>off a
AB>local BBS, on one of its local bases, from someone who knew someone who
AB>got
AB>it from someone... You get the idea. How anxious are you for songs?

What the hey, it might be cute!  Post it!

 * SLMR 2.1a * Here kitty, kitty, kitty...Yeow!!!


--- TosScan 1.00
From: Major.Matt.Mason@p11.f715.n273.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: mathoms, gracey?
X-Sender: newtout 0.04 Dec 29 1992
Date: 28 Dec 92  07:20:23

On 12/26/92, Julie Rhodes said to Allan Burrows concerning Re: mathoms,
gracey?: 

  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 despise,
  JR> and it comes on the car radio, I will make up my own "more
  JR> interesting" words...

Oh, that's filking, all right.

  JR> as an example, isn't it EASY to change Madonna's
  JR> "Erotica"?  The verse so easily changes to:
  JR> 
  JR> "Neurotic, neurotic, everybody has seen my body..."

ROFL!
  
  JR> I suppose everyone else here does that?
  
Yep.  Welcome aboard.  

-MMM-

--- MacWoof Eval:24Dec92
From: Dave.Aronson@p11.f120.n109.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Yes, virginia......
X-Sender: newtout 0.05 Dec 30 1992
Date: 30 Dec 92  11:34:32

 ES> P.S.:  Bah, humbug.  ;)

A card I recently heard about has Santa Claus, on the front, looking very
tired, disheveled, and grumpy (after all, the calendar says 12/25 and the
clock says 7 AM, and you see a blizzard thru the window), saying "HAH!".  Open 
it up, and there's a beach scene, with sun, palm trees, ocean waves... and
Santa clutching a buxom and scantily clad young lady about the thighs with his 
face next to her posterior... and saying "Bumhug!"


--- Maximus 2.01wb
From: Allan.Burrows@f836.n250.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: Re: Black N White
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
Date: 24 Dec 92  20:05:48

 J> The bear went left
 J> The bear went right
 J> The bear went through the traffic light
 J> The car was black
 J> With doors of white
 J> It chased me nearly half the ni-i-ight.
 J> What a horrible night!

 J> (The tune is "Black and White" -- who wants to do the next part?)

DA> Taking a turn for the ose:

DA> The kid was black,
DA> The cops were white,
DA> The jury decreed who was wrong or right.
DA> The sky was black,
DA> By firelight,
DA> Los Angeles rioted through the night.
DA> What a horrible night!

        And now the blacks can understand
        Who justice is for across the land
        All the land

The world is black
The world is white
And yellow and brown
And red by sight
And when they try
To make things right
It all ends up in
A fire fight
On a horrible night

        One more bridge and verse should do it for this one! (Sorry if I
stepped on anyone's toes. "All the land" could as easily be Canada as the
U.S.A, after all.)

                Allan

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