At the Helm (filkbook)

At the Helm is a filk songbook of filks/original music by Duane Elms. The art is by Sam Vaughn. The filks are based on a combination of popular songs, folksongs and other fansongs, including by Leslie Fish and Juanita Coulson.
==ContentsMASSFILC filk Index November 23, 2006], via Wayback Feb 27/24==
* "The Ahasuerus & Flint Traveling Carnival Show" by Duane Elms (lyricist, composer)
* "An Investigation Into the Concept of Compound Interest" Based on: "Space Is Dark" by Bill Roper (Tune suggested or parodied)
* "A Slight Exaggeration" Based on: "76 Trombones" Meredith Willson (Tune suggested or parodied)
* "The Authors" Based on: "The Major General's Song" by Gilbert and Sullivan (Tune suggested or parodied)
* "Bomber" by Duane Elms (lyricist, composer)
* "Cat's Cradle" Based on: "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin (Tune suggested or parodied)
* "Come My Lady" by Duane Elms (lyricist, composer)
* "Come On, Make My Day" by Duane Elms (lyricist, composer)
* "The Dark Children" by Duane Elms (lyricist, composer)
* "Dawson's Christian" by Duane Elms (lyricist, composer)
* "Don't Mess Around with Ben" Based on: "Don't Mess Around with Jim" by Jim Croce (Tune suggested or parodied)
* "Don't Play Catch With a Bandersnatch" Based on: "Never Smile at a Crocodile" by by Frank Churchill and Jack Lawrence (Tune suggested or parodied)
* "Ghod Bless Our CPU" Based on: "God Save the Queen" (Tune suggested or parodied)
* "Don't Push That Button" by Duane Elms (lyricist, composer)
* "Intermission" Based on: "The Irish Washerwoman" (Tune suggested or parodied)
* "Blackhole" Based on: "Blackbird" by John Lennon and Paul McCartney (Tune suggested or parodied)
* "E. E." Based on: "Henry" (Tune suggested or parodied)
* "Ghost Puppies in the Sky" Based on "Ghost Riders in the Sky" by Stan Jones (Tune suggested or parodied)
* "The Engineer" Based on: "The Entertainer" by Billy Joel (Tune suggested or parodied)
* "For the Rim" by Duane Elms (lyricist, composer)
* "Harcourt Fenton Mudd Meets Kimball Kinnison" Based on: "Get Out of Denver" by Bob Seeger (Tune suggested or parodied)
* "Homicidal" Based on: "Lizzie Borden" (Tune suggested or parodied)
* "Pi Are Square" Based on: "The Irish Washerwoman" (Tune suggested or parodied)
* "Jill the Blob" Based on: "Jack the Slob" by Leslie Fish (Tune suggested or parodied)
* "Late Night at the Draco Tavern" by Duane Elms (lyricist, composer)
* "Listmakers" Based on: "No Quarter" by Juanita Coulson (Tune suggested or parodied)
* "Eighth of May" Based on: "Teddy Bears' Picnic" by John W. Bratton (Tune suggested or parodied)
* "Madame Curie's Hands" Based on: "Leader of the Band" by Dan Fogelberg (Tune suggested or parodied)
* "The Milky Way" Based on: "The Southern Cross" by Stephen Stills (Tune suggested or parodied)
* "Paradise Lost" Based on: "Comedy Tonight" by Stephen Sondheim (Tune suggested or parodied)
* "Six Little Aliens" Based on: "Ten Little Indians" (Tune suggested or parodied)
* "Paradoxes" Based on: "Little Boxes" by Malvina Reynolds (Tune suggested or parodied)
* "Ten Degrees or Colder" Based on: "Ten Degrees or Colder" by Gordon Lightfoot (Tune suggested or parodied)
* "Science Fiction in the Golden Age" Based on: "R-O-C-K in the USA" by John Cougar Mellencamp (Tune suggested or parodied)
* "Old Time Religion Verses" Based on: "Old Time Religion" (Tune suggested or parodied)
* "The Spacer" Based on: "The Gambler" by Kenny Rogers (Tune suggested or parodied)
* "Startide Rising" by Duane Elms (lyricist, composer)
* "Spacer's Home" by Duane Elms (lyricist, composer)
* "They Call This World Medea" Based on: "They Call the Wind Maria" by Richard Rodgers (Tune suggested or parodied)
* "They Just Don't Write 'em Like That Anymore" Based on: "They Just Don't Write 'em Like That Anymore" by Greg Kihn (Tune suggested or parodied)
* "Threes, Rev. 1.1" Based on: "Threes" by Leslie Fish (Tune suggested or parodied)
* "Too Late" by Duane Elms (lyricist, composer)
* "Going Home" Based on: "For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her" by Paul Simon (Tune suggested or parodied)
* "Murphy's Law Verses" Based on: "My Bonnie" (Tune suggested or parodied)
* "We're the Dorsai" Based on: "In the Navy" by The Village People (Tune suggested or parodied)
* "We're Goin' Back" by Duane Elms (lyricist, composer)
== References ==
Category:1989 Songbooks