Ditties from the Edge of the World

Ditties from the Edge of the World is a filk cassette tape played by Linda Short for Blake's 7 fandom. It got a special mention on the fansite Blake's 7: Judith Proctor's pages, along with six other well-known fandom filk tapes.
==Cassette Tape==
Special thanks to Sue Walker "whose original ideas inspired Summer-time Kinght and Anna's Song."
===Side A===
All songs sung by Linda Short.
#Bound for Cygnus by Trad / Linda Short
#Queen of Seasons by Maria Przeslawska
#Trooper Grey by Linda Short
#Summer-time Knight by Linda Short, inspired by Sue Walker
#Anti-hero's Lament by Val Douglas
#Kerril and Son by Linda Short
#B7 in Brief by ?
===Side B===
#Star of the Delta Grade by Trad / Linda Short
#Lily of Sarran by Maria Przeslawska
#Mistress of the Universe by Jean Sheward
#Anna'a Song by Linda Short, inspired by Sue Walker
#Retribution by Carol West
#Drink up thy Soma by Trad / Linda Short
==Sample Lyrics==
====Anti-Hero’s Lament (you have to imagine this being sung in a mild Cockney or strong Londish)====
: I’m only a poor Anti-Hero
: In a Space Opera on BBC
: You may think it looks thrilling
: When blood I am spilling
: But you ought to try it & see!
: I has to wear clothes that look macho
: Just to make my tough image complete
: But the leather feels lumpy,
: The studs are all bumpy
: & the boots are KILLING me feet!
: My crew don’t invite me to party
: ‘Cause they says I’m a killjoy & bore
: & the girls I admire
: Get shot & expire
: So I don’t chat ‘em up anymore.
: I ain’t got no friends, ‘cause I kills them.
: Well, I has to, before they kills me.
: I look vicious & snigger
: As I pull the trigger
: Then I goes back alone to me bunk, & me tea.
: So I think, as I sit in me cabin,
: Of the good times to come- Do I? Heck!
: As a cynic I know
: I will end the last show
: W/ me brains splattered over the deck.
: & when the last series is cancelled
: ‘Cause the Beeb doesn’t want us no more
: I’m going to aspire to
: A place to retire to
: With roses & things ‘round the door
: So I sit on me own in me cabin
: Writing poems, & trying to get me lines to scan
: If I was in another progr-(I)-am
: I know that I could show I am
: A really kind hearted & loveable man.
: So pity the poor Anti-Hero
: The next time he appears on your screen
: His poor heart is breaking
: His feet they are aching!
: No wonder the poor sod looks mean!
====B7 In BriefFor references and comparisons see also (sung to the tune of M. Witmark and Sons' The Teddy Bear's Picnic) (excerpt)====
: If you go out in the woods today
: You'd better not go alone
: Don't go out in the woods today
: It's safer to stay at home.
: Each mortal man that ever there was
: Today is in great danger because
: T'day's the day the Decimas 'ave their picnic.
: Picnic time for Decimas
: The little Decimas were 'aving a lovely time today
: Until they became aware
: Of someone's intentions with deadly rays.
: Now see them start to shriek and shout
: They love to kick about a couple of heads or two
: I hope that when it's time to go
: That you'll take your bloody rubbish oh
: Nice little Decimas.
==Reactions and Reviews==
==References==
Category:Blake's 7
Category:1985 Filk Albums