The Hobbit Hole VII - But not yet weary are our feet...

To: HairOfTheDog

An Irish Ballad
by Tom Lehrer

About a maid I'll sing a song,
Sing rickety-tickety-tin,
About a maid I'll sing a song,
Who didn't have her fam'ly long.
Not only did she do them wrong,
She did ev'ryone of them in, them in,
She did ev'ryone of them in.

One morning in a fit of pique,
Sing rickety-tickety-tin,
One morning in a fit of pique,
She drowned her father in the creek.
The water tasted bad for a week,
And we had to make do with gin, with gin,
We had to make do with gin.

Her mother she could never stand,
Sing rickety-tickety-tin,
Her mother she could never stand,
And so a cyanide soup she planned.
The mother died with a spoon in her hand,
And her face in a hideous grin, a grin,
Her face in a hideous grin.

She set her sister's hair on fire,
a-Rickety-tickety-tin,
She set her sister's hair on fire,
And as the smoke and flame rose high'r,
Danced around the funeral pyre,
Playin' a violin, -olin,
Playin' a violin.

She weighted her brother down with stones,
a-Rickety-tickety-tin,
She weighted her brother down with stones,
And sent him off to Davy Jones.
All they ever found were some bones,
And occasional pieces of skin, of skin,
Occasional pieces of skin.

One day when she had nothing to do,
Sing rickety-tickety-tin,
One day when she had nothing to do,
She cut her baby brother in two,
And served him up as an Irish stew,
And invited the neighbors in, -bors in,
Invited the neighbors in.

And when at last the police came by,
Sing rickety-tickety-tin,
And when at last the police came by,
Her little pranks she did not deny.
To do so she would have had to lie,
And lying, she knew, was a sin, a sin,
Lying, she knew, was a sin.

My tragic tale I won't prolong,
Rickety-tickety-tin,
My tragic tale I won't prolong,
And if you do not enjoy my song,
You've yourselves to blame if it's too long,
You should never have let me begin, begin,
You should never have let me begin.

801 posted on 03/17/2004 12:13:23 PM PST by ecurbh

Just said a prayer for Matthew. Let us know how that goes!

802 posted on 03/17/2004 12:14:51 PM PST by Fedora

To: My back yard

Yea, he sis have one of them on his shoulders. I forgot that too. He was something else, wasn't he!?!
Uh oh! a whole essay...are we gonna hear it?

803 posted on 03/17/2004 12:15:37 PM PST by PurpleQ

To: Fedora; My back yard; RMDupree; HairOfTheDog; All; Corin Stormhands

May I stick my 2 cents worth in here? The most enjoyable science fiction book I can remember reading (the science is very soft, but the humour was terrific), was The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis. You're welcome.

804 posted on 03/17/2004 12:16:45 PM PST by Argh

Hey! ecurbh...how many more days is it now?

805 posted on 03/17/2004 12:16:58 PM PST by PurpleQ

To: HairOfTheDog

Why, thank you for the chorus of leprechauns! :) And a Happy St. Patrick's Day to you :)

806 posted on 03/17/2004 12:17:24 PM PST by Fedora

Been a while since I read them. But I think I've read most everything written by him.

807 posted on 03/17/2004 12:17:34 PM PST by My back yard

To: My back yard

What a good idea. Wish I ws there.

OH my! I feel positively *HUMAN* again!!! Gees, there is just nothing that feels as good as sittin' outside on a day like today. Came in for food this time! hehehe.... heating some carne asada.

808 posted on 03/17/2004 12:17:52 PM PST by Wneighbor (Well the view looks better from ahead than it looks behind)

809 posted on 03/17/2004 12:18:25 PM PST by ecurbh (In 94 days...)

I'm reading Doomsday Book right now, upon JenB's recommendation :) I'm into the last hundred pages now.

810 posted on 03/17/2004 12:19:50 PM PST by Fedora

I don't like you right now! I am stuck in here in this office like a bird in a cage looking out the window at the bright sunshine :-( I wanna be tanning too!

811 posted on 03/17/2004 12:23:45 PM PST by PurpleQ

To: ecurbh; RMDupree

Ruthy!!! Only 92 more days till we see each other!!! :-)

812 posted on 03/17/2004 12:24:00 PM PST by Wneighbor (Well the view looks better from ahead than it looks behind)

Whah...what a day. I can't even get my frowny face right...ugh :-(

813 posted on 03/17/2004 12:25:39 PM PST by PurpleQ

Come on up!!!! You know I would love for you to be here.... don't have a pool yet this year.... will have to get one soon! :-)

Can you believe this? I'm just in Texas Redneck girl heaven!!! :-)

814 posted on 03/17/2004 12:26:09 PM PST by Wneighbor (Well the view looks better from ahead than it looks behind)

*dancing around*

I can hardly wait!! I'm soooooo ready!

815 posted on 03/17/2004 12:26:27 PM PST by RMDupree (HHD: Deep roots are not reached by the frost.)

What's wrong with your frowny face? It's too pretty to be frowny. At least you got a window!

Soon as I eat I've gotta get clothes on and take my pickup to get the oil changed.... and go to WalMart and get some chips... outta chips but got a coupla more avacados for guacamole. Bad balance there.

816 posted on 03/17/2004 12:28:43 PM PST by Wneighbor (Well the view looks better from ahead than it looks behind)

Can you believe Wneighbor has a moot a month from March to June!

817 posted on 03/17/2004 12:29:20 PM PST by PurpleQ

Oh! I wish you and PQ were both here today! We could all have a great time doing nothing in the warm sunshine! :-)

818 posted on 03/17/2004 12:29:26 PM PST by Wneighbor (Well the view looks better from ahead than it looks behind)

To: PurpleQ; RMDupree

Ahem... January to June...

gotta get crackin' on the rest of the year now.

819 posted on 03/17/2004 12:30:16 PM PST by Wneighbor (Well the view looks better from ahead than it looks behind)

I still have that one in paperback on the shelf. lol I read it, but a loooong time ago. Same era as the Future Shock, and what else? I'm ok You're ok? Funny huh?

820 posted on 03/17/2004 12:31:18 PM PST by My back yard

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