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[The Laughing Man]

Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas! A delightful story loosely based on the Gift Of The Magi......it was my sons favorite Christmas movie when he was little. I bought him a copy for Christmas this past year.

I wish I could remember how all the songs go....

Points fer the duck!
...it's not official, but it's close enough....
emmet otter lyrics

[lucimay]

leave it to the Duck to know this obscura! (and the Esmer)


O Caritas!
cat stevens


hunc ornatum mundi
nolo perdere
video flagrare
video flagrare
video flagrare
omnia res

audio clamare
audio clamare
audio clamare
homines

nunc extinguitur
mundi et astrorum lumen
nunc concipitur
mali hominis crimen

tristitate et lacrimis
gravis est dolor
de terraque maribus
magnus est clamor

O caritas, O caritas
nobis semper sit amor
nos perituri mortem salutamus, ah
sola resurgit vita

Ah, this world is burning fast
Oh, the world will never last
I don't want to lost it here in my time
Give me time forever here in my time.

Translation of Latin:
I don't want to lose the harmony of the universe
I see all things... burning, I hear men... shouting.
Now is the light of the world and the stars going out
Now does the blame for the disaster fall upon men.
Grief is heavy with sadness and tears
Great is the noise from the earth and the seas
O love, O love be with us always.
We who will perish salute death. Life alone goes on.

[The Laughing Man]

you never saw Emmett Otter's Jugband Christmas?

[lucimay]

no. stop pokin me. stop. it tickles.

[The Laughing Man]

looks like we got a new one fer the double entendre thread......

[lucimay]

i'm not sayin ANYthing else!


and put those damn binoculars away!

[sgt.null]

Card Cheat, The
Clash (the)

(Strummer/Jones)

There's a solitary man crying, "Hold me."
It's only because he's a-lonely
If the keeper of time runs slowly
He won't be alive for long!

If he only had time to tell of all of the things he planned
With a card up his sleeve, what would he achieve?
It means nothing!

To the opium den and the barroom gin
In the Belmont chair playing violins
The gambler's face cracks into a grin
As he lays down the king of spades

But the dealer just stares
There's something wrong here, he thinks
The gambler is seized and forced to his knees
And shot dead

He only wanted more time
Away from the darkest door
But his luck it gave in
As the dawn light crept in
And he lay on the floor

From the Hundred Year War to the Crimea
With a lance and a musket and a Roman spear
To all of the men who have stood with no fear
In the service of the King

Before you met your fate be sure you
Did not forsake your lover
May not be around anymore

[dANdeLION]

I'm not in love - 10CC

I'm not in love, so don't forget it
It's just a silly phase I'm going through
And just because I call you up
Don't get me wrong, don't think you've got it made
I'm not in love, no-no
(It's because...)

I like to see you, but then again
That doesn't mean you mean that much to me
So if I call you, don't make a fuss
Don't tell your friends about the two of us
I'm not in love, no-no
(It's because...)

(Be quiet, big boys don't cry)
(Big boys don't cry)
(Big boys don't cry)
(Big boys don't cry)
(Big boys don't cry)
(Big boys don't cry)
(Big boys don't cry)

I keep your picture upon the wall
It hides a nasty stain that's lyin' there
So don't you ask me to give it back
I know you know it doesn't mean that much to me
I'm not in love, no-no
(It's because...)

Ooh, you'll wait a long time for me
Ooh, you'll wait a long time

Ooh, you'll wait a long time for me
Ooh, you'll wait a long time

I'm not in love, so don't forget it
It's just a silly phase I'm going through
And just because I call you up
Don't get me wrong, don't think you've got it made, ooh

I'm not in love, I'm not in love...

[lucimay]

nice one, dAN.

[Worm of Despite]

BURNING AIRLINES GIVE
YOU SO MUCH MORE,
by Brian Eno


When I got back home I found a message on the door
Sweet Regina's gone to China crosslegged on the floor
Of a burning jet that's smoothly flying:
Burning airlines give you so much more.

How does she intend to live when she's in far Cathay?
I somehow can't imagine her just planting rice all day.
Maybe she will do a bit of spying
With microcameras hidden in her hair.

I guess Regina's on the plane, a Newsweek on her knees
While miles below her the curlews call from strangely stunted trees.
The painted sage sits just as though he's flying;
Regina's jet disturbs his wispy beard.

When you reach Kyoto send a postcard if you can,
And please convey my fond regards to Chih-Hao's girl Yu-Lan.
I heard a rumour they were getting married
But someone left the papers in Japan.
Left them in Japan, left them in Japan...

[lucimay]

Once there was a boy and girl
Boy said I love you so
Girl said I’ll never leave you
They grew older and left each other
’cause that’s the way love goes

Then there’s a time
Seems like you’ll never find
Someone willing to love you
Keep on looking you’ll soon discover

A mighty love
Can sometimes make a weak man moan
Said a mighty love
You sit all day by the telephone
’cause you’re all alone
You need a mighty love

Some say that you’re sure to find
True love and piece of mind
At the end of the rainbow
There’s no sign in the sky to follow
’cause that’s the way love goes
And so there’s a rhyme
That says life will soon be fine
Love is just what you make it
Keep on loving, you’ll soon discover

A mighty love
Can sometimes make a weak man strong
A mighty love
Can sometimes make a rich man weep
And knock him off his feet
To have a mighty love

[Worm of Despite]

Talk, it’s only talk
Arguments, agreements, advice, answers,
Articulate announcements
It’s only talk

Talk, it’s only talk
Babble, burble, banter, bicker bicker bicker
Brouhaha, boulderdash, ballyhoo
It’s only talk
Back talk

Talk talk talk, it’s only talk
Comments, cliches, commentary, controversy
Chatter, chit-chat, chit-chat, chit-chat,
Conversation, contradiction, criticism
It’s only talk
Cheap talk

Talk, talk, it’s only talk
Debates, discussions
These are words with a d this time
Dialogue, dualogue, diatribe,
Dissention, declamation
Double talk, double talk

Talk, talk, it’s all talk
Too much talk
Small talk
Talk that trash
Expressions, editorials, expugnations, exclamations, enfadulations
It’s all talk
Elephant talk, elephant talk, elephant talk

[onewyteduck]

Thanks ever so much for the link, Es!

[The Laughing Man]

my pleasure...

Ain't No Hole in the Washtub

Head full of good thoughts
Belly full of grub
Money in your pocket
When there ain't no hole in the washtub

Your nails won't break and your toes won't stub
You never get a fever
When there ain't no hole in the washtub

If you look to the good side
Fallin' down's a free ride
Slippin' and a-slidin' in the mud
If your back is hurtin'
I can say for certain
I'll be there to treat you to a soothin' back rub
When there ain't no hole in the washtub

Lunch with the uppercrust
Dinner at the club
High on the hog
When there ain't no hole in the washtub
Watermelon gardens, berries on a shrub
Cookies in the kitchen
When there ain't no hole in the washtub

I'll be there to treat you to a soothin' back rub!
When there ain't no hole in the washtub

If you look to the good side
Fallin' down's a free ride
Slippin' and a-slidin' in the mud
So it twists and contorts you
The barrel supports you
You can feed and clothe yourself
With a rub-a-dub-dub!
When there ain't no hole in the washtub
Ain't no hole in the washtub
Ain't no hole in the washtub

this ones fer Kentucky over there...

[lucimay]

If you look to the good side
Fallin' down's a free ride
Slippin' and a-slidin' in the mud heh heh yeah!


nice one!

[exnihilo]

Well hello there,
It's been a long long time
How am I doing?
Oh well, I guess I'm doing fine
It's been so long now and it seems that
It was only yesterday
Ain't it funny how time slips away?

How's your new love,
I hope that he's doing fine
Heard you told him
That you'd love him till the end of time
Well you know, that's the same thing
That you told me
Well it seems like just the other day
Ain't it funny how time slips away

Gotta go now
Guess I'll see you hanging round
Don't know when though
Never know when I'll be back in town
But remember what I told you
That in time your gonna pay
Well it's surprisin' how time slips away
Yeah, ain't it surprisin' how time slips away

[Cail]

Hi there, how are ya? it’s been a long time.
Seems like we’ve come a long way.
My, but we learn so slow
And heroes they come and they go
And leave us behind as if we re’s pposed to know why.
Why do we give up our hearts to the past?
And why must we grow up so fast?

And all you wishing well fools with your fortunes,
Someone should send you a rose
With love from a friend. it’s nice to hear from you again.
And the storybook comes to a close.
Gone are the ribbons and bows.
Things to remember, places to go,
Pretty maids all in a row.

[lucimay]

Hello, it's me
I've thought about us for a long, long time
Maybe I think too much but something's wrong
There's something here that doesn't last too long
Maybe I shouldn't think of you as mine

Seeing you
Or seeing anything as much as I do you
I take for granted that you're always there
I take for granted that you just don't care
Sometimes I can't help seeing all the way through

It's important to me
that you know you are free
'Cause I never want to make you change for me

Think of me
You know that I'd be with you if I could
I'll come around to see you once in a while
Or if I ever need a reason to smile
And spend the night if you think I should

It's important to me
that you know you are free
'Cause I never want to make you change for me

Think of me
you know that i'd be with you if i could.
I'll come around to see you once in a while
Or if i ever need a reason to smile
And spend the night if you think i should

(think of me)

[dANdeLION]

The Carpet Crawlers - Genesis

There is lambs wool under my naked feet.
The wool is soft and warm,
gives off some kind of heat.
A salamander scurries into flame to be destroyed.
Imaginary creatures are trapped in birth on celluloid.
The fleas cling to the golden fleece,
Hoping they'll find peace.
Each thought and gesture are caught in celluloid.
There's no hiding in my memory.
There's no room to avoid.

The crawlers cover the floor in the red ochre corridor.
For my second sight of people, they've more lifeblood than before.
They're moving in time to a heavy wooden door,
Where the needle's eye is winking, closing in on the poor.

The carpet crawlers heed their callers:
"We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out."

There's only one direction in the faces that I see;
It's upward to the ceiling, where the chamber's said to be.
Like the forest fight for sunlight, that takes root in every tree.
They are pulled up by the magnet, believing they're free.

The carpet crawlers heed their callers:
"We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out."

Mild mannered supermen are held in kryptonite,
And the wise and foolish virgins giggle with their bodies glowing bright.
Through a door a harvest feast is lit by candlelight;
It's the bottom of a staircase that spirals out of sight.

The carpet crawlers heed their callers:
"We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out."

The porcelain mannequin with shattered skin fears attack.
The eager pack lift up their pitchers - they carry all they lack.
The liquid has congealed, which has seeped out through the crack,
And the tickler takes his stickleback.

The carpet crawlers heed their callers:
"We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out."

[Vain]

Drunkards Prayer by Over the Rhine

You're my water
You're my wine
You're my whiskey
From time to time

You're the hunger
On my bones
All the nights
I sleep alone

Sweet intoxication
When your words
Wash over me

Whether or not
Your lips move
You speak to me

Like an ocean
Without waves
You're the movement
That I crave

And in that motion
I long to drown
And be lost not to be found
You're my water
You're my wine
You're my whiskey
From time to time