In an email message from Joan, she suggests that we write a song for the next poetry reading. I probably won't write a new one, but I could take (and sing) "This Old Fox" or "No Jam Today."
No Jam Today: A Holiday With Moose the Cat
[Examples of jam: 1. Traffic jam. 2. Writer's block. 3. Extreme difficulty. 4. Impossible people.]
[Melody: "Genevieve, Sweet Genevieve"]
O
Moose, I say!
Oh,
frabjous day!Come out and play–
No jam today!
Tomorrow jam,
And yesterday,
But now I say,
No jam today!
Oh,
listen, Moose,
To
what I say:We’re on the loose–
No jam today!
No gum, no glue,
No sticky goo,
No ham, no spam–
No jam today!
Once
in a way,
Some
jam’s okay,But when we have
It every day,
We get so tired
Of jam, we say,
“No way, Jose!
No jam today!”
Though
they may pass
The
pot our way,We’ll shake our heads,
We’ll smile and say,
“No, thanks–we had
Some yesterday–
No jam today!
No jam today!”
CHORUS: No
jam today! No jam today!
No
jam today! No jam today!Tomorrow jam, And yesterday,
But now I say, No jam today!
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I think I'll make some veggie skewers for lunch. And maybe warm up the leftover steak and gravy I made yesterday.
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Today was Flora Cage's birthday. She would have been about a hundred and ten.
2 comments:
I think she would have been 109 - but I could be off a year or two.
I like your song!
You're probably right. I couldn't remember what year she passed away.
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