tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77251742008-04-22T10:45:11.812-05:00Marc's Poetry BlogMarc GunnBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-92233069878603286552008-04-02T21:27:00.002-05:002008-04-02T21:30:29.855-05:00Orange Kitten's Mew (parody "May Morning Dew")by Karen D. Mitchell
The cats we find are sometimes the sweetest cats on the planet in this parody of "May Morning Dew" from my CD, Whiskers in the Jar: Irish Songs for Cat Lovers.
One sunny June morning as I played in the grass,
I heard a loud meowing beneath my neighbor’s house.
When I peered into the darkness, my heart it pounced anew.
I found the friend I'd wished for in the orange kitten'sMarc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-58766935647967914302008-04-02T21:23:00.002-05:002008-04-02T21:27:24.352-05:00Kitty Martin (parody "Henry Martin")by Lynn McKinney
This parody of the Scottish song "Henry Martin" tells the story of a cat who goes mousing on the high seas. It gets a little bloody when the cat finds a rat on this latest song on my CD, Whiskers in the Jar: Irish Songs for Cat Lovers.
There were three cat brothers in merry Scotland;
In merry Scotland there were three.
And they did cast lots which of them should go, Should go, Marc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-47975179086514193352008-04-02T21:19:00.002-05:002008-04-02T21:21:57.798-05:00The Old Woman and Her Cat (Dundee Cat)by Matt McGinn
This song by Scottish songwriter, Matt McGinn, is a a classic story of an old woman and her cat. It's known in Scotland as "The Dundee Cat" and it's on my CD Whiskers in the Jar: Irish Songs for Cat Loversc.
In an attic flat in Dundee town,
A poor old woman spread the tale around
That she lived all her life in her old top flat
With no company but her old tom cat
Fifty years in aMarc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-11035026331723442842008-04-02T21:09:00.003-05:002008-04-02T21:46:30.799-05:00When the Dairy Farm Caught Fire (parody "Old Dun Cow")by Jean Prior, Nancy Pearsall, Marc Gunn
What happens when a bunch of cats hear that the dairy farm is on fire? It turn into a kitty free-for-all with cats flying from rafters and partying till the cows come home in this parody of "Old Dun Cow" from my CD, Whiskers in the Jar: Irish Songs for Cat Lovers.
Some friends and I in a milkman's truck
Were eating catnip one night
When into the truck a Marc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-13846231061764081852008-04-02T20:54:00.004-05:002008-04-02T21:15:28.360-05:00Kitty at the Door (parody "Johnny at the Door")by Lynn McKinney
Ever notice how cats stare off into nothingness? You can't help but wonder what they're thinking. Watch out if you try to help them decide. This parody of my song "Johnny at the Door" is on my CD Whiskers in the Jar: Irish Songs for Cat Lovers.
Kitty awoke on a crisp winter morn;
And looked through the door at the hill.
And he mewed to mistress to show his distress
As he made Marc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-33900703456739521902008-03-31T21:16:00.005-05:002008-04-02T21:32:12.922-05:00Whiskers in the Jar (parody "Whiskey in the Jar")by Nancy e. Pearsall, Feb 9, 2008
I came up with the idea for this song over two years ago, but every time I sat down to write it, the words never came out. Then as the deadline for recording the new Irish Songs for Cat Lovers CD, I asked my friend Nancy to come write and edit a couple songs with me. The very next day, she had a bit of inspiration and wrote this song better than I ever could. Marc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-83034751764454082162007-12-12T00:56:00.000-06:002007-12-12T01:08:30.557-06:00My Father Was a Werewolfmusic by Redhill Rats, words by Peg Kerr
The Redhill Rats are a Celtic folk rock group of Helsinki, Finland. I loved their song "My Father Was a Werewolf". So when I found an author who wrote a Harry Potter filk of the song, I got excited and decided to record the filk. Download the song from my Marc Songs Podcast.
My father was a werewolf, a Marauder, one of four
Who joined the Order and who Marc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-6097739842872851812007-10-31T17:36:00.000-05:002007-10-31T17:41:33.370-05:00I Saved the Planet Earth (Dr. Who Song)by Marc Gunn, November 26, 2007
This song was an experiment in my Pub Songs Podcast. My goal was to write a song off the cuff. People would give me words and I would take those words and write a song. I think the words for this song were: Dr. Who, ladybug, hypernova, and mailbox. Overall, it kinda worked. I could see this episode.
I heard a loud sound outside my drugstore
So I stuck out my headMarc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-40675995964878782982007-10-29T19:35:00.000-05:002007-10-29T19:37:38.051-05:00Christmas Time in Texasby Marc Gunn & Andrew McKee, 12/17/2002
Ah! What beautiful seventy-degree weather we're having. So much so, I was inspired to write a song. We recorded it on our CD "Christmas in Brobdingnag, Vol. 1".
There's no white Christmas day
less you drive a white Chevrolet
You won't hear sleigh bells ringing
less the Salvation Army is Santa-ing
In your...Christmas time in Texas.
And if you feel the Marc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-77418125814159103072007-09-15T11:42:00.000-05:002007-09-19T20:42:35.767-05:00They Call Me Crazyby Marc Gunn, July 10, 2004
Falling in love is a funny thing. It's often not very rational. You just fall. Even if you shouldn't. I recorded it for my non-typical love songs CD A Tribute to Love.
They call me crazy
For falling in love with you.
I know I'm hasty
But I can't waste another sunset
Or I'll be upset
Without you,
Without you.
The blush in your cheeks
Is like the sun's reddish Marc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-31176158727307271112007-08-23T13:15:00.000-05:002007-09-19T21:34:37.659-05:00Froggie Went A-Courtin'words and music traditional
I learned this song from my dad. These are the lyrics he used to sing to me as a kid. It was always a favorite song, which is why I recorded for my CD, "A Tribute to Love".
Frogg went a-courtin' and he did go, uh-huh
Frogg went a-courtin' and he did go, uh-huh
Frogg went a-courtin' and he did go
To the Coconut Grove for a midnight show,
Uh-huh un-huh un-huh
FroggieMarc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-67964362687154788272007-06-30T14:48:00.000-05:002007-06-30T22:56:03.248-05:00She Said Her Name Was Saffron (Firefly Song)by Marc Gunn, June 13, 2007
I received an email while I was in Ireland for a contest by SerenityStuff.com to write a song about Saffron (or YoSaffBridge), the beautiful and manipulative vixen from Firefly. She was one of my favorite bad guys in the show. And being in Ireland, a melody came easy. I wrote the song to "May Morning Dew", a beautiful Irish ballad.
I met her on the Outer Rim.
She wasMarc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-13753158060176223082007-04-25T21:28:00.000-05:002007-04-25T21:41:27.534-05:00Valley of Opportunityby Marc Gunn, March 30, 2007
After twenty-five years of wearing glasses, I had LASIK Eye Surgery. It's like being able to see for the first time. It is magical.
I remember free climbing a mountain
on the North Shore of Oahu.
The rock crumbled as we climbed,
But turning to look at the ocean,
To see the long waves strike the island
The danger and the precariousness
of our exploit Marc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-70881312109712183662007-03-12T02:13:00.000-05:002007-03-13T20:13:27.453-05:00Don't Go Drinking With Hobbitsby Marc Gunn, March 11, 2007
The idea for this song began three years ago at DragonCon. I went drinking with hobbits on Friday. By Sunday, I had no voice left (okay, it was actually the Con crude, but still...). Ever since then, I thought I should write a song about why you shouldn't go drinking with hobbits from Lord of the Rings. And maybe one day, I'll record a CD of hobbit drinking songs. ItMarc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-81965346238899944962007-02-07T13:48:00.001-06:002008-04-02T21:17:59.026-05:00Tiziano Gunn (parody "Old Fenian Gun")by Marc Gunn, February 7, 2007
In my first cat CD, Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers, I felt like I had a song for Jasper and a song for Torre, but no real song FOR Tiziano, my other tabby cat. Lyrics came to me based on the Irish song, "Old Fenian Gun" that just seemed to cool to miss. Since I was thinking of releasing a CD of love songs, I thought I might add this to that CD. Thus, it is a Marc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-1165277352816283992006-12-04T18:06:00.000-06:002006-12-04T18:09:12.826-06:00"What Shall We Do With A Catnipped Kitty" (parody of "What Shall We Do with a Drunken Sailor")by Marc Gunn, June 2006
In my continuing effort to create an all new and exciting follow up to my Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers CD, I wrote this songs about kitties who eat too much catnip.
What shall we do with a catnipped kitty
What shall we do with a catnipped kitty
What shall we do with a catnipped kitty
Ear-laye in the morning
Meow meow. Away he pounces.
Meow meow. Away he pounces.
Marc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-1163597589672592022006-11-15T07:31:00.000-06:002006-11-15T07:33:09.683-06:00Stomach Rumbleby Marc Gunn, November 15, 2006
We're under a tornado watch.
The sky is rather bright compared to the dark ambience.
The rain plummeting in globules on the porch outside.
It's a tornado sky. Spun and unfun.
Decadent cascades on our tin roof.
Lightening followed by the quick stomach rumble of thunder.
Electrostatic activity.
The light bulbs burb in quick succession
As the blankets get thicker onMarc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-1161362990596749112006-10-20T11:44:00.000-05:002006-11-15T07:33:42.770-06:00A Rabbit for Halloween (Bugs Bunny & Witch Hazel - Broom-Stick Bunny)by Marc Gunn
With Halloween nearing, I started thinking about Bugs & Witch Hazel in "Broom-Stick Bunny". I sat down with my autoharp and started retelling the story of an ugly witch who is threatend by Bugs Bunny dressed as an uglier witch for Halloween. But when Witch Hazel finds out that Bugs is actually a rabbit, she realizes she needs him for a potion. During the fight to kill Bugs, Witch Marc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-1161362596205970632006-10-20T11:38:00.000-05:002006-10-20T11:43:16.230-05:00Monkeys Over Mongoliaby Marc Gunn, October 8, 2006
I've always liked nonsensical songs. Early in my Brobdingnagian Bards music career, I wanted to write songs using suggestions from the audience. The closest we ever got to that was "If I Had A Million Ducats". That was not quite what I envisioned. After asking a few people, I was encouraged to write nonsensical. So through my Pub Songs Podcast, I accepted random Marc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-1159331183902921252006-09-26T23:18:00.000-05:002007-09-19T20:43:13.220-05:00The Gosling Rebornby Marc Gunn, September 26, 2006
There's nothing more amazing than meeting a woman who wholly clicks with you. I recorded it for my non-typical love songs CD A Tribute to Love.
Like a mystical swan from Avalon
My heart erupts from the myst across glassy waters,
Gliding in holy ascension
From the macabre of past disappointment
Into a New World
Of Chivalric Songs,
Set in new, unimaginable Marc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-1159244830155943412006-09-25T23:23:00.000-05:002007-09-19T21:35:14.281-05:00A Faint Heartby Ande Rasmussen
A couple years ago, a local songwriter took interest in the Brobdingnagian Bards. He asked to co-write a song with us and almost immediately sent this song. Yesterday, I finally set down and wrote a melody for the song. I recorded it for my non-typical love songs CD A Tribute to Love.a faint heart never
won a fair maiden
a faint heart never
let a lad be brazen
call up your Marc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-1153351929993717852006-07-19T16:20:00.000-05:002007-03-03T18:12:03.364-06:00The Virgin Dietby Marc Gunn, July 19, 2006
On a whim, I decided to put together The Medieval Virgin, a joke magazine based around the song "Do Virgins Taste Better Medley". I asked for a lot of article submissions and one Nagian, Cara Chapel, stepped up to the task with an article about a diet of virgins. A melody and then lyrics just started flowing from me. This is the result.
I've noticed a trend with Marc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-1151133567112999442006-06-24T02:07:00.000-05:002006-06-25T21:44:04.410-05:00My Olive Groveby Marc Gunn, June 24, 2006
Once again, I walk down that dusty road.
The cloudy canopy casts silhouettes
On the olive grove I called home.
I stumble along that same path
Again and again.
There are no taunting Ladders
That visibly give me reason to hope.
There is only the road,
Growing ever more tired and bled of life
From the same weary feet
treading
The same weary path.
Marc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-1149197722504990832006-06-01T16:29:00.000-05:002006-06-01T16:36:46.833-05:00Won't You Come With Me?by Marc Gunn, June 1, 2006
Last night, I was watching Buffy, the Vampire Slayer. I finished and after spending hours in front of the computer, I needed a break. So I decided to improvise a song on my autoharp. Once I had a nice melody, I wrote these lyrics. Then I recorded the song on my new Edirol digital recorder. Ah! There's nothing like a good murder ballad.
I left my ship with storms on myMarc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-1145562714517268562006-04-20T14:47:00.000-05:002006-04-20T14:51:54.526-05:00Jedi Drinking Song Prequel (Revenge of the Bards)by Marc Gunn & Andrew McKee, April 1, 2006
With the brilliant success of the Jedi Drinking Song a few years ago, I decided I wanted to write my own Jedi drinking song based on the first movie. I started telling the story, but it just wasn't working for me. So I set it aside and then the next two movies came out. So I started the song again. And this time, it flowed. But in effort to make it Marc Gunn