tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:45:11 +0000http://www.marcgunn.com/poetry/index.shtmlMarc GunnBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-9223306987860328655Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:27:00 +00002008-04-02T21:30:29.855-05:00cat_songsby 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'shttp://www.marcgunn.com/poetry/2008/04/orange-kittens-mew-parody-may-morning.shtmlMarc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-5876693564796791430Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:23:00 +00002008-04-02T21:27:24.352-05:00cat_songsby 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, http://www.marcgunn.com/poetry/2008/04/kitty-martin-parody-henry-martin.shtmlMarc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-4797517908651419335Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:19:00 +00002008-04-02T21:21:57.798-05:00cat_songsby 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 ahttp://www.marcgunn.com/poetry/2008/04/old-woman-and-her-cat-dundee-cat.shtmlMarc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-1103502633172344284Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:09:00 +00002008-04-02T21:46:30.799-05:00cat_songsby 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 http://www.marcgunn.com/poetry/2008/04/when-dairy-farm-caught-fire-parody-old.shtmlMarc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-1384623106176408185Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:54:00 +00002008-04-02T21:15:28.360-05:00cat_songsby 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 http://www.marcgunn.com/poetry/2008/04/kitty-at-door.shtmlMarc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-3390070345673952190Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:16:00 +00002008-04-02T21:32:12.922-05:00cat_songsby 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. http://www.marcgunn.com/poetry/2008/03/whiskers-in-jar.shtmlMarc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-8303475176445408216Wed, 12 Dec 2007 06:56:00 +00002007-12-12T01:08:30.557-06:00filkmusic 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 http://www.marcgunn.com/poetry/2007/12/my-father-was-werewolf.shtmlMarc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-609773984287285181Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:36:00 +00002007-10-31T17:41:33.370-05:00by 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 headhttp://www.marcgunn.com/poetry/2007/10/i-saved-planet-earth-dr-who-song.shtmlMarc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-4067599596487878298Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:35:00 +00002007-10-29T19:37:38.051-05:00song lyricsby 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 http://www.marcgunn.com/poetry/2007/10/christmas-time-in-texas.shtmlMarc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-7741812581415910307Sat, 15 Sep 2007 16:42:00 +00002007-09-19T20:42:35.767-05:00song lyricsby 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 http://www.marcgunn.com/poetry/2007/09/they-call-me-crazy.shtmlMarc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-3117615872730727111Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:15:00 +00002007-09-19T21:34:37.659-05:00song lyricswords 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 Froggiehttp://www.marcgunn.com/poetry/2007/08/froggie-went-courtin.shtmlMarc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-6796436268715478827Sat, 30 Jun 2007 19:48:00 +00002007-06-30T22:56:03.248-05:00saffronirish balladsfirefly songsby 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 washttp://www.marcgunn.com/poetry/2007/06/she-said-her-name-was-saffron-firefly.shtmlMarc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-1375315806017622308Thu, 26 Apr 2007 02:28:00 +00002007-04-25T21:41:27.534-05:00oahulasik poetrynorth shoreby 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 http://www.marcgunn.com/poetry/2007/04/valley-of-opportunity.shtmlMarc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-7088131210971218366Mon, 12 Mar 2007 07:13:00 +00002007-03-13T20:13:27.453-05:00lord of the ringshobbitsby 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. Ithttp://www.marcgunn.com/poetry/2007/03/dont-go-drinking-with-hobbits.shtmlMarc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-8196534623889994496Wed, 07 Feb 2007 19:48:00 +00002008-04-02T21:17:59.026-05:00songsopposable thumbcat_songsTizianoby 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 http://www.marcgunn.com/poetry/2007/02/tiziano-gunn-parody-old-fenian-gun.shtmlMarc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-116527735281628399Tue, 05 Dec 2006 00:06:00 +00002006-12-04T18:09:12.826-06:00by 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. http://www.marcgunn.com/poetry/2006/12/what-shall-we-do-with-catnipped-kitty.shtmlMarc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-116359758967259202Wed, 15 Nov 2006 13:31:00 +00002006-11-15T07:33:09.683-06:00by 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 onhttp://www.marcgunn.com/poetry/2006/11/stomach-rumble.shtmlMarc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-116136299059674911Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:44:00 +00002006-11-15T07:33:42.770-06:00by 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 http://www.marcgunn.com/poetry/2006/10/rabbit-for-halloween-bugs-bunny-witch.shtmlMarc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-116136259620597063Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:38:00 +00002006-10-20T11:43:16.230-05:00by 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 http://www.marcgunn.com/poetry/2006/10/monkeys-over-mongolia.shtmlMarc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-115933118390292125Wed, 27 Sep 2006 04:18:00 +00002007-09-19T20:43:13.220-05:00by 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 http://www.marcgunn.com/poetry/2006/09/gosling-reborn.shtmlMarc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-115924483015594341Tue, 26 Sep 2006 04:23:00 +00002007-09-19T21:35:14.281-05:00song lyricsby 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 http://www.marcgunn.com/poetry/2006/09/faint-heart.shtmlMarc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-115335192999371785Wed, 19 Jul 2006 21:20:00 +00002007-03-03T18:12:03.364-06:00satirefunny poetryby 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 http://www.marcgunn.com/poetry/2006/07/virgin-diet.shtmlMarc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-115113356711299944Sat, 24 Jun 2006 07:07:00 +00002006-06-25T21:44:04.410-05:00by 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. http://www.marcgunn.com/poetry/2006/06/my-olive-grove.shtmlMarc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-114919772250499083Thu, 01 Jun 2006 21:29:00 +00002006-06-01T16:36:46.833-05:00by 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 myhttp://www.marcgunn.com/poetry/2006/06/wont-you-come-with-me.shtmlMarc Gunntag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725174.post-114556271451726856Thu, 20 Apr 2006 19:47:00 +00002006-04-20T14:51:54.526-05:00by 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 http://www.marcgunn.com/poetry/2006/04/jedi-drinking-song-prequel-revenge-of.shtmlMarc Gunn