I certainly read it as a song lyric, & as a funny one as such.
But needing that melody &, maybe, performance to be whole....
Doug
On 5-Feb-09, at 3:04 PM, Jon Corelis wrote:
> This was conceived of as lyrics to a jug band song, so I suppose
> like most
> song lyrics it looks rather stilted on the page. If anyone reading
> this is
> in a jug band and wants to try it, feel free. I don't have a
> melody, but it
> should fit a number of traditional jug band tunes. Or you dould
> write one.
>
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