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The bird song
A song about the birds that live around my house
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Liner Notes
Everything in this song is true. Except the little helmets, unfortunately. Also, I would never do that to any animal, because I am vegan.
Composed and played on the ukulele, since today is "World Play Your Ukulele Day".
Lyrics
There was a deer frolicking around In my backyard today It died a mysterious death It was a virus — that’s what they say I don’t know I don’t know I don’t know It could’ve been me! There was a group of birds eating The seeds of my peafowl They wore little helmets and marched like they’re soldiers With their leader doing a growl I don’t know what they say to each other I know that they make a lot of noise They frolic and brawl and they clap and they swirl Inside the bowl with such a poise There was a goose honking this morning Just outside by the pool He said: Honk! Honk! Honk! Honk! Honk! Honk! Honk! Honk! Honk! Honk! And I said: shut up you fool! This is no place for honking at 7am That’s what I know! If you honk just one more time I’ll put you inside my pillow! I’ll take all your feathers I’ll pluck them one by one that's what I’ll do I’ll put you in the oven 430 I’ll cook you and then I’ll eat you Cause this a song of a guy who’s a vegan But his patience has a limit too I don’t know I don’t know what to do With the birds that… Frolic and call in they bark and they sing and they poop and they honk and they put on they eat all the seeds In my house
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this is fun! It's like a song of observations of birds. I think the Goose verse is my favorite lol.
Hahaha! This is delightful. The uke is perfect for this and it's put my morning off to a great start. 😁
Loved geese; we kept a flock when I was a kid, and i was the goosekeeper. I stayed fond of the breeders but never got close to the ones for eating! I smile at people shouting at geese to shut up. Happened with ours. Okay, an entertaining lyric, liked the uke, the wrens, blackbirds, goldfinches, sparrows, silvereyes, New England honeyeaters in our patio would lvoe this, noisy little beggars.!
Ha! These little birds make a terrific image! Haha, and the pillow line is even more fun. This song comes to an amazing climax with that last long line! Well done for sure!
That was quite the ride! Great build and flow with fun structure.
"The morning bird artillery", wrote one of my favorite authors. Funny! The vegan who (maybe) could be pushed to far 😀
Angry Vegan Yells At Birds
Perfect ukulele song. I love the way you're described the noise of the birds, and the angry vegan who doesn't like the noise is a perfect character for a modern folk song. Very entertaining.
A modern day Alouettes, wonderful propelled by the rhythmic strumming of the ukulele Hmmm, Ukulele Alouettes (off to the A is for ABBA thread)
Awesome energy and fun in the telling of this tale. (Honk, honk - shut up you fool) Haha. Even vegans have limits - this was so much fun, propelled by the awesome uke strumming. Loved this!
I feel like I'm a bad person for really liking the stark contrast of a happy sounding ukulele with those dark lyrics speaking of de-feathering and broiling a goose. I've been so impressed with the creativity of everyone so far. I love that you were able to put to song the feelings of frustration with being woken up at an ungodly hour by honking birds. Well done Elesimo. Love it.