Cicada Jazz

3 weeks ago by @oaksnprairie

Cicada Jazz

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Liner Notes

I'd like to thank the thousands of backup singers who made this possible. I recorded this summer's 17 year cicadas with the idea that I would write a cicada song now. Some birds also contributed; they get their royalties in birdseed.

As usual, I am compelled to impart some natural history facts along with my music. Scientists figured out how the cicadas know when to emerge--they count the number of times a tree's sap slows (in winter) and speeds up (in spring). They used an artificial tree to fake the changes and fool the cicadas into emerging early.

#ukulele #cicada #insect_chorus

Lyrics

Cicada Jazz

Seventeen years livin’ underground
Sippin’ sap and hangin’ around
Countin’ down by the ebb and flow
Until it’s time to go, go , go

Climb up trees, fling off old clothes
Red eyes shining, striking a pose
Better hurry and find a new mate
Only got a few weeks before it’s too late

A-eee-ya the guys all sing
A-eee-ya the ladies click click
Look out now, they’re all over the yard
Never seen an insect party so hard

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