Pockets

by @edwinb · @marilisa · @gavran · @robertrwb · @richardmarsherder

Pockets
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Liner Notes

So, er, this just happened. We had a "Let's Write A Song!" session at the UK Filk Con about an hour ago, and this is what we came up with. I'm not sure what else to say... It's #filk, it has my #ukulele, and it has the following additional people who were willing to admit their involvement (those with FAWM names are tagged as collaborators):

Marilisa, Gavran, Lexi, Jenny, Paul, Richard+Isobel Marsherder, Jackie, Billy, Robert, Declan, Bryn Tee, Marion

The only thing I can add by way of explanation is: they're filkers. What did you expect?

Lyrics

[C][G]

[F]In the [Am]dungeon, [F]slay the [G]beast
[F]Loot the [Am]corpse, to [F]fund the [G]feast

[F]Open [Am]carcass, [F]search the [G]lungs
[F]Find a [Am]coin, [F]under its [G]tongue

[F]It wonder [Am]why she [F]stored it [G]there
[F]Instead of [Am]in the [F]clothes she [G]wears

She's a [F]giant chicken [G]bat lizard
She [C]doesn't have [Am]pockets
I [F]don't [E7]know what [C]you would [Am]check
It [F]isn't [G]really [C]rocket.... science

This [F]was no [Am]pigeon, a [F]penguin or a [G]plover
[F]I don't like to [Am]judge a [F]book by its [G]cover

[F]She doesn't wear [Am]trousers, [F]boots or a [G]glove or
[F]Anything at [Am]all [F][G]

She's a [F]giant chicken [G]bat lizard
She [C]doesn't have [Am]pockets
She's [F]not a [E7]wandering [C]vaga[Am]bond
[F]She's [G]just a [C]cocka... trice

She's a [F]giant chicken [G]bat lizard
She [C]doesn't have [Am]pockets
It's [F]not the [E7]end of the [C]world as [A]we know it
It's [F]not [G]the a[C]pocket.... lypse

She's a [F]giant chicken [G]bat lizard
She [C]doesn't have [Am]pockets
I [F]don't [E7]know what [C]you would [Am]check
It [F]isn't [G]really [C]rocket.... science

Comments

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@quadrivium
This is so joyful and fun! It makes me wish I had been able to come to the UK folk con. I love the various rhymes you all found for “pocket.”
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@janeg
What great fun! Amazing what can be done with creative silly folks and no practicing. The game would have turned out differently if the lizard had had an apron.
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@robinleaf
This. Is. Hilarious. The "pocket" rhymes really cracked me up and just the whole idea of a giant chicken bat lizard without pockets tickles me in a good way LOL.
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@wylddandelyon
Oh, this is fun! Very silly, very filk, and I wish I'd been there to add a high descant harmony.
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@coolparadiso Mod
I bet this was fun to do this! Rocket……. Science, it’s gunna rhyme somehow! Ha ha
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@alyxanderjames
Haha, this is great! There's something particularly endearing about hearing what's clearly a bunch of people just having a blast together.
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@tawny249
This made me grin. It's so very filk. It sounds like one of those things you come up with after a meandering conversation when someone finally says "there should be a song about this." And I mean that in the most endearing possible way.
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@headfirstonly Mod
The happiness pervading this recording takes me back to playing D&D with my pals back in the early 80s. Still have my DM's manual kicking around somewhere...

You definitely get a +3 on each roll for the shouted "Science!"
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