Lamb Ditty Die

5 hours ago by @analogj

Liner Notes

I wrote this for Danno's Online Show & Tell Show, for which I co-host, on the Meetup site as part of the Ukulele Union Of Boston. We have a weekly theme for which the open mikers, come up with a song which justifies the theme. Can be a cover or an original.

The theme for the week is "Lamb and Lion".

This is sort of a darkly humorous, yet spritely Irish folk-rocker, told from the point of view of a hungry wolf, with a nod to traditional Irish folk music.

Lyrics

G D C D
I'm just your average wolf
G D C D
I'm not really known as aloof
Bm7 Em
I'm setting my radar for sight
C Am D
I'm on the hunt just looking for a bite

G D C D
I'm looking for my dinner
G D C D
Oh, I think I see a winner
Bm7 Em
I don't need a big masterpiece
C Am D
Just a fluffy, really puffy thing with fleece

C D
I'm setting my sights
G Em
On some juicy, juicy bites
C Am7 D
To help fulfill my big appetite
C D
I'm setting my sights
Bm7 Em
On some juicy, juicy bites
C D G D
The soon to be meal will delight

G D C D
I'm not in the mood for goose
G D C D
Nor do I want some very stringy moose
Bm7 Em
I don't want a damn parakeet,
C Am D
When I'm looking for a nice lamb to eat

G D C D
It's nice for its size
G D C D
And hey just look at those thighs
Bm7 Em
I'm setting my radar for the prize
C Am
Gonna say the cliché and pull the wool over its
D
eyes

C D
I'm setting my sights
G Em
On some juicy, juicy bites
C Am D
To help fulfill my big appetite
C D
I'm setting my sights
Bm7 Em
On some juicy, juicy bites
C D G D
The soon to be meal will delight

G C Am D
Lamb ditty die die die die die die die die

G D C D
Too much wool on this critter
G D C D
Though good for a spinner or a knitter
Bm7 Em
Got some stuck up in my craw
C Am D
Maybe tomorrow I'll have moose after all

G D C D
For now this wolf is sated
G D C D
I feel rejuvenated
Bm7 Em
I think I'm ready for another fight
C Am D
But maybe I'll sleep off this chop I ate tonight

C D
I set all my sights
G Em
On some juicy, juicy bites
C Am D
To help fulfill my big appetite

C D
I set all my sights
Bm7 Em
On some juicy, juicy bites
C D G D
The meal was really a delight

G C Am D
Lamb ditty die die die die die ditty die die

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