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Ned’s Castle
by Daniel Kelly – December 2022 G C D G In Clonoulty, Tipperary, one cold September night, C G Am D 100 local Irishmen did work by candle light, G C D G To … Continue reading
A Piece of White Paper
G C G Standing outside, with a piece of white paper, G D G All over China, we’re taking a stand. Our voices were silenced, on threat of violence, C G D G But now we’ve awoken, all … Continue reading
The Forbidden Forest
by Daniel Kelly, on the passing of Robbie Coltrane G Em C G The forest is dark, so wild and untamed, Em C D Filled with unicorns and spiders, G Em C G For a student … Continue reading
The Price We Pay for Love
by Daniel Kelly 2022 (Written on the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II) G D G I cannot lead you into battle. C D G Your laws I do not make G D G I cannot … Continue reading
Hush Little Nav Com
by Daniel Kelly 2022 Hush little Nav Com, don’t make a beep Captain’s tired and needs to sleep. Keep our course, straight and true, Asteroid fields you steer us through, Hush little engines, just make a purr, Fold through space … Continue reading
The Man Who Let the Wall Come Down
on the passing of Mikhail Gorbachev by Daniel Kelly 2022 Am Dm Your father was a Russian, your mother from Ukraine, E7 Am You grew up in the peasant life, under Joseph Stalin’s reign, Dm Am Born in the years … Continue reading
Back to the Moon
by Daniel Kelly 2022 (written while waiting for the Artemis I launch) G C Back to the moon, we’re going back to the moon, G D Artemis will take us there (my what a rocket) Back to the … Continue reading
Abandoned
by Daniel Kelly 2022 G C G When I open my eyes on the factory floor, Am G D Such a beautiful world, full of life to explore G C G My heart grew so full at each child’s … Continue reading
The Alchemist
by Daniel Kelly – 2022 G D G The sheep they graze free on the meadow, C G The world turns beyond my command, C D What could be and has been, G … Continue reading
There is Nothing Like a Flame
Parody Lyrics to “Nothing Like a Dame” by Rogers & Hammerstein We got moonlight on the land, But it’s very hard to see, We got cats with teeth like sabres Which will jump you from a tree, We got knives … Continue reading
Eileen
Requiem for the Leaning Tree of the Yass River by Daniel Kelly 2022 G D G Sometimes I feel like a tree, C G Standing down by the river, Am D So happy and free, … Continue reading
The Milk Fun
a parody of The Bilk Run by Leslie Fish There ain’t no seed, can’t be sowed, There ain’t no grass that can’t be mowed, Ain’t no cow that can’t be milked, And there ain’t no song that can’t be filked … Continue reading
City to Country Blues
by Daniel Kelly – 2022 G Well I moved here from the city, C G Just a few short months ago, C G From that new suburb in Canberra, D Where … Continue reading
The Scientific Method
By Daniel Kelly – 2022 C G C There are more types of matter than we thought, F G C Some new quark formations we have caught, F G These ones are quite ‘Exotic’, C … Continue reading
Harriet Jacobs
By Daniel Kelly – 2022 Asus G Six years in the darkness, Am Em Six years in my cell, C G Six years without my children, Am Em Am Six years of living hell. C G I was … Continue reading
Hatton’s Corner
by Daniel Kelly – 2022 C G Broken bottles strewn around, Am F Fast food wrappers on the ground, Am G Am You would think nobody cares for this town, If we told who left them there, The Careless vandals … Continue reading
Let Us Compare Mythologies
A response to Leonard Cohen’s poem, ‘To Wilf and his House’ by Daniel Kelly 2022 Dm C Let us compare mythologies, Dm Am Messiahs hung on leafless trees, Dm C Of longing tongues and skinless touch, Dm … Continue reading
Bob and Alice
by Daniel Kelly C G C Bob’s got a message for Alice, F C But he’s more than a little concerned, F G C F For he did Cryptography 101 and … Continue reading
Chocolate Mire
(a Parody of Ring of Fire) Cacao is a magic thing And it makes our taste buds sing Driving Wild Desire I Fell Into A Chocolate Mire I Fell Into A swirling Chocolate Mire, I Went Down, Down, Down As … Continue reading
Remember June 4
Em G Em G No Candles in Victoria Park, C G D After thirty years of lighting the dark, Em G Em C The poison cloud from China has spread, Em G D … Continue reading
