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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
The Upside Down
by Daniel Kelly – 2022 Dm There’s a growling in the forest, C Dm And a crackle in the air, Am G As the lights they start to flicker, Am But you see nothing is … Continue reading
Isaac and an AR-15
by Daniel Kelly – 2022 Asus Em They are lain upon the altar, G Asus Tied down by hate and fear, C Am Looking over to the thorn bush, G Am A young ram entangled there … Continue reading
God Made Cats
by Daniel Kelly – 2022 G C G On the six days of creation, D G God made all the things, G C G The planets and the water D7 The trees and birds with … Continue reading
Mothers Song
New words for Ed Pickford’s ‘Workers Song’ Come all of you mothers Who toil night and day By hand and by brain Without any pay Who for centuries long past Have made the world’s bread Have bled for your children … Continue reading
Song for David
Written for the Canadian human rights campaigner David Kilgour by Daniel Kelly, 2022. Am C When David sat down by the brook, G Am considering the stones, C G He watched the water flowing by, Am G … Continue reading
Easter Hare
The goddess was sleeping within the cold earth, Waiting for the sounds that foretold the spring’s birth, The thump of the hares on the new fallen snow, Said life had awakened, in the soil below. Ostara she shook out her … Continue reading
Devil in the Steel
by Daniel Kelly – 2022 A When we first came to this country, We toiled with our hands, G Breaking stone and cutting trees, D All across the land. A But then there came a magic, G From far across … Continue reading
Easter Hunt
by Daniel Kelly G C It’s another Easter morning, G D The hunt is under way C Bm Am Treasures glitter under every tree While life is springing in the north, It’s waning in the south, … Continue reading
Building Bridges
Written for the Filk Ontario Song Contest 2022 C Now I’ve been writing songs, G C Since I was four or five, F C They help me to engage with life, F G … Continue reading
