The Nightingale's Song
I’m just a little bird, tawny as the dust,
But you can hear my song floating in the dusk.
I piping gurgle burble trill
and whistle a crescendo rolling thrill,
with notes that send your senses like a musk,
a melody that calls you to my lust.
Two hundred and sixty songs, the whole night through,
Two hundred and sixty tunes I’ll sing for you.
We have worms, and beetle grubs, and mulberries for feed.
We have all the twigs, leaves, grass a lovely nest could need.
I piping trill and gurgle warble trill
and whistle to crescendo rolling thrill,
Hidden brown and close to ground, hidden from the world,
Come, come, sweet-sweet, love-love, and yes will be your word.
Two hundred and sixty songs the whole night through,
Two hundred and sixty tunes I’ll sing for you.
“The Star-Spangled Banner” US national anthem
“Raspberry Beret” by Prince and the Revolution
“Little Red Corvette” by Prince and the Revolution
“Pink Cadillac” remade by Bruce Springsteen and Aretha Franklin
”Blue Bayou” by Linda Rondstadt
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I neglected to credit the author of the lyrics: “The Star-Spangled Banner” US national anthem, words penned by Francis Scott Key.
[Trivia: as was not too uncommon for the time period, the music for the national anthem was an old drinking song that was well known in taverns at the time. The widespread popularity and familiarity of drinking songs made it easy for people to know which tune was appropriate for a particular set of lyrics, and almost anyone could pick it up quickly, even illiterates. Hence the saying, “sung to the tune of _____.”]
Hey, wait. Does that mean our anthem is geared toward a bunch of drunken know-nothings? Grrrrrrrr.
That’s right, Shipmate. Additionally, the act of raising and lowering them daily is also known as colors.
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Oh, so you like black, do you? Good to know. VERY good to know. (Records information in dossier.)
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Lol.
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I’m not seeing it:
“Super Freak" by Rick James, 1981.
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