Alright, this one is a bit silly and show-tuney hence a private-not-public Soundcloud link, but I had to write it to progress with my song-for-every-book-title-on-the-shelf project.
"1001 Country Household Hints" is below. I can't pretend I've laboured over this for days so please regard it as a bit of light entertainment fluff that I will inevitably want to disown later. I guess I was always going to be outgunned by the book title in this case...
Pauly
Lyrics:
Since I took you up on the offer to decamp to your country pile well I can only thank you for the hospitality, you’ve been so terribly nice, through your gritted teeth with all your kind advice
And you said
Wear red when you feed the bull, smoke down by the haystacks
Take a skate right across the lake coz you’re sure the ice won’t crack
And when I clean the thresher don a scarf and baggy clothes and
Leave the engine running in case it gets too cold
I guess that’s just the way things roll
In the country
I love the way you’ve changed since I unpacked my valise, I can’t get the time of day - you’re such a little tease. These little games we play, I could never bore of the way you show your love through the medium of chores
And you said
Go look for that lost sheep by the crumbling cliff edge
A swig of this weed killer will put hairs upon your chest
Take a shortcut through the swamp and if you need a little light
Don’t worry that this candle looks a bit like dynamite
Fix the roof in a lightning storm coz it helps to spot the leaks
Take honey from the bees that swarm they won’t sting if you say please
Go forage in the meadow by the army firing practise and those sickly greenish mushrooms are the ones that taste fantastic
Yes you’ve been so romantic
In the country
https://soundcloud.com/commodore-64/1001-country-household-hints-from-hanover-reading-list/s-KRdOhNzRjNn?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing