I&#39;m Not Kittying - Wanted: Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers

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From:	marcgunn
Date:	January 24th, 2007 07:08 am (UTC)

Re: The first

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You forgot to credit this song? How would you like your name one the credits?

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From:	siriusreid
Date:	December 30th, 2005 06:46 pm (UTC)

2007 cd

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Hi
Have you decided on a theme for the new cd? I really enjoyed irish drinking songs. I have some ideas for songs that ill post later. i have 3 cats so have lots of inspurration!

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From:	marcgunn
Date:	December 30th, 2005 07:02 pm (UTC)

Re: 2007 cd

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Not yet. I mean, it will be based on Irish folk songs, but I haven't figured out exactly the focus yet.

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From:	kdmitche
Date:	December 31st, 2005 05:33 am (UTC)

Orange Kitten's Mew

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I finished mine! It's called "Orange Kitten's Mew" and is written from the viewpoint of my daughter who found an abandoned kitten beneath our neighbor's deck in 2001. The kitten stayed with us and grew into Tiger, a beautiful, loving, and very vocal orange tabby cat, who just happens to be sleeping in a box right next to me as I type this. The original song is one of my favorites, "May Morning Dew." Hope you like it! BTW, writing this was so much fun. I've been in a writing slump lately and feel proud now that I've created something again! :-)

Orange Kitten's Mew

One sunny June morning as I played in the grass,
I heard loud meowing beneath my neighbor’s house.
When I peered into darkness, my heart pounced anew.
I found the friend I'd wished for in the orange kitten's mew.

I set him in a basket and showed him to mom,
his wee head under his tail and small body so calm.
I said if I can keep him, there's nothing I won't do,
for my soul was enchanted by the orange kitten's mew.

Dad said we could only keep him 'till he found a new home.
Then the months scurried by; soon the kitten was full grown.
Each evening he and dad cuddled in the living room.
Dad had fallen under the spell of the orange kitten's mew.

Almost five years later, Tiger still brings us much joy,
crying for belly rubs and batting ‘round his toy.
The family is blessed to know a cat so loving and true.
Our lives were changed forever by the orange kitten’s mew.

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From:	marcgunn
Date:	December 31st, 2005 07:27 am (UTC)

Re: Orange Kitten's Mew

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very nice! I like. Purty:)

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From:	barefootorbust
Date:	December 31st, 2005 09:25 am (UTC)

Lyrics!

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I love your CD! Inspired by said CD, my cat and I stumbled into these lyrics. I'ts from "All for Me Grog"

All for Me Milk

Well, it's all for me milk, me jolly, jolly milk
All for me milk and me catnip!
For I spend all me days alseep or in a haze
And at night I'm goin out for to wander

Where is me string? Me noggin, noggin string?
All gone for milk and me catnip!
For it's tangled in a heap and the end I cannot keep
And the middle's looking out for better weather.

Well, it's all....

Where is me couch? Me noggin, noggin couch?
All gone for milk and me catnip!
For it's holey and it's stained
And there's termites in the frame
The the cusions' looking out for better weather!

Well, it's all.....

Where are me boots? me noggin, noggin boots?
All gone for milk and me catnip!
For the heals they are worn out and the toes are knocked about
And the soles are looking out for better weather!

Well, it's all.....

You can see where it goes from there. In case you didn't catch it, the boots were left in there as a puss-in-boots reference. Phleo (pronounced flay-oh) seemed to like that part. :)

Eleanor

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From:	(Anonymous)
Date:	January 6th, 2006 11:46 pm (UTC)

re-writes for new Cat CD

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Here's one for your sequel, Marc. It's probably not very good but I thought I'd give it a go. "Health to the Company" has always been my favorite Celtic drinking song for I tend to enjoy Scottish music much more then Irish. Feel free to change it around if you want. (Or to leave it off the final cut entirely). Hope you're well, Edward from Vermont

"Meow for Our Feline Crew" (A re-write of the Scottish song “Health to the Company)
E. A. Burke 1/6/2005

Kind feline companions, come chase yarn with me
We’ll frolic and ramble till a quarter past three.
We’ll keep old Farmer Malcolm up and old Mrs. Finbar too,
For we are Scottish barnyard cats, and mischief is what we do.

Chorus: So here’s a meow for the fencepost, where we howl and scream.
We beg almost nightly for some fresh fish and cream.
Here’s a meow for our feline crew, we annoy the neighbor’s dog,
Till a boot is sharply thrown at us, and the risin’ of the fog.

Well my bed it lies in my human’s house – all warm as can be.
I wish to go back there and my human for to see.
For I’m sick of this rovin’, it’s threatened me nine lives
I long for a soft down quilt on which to lie.

So here’s a meow the fencepost, where we howl and scream,
We beg almost nightly for some fresh fish and cream.
Here’s a meow for our feline crew, we annoy the neighbors dog,
Till a boot is sharply thrown at us, and the risin’ of the fog.

Now when I am old and grey, and my whiskers turn snowy white.
Me rovin’ days sall be over, and no longer will I fight,
For me ears they are chipped and scratched and me tail is half gone.
I will enjoy me own warm bed when the old wood stove is on.

Chorus

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From:	marcgunn
Date:	January 7th, 2006 04:17 am (UTC)

Re: re-writes for new Cat CD

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Very nice. Good visuals! :)

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From:	(Anonymous)
Date:	January 9th, 2006 07:57 pm (UTC)

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I'm glad (and very, very surprised) you like it, Marc. I know "Health to the Company" isn't Irish, but "Bonnie Ship the Diamond" wasn't either so I figured Scottish was ok.

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From:	(Anonymous)
Date:	January 9th, 2006 08:03 pm (UTC)

Marc Gunn forum

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Hey how do I get a profile here and does it cost anything? Thanks, Edward.

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From:	marcgunn
Date:	January 9th, 2006 08:24 pm (UTC)

Re: Marc Gunn forum

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nope. it's free. just signup

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From:	(Anonymous)
Date:	January 11th, 2006 01:29 pm (UTC)

Greetings from The Southlands of America

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I love the songs!

My cats always had a bit of celtic in their fur. They take on the last name of McKitty when the music is right!

Chris

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From:	marcgunn
Date:	January 11th, 2006 05:03 pm (UTC)

Re: Greetings from The Southlands of America

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fantastic mate1

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From:	sterlingeab
Date:	January 11th, 2006 10:54 pm (UTC)

hello Marc...i'm in!

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Thanks for inviting me to sign up! Still have to find a pic small enough to post, though. Enjoy Delaware this weekend...maybe someday soon you'll make it up here to Vermont.

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From:	marcgunn
Date:	January 11th, 2006 11:26 pm (UTC)

Re: hello Marc...i'm in!

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welcome mate

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From:	sterlingeab
Date:	January 24th, 2006 11:22 pm (UTC)

the latest review

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This is not really on topic, but I didn't want to sign on to another blog service to post this. In responce to he laterst review of "Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers":
Has Mrs. Heggarty got her facts straight? The review was well written but some of the things she said sounded a bit deprived to me. For example: was that a real Irish proverb about the relationship between man and cat? And about the comment that no label would pick up a project with such a lucrative idea as Cat drinking songs...well maybe they wouldn't but It seems a bit presumptious to me. The great thing about "Irish Drinking Songs...." is that it is not commercial in anyway (despite it's popularity so far)...it's a folksy, homemade album sung by a guy who simply loves his music and his cats...and that's why I'm a fan. Keep up the good work, Marc, cause we need more people like you in the music business.

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From:	marcgunn
Date:	January 25th, 2006 07:16 am (UTC)

Re: the latest review

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Thanks. I'm pretty excited about it. I loved the review.

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From:	meliszabeth
Date:	June 25th, 2006 12:02 pm (UTC)

My contribution

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The Naughty Kitty
Melody - "The Moreen"(The Minstrel Boy)
-Written by Melissa E. Ramey on Jun. 25, 2006
(hpysb70th2mM)

The Naughty Kitty on the floor has gone;
in the living room you will find it.
the litterbox is in the bathroom found;
not a scratch is made inside it.

No! Bad Cat!(<- Cat collaboration here, meows, chasing din) I cried aloud;
in hot persuit I tailed him.
Away, he scampered at my curses vowed;
as I swore I would prevail him.

Thru the hallway, kitchen, bath and den;
in each room was I eluded.
Till finally in the living room I stood;
while he found a place secluded.

And as I grumpily wiped my shoe;
his green eyes seemed to tease me..
"next time, you're gonna change my litter's brand
perchance you'll think to see me!"

Here's my entry, hope you like it. :)

Purrrs,
~Melissa~

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From:	marcgunn
Date:	June 25th, 2006 07:28 pm (UTC)

Re: My contribution

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I love it. That's awesome! :)

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From:	cara_chapel
Date:	September 25th, 2006 03:29 pm (UTC)

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I put together one based on "Henry Martin." If you need an mp3 of the song, let me know. :-)

Kitty Martin

There were three cat brothers in merry Scotland;
In merry Scotland there were three.
And they did cast lots which of them should go,
Should go, should go
And turn mouser all on the salt sea.

The lot it fell first upon Kitty Martin,
The fiercest of all of the three.
That he should turn mouser all on the salt sea,
Salt sea, salt sea
For to maintain a fine vessel rat-free.

He had not been sailing but a long winter's night
And part of a short winter's day,
Before he espied a large fat grey rat,
Fat grey rat, fat grey rat
Come a-creeping down at him straight way.

"Meow! Meow!" Cried Kitty Martin;
"What makes you slink so nigh?"
"I'm a poor rodent bound for that sack of grain,
Sack of grain, sack of grain.
Will you please for to let me pass by?"

"Meow! Meow!" Cried Kitty Martin;
"That thing it never could be!
For I am turned mouser all on the salt sea,
Salt sea, salt sea
For to maintain a fine vessel rat-free.

"Come, lower your pink tail and write up your will,
And bring yourself over to me;
For I will chase you and your cousins all,
Cousins all, cousins all,
And your dear bodies I'll eat with my tea."

"Oh no! I won't lower my slender pink tail,
Nor bring myself over to thee!
And you shan't take from me my dear rodent life
Rodent life, rodent life
Nor force me to jump in the sea."

With tooth, claw, and squealing, hard at it they went,
For fully two hours or three,
Till Kitty Martin gave to him the death bite,
The death bite, the death bite,
And straight down the gullet went he.

Bad news, bad news to rat cousins came;
Bad news to rats soon came 'round.
"There's been a poor rodent and he's passed away,
Passed away, passed away!
And now the cat runs us to ground."

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From:	marcgunn
Date:	September 25th, 2006 05:52 pm (UTC)

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I don't know Henry Martin. Yeah, an MP3 would be grand

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