tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post7998287792816802688..comments2023-07-31T10:39:53.182-05:00Comments on The Blog of the American Chesterton Society: The ChesterTones get seriousNancy C. Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169395014931291729noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-88010077984259925052009-09-21T15:43:04.798-05:002009-09-21T15:43:04.798-05:00That one goes to "Ode to Joy" and "...That one goes to "Ode to Joy" and "The Marines Hymn" (Halls of Montezuma) - indeed anything with the 87878787 syllable pattern.<br /><br />That one is from <i>The Flying Inn</i> and other good "rollicking" poems - there ought to be something singable there, like the "Logical Vegetarian" one.<br /><br />In my lunacy I had to write a variant with "Chestertonian" substituted - here is the link: <a href="http://americanchestertonsociety.blogspot.com/2006/10/logical-chestertonian.html" rel="nofollow">The Logical Chestertonian</a>. I have a tune worked out, but cannot arrange a way to post a MIDI format file... probably have to reduce it to WAV, or equivalent. I will discuss that with Nancy.<br /><br />I am glad to hear of this effort, and look forward to hearing some of the results eventually!Dr. Thursdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04666301445831509481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19678732.post-25895307949846372942009-09-21T12:21:44.786-05:002009-09-21T12:21:44.786-05:00The Song of Right and Wrong
Fea...The Song of Right and Wrong<br /><br /> Feast on wine or fast on water<br /> And your honour shall stand sure,<br /> God Almighty's son and daughter<br /> He the valiant, she the pure;<br /> If an angel out of heaven<br /> Brings you other things to drink,<br /> Thank him for his kind attentions,<br /> Go and pour them down the sink.<br /><br /> Tea is like the East he grows in,<br /> A great yellow Mandarin<br /> With urbanity of manner<br /> And unconsciousness of sin;<br /> All the women, like a harem,<br /> At his pig-tail troop along;<br /> And, like all the East he grows in,<br /> He is Poison when he's strong.<br /><br /> Tea, although an Oriental,<br /> Is a gentleman at least;<br /> Cocoa is a cad and coward,<br /> Cocoa is a vulgar beast,<br /> Cocoa is a dull, disloyal,<br /> Lying, crawling cad and clown,<br /> And may very well be grateful<br /> To the fool that takes him down.<br /><br /> As for all the windy waters,<br /> They were rained like tempests down<br /> When good drink had been dishonoured<br /> By the tipplers of the town;<br /> When red wine had brought red ruin<br /> And the death-dance of our times,<br /> Heaven sent us Soda Water<br /> As a torment for our crimes.<br /> - G.K. ChestertonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com