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At least, I'm satisfied that the tune is actually singable, now; I'm including the ABC tune format with the lyrics, this time. Here's what I have, so far:
Oh, the Man in the Moon,
he went into a swoon
For his cellar was empty of claret
'Til he looked to the Earth,
And saw wonder and mirth
And he thought to himself: "Why not try it?"
So he then did descend
down the stairs of the wind
And both hither and yon he did saunter.
And it opened his eyes
for he sure was surprised
by the strange and fantastical wonders.
Chorus:
Oh, a traveling lad
he will never be sad.
So the Man in the Moon, he went walking.
And the stories he told
of the things to behold,
Well, the Loonies back home are still talking!
Oh, he met with a cat
in a fine derby hat
oh, there stood a man made of wrought iron
there a gate blocked his path
with a deep belly laugh
then the engineer stoked up the fire!
And he saw butterflies
with the tiniest eyes
there were needles all made of fine velvet
there a curtain hung down
over all of the town
there the glistening snow made a carpet.
(Chorus)
Then he saw a fine house
in the jaws of a mouse
just a crumb of cheese dancing the samba
there a woman the size
of a fine grain of rice
still that nugget of gold saved the gambler.
And then down by the shore
He went walking some more
and he saw a ship covered in feathers
there a bird flew away
with the talk of the day
then the jester confounded his betters.
(Chorus)
To hear the tune copy the bolded text below, and paste it into the text window at ABC Convert-A-Matic. Then, click the [submit] button. This will bring up a new webpage; click [MIDI music file].
X:1
T:The Man in the Moon Went Walking (and Lost His Punctuation)
C: Ann Magill
Q:1/4=120
M:4/4
K:F
||:CC F2 FF E2|EE D2 DD C2|CC B,2 B,B, C2|
CC D2 C3 z|DD F2 FF E2|EE G2 GG F2|
FF E2 DC D2|EF G2 F4:||z4 DD G2|
GG A2 AA G2|FG F2 FF E2|DC D2 DE D2|
C3 z CC F2|FF G2 GG A2|BA G2 GF E2|
DC D2 EF G2|F4 z4|]
I still need at least one more verse to get him home again. Maybe I'll conclude with him deciding to switch to brandy. But I'm completely stumped.
Help? I need pairs of words that rhyme and yet are complete incongruous (but still make sense once they're untangled, even if the language is awkward). Ack!
( The sentances unscrambled, just for fun )
Oh, the Man in the Moon,
he went into a swoon
For his cellar was empty of claret
'Til he looked to the Earth,
And saw wonder and mirth
And he thought to himself: "Why not try it?"
So he then did descend
down the stairs of the wind
And both hither and yon he did saunter.
And it opened his eyes
for he sure was surprised
by the strange and fantastical wonders.
Chorus:
Oh, a traveling lad
he will never be sad.
So the Man in the Moon, he went walking.
And the stories he told
of the things to behold,
Well, the Loonies back home are still talking!
Oh, he met with a cat
in a fine derby hat
oh, there stood a man made of wrought iron
there a gate blocked his path
with a deep belly laugh
then the engineer stoked up the fire!
And he saw butterflies
with the tiniest eyes
there were needles all made of fine velvet
there a curtain hung down
over all of the town
there the glistening snow made a carpet.
(Chorus)
Then he saw a fine house
in the jaws of a mouse
just a crumb of cheese dancing the samba
there a woman the size
of a fine grain of rice
still that nugget of gold saved the gambler.
And then down by the shore
He went walking some more
and he saw a ship covered in feathers
there a bird flew away
with the talk of the day
then the jester confounded his betters.
(Chorus)
To hear the tune copy the bolded text below, and paste it into the text window at ABC Convert-A-Matic. Then, click the [submit] button. This will bring up a new webpage; click [MIDI music file].
X:1
T:The Man in the Moon Went Walking (and Lost His Punctuation)
C: Ann Magill
Q:1/4=120
M:4/4
K:F
||:CC F2 FF E2|EE D2 DD C2|CC B,2 B,B, C2|
CC D2 C3 z|DD F2 FF E2|EE G2 GG F2|
FF E2 DC D2|EF G2 F4:||z4 DD G2|
GG A2 AA G2|FG F2 FF E2|DC D2 DE D2|
C3 z CC F2|FF G2 GG A2|BA G2 GF E2|
DC D2 EF G2|F4 z4|]
I still need at least one more verse to get him home again. Maybe I'll conclude with him deciding to switch to brandy. But I'm completely stumped.
Help? I need pairs of words that rhyme and yet are complete incongruous (but still make sense once they're untangled, even if the language is awkward). Ack!
( The sentances unscrambled, just for fun )
