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SONG CHALLENGE WINNER!
The Challenge: From an interesting newstory:
A rather special headline in today's paper caught my eye. It was situated over a
story describing how, in these days of the 'Net, you no longer have to pull on
your Justins, hitch up your Levis, place your Stetson on your head, or smell the
sawdust and funk from the stockyard, to go to the cattle auction. That's right
folks, you can bid on that bessie over the ethernet. The story described a
"3-1/2 hour Web event, offering about 3,500 beef cattle to 36 competing
bidders in seven states . . . confirm(ing) the next evolutionary cycle of
livestock marketing." So, here's the headline for which you are
challenged to write a song for: ONLINE BOVINE
Ghost Riders On The Net by Lonesome EJ
An old cowpoke was sittin' at his CPU one night
Just crossin' the virtual prairie, enjoyin' all the sights
When he stumbled on the lost corral where they pen the Cyber Steers
With E-Cowboys a-standin' round, drinkin' cyber beers.
Yippie Ki Yay
Yippie Ki Yet
Ghost Riders on the Net!
All at once them cattle busted down that digital gate
Their demon-eyes was glowin' red, their breath was hot with hate
The cowpokes and their ponies tried to stop that wild stampede
They vowed to catch the Devil's Herd, no matter where they lead!
Their horns was rippin' megabytes of Random Memory
Their hooves was gougin' chunks out of the web periphery
Leavin' clouds of viruses like dust motes in the air
The old cowpoke just sat and watched...a-tremblin' in his chair.
Yippie Ki Yay
Yippie Ki Yet
Ghost Riders on the Net!
All at once the E-cowboys called to him through the screen
Said " Give up your E gambling ways, your cruisin' sites obscene
Or you may find yourself with us in a grim and ghastly race
A-chasin' down the Devil's Herd in the depth of Cyberspace!"
Yippie Ki Yay
Yippie Ki Yet
Ghost Riders on the Net!