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SONG CHALLENGE WINNER!
The Song Challenge:
Digging herself in deeper and deeper
-- Yep, it's your one and only Giver-uupper of the Golden Cow Chips, back from
the 'moving' wars and ready to test your little gray cells once again!! I'll
just take this opportunity to let all you wonderful Challenge!rs know how much
I've missed you -- and I hope we won't ever be parted for so long again . . .
This Challenge! will be sorta personal, if y'all don't mind too much ;-) . . . I
do think, however, that it will test your collective imagination and rhyming
capabilities satisfactorily . . . Here's a picture
of the new homestead, perched appropriately on a high sandstone hill in the Post
Oak Savannah of Texas (the East Cross Timbers, to be exact). Please note the
sandstone wall on the left . . . behind that wall is a curious little patch of
broken stones, buried in a sandy clay loam, quite different from the rest of the
grounds (you can't 'dig' here -- there's one inch of dirt, then rock, then THICK
wet (not damp) clay). I've been digging and breaking rocks with my trusty
spade and pickaxe for two weeks now, and I still haven't reached the bottom of
this strange plot of earth. However, I have discovered a few interesting things
buried under the first layer of dirt and rock . . . your Challenge! is to write
a song about what I found buried beneath the red-tipped photinias, honeysuckle
and asian jasmine . . . let your minds run wild and let your collective freak
flags fly, my dear Challenge!rs and GO FOT IT! Hugs and snogs to each and
every one of you -- and two kisses on each of your
cheeks (hahaha) -- Áine (songtress, chef, chief bottle washer and now Mad
Gardener)
The Twelve Days of Digging by SINSULL
ON THE FIRST DAY OF DIGGING, OUR ÁINE UNEARTHED:
A DETESTED ACCORDION!
ON THE SECOND DAY OF DIGGING OUR ÁINE UNEARTHED:
TWO BLACK BODHRANS
AND A DETESTED ACCORDION!
ON THE THIRD DAY OF DIGGING OUR ÁINE UNEARTHED:
THREE BANJO PLAYERS
TWO BLACK BODHRANS
AND A DETESTED ACCORDION!
ON THE FOURTH DAY OF DIGGING, OUR ÁINE UNEARTHED:
FOUR WILTED WHISTLES
THREE BANJO PLAYERS
TWO BLACK BODHRANS
AND A DETESTED ACCORDION!
ON THE FIFTH DAY OF DIGGING, OUR ÁINE UNEARTHED:
FIVE TURKEY TURD BEERS
FOUR WILTED WHISTLES
THREE BANJO PLAYERS
TWO BLACK BODHRANS
AND A DETESTED ACCORDION!
ON THE SIXTH DAY OF DIGGING, OUR ÁINE UNEARTHED:
SIX NEIL YOUNG CDs
FIVE TURKEY TURD BEERS
FOUR WILTED WHISTLES
THREE BANJO PLAYERS
TWO BLACK BODHRANS
AND A DETESTED ACCORDION!
ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF DIGGING, OUR ÁINE UNEARTHED:
SEVEN MORRIS DANCERS
SIX NEIL YOUNG CDs
FIVE TURKEY TURD BEERS
FOUR WILTED WHISTLES
THREE BANJO PLAYERS
TWO BLACK BODHRANS
AND A DETESTED ACCORDION!
ON THE EIGHTH DAY OF DIGGING, OUR ÁINE UNEARTHED:
EIGHT MOUSTACHE TUNERS
SEVEN MORRIS DANCERS
SIX NEIL YOUNG CDs
FIVE TURKEY TURD BEERS
FOUR WILTED WHISTLES
THREE BANJO PLAYERS
TWO BLACK BODHRANS
AND A DETESTED ACCORDION!
ON THE NINTH DAY OF DIGGING, OUR ÁINE UNEARTHED:
NINE ROCK GUITARISTS
EIGHT MOUSTACHE TUNERS
SEVEN MORRIS DANCERS
SIX NEIL YOUNG CDs
FIVE TURKEY TURD BEERS
FOUR WILTED WHISTLES
THREE BANJO PLAYERS
TWO BLACK BODHRANS
AND A DETESTED ACCORDION!
ON THE TENTH DAY OF DIGGING, OUR ÁINE UNEARTHED:
TEN HUNGRY FOLKIES
NINE ROCK GUITARISTS
EIGHT MOUSTACHE TUNERS
SEVEN MORRIS DANCERS
SIX NEIL YOUNG CDs
FIVE TURKEY TURD BEERS
FOUR WILTED WHISTLES
THREE BANJO PLAYERS
TWO BLACK BODHRANS
AND A DETESTED ACCORDION!
ON THE ELEVENTH DAY OF DIGGING, OUR ÁINE UNEARTHED:
ELEVEN PLASTERED PIPERS
TEN HUNGRY FOLKIES
NINE ROCK GUITARISTS
EIGHT MOUSTACHE TUNERS
SEVEN MORRIS DANCERS
SIX NEIL YOUNG CDs
FIVE TURKEY TURD BEERS
FOUR WILTED WHISTLES
THREE BANJO PLAYERS
TWO BLACK BODHRANS
AND A DETESTED ACCORDION!
ON THE TWELFTH DAY OF DIGGING, OUR ÁINE UNEARTHED:
TWELVE TONE-DEAF BUSKERS
ELEVEN PLASTERED PIPERS
TEN HUNGRY FOLKIES
NINE ROCK GUITARISTS
EIGHT MOUSTACHE TUNERS
SEVEN MORRIS DANCERS
SIX NEIL YOUNG CDs
FIVE TURKEY TURD BEERS
FOUR WILTED WHISTLES
THREE BANJO PLAYERS
TWO BLACK BODHRANS
AND A DETESTED ACCORDION!