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The Walloping Window Blind

from Compra't un bon barret by Navratilova

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Sobre un texte/poema de Charles Edward Carryl, cap al 1906

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THE WALLOPING WINDOW BLIND Charles Edward Carryl (1906)

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A CAPITAL SHIP FOR AN OCEAN TRIP,
WAS THE WALLOPING WINDOW BLIND.
NO GALE THAT BLEW DISMAYED HER CREW,
OR TROUBLED THE CAPTAIN'S MIND.

THE MAN AT THE WHEEL WAS TAUGHT TO FEEL,
CONTEMPT FOR THE WILDEST BLOW.
AND IT OFTEN APPEARED WHEN THE WEATHER HAD CLEARED,
THAT HE'D BEEN IN HIS BUNK BELOW.

THE BOATSWAIN'S MATE WAS VERY SEDATE,
YET FOND OF AMUSEMENT TOO;
AND HE PLAYED HOPSCOTCH WITH THE STARBOARD WATCH,
WHILE THE CAPTAIN TICKLED THE CREW.

AND THE GUNNER WE HAD WAS APPARENTLY MAD
FOR HE STOOD ON THE CANNON'S TAIL,
AND FIRED SALUTES IN THE CAPTAIN'S BOOTS
IN THE TEETH OF A BOOMING GALE.

THE CAPTAIN SAT IN A COMMODORE'S HAT
AND DINED IN A ROYAL WAY
ON TOASTED PIGS AND PICKLES AND FIGS
AND GUMMERY BREAD EACH DAY.

BUT THE REST OF US,
ATE FROM AN ODIOUS PLATE
THE FOOD WAS A NUMBER OF TONS,
TONS OF HOT CROSS BUNS

WE ALL FELT ILL AS MARINERS WILL
ON A DIET THAT'S CHEAP AND RUDE,

THEN WHEN WE DIPPED THE COOK
IN A TUB OF HIS GLUESOME FOOD.
THEN NAUTICAL PRIDE WE LAID ASIDE, IN THE WILDEST WAY,
AND WE CAST THE SHIP, ASHORE AND NO MATTER WHAT
ON THE GULLIBY ISLES, WHERE THE POOHPOOH SMILES,
AND THE ANAGZANDERS ROAR.

WE CLIMBED TO THE EDGE OF A SANDY LEDGE
AND SOARED WITH THE WHISTLING BEE,
AND WE ONLY STOPPED AT FOUR O'CLOCK
FOR A POT OF CINNAMON TEA.

FROM DAWN TO DARK, ON RUBAGUB BARK,
WE FED, TILL WE ALL HAD GROWN
UNCOMMONLY THIN, COMPOSED OF SAND
WAS THAT FAVORED LAND

THEN A BOAT BLEW IN,
ON A WIND FROM THE TORRIBY ZONE.
SHE WAS STUBBY AND SQUARE,
BUT WE DIDN'T MUCH CARE,

AND WE CHEERILY PUT TO SEA. WE PLOTTED A COURSE
FOR THE LAND OF THE BLUE HORSE, WE CROSS THE PEPPERMINT SEA

A CAPITAL SHIP FOR AN OCEAN TRIP,
WAS THE WALLOPING WINDOW BLIND.
NO GALE THAT BLEW DISMAYED HER CREW,
OR TROUBLED THE CAPTAIN'S MIND.

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from Compra't un bon barret, released May 24, 2020

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NAVRATILOVA Sant Feliu De Guíxols, Spain

Alter-ego musical de l'Agus Segura, també als folkies Ask The Dust. Cantautor de talent limitat, sempre amb la seva guitarreta de 100 pesetes, i ,sobretot, combatiu i exempt de drets a Sgae. Navratilova és la seva faceta més intimista, minimalista i hippy... Mini-cançons tocades més ràpid del que demanen, fàcils de tocar borratxo i amb trasfons polític, cootidià i ecologista. ... more

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