1. Forum
  2. Usenet
  3. REC.MUSIC.FILK

  • New filk: Tiny Vampires

    From Arthur T.@21:1/5 to All on Mon Oct 4 20:51:35 2021
    Title: Tiny Vampires
    ttto: Tiny Bubbles by Leon Pober

    Tiny vampires
    In my yard
    Bite my ankles
    Bite them hard
    Tiny vampires
    Make me itch all over
    It's so awful I'm afraid I'm
    Gonna find that I am scarred

    So I'm gonna get some DEET
    Permethrin for my clothes
    Spray head down to my feet
    And try again

    Tiny vampires
    Suck my blood
    When I'm gard'ning,
    Pulling spuds
    Tiny vampires
    Give me hives all over
    But it's not enough to make me
    Stop my working in this mud

    My lyrics copyright 2021 by Arthur Tansky. License granted for
    non-commercial, non-political archiving and performance as long as:
    1. copyright notice is maintained, and
    2. no money changes hands.

    --
    Arthur T. - ar23hur "at" pobox "dot" com

    Guessing a lyricist's opinions from his songs is as futile as
    guessing an author's opinions from his novels.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Lee Gold XP@21:1/5 to Arthur T. on Tue Oct 5 04:40:22 2021
    On 10/4/2021 5:51 PM, Arthur T. wrote:
    Title: Tiny Vampires
    ttto: Tiny Bubbles by Leon Pober

    I thinkn that "bubbles" has two syllables
    and that "vampires" has three syllables.

    --Lee

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Gary McGath@21:1/5 to Arthur T. on Tue Oct 5 08:33:22 2021
    On 10/4/21 8:51 PM, Arthur T. wrote:
    Title: Tiny Vampires
    ttto: Tiny Bubbles by Leon Pober

    Tiny vampires
    In my yard
    Bite my ankles
    Bite them hard
    Tiny vampires
    Make me itch all over
    It's so awful I'm afraid I'm
    Gonna find that I am scarred


    You sound very "ticked off."


    --
    Gary McGath http://www.mcgath.com

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Gary McGath@21:1/5 to Lee Gold XP on Tue Oct 5 08:34:37 2021
    On 10/5/21 7:40 AM, Lee Gold XP wrote:
    On 10/4/2021 5:51 PM, Arthur T. wrote:
    Title: Tiny Vampires
    ttto: Tiny Bubbles by Leon Pober

    I thinkn that "bubbles" has two syllables
    and that "vampires" has three syllables.

    As I'd pronounce it, "vampire" has two syllables.

    See also Steve Savitsky's "Vampire Megabyte."


    --
    Gary McGath http://www.mcgath.com

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Arthur T.@21:1/5 to Gary McGath on Tue Oct 5 14:35:19 2021
    In Message-ID:<sjhgot$rgm$2@dont-email.me>,
    Gary McGath <garym@REMOVEmcgathREMOVE.com> wrote:

    On 10/5/21 7:40 AM, Lee Gold XP wrote:
    On 10/4/2021 5:51 PM, Arthur T. wrote:
    Title: Tiny Vampires
    ttto: Tiny Bubbles by Leon Pober

    I thinkn that "bubbles" has two syllables
    and that "vampires" has three syllables.

    As I'd pronounce it, "vampire" has two syllables.

    It's like asking people from various states how many syllables "oil"
    or "fire" have. And while I normally pronounce "interest" with two
    syllables, somehow it always has three in my filks.

    As far as my normal pronunciation of "vampire" - I think I'd call it
    2.5 syllables.

    --
    Arthur T. - ar23hur "at" pobox "dot" com

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Joe Kesselman@21:1/5 to Gary McGath on Tue Oct 5 15:13:14 2021
    On 10/5/2021 8:33 AM, Gary McGath wrote:
    You sound very "ticked off."

    I could comment, but I'd be skeetering off topic.

    (Cue: Wade Hemsworth's _The_Black_Fly_Song_. Shudder.)

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Lee Gold XP@21:1/5 to Gary McGath on Tue Oct 5 14:46:29 2021
    On 10/5/2021 5:34 AM, Gary McGath wrote:
    On 10/5/21 7:40 AM, Lee Gold XP wrote:
    On 10/4/2021 5:51 PM, Arthur T. wrote:
    Title: Tiny Vampires
    ttto: Tiny Bubbles by Leon Pober

    I thinkn that "bubbles" has two syllables
    and that "vampires" has three syllables.

    As I'd pronounce it, "vampire" has two syllables.

    See also Steve Savitsky's "Vampire Megabyte."


    I published that song.
    I pronounce its "vampire" as vam-pi-urr.

    --Lee

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Gary McGath@21:1/5 to Arthur T. on Tue Oct 5 17:57:09 2021
    On 10/5/21 2:35 PM, Arthur T. wrote:

    As far as my normal pronunciation of "vampire" - I think I'd call it
    2.5 syllables.


    That's like when I used the name of Haverhill, Massachusetts in a song.
    I treated it as three syllables, hay-ver-ill. A resident of the city
    insisted it was two syllables, hay-vrill. We compromised on 2.5 syllables.

    --
    Gary McGath http://www.mcgath.com

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Arthur T.@21:1/5 to Gary McGath on Sun Oct 31 18:45:05 2021
    In Message-ID:<sjhgot$rgm$2@dont-email.me>,
    Gary McGath <garym@REMOVEmcgathREMOVE.com> wrote:

    On 10/5/21 7:40 AM, Lee Gold XP wrote:
    On 10/4/2021 5:51 PM, Arthur T. wrote:
    Title: Tiny Vampires
    ttto: Tiny Bubbles by Leon Pober

    I thinkn that "bubbles" has two syllables
    and that "vampires" has three syllables.

    As I'd pronounce it, "vampire" has two syllables.

    See also Steve Savitsky's "Vampire Megabyte."

    And let's not forget the song where "vampire" not only has only two
    syllables, but rhymes with "Omar": https://www.flashlyrics.com/letras/the-hamburger-brothers/omar-the-vampire-00

    --
    Arthur T. - ar23hur "at" pobox "dot" com

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)