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- From: lanih@herald.Berkeley.EDU (J. Lani Herrmann)
- Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
- Subject: Merry ...
- Date: 25 Dec 1992 18:09:58 GMT
- Organization: /etc/organization
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- Distribution: world
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- Keywords: pickle, Mary, Joseph, Jesus
-
- A little late, perhaps, but please enjoy (anyway, not too late for
- NEXT year!):
-
- The Pickle Carol
- copyright 1980 by Lani Herrmann
-
- Oh, Joseph was an old man, an old man was he,
- But still he courted Mary to gain a family,
- But still he courted Mary to gain a family.
-
- One day they were a-walking along so carefully,
- When Mary cries, "Please, Joseph, a pickle for me,"
- When Mary cries, "Please, Joseph, a pickle for me."
-
- "A pickle," says Joseph, "Now how can that be?
- Two miles to the nearest deli is too many for me!"
-
- "I must have a pickle, or I shall go wild,
- And, by the way, Joseph, we have a little child."
-
- Then Joseph in anger jumped up and also down,
- "It isn't even kosher; you've been fooling around!"
-
- Then up piped little Jesus from in his mother's tent,
- "Please, Dad, give her a pickle and stop this argument!"
-
- And as they stood amazed by the side of the road,
- A tree all full of pickles bent down its heavy load.
-
- On Mary showered pickles both great and small,
- And they bent down together and gathered them all.
-
- So Mary got her pickle, and Joseph a son,
- In peace and contentment they lived, every one.
-
-
- TUNE in "numerical sol-fa" (| are barlines, 1=do, _1=octave below do,
- a note followed by a space = quarter-note; notes without spaces between
- are eighth notes; a . after a note adds half the time value of the note)
- (the ^ show pulses = strong beats within the bars)
-
- time 3/4
-
- _5 | 1 1 2_7| 1 3 4 | 5 4 2 | 1 _7
- ^ | ^ ^ ^ | ^ ^ ^ | ^ ^ ^ | ^ ^
- 1_7| _6 .1_7_6| _5 1 4 | 321 2 | 1 _7
- ^ | ^ ^ ^ | ^ ^ ^ | ^ ^ ^ | ^ ^
- 1_7| _6 .1_7_6| _5 1 4 | 321 _7 | 1 - ||
- ^ | ^ ^ ^ | ^ ^ ^ | ^ ^ ^ | ^ - ||
-
- (Permission is hereby granted by the author to reproduce words and
- music to "The Pickle Carol," provided the credit/copyright line is
- attached firmly. It was originally distributed as part of a family
- Christmas greeting in 1980.)
-