tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post4770058477594348183..comments2024-03-28T15:33:17.736-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: That's one way to deal with a financial crisis, I guess . . .Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-91708570474999673502018-02-11T02:09:54.303-06:002018-02-11T02:09:54.303-06:00And hundreds more. One of my favirites is "ma...And hundreds more. One of my favirites is "may your deeds with sword and ax equal those with sheep and yaks"<br />Search for "Ghengis Khan birthday dirge"<br />JPDevAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-52727130875013709332018-02-10T14:20:12.514-06:002018-02-10T14:20:12.514-06:00I always sang that version as "Misery, gloom ...I always sang that version as "Misery, gloom despair/ People dying everywhere..."<br /><br />LittleRed1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-42490308043540504362018-02-10T07:01:02.613-06:002018-02-10T07:01:02.613-06:00The opinions of the pillagees are of no concern to...The opinions of the pillagees are of no concern to the pillagers.<br /><br />Speaking of which, here is a variant song for birthdays. It's the birthday dirge, sung to the tune of The Volga Boatmen.<br /><br />Happy Birthday. (pound on table)<br />It's your Birthday. (pound on table)<br />Gloom and doom and dark despair<br />People dying everywhere<br />Happy Birthday. (pound on table)<br />It's your Birthday. (pound on table)<br />* repeat *<br /><br />Here's a lesson you must learn<br />First you pillage, then you burn<br /><br />Hear the women wail and weep<br />Kill them all, but spare the sheep<br /><br />May the candles on your cake<br />Burn like cities in your wake<br /><br />Your servants steal, your wife's untrue<br />Your children plot to murder you<br /><br />Birthdays come but once a year<br />Marking time as death draws near<br /><br /><br />McChuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10243337792601085456noreply@blogger.com