Members OldTwelver Posted January 17, 2013 Members Share Posted January 17, 2013 Battle of the Forum Migration (same as Battle of New Orleans, only different) VERSE In twenty thirteen we took a little trip Down the Migration River in this lousy sinking ship. We took a couple capos and we donned our cleanest jeans And we caught those bloody tech guys and we kicked them till they screamed. CHORUS We pressed return and guitarist's kept a coming There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while a- go Then we clicked our mice and they began a runnin' And we dumped this rotten forum in the Gulf of Mexico. VERSE Well we looked at our browser's and we watched the errors come There musta been a hund'erd of 'em, no one's having fun They froze our screens and they made our keyboards ring We stood beside our music stands and didn't say a thing. CHORUS 1X VERSE OldTwelver said we could take 'em by su'prise If we didn't strum our axe's till we looked them in the eyes We held our picks till we see'd their faces well Then we opened up with E chords and really gave 'em ... Well - REPEAT 1ST CHORUS 2ND CHORUS Yeah! they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles And they ran through the bushes where a tech guy shouldn't go They ran so fast that guitarist's couldn't catch 'em Down the Migration River to the Gulf of Mexi- co. * modified 1/18/12 Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gary Blanchard Posted January 17, 2013 Members Share Posted January 17, 2013 I like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wkendhacker Posted January 17, 2013 Members Share Posted January 17, 2013 Love it! One suggestion. In the chorus make the line"There wasn't NEAR as many as there was a while ago." Just for the cadence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OldTwelver Posted January 18, 2013 Author Members Share Posted January 18, 2013 wkendhacker wrote: Love it! One suggestion. In the chorus make the line "There wasn't NEAR as many as there was a while ago." Just for the cadence. Thank you for the suggestion. I did the original with my teeth in a glass on the counter. With them glued in, your version works better ! Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Opa John Posted January 18, 2013 Members Share Posted January 18, 2013 wkendhacker wrote: Love it! One suggestion. In the chorus make the line "There wasn't NEAR as many as there was a while ago." Just for the cadence. Very good suggestion, and I sure hope you don't think I'm splitting hairs, but in the original Johnny Horton version, it was "there wasn't NIGH as many as there was awhile ago". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members TheClutch Posted January 19, 2013 Members Share Posted January 19, 2013 ... ______ ... erm.... ::coughcough:: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Neal Posted January 19, 2013 Members Share Posted January 19, 2013 There ya go clutch.. I think maybe this'll work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wkendhacker Posted January 22, 2013 Members Share Posted January 22, 2013 for the record, I completely concur with the use of "nigh" as many instead of "near." when I suggested "near" I did not know that we were using an actualy line from the song. Old Twelver and I come from the part of the world where people still actually say "near as many..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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