Acoustic Guitars

[OldTwelver]

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

[Gary Blanchard]

I like that!

[wkendhacker]

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.

[OldTwelver]

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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.

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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

[Opa John]

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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.

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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".

[OldTwelver]

Thanks to wkendhacker and John for the collaborative effort in fixing my error. In deference to the original, I think I'll go with "nigh". Of course, those wishing to use "near" as a matter of artistic license, should feel free to do so, with my blessing. (considering I ripped off the song in the first place)

All fixed now, and I can't wait to see who makes it a VOM entry .......

Paul

[guitarist21]

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OldTwelver wrote:

All fixed now, and I can't wait to see who makes it a VOM entry .......

Paul

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My vote is for YOU, sir!

[Opa John]

Ellen's right, Paul. YOU thunk it up, now YOU gotta do it!

If YOU don't do it, TAH will......and the format he uses to post his songs I can't even get access to. If I was smarter I could, but that ain't gonna happen, either!

[GW348]

Sexy!

[OldTwelver]

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guitarist21 wrote:

My vote is for YOU, sir!

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Opa John wrote:

Ellen's right, Paul. YOU thunk it up, now YOU gotta do it!

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 sir ? 

Ahem ...... I really don't think I could pull that off.

And, now my wife starts laughing every time she walks past my computer. Wonderful !

Paul

[TheClutch]

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[TheClutch]

... ______ ... erm.... ::coughcough::

[Neal]

There ya go clutch.. I think maybe this'll work.

[wkendhacker]

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..."