[conspire] CABAL day again, Saturday, July 9th again

[Ross Bernheim]

Might I suggest a different tune?


THE BIRTHDAY DIRGE
tune: "Volga Boatmen"
  
Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

Now you've aged another year
Now you know that Death is near

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

So you've aged another year
Now you know that Death is near

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

Children dying far and near
They say that cancer's caused by bheer

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

Children dying everywhere
Women crying in despair

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

Death, destruction, and despair
People dying everywhere

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

Doom and gloom and dark despair
People dying everywhere!

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

Doom, destruction, and despair
Grief and sorrow fill the air

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

Doom, destruction, and despair
People dying everywhere

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

Death and gloom and black despair
People dying everywhere

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

Pain destruction and despair
People dying everywhere

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

Typhoid, plague and polio
Coffins lined up in a row

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

Now that you're the age you are
Your demise cannot be far

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

Now you are the age you are
Your demise cannot be far

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

When you've reached the age you are
Your demise cannot be far

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

Black Death has just struck your town
You yourself feel quite run-down

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

Pestilence has struck your town
You yourself feel quite run-down

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

Birthdays come but once a year
Marking time as Death draws near

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

Long ago your hair turned grey
Now it's falling out, they say

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

Soon your hair will all turn grey
Then fall out (or so they say)

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

Burn the castle and storm the keep
Kill the women, but save the sheep

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

Hear the women wail and weep
Kill them all, but spare the sheep

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

May the women wail and weep
kill them all, but save the sheep

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

Burn, then rape by firelight
Add _romance_ to life tonight

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

Indigestion's what you get
From the enemies you 'et

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

May the candles on your cake
Burn like cities in your wake.

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

May the cities in your wake
Burn like candles on your cake,

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

May the children in the street
Be your barbequeing meat

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

We love children, yes we do
Baked or broiled or in a stew

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

May your deeds with sheep and yaks
Equal those with sword and axe

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

May your deeds with sword and axe
Equal those with sheep and yaks

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

They stole your sword, your gold, your house
Took your sheep but not your spouse

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

This one lesson you must learn
First you pillage, then you burn

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

While you eat your birthday stew
We will loot the town for you,

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

We brought linen, white as cloud
Now we'll sit and sew your shroud

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

You're a period cook, its true
Ask the beetles in the stew

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

Your servants steal, your wife's untrue
Your children plot to murder you

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

Fear and gloom and darkness but
No one found out you-know-what

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

Just be glad the friends you've got
Haven't found out you-know-what

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

I'm a leper, can't you see
Have a birthday kiss from me

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

It's your birthday never fear
You'll be dead this time next year

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

Now another year has passed
Don't look now they're gaining fast!

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

So far Death you have bypassed
Don't look back, he's gaining fast

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

Now you've lived another year
Age to you is like stale beer

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

Now your jail-bait days are done
Let's go out and have some fun

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

See the wrinkles on your face
Like the pattern of fine lace

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

Were I sitting in your shoes
I'd go out and sing the blues

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

So you're 29 again
Don't tell lies to your good friend

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

Tho you're turning 29
Age to you is like fine wine

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

You must marry very soon
Baby's due the next full moon

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>

When you've reached this age you know
That the mind is first to go

Happy Birthday! <thud!> Happy Birthday! <thud!>


Ross


> On Jul 8, 2016, at 4:58 PM, Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:
> 
> My infallible internal time sense, not to mention the CABAL Web site and
> both of the other two-legged residents of the house, conspire to remind
> me that tomorrow is another CABAL day.
> 
> (The cat's a slacker.)
> 
> Ross says he's coming, and bringing something delectable with chicken.
> 
> Me, not being a total fool (I'm an incomplete fool), I'll probably have
> another go at one or more pizza and some more homemade sourdough garlic
> bread.
> 
> I'm considering baking a pie.  Because we have a now-modest amount of
> leftover fresh plums from the plum trees.
> 
> There's a birthday girl here.  No presents requested or expected, but
> be prepared to pick a key and sing newly public domain 'Happy Birthday'
> in it.
> 
> Many of the plums went into new jars of plum jam, and I consider this
> year's batch the best I've ever made.  Yes, you may have a jar.  Don't
> let me forget.
> 
> 
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