New Song

[catsittingstill]

Okay, I have a new song that people might like. Here are the lyrics


Peace in the Crockpot
Lyrics and melody by Catherine Faber

The mimmoths were cleaning the crockpot
They scrubbed the entire shebang
I think that they thought it a joke that meant naught,
But these were the words that they sang.

Visualise peace in the crockpot
And peace in the crockpot will grow
And peace will spread out from the crockpot
To everywhere dinner will go.

I think that all humans are family--
It seems like a shame we should fight.
It sounds good to me, so I'll go and buy peas
There'll be peas in the crockpot tonight!

I mean to unlimber my crockpot
Like the peas-maker I am.
There'll be peas in the pot, staying burbling hot,
With some slices of honey cured ham.

Won't you come over for dinner?
Bring us whatever you care
Turnips, barley or rice, baby carrots are nice
And of course any peas you can spare!

The plate scrapings go in the compost
Unmarked in the evening's mirth
As they give up the ghost into mulch, we can boast,
In the words of the toast, "Peas on earth!"

Comments

[allisona.livejournal.com]

Yay, crockpot songs! :) Like your photos, too!

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

Thanks. When I saw them being so helpful, I just had to get a picture. I just know they were up to something, though, and I'm kind of worried that I haven't figured out what it was.

[mdlbear]

Yay!

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

Thanks :-)

[stevemb.livejournal.com]

Heh. I've got a crockpot in my stuff somewhere, but we need to get a bigger one anyway....

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

The one we ended up getting was a Hamilton Beach 3-in-1 crockpot, because it looked versatile. It has 3 different sizes of crocks, all of which fit the same base, so we can make food for 2 or food for 6, depending on which crock we use.

We've only had it for a few days, so I can't report on its durability or anything...

[thatcrazycajun.livejournal.com]

Damn, girl, you made me chuckle...and now you're making me hungry! Good thing it's almost lunchtime. Well done! Look forward to hearing you sing it at GAFilk if not sooner.

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

:-) Thanks.

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

These mimmoths are getting silly. Silly I tell you.

At least you didn't tell us to visualize whirled peas.

I look forward to hearing the melody.

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

Well, the mimmoths only came up with the chorus; the rest must be ascribed to my silliness.

I thought about whirled peas, but the only way I could reasonably have worked it in was to use the blender to make pea soup, but I was getting fond of the "stone soup" motif I'd set up by that point--and carrots and barley don't go in pea soup.

I'll try to get an mp3 up at some point.

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

Just let us know if you hear something like this coming out of the kitchen. (that's a yourtube link, but only 36 seconds long, so it might be tolerable on dialup, especially since the first ten seconds is about the same as the rest of the video)

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

Boy, if I hear anything like *that* coming out of the kitchen I will be very disturbed! The mimmoths have better musical sense than that, or they wouldn't be able to sing.

[admnaismith.livejournal.com]

YAY, mimmoths! Thanks for sharing!

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

:-) Thanks for reading.

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

I don't know if you've seen the bumper snicker out here or not (I doubt you'd see it back East):

VISUALIZE WHIRLED PEAS

(Those mimmoths are just into *everything*, aren't they? :)

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

I've seen that one here in Ann Arbor.

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

I'm not surprised--I would expect it to show up anywhere there's a reasonably sized liberal community.

[dan-ad-nauseam.livejournal.com]

Let there be pease on earth.

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

Actually the split peas I cooked in the crockpot last night disintegrated after a while. I suppose that's what they used to call pease porridge, or pease.

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

yes, I have seen that one--mostly around the Pacific Northwest, but it was already popular before I left.

I don't think the mimmoths actually work for world peace, or even whirled peas (or maybe they do for their own twisted reasons). I think they were just joking around :-)

[weirdsister.livejournal.com]

Very cute, and very clever! Can't wait to hear it live!

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

:-) Thanks. Are you coming to the housefilk this weekend? I'll be debuting it there, barring some major change in plans.