Celebrate the 100th Ditalini Press post with a Song, dangit!

I can't believe no one wants to grab the 100th blog post spot! I waited. And waited some more. Then I said, 'Fine. I will.'

I wrote this song (see below) for inclusion in my latest full-length play - a dark comedy called, "How To Kill A Boy". When I was a kid, I created the first verse below. Never got any further. I expanded the song from that point. It's a silly song and has nothing to do with the dark comedy I'm writing - but it does provide some levity between the protagonist and the individual he's butting heads with. And it was fun to write and sing - which makes sense in the context it's used in the play. I suppose it's sort of hard to appreciate it with the melody I have in my head, but...put your own tune to it and see how you like it.

I was inspired to finish the song after seeing the movie, "Juno". Contributing writer = Katie Anderson. (Thank you!)

“Two Men”

Two men
Livin’ in
A little house
By the waterfalls
Two men livin’ in
A little house by the falls
Making dolls

Oh-h…
Two dolls
Cornhusk dolls
Cost a buck, you see
That’s not for two, but a piece
Two men
Making dolls
Cornhusk dolls just a dollar apiece.

Oh-h…
makin’ dolls
tens of thousands of cornhusk dolls
That little house is a’buzzin’ with glee
price arisin’ – 20 bucks for each
Millionaires
A bigger house
by the falls with their nest egg of dolls.

(scat break – singing)

Two men
No more corn
And no more cornhusk dolls
(had to move back to that small-house-by-the-falls)
No more corn
No more dolls
If you were in their shoes
What would you do?

(no scat or singing, just instrumental, 2 - 8 counts)

Straw dolls.
Made outta straw.
The two men found a way to keep their million dollar ways going strong
Straw dolls
Diversified
That’s all I’ll tell
Not one word is a lie

Two men
Livin’ in
A little house
By the falls
Two men livin’ in
A little house by the falls
Making dolls

© Copyright 2008 Jeffrey James Ircink