Alternative Lyrics of The Month / September
Well, we're all living dangerously these days, so I figure, why not actually post myself singing one of my own songs a capella? So, if any are so inclined, you can learn the tune directly from me. This is one of a handful of songs for which I've also composed the tune that goes with the words, not just written new words to someone else's tune.
This also happens to be my one and only bluegrass type song. Hope you enjoy it!
Skunk Ain't A Weasel
Tune and Parody Lyrics: Patricia A. Leslie
Skunk ain’t a weasel any more
No, Skunk ain’t a weasel any more
Though they share some common ways
They don’t share much DNA
No, skunk ain’t a weasel any more.
Skunk ain’t a weasel any more
No, Skunk ain’t a weasel any more
Well, there’s critters with scent glands
Found in many other lands
Got just one thing in common, all carnivores.
Skunk ain’t a weasel any more
No, Skunk ain’t a weasel any more
Hey, but don’t you shed no tears
He’s got forty million years
Of family hist’ry in his store.
Skunk ain’t a weasel any more
No, Skunk ain’t a weasel any more
Hell, he ain’t no Must’lidae
Got to say Mephitidae
That’s surely a mouthful and a chore.
Skunk ain’t a weasel any more
No, Skunk ain’t a weasel any more
Now his buddy Prof Dragoo
Has enlightened me and you
But has he yet told the Skunk the score?
Skunk ain’t a weasel any more
No, Skunk ain’t a weasel any more
Yep, they got some common ways
But don’t share much DNA
No, skunk ain’t a weasel any more.
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Lyrics copyright Patricia A. Leslie