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NOTE TO JMS NEWSFEED FILTERING-FOLK (the Rangers): Do the guy a favor and
keep this out of his feed. You'll understand why... In article
<413onl$bka@news.ccit.arizona.edu>, Bryce Burchett
wrote: >'Nuff said. Be carefull. Jail is not worth a silly tape, so, as
Mulder >says: "TRUST NO ONE". I wouldn't put baiting beyond
these people, to make >examples out of some of us. Don't even risk it!
Our lives are to >important to be wasted in an overcrowed prison cell.
Hmmmm... it's time to FIGHT BACK!!!! And FIGHT we shall! For they have not
known what deadly means we TRULY have... They came... They monitored...
They thought that they could GET US...! BUT WE HAVE THE *ULTIMATE*
WEAPON!!!!!!!! The one... The only... The incredible... .
***************** "FINAL FOUR FILK
SINGERS"!!!!!!*********************** Singing for YOU, songs like:
"Tapes, tapes tapes tapes Tapes tapes tapes tapes Wonderful
taaaaaaaapes! Wonderful tapes" (Warners) "SHADDAP!!! Bloody
filkers!!!" Or: "Send in the Narn" (previously posted on
this newsgroup) And when the Final Four Filkers find out that they need to
use the musical equivalent of a SCUD missile: (cue BeeGees disco beat)
Well, you can tell by the way I watch, I'm a B5 fan, no time to talk And
when I want the Final Four, before they air behind US shores Well I turn
around Go underground Turn up that georgous B5 sound Make it loud Feel so
proud And not reveal what eps I found Whether you're British or whether
you're State-side The Four are alive The Four are alive When divided
loyalties are alone in the night The Four are alive The four are alive
Always aliiiiiiiiiiiiiiive, yeah!!!" ------- Other gawdawful
submissions to the "Final Four Filk Singers" repetoire are
hereby gleefully asked for. Emphasis on puns, silliness, humor and REALLY
*BAD* PARODY FILK!!! Yeah, THAT'll make those Warners net-monitors run
away SCREAMING...! =8) -Elana In article
, Elana who?
wrote: >Other gawdawful submissions to the "Final Four Filk
Singers" repetoire >are hereby gleefully asked for. Emphasis on
puns, silliness, humor and Just remember you asked for it. Filk from a
current Beatle fan and former Barry Manilow fangirl is a scary thing. But
before anyone sends the Narns, remember: I could have posted the lyrics I
made up for the first half of the season two B5 theme, causing other
people to suffer the horror of having terrible cheesy lyrics run through
their head every time they hear this music. But I didn't. I have *some*
scruples. Barry Manilow filk: I make the tapes that make the lawyers
whine, I make the tapes Americans want all the time, I make the tapes that
make the fangirls cry, I make the tapes, I make the tapes. To one of my
favorite Beatle songs, You've Got to Hide Your Love Away: Here I sit, at
end of wit, TV just showing snow. New shows gone, I can't go on Missing B5
so. US-wide, reruns bide, Each and every week. Wait! I spy a posting nigh,
Tempting every B5 geek: Hey! Send for your B5 tapes today. Hey! Send for
your B5 tapes today. How can I even try Resisting such a call? Saying
"Gosh!" at seeing Kosh, Finally, I'd see Night Fall. How can
they say "No way, That's against the law?" Come on then, our UK
friends, Let me hear you call: Hey! Send for your B5 tapes today. Hey!
Send for your B5 tapes today. Must we confine ourselves to the final
four/taping problem? Here are some bits not on that subject. (I will NOT
do a Voyager filk to the Gilligan's Island theme. I must resist, it's off
topic and it's FAR too silly and someone else has probably already done it
much better. I will NOT do a Voyager filk to the Gilligan's Island theme.)
Sheridan's Song: Yesterday, Babylon 5 seemed so far away, Now it looks as
though I'm here to stay, I wish it was still yesterday. Suddenly, I'm not
half the man they used to see,(*) There's a Shadow hanging over me, I wish
it was still yesterday. What Minbari know, I don't know, they just won't
say. Vorlons speak in song, now I long for yesterday. Yesterday, I loved
the Captain's seat I had each day, Here I just wish I could get away, I
wish it was still yesterday. (* That line is for the 'Sinclair roolz,
Sheridan sux' crowd, of which I'm not a member... but it just had to be
done.) You hardly have to change this lyric (by Nine Inch Nails I think)
at all to make it a Minbari song to Sheridan: Mind had a hole, We liked
his soul, We'd rather die, Than give you control I could write such verse
all day but I think I'll do everyone a favor and refrain. >THAT'll make
those Warners net-monitors run away SCREAMING...! =8) And everyone else,
probably. Catherine [Piano music starts up in the background, as the
camera pulls in on a Green Drazi] It not easy being Green Seem you just
walk around mind you own business Until you are seen By ugly purple Drazi
Who, when he see color of you kneckerchief Punch out you lights It not
easy being Green And it not situation which You be very keen To be walking
amid Purples Like you have Kick Me sign on you back And in line of sight
But Green is color of plant and tree And Green can be coordinated with
many type of shoe And green can be deep, like human When he sick, or
envious Or just on Halloween When Green is what I be Then I think to me
self, I Green, and it be fine And I go, with spring in step And beat up
Purple Drazi. [lights dim, music fades, camera pulls back, and five bat-weilding
Narns run up to the Drazi and beat him senseless because JMS hates filks.]
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----- I am Ohm of Borg. Resistance is voltage divided by current. From:
wald@zarquon.uchicago.edu (Kevin Wald) In a short while, we will all know
what Kosh looks like. Thus, this is probably the last opportunity I will
have to post an excerpt from my full length speculative rock opera on the
subject, _Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor (tm) Dreamkosh_. Enjoy. [In
the following, Ivanova sings the part of the perky narrator (someone had
to do it, and she's the obvious choice); all others play themselves:]
Ivanova: Joseph wanted to show the world an Ancient One He swore that by
the time that season two was done: JMS: I'll have, by Gosh, a living Kosh,
A multi-colored Kosh to show. Ivanova: But 'til then our Joseph tried to
keep a lid On what Kosh was; in season uno, all he did Was give us signs
and cryptic lines, And putter to and fro. And when Sheridan appeared, Kosh
continued acting weird: Kosh: Come to Down Below when you're off-duty;
Witness half a mo' of perfect beauty. Ivanova: What that meant is quite
obscure; Is even Joseph really sure? Such a cryptic Kosh of many colors,
How we love our Kosh of many colors; He'll be red and yellow and green and
brown and -- Kosh: Blue. Ivanova: Now the Britons all have seen the final
four; The show that shows the Vorlon whom we all adore Has come and gone
in Albion, But here we just don't know. And 'til Joseph shows that scene,
We'll be discussing Purple/Green And the other topics that we quarrel on,
While we wait to see our favorite Vorlon: Kosh: (*Tinkle*) Handsome. (*Wirble*)
Smart. (*Kerthumpa*) Walking work of art. Ivanova: Such a dazzling Kosh of
many colors, How we love our Kosh of many colors; He'll be: Delenn:
Crimson and Scarlet and Lennier: Ecru and Ocher and Sheridan: Genuine
Orange, Garibaldi: Chartreuse and Burgundy, Drazi: Green! and Another
Drazi: Purple! and Bester: Ebon and Sable and Talia: Blonde and Mousy and
H. Gray: Harriman Gray and Knight: Or and Argent and Londo: Fuchsia and
Mauve and Vir: Brown and . . . brown and Gropos: $%#@! and &*%%#! and
Morden: Subfusc and Shadowy Spoo: Pale and Sallow and Jean-Luc Picard:
Teal, Wine, Mustard, and Jean Valjean: Red and Black and Kosh: Blue. From:
maria@mvuts.mv.att.com (-montalvo m.a.) In article
, Kevin Wald
wrote: >In a short while, we will all know what Kosh looks like. Thus,
this >is probably the last opportunity I will have to post an excerpt
from >my full length speculative rock opera on the subject, _Joseph and
>the Amazing Technicolor (tm) Dreamkosh_. Enjoy. I enjoyed. Here's part
of Morden's song to Sheridan (and the scary part is that I'm only changing
one word from the original): Close every door to me, Keep those I love
from me. Children of Z'Ha'Dum are never alone, For I know I shall find my
own peace of mind. For I have been promised a land of my own. From:
cornilse@cs.colorado.edu (Erik Cornilsen) benjamin@w3eax.umd.edu (Benjamin
Schultz KE3OM) writes: >When someone posts a filk song, force-feed the
writer a Zima. Well, since you asked: (sung to the tune of 'O Christmas
Tree') O Stra-czyn-ski, O Stra-czyn-ski You stand in balding beauty O
Stra-czyn-ski, O Stra-czyn-ski Your commitment's amazing // Any
suggestions for this line? You've writ' our fav'rite TV show Beard frosted
white with winter snow O Stra-czyn-ski, O Stra-czyn-ski You stand in
balding beauty From: hart@stsci.edu (Science: the study of what the
instrument did.) all filk-haters leave this post now! I refuse to drink a
Zima!!!! < < < a little while ago, I was driving down the road,
humming a tune from one of my tapes, and this little song just jumped out
and started singing itself (;-) I envision it as an anonymous song that
appeared in the folk-ways shortly after the Earth-Mimbari War... Fightin'
on the Line (to the tune of Walking Down the Line, as sung by Arlo Guthry)
(a lament in the blues tradition) chorus: I'm fightin' on the line. I'm
fightin' on the line. I'm fightin' on the line, my friends are all dyin',
let me tell you 'bout my troubled mind. The crew of New Beijing screwed up
and killed the Mimbar king. They headed straight for Earth. Our ships
jumped from berth and we met them out near Saturn's rings. (chorus) I
won't tell a lie: our ships filled the sky. A beam would pass, and a ship
would flash, and another hope of Earth would die. (chorus) I tried the
tricks I knew. Made up some new ones, too. But flight on flight our ships
light the night, and now beneath us is the Earth so blue. (chorus) The
next thing I know on my radio: "The Mimbari lose!" I can't
believe the news... I believe I got the Mimbar blues. From: wwbanquo@aol.com
(WWBanquo) From G'kar's book of Xmas songs... Deck the halls with dead
Centauri Fa la la la la, la la la la 'tis the season to lynch Molari Fa la
la la la, la la la la Now the Shadows talk to Refa Fa la la, fa la la, la
la la Should have known Morden's a keeper Fa la la la la, la la la la....
From: haverber@winternet.com (AskMeAgainLater) hanshorn@alumni.caltech.edu
(Hans Hornstein) wrote: >corun@access4.digex.net (Corun MacAnndra)
writes: >>Oh no. Are we going to spawn B5 Christmas carols? Oh come,
all ye Vorlons quiet and mysterious Oh come all oh come ye to Babylon 5
Come and confuse them the right ones at the right times Oh come let us
confuse them Oh come let us confuse them Oh come let us confuse them
Babylon 5 From: Nina K. Berg <102461.2104@CompuServe.COM> Oh, little
station Babylon All alone in the night You cannot flee your destiny in the
upcoming fight. For the forces of darkness are gathering their might. You
cannot fail. You must prevail. Be a fortress of light. From: bdaverin@best.com
(B. Daverin) In article <48ghqa$n15@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, strueb@aol.com
(Strueb) wrote: > "Here we come a'shadowing, > Among the
nebulae so bright.." Try this: Here we come a'shadowing Among the
stars so bright. Here we come a'killing Up from the dead of night. Pain
and fear come to you, And to you your Shadows, too. Morden trick you and
send you A deadly new year, And he send you a deadly new year. From: swd2@po.CWRU.Edu
(Steven W. Difranco) In a previous posting (by Alvin Plummer, or Steve
Rider, or scphill@ibm.net - these long threads get so confusing - or
someone) the term 'Babyloniacs' was offered. Hmmmm..... We're Babyloniacs,
we hate Psi Chorps to the max. Centauris can relax, while Narns are Shadow
snacks, We're Babyloniacs. Come join the Ranger brothers - and the Ranger
sister, too; She came out of a Crysalis, and never eats her spoo. Lennier
will always help her, he's helping Londo, too. Sinclair's duck got
shipped, Sheridan has flipped, and Kosh is flying, too We're Babyloniacs,
we've got Minbari paid contacts. So sit back and relax, 'cause Talia got
the axe, We're Babyloni...Draal talks to us only...we're Babyloniacs!
Nah.....they'll never buy it. [:>] From: goldman@winternet.com (Goldman
of Chaos) [to the tune of "I have a little dreidle"] I have a
little telapath, I saved her from deep space. And when the PSI Corps finds
her, Their minds wil be erased! Oh Leida (sp?), Leida, Leida, I saved you
from deep space, Oh Leida, Leida, Leida You've been to Vorlon space. From:
a024781t@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us (Charles J Walther) Hi, I have found
another holiday song from the archives of B-5. This tune is sung to the
melody of Good King Wenceslaus. It's called "We Centuri." We
Centuri love our fun Pass the bottle over There's no party we will shun
Pass the bottle over Just send the merriment our way Pass the bottle over
As long as we don't have to pay Pass the bottle over, Drink! We Centuri
all dress great Let me see the mirror Stuck up hair and foppish capes Let
me see the mirror With medals, silver, gold and such Let me see the mirror
Other races think we're nuts Let me see the mirror, Now! For we Centuri
life is sweet Bless us all Great Maker For boring tales we can't be beat
Bless us all Great Maker Our family clans are marvelled at Bless us all
Great Maker We stab each other in the back Bless us all Great Maker,
Please! We Centuri get our way Great Centuri Empire We bomb your planets,
make you slaves Great Centuri Empire With ships and troops we show our
clout Great Centuri Empire Until the Shadows throw us out Great Centuri
Empire, Yea! From: M195722@sl1001.mdc.com (Dan Dassow) Gharlane enjoyed
the following, when I E-mailed him a copy. I thought you might get a
chuckle also. I have sent you a copy with his permission. Please do not
post this to USENET. If you think it would be appropriate, you may add
this to the B5 humor files. If I can only get the theme for "PINKY
AND THE BRAIN" out of my head. I woke up one morning with the
following perversion going through my brain: Straczynski and Gharlane,
Straczynski and Gharlane, Whenever we read them, They drive us insane. To
be quite precise, We're laboratory mice. We're fed information, With which
they entice. Straczynski, Straczynski and Gharlane, Lane, lane, lane,
Lane, lane, lane ... Dan Dassow From: benjamin@w3eax.umd.edu (Benjamin
Schultz KE3OM) Last year, in honor of "Chrysalis," we brought
you "Babylaniacs Theme Song." Now, in honor of the B5S2F4, we
bring you BATTLE HYMN OF THE RANGERS Mine eyes have seen the brilliance of
the true form of the Kosh. His encounter suit, it opened up, and I said,
"Oh my gosh! "The animation is so clean, and the C G I is posh!
"The Vorlon scampers on!" REFRAIN: Glory, glorious Straczynski!
Glory, glorious Straczynski! Glory, glorious Straczynski! His story
marches on! I hear the signals herald the arrival of the war: The droning
of the Drazi who are drumming on my door. Centauri pulled a sneak attack;
now Narn will settle the score. Thus Shadows scamper on! REFRAIN In the
Shadows' reign of dark a single candle shines Showing what we fight over
is at once both mine and thine. If we join our hands together, all will
turn out fine! And light will then shine on! REFRAIN From anassau@ix.netcom.com
Mon Jul 3 22:14:29 1995 >Dear JMS, >In light of recent events on the
net I thought you might want a little >levity. BTW, thanks for taking
our input on the comics. joe replied: >rom: straczynski@genie.geis.com
>Date: Sat, 18 Mar 95 02:10:00 UTC >To: anassau@wizard.com
>Subject: JUMP GATE TO VORLON >X-Genie-Id: 8875951 >X-Genie-From:
STRACZYNSKI > Thank you. > Having said that....DIE, DIE, DIE! >
jms I retorted... >I did not mean to offend...If I did sorry. >Allan
and our gracious jms sez: >rom: straczynski@genie.geis.com >Date:
Sat, 18 Mar 95 05:53:00 UTC >To: anassau@wizard.com >Subject: Re:
JUMP GATE TO VORLON >X-Genie-Id: 6590339 >X-Genie-From: STRACZYNSKI
> Good heavens, I was just kidding; I thought it was well done. Just
>going for comic exaggeration. No offense at all, honest and truly.
> jms so without further ado: JUMP GATE TO VORLON by Allan S. Nassau
With sincerest apologies to Messers. Plant & Page...NOT! There's a
Shadow who knows That Human's share Minbari souls. And I'm building a jump
gate to Vorlon. When we get there we'll know That the arc has no more
holes And Joe will get what he came for. Ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo And
I'm building a jump gate to Vorlon. There's a three edged sword on the
wall But Sheridan wants to be sure Cause you know sometimes Kosh speaks
with two meanings. Never ask what do you want, That's what Morden sings
And all of his thoughts are of evil. Ooo and Kosh makes me wonder Ooo and
Kosh makes me wonder Perplexed is what I get when Kosh talks To his ship.
Is the song that it sings old Cat Stevens? In Sheridan's thoughts I have
seen Ivanova and the raven through the dream And the voice of Kosh as he
stands looking. Ooo and Kosh makes me wonder Ooo and Kosh really makes me
wonder And its whispered that soon it will All end in BOOM. And Delenn
will lead us to reason. And a new day will dawn For third age of man And
the casino will echo with Londo's laughter. If there's a pain behind your
eyebrows Don't be alarmed now That's just a brain scan from the Psi Corp.
Yes, there are two paths the arc can go by But I just sigh. Can Londo
still change the road he's on? And Kosh makes me wonder My head is aching
from the last show In case you wanted to know. Joe is calling us to post
him. Dear Joe please just say so Cause I don't know, Do the jump gates run
on the solar wind? And as the season winds on to a close Will the Shadows
steal the Humans' souls? Kosh's identity we all want to know. Do the Narns
and Centuari play a role? And when you're watching very hard You might
catch some obscure shard. The song will come to you last. The Great Maker
is one and All. You'll understand Kosh's call. And I'm building a jump
gate to Vorlon. allan From: M195722@sl1001.mdc.com (Dan Dassow) Note: When
singing the word "Chrysalis" it sounds better if you
intentionally mispronounce it as kris-liss. Sing in good health. Ho, ho,
ho, Merry Chrysalis. :-} :-} :-} :-} :-} :-} :-} :-} :-} :-} :-} :-} :-}
:-} :-} :-} :-} :-} Advent, the four weeks prior to Chrysalis, will be
soon upon us. It is time to dust off our Chrysalis music and raise our
voices in song. To the tune of "Christmas Don't be Late" by the
Chipmunks (Sung in the style of the Chipmunks) Words by: "Dan Dassow
Chrysalis, Chrysalis time for fear And another G'Kar jeer. We will wait
for Chrysalis here. No more Zima, we want beer. We can hardly stand the
wait. Oh Chrysalis don't be late. We can hardly stand the wait. Oh
Chrysalis don't be late. To the tune of "All I Want for Christmas is
my Two Front Teeth" Words by: "Dan Dassow
All I want for Chrysalis is my V C R My V C R Yes, my V C R All I want for
Chrysalis is my V C R And then I can watch it forever To the tune of
"Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree" "(O Tannenbaum, O
Tannenbaum)" Words by: "Dan Dassow
Oh Chrysalis thee Oh Chrysalis thee Will change our view of B 5 Oh
Chrysalis thee Oh Chrysalis thee Will change our view of B 5 The story arc
for Babylon Has lead us to watch on and on Oh Chrysalis thee Oh Chrysalis
thee Will change our view of B 5 To the tune of "I'm Dreaming of a
White Christmas" (Sung in the Style of Bing Crosby) Words by:
"Dan Dassow
I'm dreaming of a dark Chrysalis Just like the one that's been foretold
All the weapons glisten As fearful listen For signs and portents of old
I'm dreaming of a dark Chrysalis With every episode I see May all who will
disembark Know that all our Chrysalises are dark To the tune of
"Christmas is Coming, The Goose is Getting Fat" Words by:
"Dan Dassow
Chrysalis is coming, first season nears an end Londo needs a credit to be
your best friend. If you haven't got a credit, then half-a credit will do.
If you haven't got a half-a credit then he'll leave you. To the tune of
"Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" (Sung in the Style of Gene
Autry) Words by: "Dan Dassow
Note: when singing Chakotay, pronounce as Chak tay. There was Jim Kirk,
and Jean-Luc, and Sisko, and Janeway Scottie, and Riker, O'Brien, and
Chakotay. But do you recall, The most famous Teran of all? He was ...
Sinclair the mind wiped Teran Had a mind with a hole. And if you ever saw
him You would hardly even know. All of the other Terans Used to wonder
'bout that day That he could not remember Or least that's just what they
say. Then one dark and stormy night Delenn came to say, "Sinclair
with your great insight, Won't you come with me tonight?" Then all
the Terans wondered As Sinclair began to flee Whether he will return there
Or is he just history. From: Benjamin Schultz KE3OM
Subject: Battle Hymn of the Rangers, v1.2 (Tune: "Battle Hymn of the
Republic") Mine eyes have seen the brilliance of the true form of the
Kosh: His encounter suit, it opened up, and I said, "Oh my gosh!
"The animation is so clean, and the CGI is posh! "The Vorlon
scampers on!" REFRAIN: Glory, glorious Straczynski! Glory, glorious
Straczynski! Glory, glorious Straczynski! His story marches on!!! I hear
the signals herald the arrival of the war: The droning of the Drazi who
are drumming on my door; Centauri pulled a sneak attack -- so Narn will
settle the score; Thus Shadows scamper on! REFRAIN [Third stanza under
construction] Benjamin Schultz, KE3OM <*> 24 August 1995: The day
the Great War came upon the Internet. From benjamin@w3eax.umd.edu Wed Sep
13 20:44:01 1995 Subject: Babylaniacs Theme Song, V2.1 (Tune: Theme from _Animaniacs_,
(c) Warner Brothers) It's time for BABYLANIACS! It's sci-fi at its max! Zo
just kick back and relax, And pass around ze znacks For Babylaniacs! Come
join the Earth Alliance, and transfer out to this place That we call
Babylon 5. It spins in neutral space With all the comforts of home for
many an alien race. But Shadows come To have some fun And get all on our
case! Sheridan's job is hard: There's trouble for the Narn; Centauri
incited harm, So Minbari are now on guard And Vorlons won't give a darn!
Meet Michael Garibaldi, the chief of security. Franklin works in Medlab to
keep us running clean. Ivanova keeps an eye on things fron the C & C.
We love this show! So we all owe J. Mike Straczynski!!!! We're Babylaniacs
-- We want a FIVE YEAR SHOW CONTRACT! It's sci-fi at its max! The FX are a
blast!! We're Babylani Totally spacy (Kosh: Down in flamey) Babylaniacs!
Those are the facts! Benjamin Schultz, KE3OM <*> 24 August 1995: The
day the Great War came upon the Internet. From: M195722@sl1001.mdc.com
(Dan Dassow) Subject: "Twelve Days of Chrysalis" "Twelve
Days of Chrysalis" On the first day of Chrysalis Straczynski wrote
for thee: An ant in a G'Quan'eth tree. On the second day of Chrysalis
Straczynski wrote for thee: Two Shadow ships, And an ant in a G'Quan'eth
tree. On the third day of Chrysalis Straczynski wrote for thee: Three
ages, Two Shadow ships, And an ant in a G'Quan'eth tree. On the fourth day
of Chrysalis Straczynski wrote for thee: Four PPGs, Three ages, Two Shadow
ships, And an ant in a G'Quan'eth tree. On the fifth day of Chrysalis
Straczynski wrote for thee: Five Babylons, Four PPGs, Three ages, Two
Shadow ships, And an ant in a G'Quan'eth tree. On the sixth day of
Chrysalis Straczynski wrote for thee: Six ducks a-waving, Five Babylons,
Four PPGs, Three ages, Two Shadow ships, And an ant in a G'Quan'eth tree.
On the seventh day of Chrysalis Straczynski wrote for thee: Seven Narn
assassins, Six ducks a-waving, Five Babylons, Four PPGs, Three ages, Two
Shadow ships, And an ant in a G'Quan'eth tree. On the eighth day of
Chrysalis Straczynski wrote for thee: Eight ships in holding, Seven Narn
assassins, Six ducks a-waving, Five Babylons, Four PPGs, Three ages, Two
Shadow ships, And an ant in a G'Quan'eth tree. On the nineth day of
Chrysalis Straczynski wrote for thee: Nine Grey Minbari, Eight ships in
holding, Seven Narn assassins, Six ducks a-waving, Five Babylons, Four
PPGs, Three ages, Two Shadow ships, And an ant in a G'Quan'eth tree. On
the tenth day of Chrysalis Straczynski wrote for thee: Ten 'Furies flying,
Nine Grey Minbari, Eight ships in holding, Seven Narn assassins, Six ducks
a-waving, Five Babylons, Four PPGs, Three ages, Two Shadow ships, And an
ant in a G'Quan'eth tree. On the eleventh day of Chrysalis Straczynski
wrote for thee: Eleven Psy Corps Plotting, Ten 'Furies flying, Nine Grey
Minbari, Eight ships in holding, Seven Narn assassins, Six ducks a-waving,
Five Babylons, Four PPGs, Three ages, Two Shadow ships, And an ant in a
G'Quan'eth tree. On the twelfth day of Chrysalis Straczynski wrote for
thee: Twelve gates ajumping, Eleven Psy Corps Plotting, Ten 'Furies
flying, Nine Grey Minbari, Eight ships in holding, Seven Narn assassins,
Six ducks a-waving, Five Babylons, Four PPGs, Three ages, Two Shadow
ships, And an ant in a G'Quan'eth tree. On the final day of Chrysalis
Straczynski wrote for thee: A million brains exploding! Credits: Verse 1:
maria@mvuts.mv.att.com (-montalvo m.a.) Verse 2: shupe@crazyhorse.rchland.ibm.com
(Jim Shupe) Verse 3: abergman@minerva.cis.yale.edu (Aaron Bergman) Verse
4: maria@mvuts.mv.att.com (-montalvo m.a.) Verse 5: vegout@aol.com (Anne
Stevenson) Verse 6: maria@mvuts.mv.att.com (-montalvo m.a.) Verse 7: sorso@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
(orso steven n) Verse 8: jcobley@usacs.rutgers.edu (Jamieson Cobleigh)
Verse 9: joint credit to: Noe
steve@sep.Stanford.EDU (Steve Cole) Verse 10: maria@mvuts.mv.att.com (-montalvo
m.a.) Verse 11: "David B. VanMeter"
Verse 12: hummel@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Franklin Hummel) Final Verse: aadkins@starbase.neosoft.com
(Antha Adkins) Copyright: The copyright is jointly owned by all the
contributors listed. This song may be freely distributed and performed so
long as credit is given to all the contributors, no charge is made for the
copy, and is distributed in whole.
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Votes were received from the following people. vegout@aol.com (VegOut)
"Steven Miale"
"Dennis Brennan"
"Dan Dassow
"Hill, Dave"
Eric Sedlacek
zecca@sage.cgd.ucar.EDU (Michael Zecca) Paul Brinkley
Stewart Stremler
rocky.halleron@nashville.com Christian L. Mogensen
"David Van Meter"
"Jim Shupe"
Covert C Beach
The following are the results of the vote for each verse. The results of
the poll are non-binding and should not be considered the only appropriate
version of this song. Feel free to use other contributions or add your own
verse. Votes 12 (Montalvo) *An ant in a G'Quan'eth tree 3 (Miale) *A hole
in the mind of Sinclair 7 (Shupe) *Two Shadow ships 6 (Dassow) *Two
cryptic words 1 (Brinkley) *Two TKOs 1 (Curious) Two kawasakis 3 (Bergman)
*Three Mind Holes 3 (Hazlewood) *Three ages 3 (Mitchell) Three Human Ages
2 (Brinkley) *Three Psi Cops 2 (Brennan) *Three edged swords. 1 (Montalvo)
*Three G rings 1 (Shupe) *Three rebirths 6 (Montalvo) *Four PPGs 5
(Bergman) *Four Vorlon Ships 2 (Batchelor) Four fighting Furies. 1
(Hummel) *Four jumping gates 9 (Vegout) *Five Babylons 4 (Beach) *Ba-by-lon
Five. 1 (Shupe) *Five Batting Narn 1 (Difranco) Five delta wings 4 (Montalvo)
*Six ducks a-waving 3 (Limbaugh) *Six races warring (Credit to Shupe) 2 (Hackborn)
*Six ducks a-laying, 2 (Russell) *Six-ducked Centauris 2 (Shupe) *Six
races fighting 1 (Zecca) *Six ducks a-nibbling 1 (Schultz) *Six hungry
Feeders 6 (Orso) *Seven Narn assassins 5 (VegOut) *Seven Seekers seeking 3
(Brinkley) *Seven Russian mantras 1 (Montalvo) *Seven Narns a-batting 6 (Cobleigh)
*Eight ships in holding 4 (Montalvo) *Eight Vorlons scamp'ring [everyone
RUN!] 4 (Lloyd) *Eight Techs a-working 1 (Hudson) Eight centuari leaping
(for joy) 12 (Joint) *Nine Grey Minbari (joint credit to J Noe and Cole) 2
(Shupe) Nine Centauri warships 1 (Hudson) *nine narns a screaming 5 (Montalvo)
*Ten 'Furies flying 4 (Shupe) *Ten plots a-twisting 4 (Adkins) *Ten psi
cops scanning 2 (Brinkley) *Ten off-scale readings 5 (VanMeter) *Eleven
Psy Corps Plotting 4 (VegOut) *Eleven Lurkers lurking [ed. works better] 1
(Joint) *'leventy Lurkers Lurking (joint credit to Dainty and Zecca) 1 (Vegout/Zecca)
*Eleventy Lurkers lurking 1 (Brinkley) *Eleven guys in holding 1
(Brinkley) *Eleven ships in holding 1 (Montalvo) *Eleven ladies seering 1
no vote 4 (Hummel) *Twelve gates ajumping. 2 (Zecca) *Twelve Homeguard
bombings 2 (Curious) *Twelve Kawasakis. (from two) 2 (Montalvo) *Twelve
P12 Psi Cops [ouch] 2 (Shupe) *Twelve shadows coming 2 (Brinkley) *Twelve
workers striking 1 (Lloyd) Twelve shadows plotting 8 No Vote 4 (Adkins) A
million brains exploding! 3 (Zecca) WHAM! [Yes, an abrupt ending.]
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Contributors: (Dassow) dand@seas4.mdc.com (Dan Dassow) Fri, 23 Sep 94
22:20:31 -0700 (Duzan) "Gary D. Duzan"
Sat, 24 Sep 1994 13:20:40 -0400 (Montalvo) maria@mvuts.mv.att.com (-montalvo
m.a.) Sun, 25 Sep 1994 20:06:43 GMT Thu, 20 Oct 1994 03:34:23 GMT (Hudson)
"HUDSON18@SNYMORVA.CS.SNYMOR.EDU RICHARD HUDSON" 26 Sep 1994
13:52:08 -0400 (Shupe) shupe@crazyhorse.rchland.ibm.com (Jim Shupe) 26 Sep
1994 15:56:49 GMT 19 Oct 1994 18:26:19 GMT 25 Oct 1994 13:24:54 GMT (VegOut)
vegout@aol.com (Anne Stevenson) 17 Oct 1994 15:13:02 -0400 19 Oct 1994
12:58:03 -0400 (Curious) mbr2@kimbark.uchicago.edu (Curious Of All
Natures) Mon, 17 Oct 1994 16:38:43 GMT (Schultz) lifer@w3eax.umd.edu
(Benjamin Schultz) 18 Oct 1994 02:53:44 GMT 18 Oct 1994 16:51:52 GMT (Cobleigh)
jcobley@usacs.rutgers.edu (Jamieson Cobleigh) 18 Oct 1994 15:14:31 -0400 (Noe)
Noe
18 Oct 1994 16:49:56 -0400 (Orso) sorso@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (orso steven n)
18 Oct 1994 17:50:45 GMT (Brinkley) brinkley@cs.utexas.edu (Paul Brinkley)
18 Oct 1994 20:51:48 -0500 (Shadow) shadow@iastate.edu (The Shadow) 18 Oct
1994 21:36:00 GMT (Hackborn) hackbod@python.CS.ORST.EDU (Dianne Hackborn)
18 Oct 1994 21:36:51 GMT (Cole) steve@sep.Stanford.EDU (Steve Cole) 19 Oct
1994 03:16:45 GMT (Difranco) swd2@po.CWRU.Edu (Steven W. Difranco) 19 Oct
1994 05:05:05 GMT (Russell) jrussell@unlinfo.unl.edu (john russell) 19 Oct
1994 15:19:12 GMT (Haager) jchaager@CERF.NET (John Haager) 19 Oct 1994
19:21:33 -0700 (Isaacs) isaacs@acns.fsu.edu (Roma Isaacs) 19 Oct 1994
19:34:27 GMT (Pawtowski) epawtows@cray-ymp.acm.stuorg.vt.edu (Eric
Pawtowski) 19 Oct 1994 20:34:58 GMT (Zecca) zecca@starfury.cgd.ucar.edu
(The Admiral) 19 Oct 1994 20:40:42 GMT (Hackborn) hackbod@python.CS.ORST.EDU
(Dianne Hackborn) 20 Oct 1994 05:30:31 GMT (Beach)
dragon@access4.digex.net (Covert C Beach) 20 Oct 1994 09:12:57 -0400
(Dainty) izzy@ancient.demon.co.uk (Simon Dainty) Thu, 20 Oct 1994 11:01:40
+0000 (Steersy) steersdd@cc.memphis.edu (Steersy) 20 Oct 94 14:13:20 -0500
(Hummel) hummel@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Franklin Hummel) 20 Oct 1994 22:47:35 GMT
(VanMeter) "David B. VanMeter"
Fri, 21 Oct 94 09:15:10 -0400 (Adkins) aadkins@starbase.neosoft.com (Antha
Adkins) 21 Oct 1994 15:28:40 GMT (Hazlewood) rhazlwd@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
(Richard Hazlewood) 21 Oct 94 09:33:43 CDT (Batchelor) Mike Batchelor
21 Oct 1994 19:24:29 -0400 (Bergman) abergman@minerva.cis.yale.edu (Aaron
Bergman) 22 Oct 1994 01:03:15 GMT (Brennan) djb6@quads.uchicago.edu
(Dennis Brennan) Mon, 24 Oct 1994 21:57:43 GMT (Limbaugh) Dave Limbaugh (davel@cimage.com)
Tue, 25 Oct 1994 12:05:10 -0400 (EDT) (Mitchell) jmitchel@chat.carleton.ca
(Jeremy Mitchell) 25 Oct 1994 22:29:43 -0400 (Miale) "Steven Miale"
Wed, 26 Oct 1994 21:33:38 -0500 (Lloyd) don@chopin.udel.edu (Donald R
Lloyd) 27 Oct 1994 13:07:49 -0400
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Starred items have the same number of sylables as the original: On the
first day of Chrysalis Straczynski wrote for thee: (Original) A partridge
in a pear tree (Montalvo) *An ant in a G'Quan'eth tree [note: spelling
correction curtesy of Michael Zecca] (Hudson) *A Vorlon in a pear tree (Shupe)
A vorlon in an encounter suit (Shupe) *Ford Thraxton in a kill file
(Limbaugh) A hole in Commander Sinclair's mind (Dassow) *A mind holed
Commander Sinclair (Miale) *A hole in the mind of Sinclair (Duzan) A Zima,
in a tree. :-) On the second day of Chrysalis Straczynski wrote for thee:
(Original) Two turtledoves (Montalvo) 2 encounter suits (Hudson) Two
Mimbari worring and (Shupe) 2 Babylon stations (Shupe) *Two shadow-ships (Dassow)
*Two cryptic words (Curious) Two Kawasakis (Brinkley) *Two TKOs (Lloyd)
Two Psi-Cops (Duzan) Two Psi-Cops On the third day of Chrysalis
Straczynski wrote for thee: (Original) Three French hens (Montalvo) 3
weapon rings [well, it HAS to be a Minbari reference; but this doesn't
scan very well] (Hudson) A new Centauri Republic (Hudson) 3 Narn's a
scheming (Shupe) 3 Minbari castes (I like classes) (VegOut) Three hungry
feeders (Montalvo) *"3 G rings" And I agree that "3"
has got to be a Minbari thing. (Shupe) *Three rebirths (I was thinking
Molari-career, Delenn-?, and Sinclair-post) (Pawtowski) Three Mankind ages
Naw, doesn't have much of a ring to it..... (Hazlewood) *Three ages [two
syllables] (Dassow) *Three shadows Three ducks a laying, Three feeder pods
(Batchelor) *Three bone heads (Bergman) *Three Mind Holes (Brinkley)
*Three Psi-Cops (Brennan) *Three edged swords. (Dassow) *Chry-sa-lis
(Limbaugh) Three TriLuminaries. (accent on "tri") (Limbaugh)
Three wives of Londo. (Mitchell) Three Human Ages (Lloyd) Three stations
BOOMing (Lloyd) Three ladies leaving (Duzan) Three Grey Cloaks (certainly
something Mimbari) On the fourth day of Chrysalis Straczynski wrote for
thee: (Original) Four calling birds (Montalvo) *4 PPGs (Hudson) 4 narn a
scheming (Shupe) 4 somethings interesting (Shupe) *Four fallen worlds
(well, it sounds good anyhow) (Schultz) Four Minbari cruisers (Batchelor)
Four fighting Furies (Bergman) *Four Vorlon Ships (Dainty) Four Lurkers
lurking (Lloyd) *Four prophecies (Duzan) *Four PPDs On the fifth day of
Chrysalis Straczynski wrote for thee: (Original) Five golden rings (Vegout)
*Five Babylons (Hudson) The reason why Sinclair has to leave (Hudson) 5
babylon stations (Difranco) *Five Delta Wings (Shupe) 5 Narn a batting (I
like it here better, or is that batter?) (Beach) *Babylon Five (Shupe) *5
Batting Narn (Lloyd) No kids or cute ro-boooots! On the sixth day of
Chrysalis Straczynski wrote for thee: (Original) Six geese a-laying (Montalvo)
*6 ducks a-waving (Hudson) All of Londo's ducks (Hudson) 6 PPg's (Shupe)
*6 races fighting (Zecca) *Six ducks a-*quacking* [instead, perhaps?] *(Or
"a-nibbling"?) (Montalvo) *"6 ducks a-waving". Makes
perfect sense within the B5 net universe, is nonsense to everyone else. I
definitely like it. (Hackborn) *It's my verse, it's 6 ducks a-laying, and
that's FINAL. Hrmph. ;) (Hazlewood) *Six Centauri ducks? (Schultz) *Six
hungry Feeders, (Russell) *Six-ducked Centauris" (Shupe) *6 ducks a
flying (Limbaugh) *Six races warring. (Credit to Shupe) (Lloyd) *Six Cats
a-nibbling (Duzan) *Six Martian Rebels On the seventh day of Chrysalis
Straczynski wrote for thee: (Original) Seven swans a-swimming (Montalvo)
*7 Narns a-batting [OK, should be 5, but 5's taken] (Hudson) Kosh's true
identity (Hudson) 7 evil telepaths (Orso) *Seven Narn assassins (Shupe) 7
seconds to self destruction (Brinkley) *Seven Russian mantras (Shupe) *7
pawns a-falling (VegOut) *Seven Seekers seeking (Lloyd) *Meester
Garibaaaldi (Duzan) *Seven 'Furies spinning On the eighth day of Chrysalis
Straczynski wrote for thee: (Original) Eight maids a-milking (Montalvo) *8
Vorlons scamp'ring [everyone RUN!] (Hudson) four more years on Babylon 5
(Hudson) 8 centuari leaping (for joy) (Cobleigh) *Eight ships in holding (Shupe)
8 Minbari choosing (Shupe) *8 Members a-choosing (I want to say grays
instead of members but that might be taken wrong) (Lloyd) *Eight Techs
a-working (Duzan) *Eight big explosions On the nineth day of Chrysalis
Straczynski wrote for thee: (Original) Nine ladies waiting (Montalvo) 9
Saties a-plotting (Hudson) *nine narns a screaming (Shupe) 9 Centauri
warships (Shadow) Nine Minbari waiting (Noe) Nine Grey Council Members (Zecca)
And the ninth one's got to have something to do with the Grey Council or
Valen and the nine. (Shadow) Nine Minbari waiting (Cole) *Nine Gray
Minbari (Hackborn) Nine Minbari Satai (Lloyd) *Narn pouches kissing
(Lloyd) *Narn batters batting (Lloyd) *Nine Narns a-Narning (Duzan) *Nine
Vorlon sayings On the tenth day of Chrysalis Straczynski wrote for thee:
(Original) Ten lords a-leaping (Montalvo) *10 'Furies flying (Shupe) 1 of
10 Narn a frying (Isaacs) *Ten mantras humming (Adkins) *Ten psi-cops
scanning (Brinkley) *Ten off-scale readings (Shupe) *10 plots a-twisting
(Limbaugh) *Ten is Ms. Winters. (Limbaugh) *Ten is rated Talia. (Lloyd)
*10 Zimas pouring (Lloyd) *10 Centauri Eyes (Duzan) *Ten guards a-shooting
On the eleventh day of Chrysalis Straczynski wrote for thee: (Original)
Eleven pipers piping (Montalvo) *11 ladies seering (Shupe) 11 Shadowships
firing (Zecca) #11's gotta be "Eleventy" something or other...
:) (VanMeter) *Eleven Psy Corps Plotting (Brinkley) *Eleven guys in
holding (Shupe) Eleventy ladies seering... (mix Zecca's and Maria's) [ed.
one too many sylables] (Shupe) *Eleven ladies seering... [ed. works
better] (VegOut) Eleventy Lurkers lurking (joint credit to Dainty and
Zecca) (VegOut) *Eleven Lurkers lurking [ed. works better] (Lloyd) *Eleven
ships arriving (Lloyd) *Eleven Trekkies Trembling [ed. please no flame
wars on this contribution. If you have problems with this contibution,
E-mail Don Lloyd] (Duzan) *Eleven Narns a-ploting On the twelfth day of
Chrysalis Straczynski wrote for thee: (Original) Twelve drummers drumming
(Montalvo) *12 P12 Psi Cops [ouch] (Shupe) 12 Vorlon capital ships
(Hummel) *Twelve gates ajumping. (Brinkley) *Twelve workers striking (Shupe)
*12 shadows coming (Limbaugh) Twelve's the psi-cop rating. (Curious)
*Twelve Kawasakis (Lloyd) *Twelve shadows plotting (Zecca) *Twelve
Homeguard bombings (Duzan) *WHAM!!! On the final day of Chrysalis
Straczynski wrote for thee: (Adkins) A million brains exploding! (Zecca)
WHAM! [Yes, an abrupt ending.] Verses without a home: (Zecca) Gotta work
something about "gravity rings" in there somewhere... Back
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