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Shut-Down Serenades No 15:
Songs from the Crimson Moon Tavern

A Les Barker song - all about a family of Earwigs - and their famous 15th Offspring...

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EARWIG O (Les Barker)
Little Mrs Earwig, she had a little son.
She called the baby Earwig A, for he was number one.
The second she called Earwig B. Earwig C came next.
D and E soon followed, then F as you'd expect.
G and H were subsequent. I and J came then.
K, L and M were triplets, but who followed Earwig N?

Earwig O ..

In the Insects league cup final, he gave the crowd a treat.
He gave the stick insects some stick. Earwig O could not be beat-o.
His first goal was a header, and his second sewed it up.
His third made it a hat-trick. Epsom Earwigs won the cup!
All the grasshoppers were chanting, all the spiders
hand in hand in hand in hand in hand in hand in hand in hand,
As they sung the Earwig anthem, and it echoed round the stand:

Earwig O

Little Mrs Earwig, I wonder if you know
That your fifteenth little offspring is the famous Earwig O?
"Earwig O" they sing at Wembley, "Earwig O" at White Hart Lane,
At the Oval, and Old Trafford, "Earwig O Wig O" again.
"Earwig O" they chant at Chelsea, and the Royal Albert Hall.
Some talk of Alexander Beetle, but the greatest of them all...

Earwig O

Little Mrs Earwig, does it fill your heart with joy?
When they sing about your son-o, do you whisper "That's my boy"?
Earwig O, Earwig O, Earwig O

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from Shut - Down Serenades (The Funnies), released May 25, 2020
Written by Les Barker

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Vollsanger Llanelli, UK

From the frozen wastes of Northern Norsca, Vollsanger was a Skald of the old tradition - a Bard schooled in the ancient songs and epic tales.
From the Skadi Mountains he found the Crimson Moon Tavern in a glade.

Seeing a new challenge, Vollsanger found a new life - selling a song for a copper and and entertaining the people in strange new lands

Winner of LARP Awards Bard of the Year 2018 - ... more

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