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Program 16
Malcolm
Dalglish
Instruments:
spoons, bones, hammer dulcimer
Danville Klude
(Malcolm Dalglish)
I made up this rap poem during a long car trip by myself. The radio was broken,
and I had to entertain myself to stay awake. What started out as vocal drum solos
gradually took on silly words and rhymes. When spoken, the words should be run
together or abbreviated in whatever manner accentuates a rhythmic idea.
Danville Klude is a funny old dude and he had a little cat named Dog.
One day sat sittin’ there thinkin’ about a, thinkin’ about a, thinkin’ about a thing,
’n’ he sat there sittin’ on a log,
When all of a sudden, of a sudden, he said,
“I’m gonna let another little idea in my head.”
He scratched his head ’n’ he took off his hat,
’n’ he said, “I’m gonna get a little dog named Cat.”
So he got a little dog named Cat, ’cause he had a little cat named Dog.
Now Danville Klude is a funny old dude and he had a little fish named Bird.
One day sat sittin’ there thinkin’ about a, thinkin’ about a, thinkin’ about a thing,
What he saw, what he felt, and what he heard,
When all of a sudden, of a sudden, he said,
“I’m gonna let another little idea in my head.”
Along come a swoosh and along come a swish and along come a little parakeet
named Fish
So he got a little bird named Fish ’cause he had a little fish named Bird.
Danville Klude is a funny old dude and he had a little mouse named Rat.
One day sat sittin’ there thinkin’ about a, thinkin’ about a, thinkin’ about a thing
And he sat ’n’ then he spit ’n’ then he spat.
When all of a sudden, of a sudden, he said,
“I’m gonna let another little idea in my head.”
He took a jog on a log ’n’ a lease on the house
’n’ he said, “I’m gonna get a little rat named Mouse.”
So he got a little rat named Mouse ’cause he had a little mouse named Rat.
Now Danville Klude is a funny old dude and he had a little bear named Lion.
One day sat sittin’ there thinkin’ about a, thinkin’ about a, thinkin’ about a thing
’n’ he got it when he wasn’t even tryin’.
When all of a sudden, of a sudden, he said,
“I’m gonna let another little idea in my head.”
He thumped his thumbs and he twiddled his hair,
’n’ he said, “I’m gonna get a little lion named Bear.”
So he got a little lion named Bear ’cause he had a little bear named Lion.
Danville Klude is a funny old dude and he had a little horse named Cow.
One day sat sittin’ there thinkin’ about a, thinkin’ about a, thinkin’ about a thing,
Who? What? When? Where? Then how?
When all of a sudden, of a sudden, he said,
“I’m gonna let another little idea in my head.”
He went through the middle and middle of the end till he got to the middle of the
source
“How now there Cow, I’m gonna get you a friend, I’m gonna get a little cow
named Horse.”
So he got a little cow named Horse, cause he had a little horse named Cow.
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