Open Poetry #36 |
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Ain't No Hatfields And McCoys I Reckon (Duet With Bill Charles) |
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Mistletoe Angel![]() ![]() ![]()
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
(As we've been missing our dearest friend Bill Charles soooooooo very much and wishing for his health to improve as he rests and recovers, I thought it be good to pop this cute, goofy write we wrote together from the archives, yay! ![]() (sends angel friendship and healing hugs to Bill! ![]() ![]() "Ain't No Hatfields and McCoys I Reckon" By: Bill Charles and Noah Eaton 9/22/02 gather round, y'all, I'll tell y'all of a skirmish one far more serious than the Hatfields and McCoys methinks this ain't for them weak or the faint of heart or squirmish it's of Rascally Raccoon, Billy Bob Possum and the garbage brink oh my, there’s a story happnin’ tonight one about a time ago back, when there was goings on shuckin’ an’chuckin’ stuff, in the bright moonlight those three dang it, you know who them is, doggone them there varmints made bread and margarine than of bread and butter mud slingin' for turkey legs and table scraps in them ravine i reckon they were wrestlin and a' strugglin' on the brazier brattlin' for som' braunschweiger, rushing for them residue in boxes of ice cream slurpin’ and eatin’ toast and churned butter made them loose chasin’ down those turkeys, black eyed peas and all dem thangs wrestlin’ huh, strugglin’ huh, dey was lookin for that fat goose dawgs is good if they hot, taters, how bout them’s chitlings… the comics from last sundays paper and old fly-fishin' magazins' cans o' chicken of th' sea, my uncle Jebediah's treadmill them old fedora I wore back in them happy ole' happenins' you thought this fight would'a never rustle down, till... and then from outta dat by god West Virginia hills came all of those trappings, fillings, stuff, and more Ya say ya found me ole fedora ya’ll with the daffodils But wait, thar goes that dippsy dumpster and Eleanor… My, my, my, my, my, how do you do????????????? "If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other" |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Thanks for reposting this Noah....wishing Bill well...you guys wrote this in that way, well!! ![]() |
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scorpio Member Ascendant
since 2002-10-02
Posts 5178right...there |
This may be a repost. But it's the first time I've read it. And I enjoyed yoru combined talents. Thoughts and prayers for you Bill. believe in what your heart feels... |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
Just to let you know the last I heard from Bill..he was making a job move to the east coast and would take a few weeks to get moved in... always nice to read a duet ... Thanks Noah M |
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Larry C![]()
since 2001-09-10
Posts 10286United States |
Dang it Bill ya' left Arizona and I didn't even get to meet ya'! I pray all is well. And Noah, you da' man. Thanks for bringing a piece of Bill's work and taking the time to brighten his day and ours too. ![]() If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again. |
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yv Senior Member
since 2003-05-30
Posts 574 |
That was too cute. I pray the Sir Bill gets well...makes full recovery in every way possible! Nothing but good vibes and the blessings of the Creator! Yv-Goddess of Her Domain. Symbol of Truth Passion Pain. Let Her Smile Rain on the Hearts of the Innocent. |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
Got word from Bill that he is in PA...getting settled in... M |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Oh, yes! I do remember this wonderful duet by two of my former collaborators! Once Bill is back on his feet and as fit as a guitar, I mean "fiddle", I would love to read another one by you fine troubadours! ![]() ![]() Linda |
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Mysteria![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
Noah you have the biggest heart! I am glad you posted this and of course I send my best wishes to Bill, and sure wish we could get an update on how he is. |
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