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On the day of the Eclipse, our Soul Writers moderator for the week, SJ Tucker, gave us the song prompt "eclipse." I had just finished up song for the previous week. (I got my first tardy,*sob* so I had to incorporate the phrase "torrid totality".!) But, I got right to work and took notes on this song on eclipse day and then worked on building my music appreciation classes in Blackboard all week. (I am not just a teacher--I am tech support. Rarrrrggggh!)

Anyway, this E-Calypso is definitely not the most profound thing I've written, but I did have fun building the arrangement in Logic Pro 9 Sunday afternoon once I found where I had hidden all my Apple Loops on the adjunct hard drive.

The photo is of my Dad chilled out with his eclipse glasses on.

lyrics

E-calypso

Copyright 2017 by Mary Crowell

Chorus:

Let’s dance the eclipse calypso

[Wait]

We’ll call it the “E-calypso"

[Wait]

Let’s dance the eclipse calypso

We’ll call it the “E-calypso”

The moon drinks the sun in sips so

Let’s don our glasses and see.

They’re celestial bodies we ship, so

Four Hundred times bigger than she

She’ll start dining with just a light nip so

Like a premium game’s first little fee.

Many folks make longish trips so

To watch their torrid totality.

We’re fans of the stellar, Ipso facto,

the sun’s the star, most agree.

Chorus

Some folks, they don’t give a rip, so

About this sight we go see.

They might tell us, “get a grip,” so

We ignore them while dancing with glee

Chorus

credits

from Mary Crowell's Patreon: Year Three, track released December 15, 2017
Recorded in Logic Pro 9 on an AT-4050 microphone
Piano, vocals, MIDI instruments by Mary Crowell
using loops from Logic Pro 9 and Logic Pro X

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Mary Crowell Athens, Alabama

Mary Crowell is a singer/songwriter and piano teacher who loves mythology and playing Dungeons & Dragons.
Her Patreon is here: www.patreon.com/DrMaryCCrowell
She may be seen at science fiction and filk conventions performing and accompanying concerts on piano and occasionally clarinet.
Scattering Seeds on the Pomegranate Tour is her third solo album and is a mythic musical journey!
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