DRINK WITH DEENA! LAH song

[learnteach]

DRINK WITH DEENA!

Welcome Bacchus, welcome here,
great among the barrels;
grant us all of drinking's joys,
shield us from its perils.



Drink with Deena, bonny Deena,
Deena famed in fable,
only if you really love
the floor under the table.

Let the wine and spirits flow,
free as any river --
who among us, after all,
really needs a liver?

Drink with Deena...

Give me drink to grease my throat,
be it coarse or gentle;
I will sing a mighty queen,
sovreign occidental!

Drink with Deena (etc)

She can dance and she can sing,
she can play tablero.
She could tempt an anchorite
from the straight and narrow.

Prudent folk and temperate,
they may disavow us;
even sow, they marvel at
Deena's drinking prowess.

Hardy knights, it may behoove
you to take a warning,
lest upon the rushes you
come to in the morning...

When sobriety's at stake,
it is injudicious
daring Deena at the dice,
queen most babe-alicious.

Stories of the saints are told
teach us to live giving;
Deena tales are passed along,
teach us to love living.

there's a keg that might be full
sitting on the pantry shelf;
if you want more of this song,
you must sing it for yourself.

(copyright Leigh Ann Hussey 2 OCT 1999)

Comments

[beanolc.livejournal.com]

*smile*

ah, the memories

[d-mon-chick.livejournal.com]

I can't express how amazed I was when Leigh Ann busted out this song for me.

My favorite verse is this one:

Stories of the saints are told
teach us to live giving;
Deena tales are passed along,
teach us to love living.

Thank you for sharing it.

[shalmestere.livejournal.com]

To the tune of "Bacche Bene Venies," I take it? :-)

Of course!

[learnteach.livejournal.com]

Siobhan wrote about 5 songs to that. Why not?

Re: Of course!

[shalmestere.livejournal.com]

I never meant to imply that there was anything wrong with contrafacting--I just wanted to make sure that I was On the Right Page :-)

[vew.livejournal.com]

nice