Sherlock Foolish Music: "Oh The Pretty Bird" rewritten

I am reading “The Double Life of Bob Dylan”  by Clinton Heylin 

https://www.amazon.com/Double-Life-Bob-Dylan-1941-1966/dp/0316535214

Where I found Bob did a version of Cuckoo 

and he is not the only one - 149 collected or recorded versions according to wikipedia  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cuckoo_(song)

One of the most recent versions is an enchanting song I had seen “Rising Appalachia” do in a  cool video https://youtu.be/h6ow2Z5Jh9Y 

So while I am wrapped in preparation for the Franklin election season

Candidates, interviews, questions & answers, ultimately leading to a vote on Nov 2

Upon which the town government can/will move forward - how would it?  It all depends on the vote and who wins

So that was the inspiration behind this 

Imagine a nice banjo and folk guitar tune, and a better voice than mine 

as I rework the lyrics of this old folk song  ...

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The candidate from Franklin talks as he walks

she brings good tidings written in chalk

Ignoring the flowers they make their voice clear

The more we ignore, the more they’ll play to fear

Oh the cuckoo

She’s a pretty bird

How I wish she was mine

She never drinks whiskey

She only drinks wine

The voters from Franklin want answers today

To the key questions, what’ll the candidates say?

Storm water or fee increase, Mask or override

The voters guide will help us decide  

Oh the cuckoo

She’s a pretty bird

How I wish she was mine

She never drinks whiskey

She only drinks wine

Whether young or old, the time is near

Candidates to reveal what they hold dear

The voters can cast their vote as they may

And we’ll see a new board after that day

Oh the cuckoo

She’s a pretty bird

How I wish she was mine

She never drinks whiskey

She only drinks wine

How each board will manifest remains to be seen

So let’s keep the campaign real clean

Or we’ll need liquid spirits to provide

Relief as we settle in for the ride

Oh the cuckoo

She’s a pretty bird

How I wish she was mine

She never drinks whiskey

She only drinks wine

Sherlock's Foolish Music (MADCAP Records) 2021

 

The Franklin 2021 "Election Collection"  ->   https://www.franklinmatters.org/2021/07/franklin-election-collection-2021.html

great catalysts reduce roadblocks

Great quotes: 

"Because rather than asking what might convince someone to change, catalysts start with a more basic question: Why hasn’t that person changed already? What is blocking them?"

And this: 

"These five ways to be a catalyst can be organized into an acronym. Catalysts reduce Reactance, ease Endowment, shrink Distance, alleviate Uncertainty, and find Corroborating Evidence. Taken together, that forms an acronym, REDUCE. Which is exactly what great catalysts do. They REDUCE roadblocks. They change minds and incite action by reducing barriers to change."

Catching up (yes, I have quite a bit to do) to sharing this from Jonah Berger via Maria Shriver  https://mariashriver.com/the-5-key-roadblocks-to-change/

Mitch Joel has a good conversation with Jonah you can listen to here ->   https://www.sixpixels.com/podcast/archives/spos-740-jonah-berger-on-being-a-catalyst-for-change/