_No_bo^dy's M_og_{gy Land}s

Reprinted from Songworm 2
This parody was sung by Seanan McGuire on Roundworm

Parody of “No Man's Land”, words and music by Eric Bogle

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Parody lyrics ©5/29/89 by Bob Kanefsky. All rights reserved. The copyright of the original lyrics and music remain with the holder(s) of the original copyright.

Well,

G how

do you do, old

C Mog

gy the

Am Cat

?

I just

D no

ticed you landed where

G I

almost

D sat

.

Do you

G mind

if I push you a

C bit

to the

Am side

?

I've been

D dri

ving all day on the

C road

where you

G died

.

You've been squashed like some butterfly

Am pressed

between glass.

Were you

D7 hit

by a truck that was

G mov

ing too

D fast

?

Did he

G slam

on the brake as he

Am saw

you go past?

Or,

D Mog

gy the Cat, did he

C step

on the

G gas

?

Chorus:

Did he  D honk  the horn loudly? Did you  C stand  your ground  G proud ly? Did a  D shad ow fall o'er ya as the truck  C mow ed you  G down ? Did your  C eyes  glow in that fleeting  D dark ness? Did the  G birds  come and  C pick  at your carcass?

The

G ground

squirrels and mice all seem

C hap

py to

Am day

.

The

D but

terflies frolic; the

G hum

mingbirds

D play

.

A

G mock

ingbird sits there com

C pos

ing a

Am dirge

,

'Til he

D fin

ally yields to his

C scav

enger

G urge

.

The robins and sparrows all

Am join

in the feast,

In their

D7 joy

ous relief that the

G ter

ror has

D ceased

.

And the

G birds

dance around you, not

Am sad

in the least,

Like the

D Munch

kins danced over the

C Witch

of the

G East

.

(Chorus)

Old

G Mog

gy the Cat, I

C still

wonder

Am why

You

D road

-kill look so damned sur

G prised

when you

D die

.

Did you

G think

that some animal

C spir

it sur

Am vives

?

Did you

D real

ly believe that you

C cats

have nine

G lives

?

Well, if that is true, this is

Am life

Number Ten:

Getting

D7 ev

er more flat, spinning

G 'round

now and

D then

,

As the

G cars

run you over a

Am gain

and again,

And a

D gain

and again and a

C gain

and a

G gain

.

(Chorus)