{"id":2354,"date":"2013-08-30T23:45:46","date_gmt":"2013-08-30T15:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/?p=2354"},"modified":"2017-02-02T20:55:57","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T12:55:57","slug":"hunters-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/2013\/08\/30\/hunters-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunter’s Song"},"content":{"rendered":"

So I’ve been wanting to write Hunter’s Song for ages now. I had a song in mind starting with:<\/p>\n

They call me Hunter
\nWith my long slender body
\nAnd my…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It pretty much stopped there for a while. From time to time, the ideas would pick up again.<\/p>\n

A few months ago, I finally put more words in and ended up with this:<\/p>\n

They call me Hunter
\nBut you won’t find a rabbit in my mouth
\nThey say looks can kill but mine will break your heart
\nMy long and slender (golden) body
\nAnd my oversized paws
\nThere are no laws
\nWhen it comes to Hunter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I always imagined it’d be sung in a Leonard Cohen-ish kind of way. Low. More spoken than sung.<\/p>\n

But today, I was strumming around on my ukulele, and I just put stupid words down and made up a tune. It is not at all close to the idea that I started with.<\/p>\n

So here is Hunter’s Song.<\/p>\n\n

<\/p>\n

I’m not sure what the chords are: C-sharp, A flat and maybe F sharp?<\/p>\n

And the lyrics are:<\/p>\n

My hair is golden
\nMy tail is long
\nMy eyes don’t say much
\nBut I’ll warm your soul<\/p>\n

My gait is even
\nMy ears are long
\nMy head don’t hold much
\nBut I’ll take the blues from you<\/p>\n

I aim to please
\nBut I don’t know what is
\nWould my wagging tail
\nKeep strong your heart?<\/p>\n

My tongue is danglin’
\nMy smile silent
\nMy paws are good for miles
\nIf they walk with you<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On hindsight, it should have been “melt your soul” rather than “warm your soul”.<\/p>\n

Overall, I’m not happy with the words. But it was done really fast and is different enough from Sumo’s Song<\/a> and Leo’s Song<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I sang and played the tune on my new ukulele made by Allen McFarlen of Barron River Guitars<\/a>. I went about double speed that it should have been sung at. Recorded with Audacity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So I’ve been wanting to write Hunter’s Song for ages now. I had a song in mind starting with: They call me Hunter With my long slender body And my… It pretty much stopped there for a while. From time to time, the ideas would pick up again. A few months ago, I finally put … <\/p>\n

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