Wednesday, November 8, 2017

David Lewis Paget writes



Crow Fly-Over Night

Bring all the kids on home from school

And gather the pets in tight,

Send out and warn the village fool

For it’s Crow Fly-Over Night.

Stable the horse, bring in the geese,

Shut up the chicken run,

We can’t rely on the local police

So load me a scatter gun.



Shut the windows in both the Utes,

Drive the car in the shed,

Lay out my anti-vermin boots

And a helmet to cover my head.

Lock the shutters and pull the blinds,

We don’t want to show a light,

Set the locks on the window-winds

For it’s Crow Fly-Over Night.



Then watch for the man in the hood and cape

As he drifts in, under the Moon,

If I sight him well, then he won’t escape,

Not like in the month of June.

He brings his carrion in to feed

In a flutter of feathered blight,

If he’s not dead yet, then he will be soon

For it’s Crow Fly-Over Night.



And the widow Raines in her mourning dress

Has been seen to stray, she roams,

She scatters seed in the wilderness

But the Crows will pick her bones.

At dusk they come in an evil cloud

But with not a single caw,

Then settle over the land, and loud

Announce the word is ‘war’.



So hide the children beneath their beds

And bar each door in place,

Block up the chimney flu with lead

And call your sister, Grace,

If she doesn’t come before the Crows

She’ll find the door locked tight,

And then she’ll know what the Devil knows,

It’s Crow Fly-Over Night!
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1 comment:

  1. A ute ("utility") is a term used in Australia and New Zealand to describe a 2-wheel-drive passenger vehicle with a cargo tray in the rear integrated with the passenger body (or a similar vehicle) In 1932, in response to a woman in Victoria, Australia, who wanted “a vehicle to go to church in on a Sunday and which can carry our pigs to market on Mondays,” Ford designer Lew Bandt developed the "coupe utility" which was marketed in 1934. When it was displayed in the US, Henry Ford nicknamed it the "Kangaroo Chaser." Since then a ute culture has developed in rural Australia, particularly in the form of Ute musters that feature customized vehicles. The culture has been celebrated by Australian country singers such as Lee Kernaghan:

    Baptise The Ute

    I saw the ute
    I heard the voice
    I knew I had to make her mine
    Shiny and red, on the show room floor
    I scratched my name on the dotted line

    I'm on a mission, the Grand Tradition
    there's only one thing left to do
    there's a clay pan, there's a big old mud hole
    Gunna take my brand new baby right on through

    Baptise the ute
    Baptise the ute
    You won't be satisfied until you do
    Leave ya mark
    Break it in
    Take it to the edge and back again

    When she's in my rig
    She feels the rumble
    She loves to ride in my machine
    She runs her fingers along the console
    She says there's no where else she'd rather be

    But I'm on a mission, Grand Tradition
    And if i play my cards just right
    The motors runnin
    And things are hummin,
    I reckon this could be my lucky night

    Baptise the ute
    Baptise the ute
    You won't be satified until you do
    Leave ya mark
    Break it in
    We'll take it to the edge and back again

    Bugs on the bullbar
    Fur on the side rails
    Mud on the windscreen
    Cause we'll baptise the ute

    Well I'm on a mission, we have ignition
    We gotta do what must be done
    When the ceremony has been completed
    We'll start her up and do it all again

    Baptise the ute
    Baptise the ute
    You won't be satisfied until you do
    Leave ya mark
    Break it in
    Take it to the edge and back again

    Baptise the ute
    Baptise the ute
    Got to take her out and see what she can do
    Leave ya mark
    Break it in
    Got to take it to the edge and back again

    (Colin Buchanan / Garth Ivan Richard Porter / Lee Raymond Kernaghan)

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