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From: Grendel
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To: All Msg #110, 16/11/91 14:43cst
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Subject: A Song about Aidan Kelly
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The Ballad of Aidan Kelley
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(to the tune of Tom Lehrer's "Alma")
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By A. Nony Mouse
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Originally published in Red Garters. Distribute freely.
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I'll sing you a story of Aidan
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Whose fame never went to his head
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Though he's founded two groups of pagans
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(Or so his biography said).
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Aidan's publicity heralds
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That he's given us something we lacked.
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His book proves the Craft came from Gerald...
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But only by trimming the facts!
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(Chorus)
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Aidan, tell us.
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All other authors are jealous.
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Now that we know how you work
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It confirms that you're still just a jerk
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Aidan's got lots of credentials
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3 degrees each from college and craft.
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Though most think it's self-referential
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Inflation on Aidan's behalf.
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But Aidan's a master magician
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Whose magick does more than he brags:
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By reversing a natural process,
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His book changes pulp back to rags!
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(Chorus)
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Aidan, tell us:
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What made you think you could sell us?
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We'll make sure your book is renowned,
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For we've Xeroxes left to go 'round!
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The gist of what Aidan is saying
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Is Gardner and others had fun:
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They made it all up while arraying
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More stories to hide what they'd done.
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But Aidan's whole theory is spotty
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It's clear there was naught to be hid.
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The Bavarian Illuminati
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Can do less than he claims Gardner did!
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(Chorus)
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Aidan, tell us:
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Your reasoning sure does impel us
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To ask if you paid your dues
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Writing crap for the Weekly World News?
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Despite all the caustic reactions,
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Dear Aidan still hasn't a clue.
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And if Volume One caused stupefaction,
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Just wait 'till you see Volume Two!
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The result of his book is no mystery
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His identity's firmly defined.
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Aidan's written his place into history:
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A legend, but in his own mind!
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(Chorus)
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Aidan, tell us:
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What made you think you could quell us?
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The Craft's in the heart, not the head
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And, though Aidan has scribbled, his logic is drivel
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No matter what else he has said!
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* Origin: -= The Sacred Grove =- Seattle, Washington (206)634-1980
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(84:4301/9)
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