I have decided to lighten the mood around here by sharing a little thing me and the crack squirrels have been working on this morning… an amusing rewrite of the song; Ol’ Man River from the 1927 musical ‘Showboat’.

***(As an historical note, the original song was actually written in this ‘phonetic ebonics’-style of language, and included the ‘N’-word… [it was 1927], which I got nowhere close to… but I did decide to go for the original spelling of many of the words… you know… to and preserve the Mississippi delta feel of the song… Any complaints should be directed to Roger Hammerstein,.. who, I believe, wrote the lyrics… and who is also, I believe… deceased)***

OL’ MAN LIVER…

Dere’s an ol’ man I keep inside me

A better man den I could ever be

‘Cause he cares when I got troubles

An’ he filters toxins dat I can’t see…

Ol’ man liver, dat ol’ man liver,

Must be pissed ’bout somethin’

But he don’t say nuthin’

He just keeps filterin’, he keeps on filterin’ along…

He just keeps cleanin’

He just keeps strainin’

All o’ dis booze dat

Ol’ lady bladder gonna be drainin’

But ol’ man liver, he just keeps strainin’ along…

You an’ me, we eats bad sushi

Our guts get churnin’, our tummy’s feel squooshy

Git to work! Make dat sale!

Git a little drunk, end up pukin’ in a pale…

Ah gits weary, an sick o’ losin’

Ahm tired of bloggin’ so I goes out boozin’

But ol’ man liver, he just keeps chuggin’ along…

Ol’ man liver, dat ol’ man liver

Must be pissed ’bout somethin’

But he don’t say nuthin’

He just keeps workin’, he just keeps workin’ along…

Dat ol’ man liver, he’s just a filter

For when I goes drinkin’

When I feels off kilter

He just keeps filterin’, he just keeps filterin’ along…

He keeps maintainin’

Just keeps on strainin’

All dis here beer dat

On da street will soon be rainin’

But ol’ man liver, he just keeps strainin’ along…

He don’t help me breathin’

Or pump da blood I use

But he’s my favorite organ

And the most fun to abuse

He just keeps keeps cleanin’, he just keeps workin’ along…

Ah gits weary

An sick o’ losin’

Ahm so tired of bloggin’

I just needs to go out boozin’

But ol’ man liver…

He just keeps chuggin’…

Along…