First Vision of St Olafsong no. IV

from

The Manna SustainsAn Epic Murder-Ballad Song-Cycle

by The Manna Tease

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Illustrations by Grace Marlier

Emin Esus4 A Emin Emin7   D/F#

Emin Esus4    A   Emin    Emin7   D/F#At a table by the door,G F# emin G F#In a truck stop diner ‘bout a mile outside of Moose Jaw.

Emin Esus4 A Emin Emin7   D/F#

Emin Esus4    A              Emin    Emin7 D/F#Sat an elderly lady named Lenore,G F# Emin G F# EminMoaning to her husband that her steak was somewhat raw.Amin G F   Emin  Amin  G D/F#Is it cold in here? I think I feel a draught....

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Note: Verses 2-4 differ slightly in melody & syncopation from verse 1.

At the next table over,Was Special Agent Francis drinking Oolong tea.For two thousand kilometers,He’d been squished between to two chimpanzeesIn a truck transporting monkeys.Every time he had to pee, the chimps only laughed.

White hair down to the floor,He thought he saw a goddess, or the oracle at Delphi,When he saw the trucker whore.She bid him follow her, & her name was Elle Mary.She led him to a back room thru a small secret door.

She asked, would you like to smoke?She lit up a hookah filled with donut-flavored shisha.His internal senses awoke,G F# Emin G F# EminAnd in the rings of smoke saw a vision of St Olaf.Amin G  F   Emin   Amin G   F   EminSt Olaf spoke & the galaxies evoked,G F# Emin G F# EminOlaf danced & laughed, & the smoke became a storm,Amin G F Emin Amin G G7If you want to find Manasseh, go where the winds are warm.

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C GYou must go to Mexico.Amin EminGo where dahlias grow,G    D Emin BminGo where there’s no

snow.C GGo to Mexico,Amin EminGo where warm winds

blow,G     D       Emin

BminGo where Charro’s

apropos. C      GFly South with the geese,Amin

EminFeel the breeze from off

the seas,G D Emin

Bmin‘Neath Paradise trees.G D Emin

BminSiesta dogs with fiesta

fleas,G D Emin BminCatch the dysentery disease,G D Emin BDo whatever you damn well please,

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C D/F#Ay yi yi yi! yi!

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Francis emerged on the highway.Exhaled from his mouth & stuck out his thumb due South.Meanwhile, by the diner’s buffet,Lenore fell over dead, her head in the basket of bread,Lenore! her husband said, have you croaked or have you choked?We need to call the law, oh, she said the steak seemed raw.(But you & I both know, that the steak was perfectly well cooked.)

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©2011 The Manna Tease

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