kovner%regina.DEC@decwrl.ARPA (08/17/84)
<Which story is Rhysling from?...>
Do you mean you never heard of Rhysling, the Blind Singer of the Spaceways?
A man known on more worlds than Michael Jackson?
If you haven't heard of him, read the short story "The Green Hills of
Earth" by Robert Heinlein. (It must be in print in some Heinlein
collection.)
It is somewhat dated, but still one of my favorite SF stories, and the
story that might have made me an SF-Lover...
Steve Kovner
(The tone-deaf singer of the Earthways?)
"I pray for one last landing
On the globe that gave me birth.
Let me rest my eyes on fleecy skies
And the cool, green hills of Earth."
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ARPA: kovner%regina.DEC@decwrl.ARPAmcdaniel@uiucdcsb.UUCP (08/18/84)
#R:sri-arpa:-1253300:uiucdcsb:15500022:000:1018 uiucdcsb!mcdaniel Aug 18 12:03:00 1984 "I pray for one last landing On the globe that gave me birth. Let me rest my eyes on fleecy skies And the cool, green hills of Earth." A fun game: think up possible tunes for this song. Some thoughts are below. The rhythm and note matching is as indicated below. Each word of "Green Hills" is put below its corresponding word of the original song. Sing the new word at the same note that the old word is sung at. Sometimes a phrase corresponds to a phrase -- the rhythms are diferent. Got it? "House of the Rising Sun": There is a house in New Orleans . . . I pray for one last landing . . . The Coke song: I'd like to teach the world to sing . . . I pray for one last landing on . . . "Jingle Bells": Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way . . . I pray for one last langing on the globe that gave us birth... (very fast and cheery! also the most sickening of the bunch) Try singing them at a con! I'll pay survivor benefits to your next-of-kin. :-)
davidl@orca.UUCP (David Levine) (08/20/84)
AWFUL tunes for some favorite words...
Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale
I pray for one last landing on
A tale of a fateful trip
The globe that gave us birth
That started from this tropic port
Let us lift our eyes to the fleecy skies
Aboard this tiny ship...
Of the cool green hills of Earth...
And another:
In a cavern, in a canyon
Soldier ask not, now or ever
Exca- va- ting for a mine
Where to war your bannners go
Dwelt a miner Forty-Niner
Anarch's legions all surround us
And his daughter Clementine
Strike and do not count the blow
Want more? Try "Greensleeves" to the Gilligan's island theme. Try "The
Marines' Hymn" to "Clementine." Try "Clementine" to "The Song of the Volga
Boatmen" (you know, "Yo ho heave ho (ugh), Yo ho heave ho (ugh)...").
Slaughterer of favorite songs:
David D. Levine (...decvax!tektronix!tekecs!davidl) [UUCP]
(tekecs!davidl.tektronix@csnet-relay.csnet) [ARPA]
P.S. Can anyone tell me what the Subject: line of the base article means?eder@ssc-vax.UUCP (Dani Eder) (08/21/84)
[21 August 1984]
try the theme to "Gilligan's Island".
Dani Eder / Boeing Aerospace / ssc-vax!ederrcb@rti-sel.UUCP (09/06/84)
The collection to find "Green Hills of Earth" is Heinlein's first masterpiece collection, THE PAST THROUGH TOMORROW. It contains his future history series of short stories (about 30) and is the best book I've ever read (and read and read...). A absolute must for any Heinlein lover. Randy Buckland Research Triangle Institute ...!mcnc!rti!rcb