(FILK) Mooncalf

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No: HPFGUIDX 100010

Mooncalf

A Filk by Gail B to the tune of _Moondance_ by Van Morrison


Midi can be found here: 
http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/cecilian/557/pop_v.htm

Use Moondance #2...the 14th Midi down in the first column...as it's 
the best one out of the bunch.

What's a Mooncalf?: http://www.hp-lexicon.org/bestiary/bestiary_h-
m.html#mooncalf



Well, what a wondrous beast is this Mooncalf
With it's grey coat and curious eyes
So hilarious that you will soon laugh
At its flat feet of enormous size
But with its legs, so spindly but nimble,
It can do a complicated dance
And in fields it leaves behind a symbol
Evidence that it came there to prance
I've heard a Calf's dancing is a sight to behold
A herd of Calves swaying is graceful, so I'm told

May we go to watch a Mooncalf in the moonlight?
Say we can go and we'll soon laugh with such great delight

Well, Scamander in his book is stating
That he knows what motivates this beast
He believes it's a prelude to mating
That makes it act just like an artiste
The Mooncalf leaves behind its safe burrow
On nights that a full moon is rising
To places isolated they go, then
On hind legs they start doing their thing
And if a Calf's dung is gathered ere the sunrise
We're told that for farmers it's thought as a great prize

And so although their dance ruins half their crop, that night
Those plants enriched with a Mooncalf's silver plop grows right

(Musical interlude where Mooncalves are dancing)

(Repeat 1st stanza)

We'll watch Mooncalves dancing in the moonlight
On a full moon night
La, la, la, la, oh, to say the least
It's a magic beast
May we go to watch a Mooncalf in the moonlight?

-Gail B.