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give everyone you meet a melon

by tarofonika

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eat marmite wear two pairs of socks give everyone you meet a melon stand in a bucket of blancmange at least once a year keep a sausage as a pet have a goat call him Eamonn tell a traffic warden "I love you, Bernie" pick a random letter of the alphabet only eat food that starts with that letter say "theodolite" eat some lard give everyone you meet a melon
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In the garden of mechanical birds the apples fall, they fall In the garden the creatures hop like clockwork chickens In the garden of mechanical birds trees have batwings ducks fly backwards they fly badly In the garden In the garden of mechanical birds In the garden the creatures hop like clockwork chickens In the garden of mechanical birds Sandor is feeding poultry Sandor is feeding poultry ah don't do that, you fool
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the devil's in Colombia his mind's in Senegal the wind is in the beeches it don't blow no good at all my shoes were made in Thailand and my shirt's from Mexico my head's in Mississippi where I never been before sometimes i wonder if my mind has been mislaid can't believe in Jesus and the devil must be paid it's raining in Colombia but my mind's in Senegal i'll never climb those beeches cause i know i'm bound to fall

about

This was originally given a very limited release as a CD in 2004.

Not all of the original stands up to scrutiny some seventeen years later, but three of the tracks still afford some amusement.

I've added the closing blues, recorded around the same time and hitherto unreleased; though it may have been floating around on MySpace for a while, as we all were ...

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released January 1, 2004

tarofonika is the electroacoustic offspring of Rick Foot.
additional samples courtesy of Karin Karian (vocal) and Arnie Cottrell (guitar)

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Rick Foot England, UK

Double bassist and singer-songwriter.

"Splendid and off-the-wall" Festivals For All

"A freak" Jersey Evening Post

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