Thanks for taking a look here, gentlemen.

Anybody want to write a raggae setting for this? I'd be interested to hear what you are hearing in it. I do have music, but I'm always open to something different. If it is better, I'll use it myself.

Skip

P.S. This lyric employs non-standard use of the English language. It would require significant practice to memorize and perform. (Curiously, coming back to it after several months has made it far easier for me to comprehend than when I first wrote it. It flows more easily for me than it did at the beginning. Not just sure why...)

This lyrics is similar to Lewis Carol's poem "Jabberwocky" on some levels--only there it was sounds of non-sensical invented words that conveyed the meaning.

'Twas brillig in the slivey toves,
Did byre and gimble o're the wabe.
All mimsey were the bargroves,
And momes raths outgabe...

In "Wicked Good Woman Child" it is non-standard repeated clash of known words and images that conveys a complex meaning that both hides and reveals what is being spoken of.

Last edited by Skip Johnson; 04/09/07 08:33 PM.