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Monday, August 12. 2013

Site note


In honor of the cool new pic Bird Dog chose for the banner:



Showboat comin' up the river
See her lanterns flicker in the gentle breeze
I can hear the crickets singin' in the evenin'
Old Dixie Lily moving past the Cypress trees.

My little boat, she rocks easy
I've been catchin' catfish in the creek all day
Oh, and I've never seen ladies like those on the big boats
Must be fancy breedin' lets you live that way.

Dixie Lily, chuggin' like a grand old lady
Paddles hittin' home in the noonday sun
Ploughin' through the water with your whistles blowin'
Down from Louisiana on the Vicksburg run.

Papa says that I'm a dreamer
Says them mosquitoes a'bit me one too many times
Oh, but I never get lonesome livin' on the river
Watchin' old Lily leave the world behind.



Posted by Dr. Mercury in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 10:00 | Comments (10) | Trackbacks (0)

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Bravo! Both to the post and the slideshow. Someone did a really great job with that. It looks like fun but I wouldn't have a clue where to start. Good idea for a tutorial, Herr Docmeister?

Mrs. T
#1 Mrs. T on 2013-08-12 10:21 (Reply)
Uh-yup. Let me pull out my big box of Magic Markers™ and see what I can whip up. The proggie's free, so as long as you got the song, the rest is up to Google Images.
    #1.1 Dr. Mercury on 2013-08-12 10:32 (Reply)
    The banner picture reminds me of the riverboat race that was held every year and ran out of Memphis to a small town south of Memphis. It was great fun to watch the wheels churning up the muddy water and always reminded any red blooded American that anything can be raced if it can be moved by any method devised by mere mortals.
    #2 indyjonesouthere on 2013-08-12 10:37 (Reply)
    A fun read on the great steamboat race of 1870'

    http://jayssouth.com/mississippi/boat/
    #3 feeblemind on 2013-08-12 12:09 (Reply)
    Adorable post, Doc! Made my day!
    #4 Katharine on 2013-08-12 14:27 (Reply)
    That is a pretty good song about the Mississippi, even more so by being written by an Englishman. I don't think an American could have done better. Kudos to Elton John.

    Time for me to read-or read again- Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi. Lyrics of catching catfish on the creek while seeing the steamboat go by- reminds me of the cabin on a creek off the Mississippi that my grandparents owned. Not that far from Mark Twain's hometown of Hannibal, Missouri.
    #5 Gringo on 2013-08-12 15:00 (Reply)
    There's something about a river steamboat that appeals to us.
    #6 Sam L. on 2013-08-12 15:11 (Reply)
    You need Born on the Bayou!
    #7 vanderleun on 2013-08-12 15:12 (Reply)
    Ask, and ye shall receive.
      #7.1 Dr. Mercury on 2013-08-12 15:16 (Reply)
      Ahhh Yes! Luv that Swamp Rock...and a "Hot Rod Heart":

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVZjP0NGBsA
      #7.2 Garry on 2013-08-12 18:50 (Reply)

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