I like it! It sort of reminds me of a poem I wrote in Biology class back in University about "The One Exam to Fail Them All". I had a slinging chantey written up somewhere sung to the tune of "Captain Kidd" I'll see if I can find it.

         The Slinging Ballad of MammotHunter
                   (Sung to tune of "Captain Kidd")
     
Well, I am a slinging man,
as I sling, so I slung
O' I am a slinging man, as I slung
I am a slinger man, and I sling where'vr I can
And most anywhere I can I have slung

My friends they were afraid
When I learned myself to braid
Oh, most wicked slings I made with to sling
I 've my sling in my hand
and I'm armed with a glande
And I toss it far o'er the land
As I sling!

(chorus)

I've slung a hundred yards or more
I've let loose the slinger's roar
Oh most wicked things I've done
As I slung
And being stronger still, the brickstones I did drill
For the mighty walls to kill
As I slung

(chorus)

I would sling nigh to my death
Lose a stone with my last breath
To walk a stone lined path
As I sling
But my blood it did run hot
and large rock I did shot
and into a parking lot
I have slung
(chorus)


So take a warning here and heed
And sling not wickedly
Or you'll wind up just like me
as I slung
For my simple errant rock
My head's on the chopping block
And the laws no more I'll mock
as I slung

Oh a slinging life I lead, as I sling
(chorus 2 X's)

So, there you have it. MammotHunter/Jack's slinging ballad, in its entirety. It's based on a near miss I had when a rock I slung narrowly, and we're talking by a few feet here, missed a crowded parking lot near a beach when the stone went behind me. After the incident, my friends and I were discussing what would have happened had the stone been released just a little later.

Bad Boys!!  No biscuits!

Get someone to sing with you, (or do it yourself) and made an mp3 or something.

Willeke

If I had a microphone on my computer I would record myself singing it, but as I don't, I can't. Which may be just as well, considering I'm not much of a singer by most accounts. i do wish I knew someone who could play the accordion in the background, or the bodhran, as both would be perfect for the song. However, if I could hook a microphone up to the computer and record from there somehow, I might be able to manage something...

Im so tempted to get a mike for you mammoth

I've got a mic at my house, it turns out. Now, I just need to see if I can hook it up to my computer. If I can, then it's all about how to record something to the computer. I managed to rig a bodhran yesterday at the house out of a carboard tube with thick walls and large diametre, and some plastic bags that I layered heavily and then stretched across the top of the open tube. Doesn't sound as good as the real thing, but it'll work.