The Grooners
(With apologies to E, A. Poe). EAR the crooner as he croons O’er the air; What a tale of love’s unfaithfulness his tearful tones declare; : How he whines, and wails and bleats, Early morn till late at night; , How his harrowed heart entreats Some fair maid for wham it beats, That she will his love requite; (As lone puppies bay to unresponsive moons). But, no matter how he whimpers, She, the hussy, merely simpers In disdain Of his pain, For it seems she’s just as false as she is fair. So he croons, croons, ¢roons, Sickly words and slushy tunes, 'n a lachrymose effusion that his sense and worth impugns, Vitiating all the unoffending air. a Eg Bs H®& the crooner’s counterpart (Bless her heart), As she sings "Somebody loves me, who, I wonder, can it be?" In the voice of childhood’s prattle, Fit for just such tiresome tattle, And we wonder too, and sadly, Who is he? For his nerves she’d surely rattle, And he has our sympathy. And she coos, And she mews} And although in lovely woman there's a lot we must excuse We grow weary of her sad soliloquy. % % * H, these croagners, how they croon, Man and maid! With what crude and mawkish sentiment our quiet they invade. How they drivel, how they drone, How they snivel, how they moan, ot @ day Goninty ‘are Wf soon hen Il pass-Oh priceless nOn "to where heyond these voices there is peace." |
Ronald
Buchanan
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 302, 6 April 1945, Page 11
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247The Grooners New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 302, 6 April 1945, Page 11
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