Strings in the earth and air
Make music sweet;
Strings by the river, where
The willows meet.
- James Joyce (recorded by Dr Strangely Strange and Robin Williamson)
I hear that the Emperor of China
used to wear iron shoes with ease.
We are the tablecloth and also the table;
also the fable of the dancing leaves.
The new moon is rising.
The axe of the thunder is broken
As never was, not since the flood
Nor yet since the world began.
...
- Waltz Of The New Moon by The Incredible String Band
They came back from the Moon today.
One of the parachutes didn't open.
Tourists are swarming over the Alps.
They shuttle by, buy postcards,
lick ice cream, sit around the bandstand,
show their suntans, load their caravans.
The dollar is climbing, the dollar is falling.
Our furniture has been in storage for over a year now.
Where does one belong?
...
- Holiday Time by Hildegard Knef (translation by David Cameron)
...
Here come duck-tailed Danny
dragging Uncanny Annie
She's the one with the flying feet
You can break the peace,
Daddy Sickle Grease
The beat is reet complete
And the jump-back honey
in the dungarees,
tight sweater and a pony tail,
will you guess her age
when she comes backstage?
The hoodlums bite their nails
Black gloves, white frost
Black crepe, white lead
White sheet, black knight
Jet black, dead white
...
- Sweet Gene Vincent by Ian Dury & The Blockheads
