Chorus: Ziggy won’t blog, nor will he tweet Ziggy won’t blog, nor will he tweet Ziggy won’t blog, nor will he tweet He’s got a job to do. When I was young I used to bark At any noise out in the dark And any stranger at the door Encountered my most fearsome roar. But […]
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When first that canine Ziggy came to wreck my sweet content I felt assured that his attacks I’d slyly circumvent, For he was so unsubtle, he was hardly worth a scoff – But though I humbled him repeatedly, he just would not lay off. When first he came into my home, he was easily evaded
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On a walk again I just can’t wait to get on a walk again And smell some bushes for the news of all my friends And I can’t wait to get on a walk again On a walk again I just can’t wait to get on a walk again Kick up some dirt to leave
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Just a lazy Ziggy, got an old branch to chew Wadin in the creek, nothin better to do Dragonflies driftin over sparklin waves Catfish lyin doggo in their bankside caves Just a lazy Ziggy in the summertime You can wade in with me if you don’t mind the slime Tadpoles lip my toes, horseflies bug
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I once helped build a cabin on the side of a 10,500 foot mountain. The only power tool we used was a 10” circular saw powered by a small generator. We cut the trench for the foundation footing out of the granite mountain side with picks, sledges, and a big cold chisel named Steely Dan
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The first time Benny Goodman heard Bix Beiderbecke play cornet, he recalled, he wondered, “My God, what planet, what galaxy, did this guy come from?” (Skretvedt). Listening to him throughout my life, I’ve had the same feeling. So did hundreds of musicians who heard Bix during his short lifetime, and so have thousands of listeners
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