FRIDAY RANDOM TEN

Welcome to the Friday Random Ten, my weekly assemblage of randomly selected Choons straight from the Little White Choon-Box.

Let’s dispense with all the superfluous verbiage - er, ahhh... extra words, that is - and just dive right in:

1. Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi - O Fortuna - Christian Thielemann, Orff: Carmina Burana
   
   
2. Harry, You’re A Beast - Frank Zappa
   
   With lyrics inspired by Lenny Bruce.
   
   
3. Within You, Without You - The Beatles
   
   
4. Pop - Mitch Hedberg
   
   
5. Pirelli’s Death - Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd
   
   
6. 10 Sonatas, Op. 8, No. 3 in G Minor: III. Vivace - Rachel Isserlis & The Locatelli Trio
   
   
7. Grandpa Was A Carpenter (Live) - John Prine
   
   
8. Gypsy With A Song - Django Reinhardt
   
   
9. Still Fighting It - Ben Folds
   
   
10. Cop Song - Urinetown, Original Cast
    
    Lockstock
    If there’s one thing I’ve learned in my many years of enforcing the laws of this city, it’s that the journey down to Urinetown offers no surprises. Not even from the very toughest amongst us. On that journey, expect only... the expected.
    
    Well, it’s a hard, cold, tumble of a journey
    Worthy of a gurney, a bumble down
    A slapped face, smacked with a mace
    Certain to debase is our stumble down
    
    It’s a path that leads you only one place
    Horrible to retrace, a crumble down
    A hard, cold, tumble of a tourney
    Jumble of a journey to Urinetown
    
    Lockstock and Barrel
    Julie Cassidy
    Went to a field behind a tree
    Saw there was no one who could see
    
    Lockstock
    Her pee -
    
    Barrel
    But me!
    
    Lockstock and Barrel
    And Jacob Rosenbloom
    Thought he was safe up in his room
    Didn’t know the jars he kept up there
    Would obligate a trip to Urine-tomb!
    
    Lockstock
    Well, there are those who think our
    Methods vicious -
    
    Barrel
    Overly malicious -
    
    Lockstock
    A bunch of brutes, but it’s we who
    Gather for the people -
    
    Barrel
    Tavern to the steeple -
    
    Lockstock
    Lawful fruits!
    Our task: bring a little order -
    
    Barrel
    Swindle out a hoarder -
    
    Lockstock
    From what he loots. As the book says,
    “Certainly a season” -
    
    Barrel
    Trample out a treason -
    
    All
    With hobnail boots!
    Roger Roosevelt
    Kept a cup below his belt
    Cup ran over when he knelt
    
    Lockstock
    He smelt -
    
    Barrel
    We dealt!
    
    All
    And Joseph “Old Man” Strong
    Held his pee for much too long
    Hoped his son might bail him out
    His guess was good but also wrong!
    
    Lockstock
    Years past all lived in the jungle
    Scooping out a bungle, nature’s bowl
    Life of constant deprivation
    Certain aggravation took its toll
    
    Soon learned power of the truncheon
    Organize a function, king to pawn
    So if peace is what you’re after
    Urinetown’s the rafter to hang it on!
    
    Girl Cop 1
    Julie Cassidy -
    
    Boy Cop 1
    Jacob Rosenbloom -
    
    Boy Cop 2
    Roger Roosevelt -
    
    Boy Cop 1
    Jacob Rosenbloom -
    
    Girl Cop 1
    Julie Cassidy -
    
    Boy Cop 3
    Joseph “Old Man” Strong -
    
    Lockstock and Barrel
    Don’t be like them! Don’t be like them!
    Don’t be like them! Don’t be like them!
    
    Lockstock
    It’s a hard, cold,
    Tumble of a journey
    Worthy of a gurney,
    A bumble down
    A slapped face,
    Smacked with a mace
    Certain to debase
    Is our stumble down
    
    Female Cops
    It’s a hard, cold,
    Tumble of a journey
    Worthy of a gurney,
    A bumble down
    A slapped face,
    Smacked with a mace
    Certain to debase
    
    Male Cops
    It’s a hard, cold,
    Tumble of a journey
    Worthy of a gurney,
    A bumble down
    A slapped face,
    Smacked with a mace
    
    All
    It’s a path that leads you only one place
    Horrible to retrace, a crumble down
    A hard, cold, tumble of a tourney
    Jumble of a journey to Urinetown!
    
    

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