Very Light

The Ballad of Kaamedehenu

Or, Another Really Bad Idea from Bill Hangley and Joe Dworetzky
(with assists from David Pudlin, Steve Shadowen & Monica Rebuck)

Dworetzky went to Hangley Pere,
And said “I don’t know how,
But one way or the other, Bill,
We gotta have a cow!”

“The Hangley Rooster’s getting strange,
just hangin’ with Ms. Dancy.
A cow brought in here from the range,
Now, That would strike his fancy.” 

 

“A cow with dignity,” Joe said, 

 

“Or maybe a buffoon,” 

 

“Or maybe we can find the cow that jumped over the moon.”

“A short cow or a tall cow,” 



“A big cow or a small cow.” 

 

“Some kind of cow is just the thing
to ease the rooster’s muddlin’.”
But Hangley said, “I’m sorry, Joe,
We’ll have to check with Pudlin.”

And Pudlin said “No no no no.
“I like it not a smidgin.”
“Cows cost a lot of money, so
perhaps you’d like a pigeon?” 

 

Then Monica and Shadowen Rushed in to save the day.
They said the Farm Show offers deals on cows and pigs and hay.

 

So Monica went to buy a cow. The time she had was great.
So many cows, she worked so hard to narrow it down to eight. 

 

We said to bid, and bid she did
And when the smoke had cleared,
Hangley Aronchick had a cow
(all just as Pudlin feared.)

And so the Stairway lobby here
Will not look as it useta!
To quote from Monica’s email that night:
“Look out, you Mistah Roosta!”