Huldra Forsvant (Theodor Kittelsen)

Huldra Forsvant (Theodor Kittelsen)
Huldra Forsvant (Theodor Kittelsen)

Friday, January 23, 2009

McLaughlin and McLaughlin

Little e and I have been working on some tunes together lately. When I get home from work I say "do you want to go and play the guitar?", to which she yells "A-taar!".

I sit on the floor and play, and she stands close beside me, behind the neck of the guitar. We usually warm up with the classics; a bit of Twinkle Twinkle and Baa Baa Black Sheep, then move on to our own competitions. Our first piece was entitled I Like To Dance, which is basically the blues in the key of E major.

Our latest work is called Busy Bee, which is Twinkle Twinkle with fresh, new, edgy lyrics--

(Verse)
Busy busy busy busy busy busy bee,
Busy busy busy busy busy busy bee.


(Chorus)
Busy busy busy busy busy busy bee
Busy busy busy busy busy busy bee.

c. McLaughlin & McLaughlin, 2009.

4 comments:

Pedro said...

Gold.

ARIA's here we come!!

Simone R. said...

Shame it's not Xn. If it were I could put you in touch with a publisher.

Ben McLaughlin said...

who says it's not? Did God not make bees and give them work to keep them busy?

Anonymous said...

absolutely.

Still, my publisher can be a bit fundy, insisting that songs explicitly mention God or Jesus. [But you could try the altered last verse option: keep the song as it, repeat it and change the last line on the repeat. It's worked before!]

s.