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I finally got it done and posted.



Latest lyrics are:

Why are there so many songs about COVID
And why do they fill my queue?
People are lonely, and bored, and creative
And people need something to do
Making a video's really not hideous
Getting it perfect's a plus
Someday we'll beat it, the coronavirus
The doctors, the nurses, and us

Who said that ev'ryone should stay social-distanced
When PHYSICAL space is key?
People are social and we need those connections
Or we all go crazy
Pigs, frogs, and humans start coming unglued when
Close contact is too dangerous
Someday we'll beat it, the coronavirus
The doctors, the nurses, and us

All of us singing out loud
And putting our stuff up on YouTube

Have you gone on the net, and have you heard voices?
I figure that's why you're here
Is this a parody protected as satire?
Just watch this and hold my root beer
Spirits are feeling a need for some healing
And music is miraculous
Someday we'll beat it, the coronavirus
The doctors, the nurses, and us

La da da dee da da doo
La la da da la dee da doooo

This has been lurking in the back of my mind for quite some time, and has finally emerged.

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Whining ’Skeeter
Lyrics by Joel Polowin, 2018 (TTO: “Red Winged Blackbird” by David Francey)Hatched out in some stagnant puddle
Hear that horrid high-pitched drone
Nipped in through an open doorway
I’m not safe inside my home


By my ear it flits and hovers
3 a.m. when I’m in bed
Bleary-eyed, I just can’t spot it
Pull the sheets up o’er my head


Add this toll to global warming:
Insect pests expand their range
Places once free from malaria [mal-AIR-ya]
Now may face an awful change

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Comments, please?  I find the last verse somewhat heavy-handed, but I'm fond of "an awful 'skeeter" / "Anopheles 'skeeter".