ABPA - Australian Bush Poets Association

FOR PETES SAKE ZONDRAE DON'T GIVE UP YOUR DAY JOB MY WRITING IS BAD ENOUGH SOME SAY BUT HELL WOMAN

BILL WILLIAMS

I see a rather intricate little rhyming pattern which can be picked up from the written form but would be missed as a rap performance. It's all rhyming patterns, rap and rhyming poetry are one and the same. I like Will's piece - and there are some good blackfella hip hop artists about I just reckon it's a shame that the indigenous lyrics are delivered with hoodies and American ghetto gangster voices.

Marty

ps. I'm still laughing at Marty's comment

Now Bill,
If you look closley you will see there is a strict pattern of syllables per line, also if you say it with a 'rap style' (Doof, Doof) back beat, it sounds fine. There is rhyme and metre - not as we are used to seeing it - but it is there. It is a rant against hip hop, in a way. Also demonstrating that - they (that is the rappers) think they are getting away from rhyme and metre but if you saw some of the (?) songs or tracks, written down you, and many of the rappers too, would be surprised. While a lot of it is trash, there are some really good writers. (A bit like our mob really.) The younger folk at the Snowy gave it loud applause.
I wrote the lines in the way they are set out on the page to indicate pauses. And when I did it I slipped in a few "I said" - to stress a point. You also need to remember these 'slams' have a very strict time frame. Some of them give you two minutes some only one so you need to get your point across quickly. And some slams are a 'cauldron' style. That is, if the crowd don't 'get you' they boo you off, even before your time is up.

Sorry auntie Zondrae I often go to the Canberra Uni It’s their home of doof doof music here. The beat may be all right but the rest of it leaves me colder than an Iceberg in winter
say folks, winters coming soon got your woollen undies ready
see i'm getting green with the cold I get blue later in the year

bill the old battler

What are woollen undies William

Dave they are actually marketed under the brand name 'Wundies' and made for all the family out of 100% pure merino wool. They are soft and not at all itchy or scratchy. They are machine washable and keep you cool in summer and warm in winter.

Merino wool moves in harmony with your body and doesn't constrict, creep or pull - so comfortable they feel like you're not wearing anything at all!

Wool has a very high degree of absorbency, it breathes and the structure of wool allows air to circulate, making it a natural choice for undergarments and outerwear. It does not retain body odour and with it’s natural elasticity does not cling to the body or ride up. And they come in a terrific range of colours.

Support your local wool industry - it needs all the help it can get.

Cheers

Maureen

Yo . . . (always start with a 'yo')

It's a battle for Bill
to combat the winter chill
but the brothers no dill
woollen undies

the irony is deep
how we crutch all of our sheep
but the daggy bits we keep
woollen undies

the merino that they breed
down in Queanbeyan yo need
or Billy's plums recede
woollen undies

but north of Belyando
where they walk like Marlon Brando
Davey J he go commando
no Reg Grundys!

AH WAROOA

Ah well! How wonderful it feels
to have something to appeal,
around one crutch!
like woollen undies

Now the best way to describe no doubt
would be so warm and soft through out
with out the lumpy bits that you mention
in woollen undies
.
It's how you northern Queenslanders walk
no wonder Marlon Brando would squawk
One would be inclined to think,
About woollen undies

With those lumpy bits you mention
That were there by intention
Placed in the crutch, by you
in woollen undies

Maureen you are a walking advertisement!

Marty yo got it

Heather