Scrolls
| Tali Essen of the Isles |
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Our stocks of inks and paints and perg
Is falling every day Now since the back log we did shirk These scrolls are such a pain If we stopped using gold leaf sheets And used metallic paints Exactly how much would the cheat Lead to more complaints? Oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh Put down paints and cross out sheets GoAs, AoAs We must get the list complete Paints and perg, so much work Assign, research, and design Til we’re over drawn This is much too much for us! The List is so far gone! The Laurels and Pelicans will soon be reassigned This makes us feel quite overwrought and totally resigned How can we be faster scribes We’re using Bristol Board The Peers with gold we have bribed But extensions they’ve ignored! Oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh White work done with Gelly Rolls Borders drawn in micron Should we bribe the heralds bold? Golden bribes, pity scribes! Painting by the candlelight Leaves our fingers numb! This is much too much for us! The List is so far gone! We are only volunteers, in above our heads Researching through our manuscripts on the interwebs If we painted black and white, instead of color fair Would the ridicule we’d gain be worth the time we’d spare? Oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh Painting only in grey scale Color rare Never there Making white the holy grail Leaving holes in our scrolls What could we be adding to, or subtracting from? This is much too much for us! The list is too far gone! Looks like there’s no hope for us We will not get caught up If we switch to pre-print scrolls That’s it for us, skip the fuss! Are we doing well or poor Our fingers are so numb We can't just give up this chore But at least we can do some Based on "I Can't Do the Sum" from Babes in Toyland 1961 |
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