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The Tale of One Fingered Willie

from All We Are Saying Is​.​.​. by CURVEBALL

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The Tale of One Fingered Willie
(a triumph over adversity)

Well, here's something silly
The tale of one fingered Willie
Now Will died on the day he was 95
To this day, the greatest ever player of slide

Will was born with his digits in tact
So we have to state as a matter of fact
An early warning in this story
The loss of fingers is rather gory!

We start with Will as a young lad
He loved to work with his hands
He always sat in the schoolhouse
Bored to tears with English and Math

The days in school always dragged for Will
He couldn't wait to get to his pa's sawmill
Timber was his inspiration and art
His goal – to build his own guitar

Now Will's pa had been saving long and hard
And bought his son the longed for guitar
To the day he died his pa remembered that smile
It was the best day of Will's life

So now he practised every available hour
Widely reported as an amazing player
It became known in the whole of the west
That for fretwork he was simply the best

It was like guitar gymnastics
He could pull chords that were truly fantastic
And when he played lead in his band
People swore there was smoke coming off his hand

It was about this time that Will's life began to unfurl
And as ever it was all down to a girl
You see he had been courting a lass called Lil
Which conveniently rhymes with Will

Now Lil didn't have music in her heart
She had no appreciation of Will's art
And one day she had finally had enough
Storming off in a terrible huff

It seems she was jealous of Will's skill
Lil caused a massive scene down at the mill
“I will never ever be your wife
When that stupid guitar is your whole life!”

Well, he was distraught and morose
He loved his girl and thought they were close
In absent mindedness and feeling so poor
He started to push some timber through the saw

Something now happened that was to change his life
An awful mistake occurred, Will was mortified
Just because she wouldn't be his wife
Inexplicably, he lost fingers 1,2,4 and 5

Well, after all the blood, pain and gore
Once again Will's pa came to the fore
He was so positive and couldn't let his son hide
“Now you must become the greatest player of slide.”

So Will applied himself to a new technique
And very soon hit a new peak
He came to enjoy the best of days
Performing to crowds who were amazed

Occasionally there were the scoffers and cocksure
“What can that dude do with only one finger?”
But after the brilliance he put the one in the air
As if in some sort of defiant gesture

So the moral if you will – avoid girls called Lil
And take care in the sawmill
And even if disaster strikes
Tune down to D and play slide

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from All We Are Saying Is​.​.​., released November 2, 2017
Cartoon - Richard Duszczak

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CURVEBALL is HYBRID Music - composition and production inspired by classical, dance, electronic and progressive music. All compositions have a score and are showcased by Pro Tools. Jon Michaelson is the composer with a growing body of work. Jon also had a fictional band One Fingered Willie - a triumph over adversity! Check out free sync. ... more

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