This one appeared, unbidden and bouncing like Tigger, when I awoke from a fitful slumber to find the phrase ‘floating goat on a boat’ going around and around in my silly head, accompanied by a simple percussive tune.
I liked the noise the words made – all those ‘oat’ sounds - and decided to make this one lyrically and musically naive and playful. So: the lyric, made from nursery rhyme bits, popular song titles, ‘oat’ rhymes, and advice to folks who own goats and boats, is utterly devoid of meaning. I like it a lot. It’s good to play in the sand pit sometimes.
A Bach-inspired musical snippet appears, all counterpoint and frilly bits, a deferential nod to a Beatles song where George Martin played some piano at half speed to provide a classical–style solo when played back at normal speed. Which song was that? You tell me...
You might like to while away some time trying to identify the songs referenced in the lyric. Without cheating by going on the Internet, you rascally oik.
Did ‘floating goat on a boat’ float your boat?
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lyrics
This old man, he played one
She’s the one, fun, fun, fun
This old man, he played two
I wanna be like you
This old man he played three
Mandy, act naturally
This old man he played four
Knocking on heaven’s door
Get a boat, get a goat
Teach the goat how to float
Floating goat on a boat
Floating goat on a boat
Get a boat, get a goat
Teach the goat how to float
Floating goat on a boat
Floating goat on a boat
This old man, he played eight
It’s too late, paper late
This old man, he played nine
I feel fine, Frankenstein
Get a boat, get a goat...
This old man, he played ten
We won’t get fooled again
Not much left of this song
Giddy up a ding dong
Get a boat, get a goat...
Now we are at the end
Sing along with a friend
Floating goat on a boat
Floating goat on a boat
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