Heather
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>Twas the night before
>When all through the state
>Not a gas pump was pumping
>Not a store open late
>
>All the plywood was hung
>On the windows with care
>Knowing that a hurricane
>Soon would be there
>
>The children were ready
>With flashlights in hand
>While bands from the hurricane
>Covered over the land
>
>And mamma with her Mag-Lite
>And I in my cap
>Had just filled the bath tub
>For flushing our crap
>
>When out on the lawn
>There arose such a clatter
>I sprang from the closet
>To see what was the matter
>
>The trees on the fence
>And the neighbor's roof torn
>Gave the fear of us dying
>In this terrible storm
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>With a little wind gust
>So lively and quick
>I remembered quite clearly
>Our walls weren't brick
>
>More rapid than eagles
>Her courses they came
>And she whistled, and wafted
>And surged all the same
>Off shingles! Off sidings!
>Off rooftops! Off power!
>Down trees! Down fences!
>Down trailers! Down towers!
>
>In the center of Florida
>She continued to maul
>Screaming Blow Away!
>Blow Away! Blow Away All!
>As wind ripped and tossed
>The debris through the sky
>I peeked out the shutters
>At cars floating by
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>So go to the safe-room
>My family did do
>With a portable radio
>And batteries too
>
>And then, in a twinkling
>I heard on the set
>The end was not coming
>For a few hours yet!
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>As I calmed down the kids
>And was turning around
>Through the window it came
>With a huge crashing sound
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>A tree branch it was
>All covered in soot
>The wind blew it smack-dab
>On top of my foot
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>A bundle of twigs
>Now lay in a stack
>And my living room looks
>Like it was under attack
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>The wind - how it howled!
>The storm - very scary!
>Myself and the family
>Were all too unwary
>The dangers of hurricanes
>Are serious, you know
>They are taken for granted
>As did show
>
>With the winds dying down
>And the danger beneath
>I noticed my tool shed
>Was missing its sheath
>
>So I grabbed my last tarp
>And nailed it on down
>Then I got in my car
>And I headed to town
>
>The traffic was awful
>And stores had no ice
>My five gallon cooler
>Would have to suffice
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>Generators were scarce
>Not one left in town
>There were trees on the roads
>And power lines down
>
>FEMA was ready
>With people to work
>Electrical companies
>Came in from New York
>
>And in the midst of
>This peculiar routine
>Another storm emerged
>Named Hurricane Jeanne
>
>I sprang to the car
>And gave my family a whistle
>Then away we all went
>Like a Tomahawk missile
>
>You could hear us exclaim
>As we drove out of sight
>"The hell with this place,
>Vermont seems just right!"
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Keith234
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That's really funny!LOL  All you need know is a melody and some backround music!
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harry321
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Keith if you actually read the poem it does have a melody. Thats the first thing you should have seen.<LOL>
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purplepassio
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that seems just about right.
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Keith234
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A melody is a grouping of notes; I don't see any rythms on that page just words! You'd be surprised how many different ways one can arrange the poem above.
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LI Phil
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Keith,
Haven't you ever heard the poem, "'Twas the night before Christmas"? after which the above poem is based?
You know..."'Twas the night before Christmas
And all thru the house
Not a creature was stirring...
Not even a mouse... (etc.)
I'm not entirely certain if it was ever set to music, but it could easily be...granted, it may not be perfect iambic pentameter, but it has rhythm & beat...
The children were nestled
all snug in their beds
While visions of sugarplums
danced thru their heads
And ma in her kerchief
And I in my cap
Had just settled down
For a long winters' nap...
All y'all know the rest
Believe it was written by Henry Livingstone sometime around the turn of the 19th (1800s) century...
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writer\'s mom
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Hi there,
I was hoping that the author's name for Twas the night before would be posted on the poem.
www.laviska.com
Thanks!
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LI Phil
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http://www.night.net/christmas/Twas-night01.html
Sorry, I misunderstood the above post. That is the author of "T'was the Night Before Christmas", the "T'was the night before " author seems to remain a mystery still...
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Edited by LI Phil (Wed Oct 27 2004 08:55 PM)
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Heather
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Loc: Sebring, FL
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I also received it via email and thought it was the funniest I've seen about the hurricanes. I wondered who was crafty enough to come up with it because it is absolutely perfect for the situation. So now we know who wrote it, cool!!
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