The ³Not At Pennsic² Blues
by Katherine Ashewode
to the tune of any simple 4-beat blues riff you¹ve got handy
 
Version 1: The ³Just Got Back from Pennsic² Blues
 
Woke up this morning to an empty house.
No one was with me, not even a mouse.
I¹ve got laundry piled up to the sky.
So much unpacking that I want to cry.
 
I¹ve got the ³just got back from Pennsic and I really don¹t wanna¹ 
move²...
blues.
I¹ve go the ³just got back from Pennsic and I don¹t know what I¹m 
gonna¹
do²... blues.
 
Casa Bardicci where they wine and dine.
The Pleasure Pavilion with its girls so fine.
I¹d go to parties nearly every night.
Now I¹m alone and it just doesn¹t seem right.
 
I¹ve got the...
 
I miss the food court and I miss merchant¹s row.
Midnight madness with the buskers in show.
The Fruity Cobbler has gathered much fame.
The local shopping malls just aren¹t the same.
 
I¹ve got the...
 
Royal encampments with the queens and kings.
So many coronets so many gold rings.
I hate my TV, Oprah fills me with dread.
I¹d even rather sit in court instead.
 
I¹ve got the...
 
I miss the battles with the class of swords.
I miss the classes, I would never get bored.
The bardic circles, the amorous flings.
Understand that I miss everything!
 
I¹ve got the...
 
Pennsic is over, I¹m sorry to say.
And now I¹m back to the work-a-day.
The daily grind, it fills me with tears.
ŒCause I don¹t wanna¹ wait another year.
 
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Version 2: The ³Waiting for Pennsic² Blues
 
The ³Waiting for Pennsic² Blues is just like The ³Just Got Back from
Pennsic² Blues, with the following changes:
 
Replace the first verse with:
 
Woke up this morning, War is weeks away.
I¹m so excited I don¹t know what to say.
My bags are packed, I¹m just rarin¹ to go.
But the days creep by so slow!
 
Replace the chorus with:
 
I¹ve got the ³sitting Œround the house waiting for the great Pennsic 
War²...
blues.
I¹ve got the ³sitting Œround the house and I¹m feeling so very 
bored²...
blues.
 
Replace the last verse with:
 
So now I¹m sitting with my bags packed high.
I wait for August but it¹s still July.
I feel so cramped in my living room.
I just hope that the War comes soon.