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| Just for Rantburg - A Bit of Fun |
| 2005-11-25 |
| (With apologies to Mark Knopfler) The Sultans of Swine You get a shiv in the dark And there’s shrapnel in the park, but meantime South of the Euphrates, Iraqi cops hold everything Bands of Sunnis blowing IEDs at noon time You feel all right if your ears don’t ring Outside the mosque you don’t see too many faces Shouting out in pain when al Jazeera goes down Partitioning in so many places Not many minarets can make that sound Way on down south, way on down south, Basra town You check out setar George, he shakes all the gourds Mind he’s strictly Islam, no Sufis got to cry or sing An old tanbur is all he can afford When he’s up on the minaret to do the muezzin thing And Ali doesn’t mind if he’s kept behind the screen He says his morning prayers, so it’s all right He can call the adhan, and still toe the line Praying it up on Friday night We are the Sultans, we are the Sultans of swine And a bunch of young boomers crowding ‘round on the corner Dressed in djellebas and their slippers, curly toed They don’t give a damn about any tombak playing band It has no part of Islam’s seal And the Sultans, and the Sultans they squeal And the imam he sits up tall in the prayer room And says at last just as the muezzin whines ‘Insh’allah, goodnight now its time to go boom' and his prayer contains just one more line ‘We are the Sultans, we are the Sultans of swine’ |
| Posted by:Zenster |
| #14 Those are some extremely kind words, ryuge. Thank you, I'm glad you liked it so much. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2005-11-25 23:33 |
| #13 It's like Weird Al Yankovich . . . except for that it's truly funny & witty. Ranks up there with Scrappleface, Lileks, or Mark Steyn. Good work! |
| Posted by: ryuge 2005-11-25 20:21 |
| #12 Had to play: dire_straits___sultans_of_swing.mp3 to properly enjoy it. Very good. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2005-11-25 15:04 |
| #11 Fellow Rantburgers, So glad you liked it. Came to me in a stroke and I knew it had to be done. The song is an absolute classic and one of my total favorites, but it's title alone begged for a little "treatment" (otherwise known as filking). Cranking the lyrics took about three hours last night and it is presented for your delectation as a personal Thanksgiving gift to all of my compatriots at Rantburg. However funny the lyrics might be (and they are), they are also meant without the least jesting as well. These Islamist b@stards truly are the sultans of swine. Warmest holiday regards to you all, Zenster |
| Posted by: Zenster 2005-11-25 10:25 |
| #10 Well done. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2005-11-25 09:56 |
| #9 Standing O (golf clap):) |
| Posted by: djohn66 2005-11-25 08:53 |
| #8 Outstanding, one of my all time favorite songs. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2005-11-25 08:41 |
| #7 Hear, Hear! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-11-25 08:10 |
| #6 http://webpages.charter.net/tbeaudro/Sultans%20of%20Swing.mid or instrumental only download |
| Posted by: Red Dog 2005-11-25 04:42 |
| #5 Zen, enjoyed the Islamm0 Bamm0 vershun! while playing Dire file. |
| Posted by: Red Dog 2005-11-25 04:35 |
| #4 Heh, heh. Been workin' on that awhile, I'll bet. I had to look up tanbur, lol - guessed tambourine - wrong-o, heh. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-11-25 01:48 |
| #3 clap,clap,clap. |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-11-25 00:34 |
| #2 Thenk ewe. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2005-11-25 00:18 |
| #1 ..oh, BRAVO!!!!! Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2005-11-25 00:15 |