ODE TO KATHLEEN
     Words and music (c) 2001 Debbie Ridpath Ohi


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     She sits in the corner of the
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     filk room, she is listening, she is nodding, she is fine
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     She weaves a design into her
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     hand loom, what is she making, she is biding her time, oh
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     look at her smiling! Her gui-
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     tar is by her side, when will she play? Oh
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     she's so beguiling! Oh Miss
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     Sloan, we feel compelled to say...


             CHORUS:
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             Kathleen, will you sing for us
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             Will you help us find the right way home
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             You're our Catalog Queen, Angel of Interfilk
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             O Kathleen Sloan.
             
             
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     She's got a taste for Musk Life 
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     Savers (tm), she sings of catalogs, of filk, and of meat
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     It takes a lot to ever
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     phase her, she is calm, she is composed, she is discreet, she
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     excels at blackmail! She claims
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     it's for Interfilk then laughs with glee, does she
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     ever read her e-mail? If she
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     did, she'd hear our heartfelt plea...
     
     

             CHORUS:
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             Kathleen, will you sing for us
                      A                           D
             Will you help us find the right way home
                         A                       D
             You're our Catalog Queen, Angel of Interfilk
                        D
             O Kathleen Sloan.
             
             
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     Her guitar may not be really
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     full size, but its music (like her voice) is sweet and strong
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     Crossing Kathleen Sloan is likely unwise, so hey
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     why are we then singing this song? Be-
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     cause we're suicidal! And we
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     owe it to Kathleen, she knows what for...re-
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     venge is so vital, as we
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     raise our voices to implore...
     
  
             CHORUS (twice):
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             Kathleen, will you sing for us
                      A                           D
             Will you help us find the right way home
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             You're our Catalog Queen, Angel of Interfilk
                        D
             O Kathleen Sloan.