Once a jolly filker, perpetrating persiflage
Counted the Fish songs, one, two, and three {thousand}
And he sang as he strummed up yet another minor key {A minor, of course}
Who'll come and filk "Banned From Argo" with me?

Chorus:

Filk "Banned from Argo", filk "Banned From Argo",
Who'll come and filk "Banned From Argo" with me,
And we sang as we sat and perpetrated persiflage,
Who'll come and filk "Banned From Argo" with me?

Up popped Kanefsky, grinning with a pagan muse,
Made fire-breathing the thing to do in G
And he hung Danny Deever once again, in Argo-Land
Filked "Banned From Argo" and ran off with glee

(Cho.)

Claire, Kay, and Major Matt all joined in the festival
NextGens and Con songs came eventually
And we sang, and we groaned, and we wrote more than we'll ever know
How did she write "Banned From Argo" in G?

(Cho.)

Now Mary Creasey has the lot to straighten up
What she'll dub "bastards" we'd all love to see
But we'll read it, and weep, and perform each song (if Leslie's gone);
Who'll come and filk "Banned From Argo" with me?

(Cho.)

Written 1995 (2/6) by Gerald L. Bliss. The first line is stolen from M. Mitchell Marmel (aka Major Matt Mason), with permission granted after-the-act.

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