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Canny as a Cat

from Alone . . . With Friends by Cat Greenberg

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Another contest song, 2013 OVFF's Iron Filker (write it over the con weekend) "Fractured Fairy Tales." I love Elizabeth I and the chorus immediately popped into my mind.

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A princess till the age of two, Lady when her mother died.
Heard those who cursed Anne Boleyn's name, knew all that it implied.
Yet she would still be third in line to gain her father's throne,
When Edward then Mary both died without heirs of their own.

And she fractured every fairy tale - That said be meek and mild.
Hung Henry's portrait o're her throne - Reminding all she was his child.
Then outwitted every emissary, Prince and diplomat.
Elizabeth the brilliant - - - As canny as a cat.

England was near to bankruptcy when Bess took the helm,
Of the sorry ship of state which once was a mighty realm.
She worked to heal the wounds and ease all her people's woes,
And wisely told her subjects they could worship as they chose.

And she fractured every fairy tale - That said be meek and mild.
Hung Henry's portrait o're her throne - Reminding all she was his child.
Then outwitted every emissary, Prince and diplomat.
Elizabeth the statesman - - - As canny as a cat.

And they cried "How can a woman run the Empire of Britain?
We must find her a husband for our kingdom needs a man."
But she kept her own wise counsel, let them court her as they pleased,
While their gifts helped fill the coffers of the cash-strapped treasury.

Bridge:
Men of the age discounted women's worth,
Yet were forced to recognize her sovereignty.
And her intellect left many in the dirt,
The greatest monarch England's ever seen!

And she fractured every fairy tale - That said be meek and mild.
Hung Henry's portrait o're her throne - Reminding all she was his child.
Then outwitted every emissary, Prince and diplomat.
Elizabeth the Bride of England - Canny as a cat.
Queen Elizabeth the First - canny as a cat.

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from Alone . . . With Friends, released September 1, 2020
Words by Sandra Greenberg Music by Bari & Sandra Greenberg
©2013 Mountain Cat Media LLC

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Cat Greenberg St. Louis, Missouri

Cat Greenberg is a writer and singer/songwriter from the St. Louis, MO area where she lives with cats, a dog and her youngest child, Aidan. Alone, With Friends is her first solo album. Her 2 previous albums are: Romancing the Filk, with her late husband, Bari, and Accidental Filk Band, with their band The Unusual Suspects. Cat also works with Canticles Productions (www.canticlesproductions.com) ... more

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