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Folkfan! May not be able to make the celebration on time. Any chance of sending a portion of tunnel cake across the pond? You state that it may be carried................, cherry for preference!JohnH folkfan said:

Michael, For you all also bring my raspberry tunnel cake. It's a sour cream white bundt cake made with a tunnel of raspberries in it, and served with a large dollop of whipped cream. If I need to carry it some place, I cover it in a layer of cool whip and fill the center and edge of the platter with a couple of cartons of fresh raspberries. Or if you enjoy cherries, the tunnel is made from cherry pie filling (the expensive type with more cherries than sauce) then covered in cool whip and the center filled with another can of cherry pie filling dribbling over the sides and down and around the cake.

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folkfan said:

Death by Raspberry. I've found out that too much chocolate can trigger a migraine, so I modified my Death by Chocolate. A foundation of raspberry meringue, topped with fresh raspberry sorbet, mounded with raspberry whipped cream and a drizzle of raspberry syrup and a handful of fresh berries tossed on. Sprig of mint for a bit of color.

Oooohh! Red Raspberries - my favorite all-time food.

You can have my portion of the Evil Shrimp bits and Evil encased-olive Jello Salad, but save me a double portion of that raspberry dessert.

C'mon 600.

Michael

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Michael, For you all also bring my raspberry tunnel cake. It's a sour cream white bundt cake made with a tunnel of raspberries in it, and served with a large dollop of whipped cream. If I need to carry it some place, I cover it in a layer of cool whip and fill the center and edge of the platter with a couple of cartons of fresh raspberries. Or if you enjoy cherries, the tunnel is made from cherry pie filling (the expensive type with more cherries than sauce) then covered in cool whip and the center filled with another can of cherry pie filling dribbling over the sides and down and around the cake. Michael Vickey said:

folkfan said:

Death by Raspberry. I've found out that too much chocolate can trigger a migraine, so I modified my Death by Chocolate. A foundation of raspberry meringue, topped with fresh raspberry sorbet, mounded with raspberry whipped cream and a drizzle of raspberry syrup and a handful of fresh berries tossed on. Sprig of mint for a bit of color.

Oooohh! Red Raspberries - my favorite all-time food.

You can have my portion of the Evil Shrimp bits and Evil encased-olive Jello Salad, but save me a double portion of that raspberry dessert.

C'mon 600.

Michael

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folkfan said:

Death by Raspberry. I've found out that too much chocolate can trigger a migraine, so I modified my Death by Chocolate. A foundation of raspberry meringue, topped with fresh raspberry sorbet, mounded with raspberry whipped cream and a drizzle of raspberry syrup and a handful of fresh berries tossed on. Sprig of mint for a bit of color.

Oooohh! Red Raspberries - my favorite all-time food.You can have my portion of the Evil Shrimp bits and Evil encased-olive Jello Salad, but save me a double portion of that raspberry dessert.C'mon 600.Michael

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Robin Thompson said:

Aw, Strumelia, come on! I was the 6th person to show up and I'm getting hungry waiting for the 600th! :) :) :)

LOL Well, ok, maybe some fries. But don't eat up Ken's gourmet shrimp before the others get here! ;D

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Aw, Strumelia, come on! I was the 6th person to show up and I'm getting hungry waiting for the 600th! :) :) :) Strumelia said:

Robin Thompson said:

Would somebody pass me those fries, please? Oh, and ketchup, too! :)

Sorry, no nibbling until we reach 600.
Mo, that tall burger is even more unsettling than my Jell-O mold!

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Robin Thompson said:

Would somebody pass me those fries, please? Oh, and ketchup, too! :)

Sorry, no nibbling until we reach 600.Mo, that tall burger is even more unsettling than my Jell-O mold!

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Good to know you made home safely, Bill.Would somebody pass me those fries, please? Oh, and ketchup, too! :)

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Ok, i'am home now but i'am really tired! So i'll jump back into Dulcimer mode tomorrow. Glad to be home. :)

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ok.. I'm bringing stuff for cheese burgers and chips..

or if you really want a tall burger..

oh yeah a some french fries..

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Mmm good-looking, Strumelia, and I'll bet it will taste as good as it looks! LOL I'll eat the celery, cheese cubes and/or pats of butter. I'm going to pick out those stuffed olives, though-- they look like eyeballs! :)

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I'm gonna make some groovy 1950's style Jello-O mold salad....mmmmm....

Hmmm....are those cheese cubes in that jell-o, or..... PATS OF BUTTER!!! =8-O

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Death by Raspberry. I've found out that too much chocolate can trigger a migraine, so I modified my Death by Chocolate. A foundation of raspberry meringue, topped with fresh raspberry sorbet, mounded with raspberry whipped cream and a drizzle of raspberry syrup and a handful of fresh berries tossed on. Sprig of mint for a bit of color.

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Tropical Shrimp Cocktails from chilly and dreary Florida:Shrimp sauteed with a tangy Cajun spice blend, with a dipping sauce made from a Mango, a Starfruit, and an Asian Pear pureed together.

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I'll bring the Chocolate Decadence.

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I've got beans soaking to cook for soup tomorrow. Bring your bowl & spoon!

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Ok, I'll start dusting and getting my place ready for the party...

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WHAT THE HECK??? I thought I checked just a couple days ago and it was still 560 or so!? =8-oWho has time to play the dulcimer with all these parties going on??? LOL

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Rod, with reference to the party. I do'nt wish to offend but could you please find someone else to look after the 'Dew' should any turn up this time. I think that Stumelia was under the impression that I had looked after it far to well at the last party, causing me to miss the clearing up after the party had finished! As I try to take 'note' of all she says, and in order to stay in some sort of 'a-ccord' with her, and so as not to be seen 'stringing' her along causing her to 'fret', I think I might just bring an Arctic Roll this time.Sorry all!!! JohnH

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I'll bring what I brought the last time...what ever that was... Don't worry though. It'll be good. Ain't it great 600 members in a rather short time. That's a pretty good accomplishment.

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wow party time again all ready..guess I'll have to see what I can round up for the party... may have to forget the dew this time... think it caused a few problems last party.. :) :) seems like just yesterday we were celebrating 100 members...

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We need to start getting ready for another PARTY. 10 members from 600!!!!!!!!! Who would of thought we would grow in leaps and bounds. I'll bring the Sunshine from California. Who's bringing what else? Let's PARTY. :):):):)
updated by @bill-lewis: 01/13/19 05:09:18PM

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Paul Certo said:

C A T Spells Popoki. This Hawaiian song also lists dogs, rats, donkeys, monkeys, boys, girls & old men. But the title says Cat, in 2 languages. Does it count twice?
Paul

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C A T Spells Popoki. This Hawaiian song also lists dogs, rats, donkeys, monkeys, boys, girls & old men. But the title says Cat, in 2 languages. Does it count twice?Paul

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There's a great old Missouri fiddle tune called "Cat On A Leash". Here's a link to an mp3 file of it: http://home.comcast.net/~wefiddle1/mp3/catonaleash.mp3

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I love the version of Moggie that Sweetwater has on their Sing No Evil funny-songs album.Here's a link to a great article on cats in songs, with some titles we've missed: http://www.best-cat-art.com/songs-about-cats.html

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I don't remember the music to this one, but I have heard it sung.A cat cam fiddlinOot o a barn,Wi a pair o bagpipesUnder her arm.She cud sing naething but'Fiddle cum fee,The moose has mairritThe bumble bee.'Pipe cat,Dance moose,We'll hae a waddinAt oor guid hoose.

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I was hoping somebody (else) would remember the poignant "Nobody's Moggy;" and that has come to pass. But since Flint Hill only posted the sheet music, here's the audio of a performance by its Down Under creators. A very sad tale.

"The Intoxicated Rat," often credited to Doc Watson and nearly as often to Cisco Houston, is I believe by Dorsey Dixon, of The Dixon Brothers. May be mistaken about that; anyway, I'm sure it was recorded before Watson came along. The plot has to do with a rodent who gets drunk -- and belligerent about cats, until one actually shows up -- at which time he quickly gets sober."Pinkle Purr" by A.A. Milne has latterly been set to music at least a couple of times, but I don't know if the music is good. The poem is.

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The sad civil war cat song Poor Kitty Popcorn by Henry Clay Work.The old-school and politically incorrect Dead Cats on the Line , sung here by Vassar Clements.Rosalie Sorrels does cat songs: "Mehitabel's Theme" and "Always a Lady". Oscar Brand did a whole album about cats.And who could forget Eric Bogle's He's Nobody's Moggy Now ? (Even if you'd like to forget it.)Mean Black Cat by Robert Lee McCoy, ca 1937.Not to be missed is Riley Puckett's wonderful, deadpan version of The Cat Came Back .A personal favorite is Ralph Stanley's The Kitten and the Cat . The link goes to iTunes. Scroll down and click the link to hear a sample.

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Does it have to be published? I have a little song that I sing to Tigger to lull him to sleep.

He's a Tigger, he's a Tigger, he's our little Tigger boyHe's a Tigger, he's a Tigger, He's our pride and our joy.I love my Tigger, love my Tigger, I love my little Tigger catI love my Tigger, love my Tigger, though sometimes he's a brat!Several other verse along this line, sung to the tune of Oh My Darling Clementine. Tigger has been known to fall asleep in my arms while being sung to.

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Here's my version of "The Old Black Cat Couldn't Catch a Rat". It was, however, played on a "dog dulcimer" so you might hear some barking in the background.

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I nearly went catatonic trying to think of a cat song - what a catastrophe!If lions count, then Bruce Cockburn's "Wondering Where the Lions Are" is one.If you want a "shared" song, Henry Thomas (by John Sebastian, recorded on Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful) has the line "Dig the dog the cat dragged in"!That song from Lady and the Tramp went: "We are Siamese if you please. We are Siamese if you don't please. We are former residents of Siam, and there is no finer cat than I am." I disagree. Our two, Schrodinger (named after a nuclear physicist) and Shelby (a.k.a. Schlubby), would say that grey polydactils are best.

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Rag time!!!!!The Pussy Cat RagThe Black Cat Rag

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This is waaay harder than dog songs & tunes! I guess people just get sappier about dogs. :)With all the lonesome turtledoves flying from pine to pine, can you believe a cat never figured into that equation? There's a bunch of songs right there. :) And I can't believe there aren't a million songs that have cats and mice figuring into them some way. After all, how many cats have saved farmers from having all their grain looted by evil mice??? Someone should right this wrong and give cats their due! :)Harry Chapin's "Cats in the Cradle" comes to mind. Though "Gray Cat on a Tennessee Farm" is the only cat tune I play on dulcimer, I'd be happy to learn more tunes that feature felines. :)

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There's a fiddle tune played by esteemed fiddler Edden (or "Edn") Hammons of West Virginia, found on the Edden Hammons Collection: http://www.mustrad.org.uk/reviews/hammons2.htm it has the rather indelicate title of "Old Black Cat S**t in the Shavings"....the title always make me laugh. =8-o LOL

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I've never tried it, but I bet "And the Mouse Police Never Sleeps" by Jethro Tull could be arranged for dulcimer...

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Thought of a couple more Old Black Cat Couldn't Catch a Rat (Don Pedi recorded it). Does "The Lion Sleeps tonight" count as a cat song? :-)

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And then there's "How Much is that Kitty in the Window?"Oh, wait a minute...maybe not..... :(

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There's an old fiddle tune that Buddy Thomas played called "Kitty Puss". You can click on it here to hear a bit of it: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0010VJ1E4/ref=dm_mu_dp_trk11 My husband Brian plays it on fiddle and let me tell you it is REALLY HARD to play banjo to! It keeps modulating between different keys and uses some weird minor notes too. Yikes!I can do it, but what kills me is when Brian picks it as the very first tune we do in a gig when I haven't even warmed up yet. =8-o I always get mad when he does that. LOL

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The Cat Came Back!!!!!!!!!!!And that old favorite, Pussy Cat Pussy Cat Where Have You Been?

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The Cat Came Back!!!!!!!!!!!