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Pied Plucker of Cooroy

from Then, and Then: a memoir by DATSON

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'The work is about a sense of place, belonging or not belonging. About loving where you are, or not. Without place these poems would be nowhere, they would have no place to be nor would they be needed.

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The Pied Plucker of Cooroy had a plague of rats
they got into his studio and that was that

Ate up all his wires and shit on his sound
till the pied plucker of Cooroy had to move to higher ground

Can’t get rid of rats without exterminator
Rang up old Bull Lee, said, Come round later
We shot up all the rats, then started on our love
Tried to write a song but got sidetracked by drugs

Pied Plucker of Cooroy said to the reporter
Only story you’re gonna get’s in Bill’s recorder
tape recorder

So if you think that something round here stinks
be sure it’s not dead rats in your sink

Haven’t heard a sound like that in years
since Chickenfoot Crawp played his Eko guitar

The Pied Plucker of Cooroy had a plague of rats
they got into his studio and that was that

Ate up all his wires and shit on his sound
till the pied plucker of Cooroy had to move to higher ground

Can’t get rid of rats without exterminator
rang up Bull Lee, said, Come round later
We shot up all the rats, then started on our love
Had to make a song but got sidetracked by drugs

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from Then, and Then: a memoir, released June 1, 2020
© Geoffrey Datson and Annette Hughes, Produced by Geoffrey Datson, Recorded and mixed at Greenroom Studio Cooroy.

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GEOFFREY DATSON is a sound artist, combining spoken word, electronica and instrumentation in his recordings. Many poets recite their work to music, but few are also composers. Datson's work is a synthesis of forms of sonic expression in which the voice and the sound field are interdependent. ... more

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