[texasfilk-discuss] Re: Firefly the Virus

[Sandy Tyra <sandy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Laura Gallagher wrote:

>  Some time ago the ORAC mailing list said that Firefly was "Deadlier
> than the Bird Flu", and said "My friends infected me this summer[...]We
> are major carriers, and at least two more of our co-workers are
> susceptible."
> 
> Someone else replied to it and mentioned reading, "The Great Influenza:
> The epic story of the deadliest plague in history" - and I was off from
> there.  I'm finally done.  If you've never heard The Flupandemic, let me
> know, it's a lovely piece of CheeriOse, my favorite kind of filk.
> 
> Laura
> 
> 
> TTTO The Flupandemic by The Flying Fish Sailors
> Filked by Laura Gallagher
> 
> {CHORUS}
> It was the Alliance unification, and it swept the system 'round.
> It got soldiers and civilians and it knocked them to the ground.
> Whether living on the core worlds, or scrabbing at the rim,
> The purplebellies rule it all and life is pretty grim.
> 
> There was a sergeant down on Hera standing on the battleground,
> He turned there to his buddy, with their coats a muddy brown.
> He said, "We've made it through New Kasmir, Verbena, and Du Khang
> But I fear Serenity Valley's going to end us with a bang!
> 
> (chorus)
> 
> A girl at the Academy, sponsored by Blue Sun,
> Escaped their machinations, and now she's on the run.
> Her brother got her out of there, and he's in hiding too,
> Pursued by bounty hunters and the creepy Hands of Blue.
> 
> (chorus)
> 
>>From Whitefall, New Hall, Lilac, all worlds out by the Rim,
> The rumors came of of horror tales, of bloody raids so grim.
> Mothers, fathers, uncles and aunts, anyone near the attacks,
> Were beaten and bloody and ripped into bits and fed as Reaver snacks.
> 
> (chorus)
> 
> Well, the farmer from old China took his family out to space,
> And now the Anglos speak Chinese, with accents not a trace.
> An eager little Badger, in the docks of old Eavesdown,
> Just grins as he cheats both types of elites, until he owns the town!
> 
> (chorus)

Very cool song!

Sandy