This “Huellogy” comes in the form of two Odes (sung to familiar tunes):
(To the tune of “Davy Crockett”) –
RAY’sd with an AKsent out of TEN-a-SEE
NICE green STATE but not SO
a-may-ZEEN
GOT him a JOB where he WORK’d on tee-VEE
be-CAME our FAY’vrit
HOST on kay-cee-ee-TEE
HU-ELL, HU-ELL HOWSER
KING of CAL-i-FOR’nyas
GOLD
(To the tune of “The Marine Corps Anthem”) –
from the CLIFFS
a-LONG the NORthern COAST
to the FLATS at SAUL-ton SEA
he has BROUGHT us
CAL-ih-FOR’nyas GOLD
in its RICH dye-VER-si-TEE
WITH a SENSE of
WON-der-MENT and AWE
ALL-ways CHEER-full, KIND and CLEAN
we’ll ree-MEM-er
that HUELL HOWSER saw
“OH MY GOSH!” in EV’ry-THING
– Mike Coppi,
1/18/2013, mjcoppi@att.net
