194 Fie on Goodness

 

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  for some reason, I started thinking about this song this morning. I
  was thinking to change the lyrics to fie on christmas...
  
  Fie On Goodness
  
  
  CHORUS
  Fie on goodness, fie
  Fie on goodness, fie
  Eight years of kindness to your neighbor
  Making sure that the meek are treated well
  Eight years of philanthropic labor
  Derry down dell
  Damn, but it's hell
  Oh, fie on goodness, fie
  Fie, fie, fie
  
  It's been depressing all the way (derry down, derry down)
  And getting glummer every day (derry down, derry down)
  
  KNIGHT 1
  Ah, but to burn a little town or slay a dozen men
  Anything to laugh again
  
  ALL
  Oh, fie on goodness, fie
  Fie, fie, fie, fie, fie
  
  KNIGHT 1
  When I think of the rollicking pleasures that earlier filled my life
  Lolly lo, lolly lo
  Like the time I beheaded a man who was beating his naked wife
  
  ALL
  Lolly lo, lolly lo
  
  KNIGHT 1
  I can still hear his widow say
  Never moving from where she lay
  "Tell me what can I do, I beg, sir, of you
  Your kindness to repay"
  
  ALL
  Fie on goodness, fie
  Fie on goodness, fie
  
  KNIGHT 2
  Lechery and vice have been arrested
  
  KNIGHT 3
  Arrested!
  
  KNIGHT 2
  Not a maiden is evermore in threat
  Virgins may wander unmolested
  
  KNIGHT 4
  Unmolested!
  
  ALL
  Lolly lo let
  Gad, it's a sweat
  Oh, fie on goodness, fie
  Fie, fie, fie, fie, fie
  
  KNIGHT 5
  How we roared and brawled in Scotland
  Not a law was e'er obeyed
  And when wooing called in Scotland
  We'd grab any pasing maid
  Ah, my heart is still in Scotland
  Where the lasses woo the best
  On some bonny hill in Scotland
  Stroking someone's bonny...
  
  CHORUS
  Fie on Scotland, fie
  Fie on Scotland, fie
  
  No one repents for any sin now
  Every soul is immaculate and trim
  
  SOME KNIGHTS
  Immaculate!
  
  CHORUS
  No one is covered with chagrin now
  Lolly lo lim
  Gad, but it's grim
  Oh, fie on goodness, fie
  Fie, fie, fie
  
  There's not a folly to deplore
  Derry down, derry down
  Confession Sunday is a bore
  Derry down, derry down
  
  KNIGHT 1
  Ah, but to spend a tortured evening staring at the floor
  Guilty and alive once more
  
  CHORUS
  Oh, fie on virtue, fie
  Fie on mercy, fie
  Fie on justice
  Fie on goodness
  
  Fie, fie, fie, fie, fie

 

195 Chenonceau

 

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  I was looking for information about a purple themed garden online
  yesterday, and then I found a picture called 'purple garden' that was
  of Diane De Poitiers' garden at Chenonceau, and then I looked at
  other pictures of Chenonceau, and now I am obsessed with Chenonceau.
  Well, obsessed is a little strong. But I'd love to go there. Putting
  the word into google image search came up with some really gorgeous
  pictures.
  
  It's this wonderful chateau in the Loire valley, like a fairy tale
  castle. There are 2 main gardens, one built by Diane De Poitiers and
  the other by Catherine De Medici, and there is a long gallery that
  goes across a river. The stables have been converted to a restaurant,
  and there is a wine cellar that is open March-November. There is a
  chapel with stained glass, unfortunately not original. The original
  glass was blown out during world war 2, in 1944. Very sad!
  
  It's also called the "Chateau des Femmes", or something like that,
  because every major improvement or restoration was done by a woman.
  The chateau is now owned by a family of chocolate makers. Cool!!
  
  Jen and I need to go there