At the Helm (filkbook)

Filk Songbook
Title:	At the Helm
Publisher:	Firebird Arts & Music, Inc.
Editor(s):
Date(s):	1989
Medium:	print
Language:	English
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At the Helm is a filk songbook of filks/original music by Duane Elms. The art is by Sam Vaughn. The filks are based on a combination of popular songs, folksongs and other fansongs, including by Leslie Fish and Juanita Coulson.

Contents

• "The Ahasuerus & Flint Traveling Carnival Show" by Duane Elms (lyricist, composer)
• "An Investigation Into the Concept of Compound Interest" Based on: "Space Is Dark" by Bill Roper (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "A Slight Exaggeration" Based on: "76 Trombones" Meredith Willson (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "The Authors" Based on: "The Major General's Song" by Gilbert and Sullivan (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "Bomber" by Duane Elms (lyricist, composer)
• "Cat's Cradle" Based on: "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "Come My Lady" by Duane Elms (lyricist, composer)
• "Come On, Make My Day" by Duane Elms (lyricist, composer)
• "The Dark Children" by Duane Elms (lyricist, composer)
• "Dawson's Christian" by Duane Elms (lyricist, composer)
• "Don't Mess Around with Ben" Based on: "Don't Mess Around with Jim" by Jim Croce (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "Don't Play Catch With a Bandersnatch" Based on: "Never Smile at a Crocodile" by by Frank Churchill and Jack Lawrence (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "Ghod Bless Our CPU" Based on: "God Save the Queen" (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "Don't Push That Button" by Duane Elms (lyricist, composer)
• "Intermission" Based on: "The Irish Washerwoman" (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "Blackhole" Based on: "Blackbird" by John Lennon and Paul McCartney (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "E. E." Based on: "Henry" (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "Ghost Puppies in the Sky" Based on "Ghost Riders in the Sky" by Stan Jones (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "The Engineer" Based on: "The Entertainer" by Billy Joel (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "For the Rim" by Duane Elms (lyricist, composer)
• "Harcourt Fenton Mudd Meets Kimball Kinnison" Based on: "Get Out of Denver" by Bob Seeger (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "Homicidal" Based on: "Lizzie Borden" (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "Pi Are Square" Based on: "The Irish Washerwoman" (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "Jill the Blob" Based on: "Jack the Slob" by Leslie Fish (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "Late Night at the Draco Tavern" by Duane Elms (lyricist, composer)
• "Listmakers" Based on: "No Quarter" by Juanita Coulson (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "Eighth of May" Based on: "Teddy Bears' Picnic" by John W. Bratton (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "Madame Curie's Hands" Based on: "Leader of the Band" by Dan Fogelberg (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "The Milky Way" Based on: "The Southern Cross" by Stephen Stills (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "Paradise Lost" Based on: "Comedy Tonight" by Stephen Sondheim (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "Six Little Aliens" Based on: "Ten Little Indians" (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "Paradoxes" Based on: "Little Boxes" by Malvina Reynolds (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "Ten Degrees or Colder" Based on: "Ten Degrees or Colder" by Gordon Lightfoot (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "Science Fiction in the Golden Age" Based on: "R-O-C-K in the USA" by John Cougar Mellencamp (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "Old Time Religion Verses" Based on: "Old Time Religion" (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "The Spacer" Based on: "The Gambler" by Kenny Rogers (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "Startide Rising" by Duane Elms (lyricist, composer)
• "Spacer's Home" by Duane Elms (lyricist, composer)
• "They Call This World Medea" Based on: "They Call the Wind Maria" by Richard Rodgers (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "They Just Don't Write 'em Like That Anymore" Based on: "They Just Don't Write 'em Like That Anymore" by Greg Kihn (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "Threes, Rev. 1.1" Based on: "Threes" by Leslie Fish (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "Too Late" by Duane Elms (lyricist, composer)
• "Going Home" Based on: "For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her" by Paul Simon (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "Murphy's Law Verses" Based on: "My Bonnie" (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "We're the Dorsai" Based on: "In the Navy" by The Village People (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "We're Goin' Back" by Duane Elms (lyricist, composer)