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Sometimes I get bored at work. In certain jobs I have a *lot* of time to think but not much ability to concentrate. Often these are the jobs where I'll also listen to music. The result is filk. The following is because of one line that scanned just perfectly to an LJ name. The rest of the song is very difficult to scan with anything other than the original lyrics. As a result it lingered on my desktop for months.

From the tune to "The Girl from the Wadi Hammamat" by The Pogues:


*** The Girl of Canadian Habit-at ****

Sometimes it seems like a beautiful dream
The girl of Canadian habi-tat.
Lovely as a husky is sweet

I awoke late again
from the arctic of my dreams
A frozen tourist I have been.

I lost my voice to the freezing winds,
across the drifts, Camwyn, Camwyn
Send me an owl of next chapter's things.
On the freezing arctic wind.

She writes Vimes you see,
In a Tolkien land
Bring some fiction to this man.

Perched on a horse, her Preston looks down
The girl of Canadian Habit-at
Lovely as a husky is sweet.

I lost my voice to the freezing winds,
across the drifts, Camwyn, Camwyn
Send me an owl of next chapter's things.
On the freezing arctic wind.

Sometimes it seems like a beautiful dream
Girl of Canadian habit-at
Girl of Canadian Habit-at
The girl of Canadian habit-at.


And the original lyrics for those who haven't memorized them and too lazy to google:


Sometimes it seems like a beautiful dream
The girl from the Wadi Hammamat
Lovely as a green parakeet
I awake alone again
In the desert of my dreams
A fertile oasis I have seen

I cast my voice to the burning winds
Across the dunes Khamsin Khamsin
Bring her to me on desire's wings
On the burning desert wind

She means the world to me
In a single grain of sand
Bring a camel to this man
Perched on a bough her tresses hang down
The girl from the Wadi Hammamat
She is as sweet as a green parakeet

Sometimes it seems like a beautiful dream
The girl from the Wadi Hammamat