FAWM: "Ebenezer Was A Geezer"

Ebenezer Was A Geezer

2025 by @edwinb · @stephenwordsmith

Liner Notes

I saw this @stephenwordsmith lyric was up for grabs, and I thought it really was crying out for a #ukulele. I didn't mean to record the video, but I pressed the wrong button in QuickTime and decided that it meant evidence for a #live_from_the_sofa recording was in order. #fuc

Lyrics

Ebenezer was a geezer Living by a mountain range Who was very very very very very very strange

He would pass by creatures coupling With the standard yowling din And perform their rites of marriage So they wouldn't live in sin

Ebenezer was a geezer Who was very very strange

Huckleberry was so merry With his salt and ginger beard He was very very very very very very weird

He would stand in line for prison Food and irk each stray and waif Asking if the tuna sandwich Had the tick for 'mermaid safe'

Huckleberry was so merry And so very very weird

[G7](He was in for forging stock certificates. Nice guy, otherwise.)

Maximilian had three children And a wobbly daddy bod He was very very very hairy yeah and Very odd

He would go to Vicky's secret Grab the nearest girl and say 'Can you fit me for a fitting?' And he's fittingly an A

Maximilian had three children And was very very odd

Casimiro was a hero To the ones who held him dear He was very very very very very very Very queer

(No, not like that)

He would slip the pats of butter And the plastic forks and spoons In the pockets of the nearest Buffet patron's pantaloons

Casimiro was a hero And was very very queer

[G7](Again, not like that Not that there's anything wrong with that

One more!)

Aristotle loved the bottle Got as sozzled as a skunk And while very very merry (and by merry I mean drunk)

He would ask the KFC guy If the drumsticks in his cup Were from chickens who were siblings - Wouldn't dare to break them up

Aristotle loved the bottle And got very very drunk

[G7](Which is pretty redundant, when you put it like that

Much like this song)

Comments

@headfirstonlyMod 2025

Delightfully silly and the asides just add to the fun. I find myself wondering if anyone has named their child Huckleberry at any time in the last century? I suspect that anyone called Ebeneezer is always going to be destined to be a bit weird.

I was tempted to burst into a refrain of "Es are good! E's are good!" but how many of you are even going to remember the Shamen, eh?

@cloudboy 2025

Super clever. After the first couple of go throughs you know the chord progression but look forward to hearing how it's going to work out. Sign of a well-crafted song (lyrically and musically). (And we're all a bit odd, strange, weird, no? 😆 )

@janeg 2025

Huge fun! I am having a sad day and really needed this.

@berni1954 2025

"Asking if the tuna sandwich Had the tick for 'mermaid safe'" This was my first LOL - but by no means my last.

You certainly know some very, very, very, weird characters. 😁

You have Jake Thackery territory filled, alright. He'd have said you were his best disciple... then probably added: "Now bugger off!"

@nancyrostMod 2025

This feels like it could be a Tim Wille deep cut!

@coolparadisoMod 2025

Yeah to honest when I read it I could just see someone like Edwin doing it! Well done, live from the couch! Fortunately you said sofa or you may have infringed @metalfoot copyright/patent

@aeye 2025

I could not hear this on any other instrument. Absolutely perfect

@metalfoot 2025

That was a silly, er, I mean, solemn, delight.

@stephenwordsmith 2025

I agree with @beacon . This is the thoughtful, sensitive treatment that words like these deserve. Pantaloons are no laughing matter.

On a more serious note, the asides are perfect. chef's kiss. It's a pleasure to see lyrics that go slightly off-piste be delivered without breaking stride.