[Geysers] Geyser Carol 2009

[Janet Chapple]

Steve,

How about making a compilation of your geyser carols for the next Transactions? Or if it's not serious enough for that, maybe for an issue of the SPUT? I bet I could get my family to sing them around the Christmas tree!

Happy Christmas and Holidays to all!

Janet Chapple
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On Dec 22, 2009, at 3:21 PM, <sgryc at comcast.net> <sgryc at comcast.net> wrote:

> Dear All,
> 
> I apologize to all who have been anxiously awaiting this year's geyser carol.  I don't know where the time has flown since my first such effort in 1997 (i.e. I'm Dreaming of a Mastiff Function).  This year's carol is a touching anthem of regret titled Away In Back Basin.  So drink a hot toddy to loosen your vocal chords and dull your aesthetic senses and then sing out as you would at a Giant Geyser start.
> 
> Away In Back Basin
> (to the tune of "Away in a Manger")
> 
> Away in Back Basin
> No gazers do tread.
> Echinus is silent,
> The Monarch is dead.
> 
> No Steamboat eruptions 
> Now mount to the sky.
> The tourists still go there,
> But gazers ask, "Why?"
> 
> Destroyed is the geyser
> That we called Pork Chop,
> And years ago vandals
> Caused Minute to stop.
> 
> Where Son of Green Dragon's
> The best you can do,
> Back Basin is no place
> You want to go to.
> 
> 
> Well, that's a bit of a downer, isn't it?  I think we need to reprise a more uplifting carol from 1999.  Remember this?
> 
> Let us gaze!  Let us gaze!  Let us gaze! (posted 1999)
> (to the tune of "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!")
> 
> Oh the weather outside is frightful
> But the Beehive's so delightful,
> And since we're here just three days,
> Let us gaze! Let us gaze! Let us gaze!
> 
> Both Anemone's vents are popping,
> And they show no signs of stopping,
> And Lion is in steam phase,
> Let us gaze! Let us gaze! Let us gaze!
> 
> When it's quarter past ten at night,
> How I hate sitting out in the storm!
> But if Giantess goes tonight
> All the spray will keep me warm.
> 
> The Giant Geyser is steaming,
> And its viewing platform's teeming,
> So if they’re no Grotto delays,
> Let us gaze! Let us gaze! Let us gaze!
> 
> Seasonal greetings to all with the hope of great gazing in 2010!
> Steve Gryc
> 
> 
> 
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