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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Friends,</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">I’m sorry to send this so late, but you have no idea of the
arduous steps I must go through each year to bring you these geyser
carols.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The manuscript is first
submitted to the Literary Review Panel of King’s College, Cambridge, who must
approve it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This year there was
some controversy about the use of the nonstandard plural, “bisons.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>A narrow vote of four to three passed
it on artistic grounds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Then there
was the testing in front of carefully selected focus groups, but I won’t bore
you with all the details.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Here is
my latest offering to all of my gazer friends. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Here Come Grizzly
Paws<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">to the tune of “Here Comes Santa Claus”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(N.B.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>To help
fit the words to the music, I have indicated where the</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">faster notes (eighth-notes) occur in the text by showing
them in</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">italics.)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Here come <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">grizzly</i>
paws with big <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">grizzly</i> claws,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Walking down the lane.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Warn<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">ings are<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> </b></i>put <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">up and</i> trails are closed <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">up</i>,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">To</i> drive gazers
insane.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Mortar</i> may play
and Fan may spray,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Oh, it’s a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">wonder</i>ful
sight.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Rangers say <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">that you</i>
must not stay </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">‘cause <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">grizzlies</i>
are out tonight.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hulking <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">bisons </i>don’t
need a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">license</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">To get in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">everyone’s</i>
way.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Block<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">ing the </i>trail
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">is a</i> fearsome male</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">To keep</i> all of us at
bay.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Beehive blows and Lion goes,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In all their <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">glori</i>ous
might.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Stay away <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">to your</i>
great dismay</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">‘Cause <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">bison</i> are
out tonight.</p>
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