[filk] Re: Welding chicks, and Trades filks...

Hi

Of course we want more. At least I do. If someone else on the list protests, you can send them to me privately. :)

Truthfully (not to be too academic about it) songs like this are the "real" folk songs of today. And I for one am completely interested in songs about people's work, their lives at work, their problems at work, what they do at work, etc. This is why I so adore songs like "Do It Yourself", "Little Computing Machine", all the aviation songs (of which I have a fair collection), railroader songs, spinning songs--you name it, if it's about work I'll enjoy listening to it. I guess it's part of my lifelong quest to understand how anyone could want to be anything besides a geneticist. :)

Good luck in your endeavors!

Anne
The Queen Seed Nerd

On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, Shaddyr wrote:

>
> Yes, AAMOF, I did see Flashdance many years ago. I remember liking it, but
> it grows hazy with time. And funny you should mention it, since welding is
> the trade that I am interested in. Heh. There was an amusing line scrawled
> in soapstone in one of the gas welding cubicles in the welding shop -
> "Welding Chicks like it HOTTER". We all got a good giggle out of that.
>
> As for the filks, I'm working on three - "Journey(ed) Girls" TTTO "Uptown
> Girl", "Tradeswoman" TTTO "Matchmaker" from Fiddler, and "Women in Trades"
> TTTO Y.M.C.A. (Might end up W.I.T instead - or even B.C.I.T. after the name
> of the institute)
>
> Here's the first one as it's the only one that is finished.
>
> "Journey(ed) Girls"
> TTTO "Uptown Girl"
>
> Journey(ed) girls
> We are living in a tradesmen's world
> So we really need to
> Show those guys
> That excluding us just isn't wise,
> It's no surprise
>
> Journey(ed) girls
> With a baseball cap to
> Hold back curls
> With our steel toed boots and
> Coveralls
> Don safety glasses as the foreman calls
> Let's go to work
>
> And when we walk
> In the shop
> And pick up our tools
> The guys all stare,
> We don't care
> That we broke their rules
>
> Just watch us use the lathe,
> Weld or drill,
> (then we bathe!)
>
> Cuz we're
> Journey(ed) girls
> Don't need to stink or scratch
> Or act like churls
> To prove that we belong
> And we deserve
> A chance to show our worth, our skills, our verve
> And we've got nerve!
>
> (chorus)
>
> Cuz we're Journey(ed) girls
> (We're Journey(ed) gi-ir-irls)
> (repeat and fade)
>
>
> Okay. So... you still want more, or was that enough to make you run
> screaming from the room? *g*
>
> Shaddyr
>
> ***
>
> I am a Filker,
> I have inside me blood of Bards...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: filk-bounce at dragoncat.net [mailto:filk-bounce at dragoncat.net]On Behalf
> Of A. Prather
> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 8:42 AM
> To: filk at dragoncat.net
> Subject: [filk] Re: TreeFilk -- Oct 13th weekend - directions etc
> Shaddyr--please do regale us with your filks about chicks in trades.
>
> Did you ever see the movie Flash Dance? It's one of my favorites, starring
> a chick steel worker, a welder of some sort, I believe.
>
> Anne
>
>
> On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Shaddyr wrote:
>
> >
> > I should (depending on border traffic) hopefully be there 9ish Friday
> night.
> > *crossing fingers*
> >
> > Machine shop - well, my class is in the machine shop this week. Last week
> > was sheet metal, the week before was welding and before that it was
> > carpentry. Next week is joinery, and after that auto-collision.
> >
> > Didn't I tell you I was going to school in the fall? I have my WHMIS
> ticket,
> > my level 3 (occupational) first aid, and I'm going to be getting my
> forklift
> > ticket. Can't you just see me as a welding chick? *g*
> >
> > Let me tell you I have been toying around with some truly repugnant filks
> > about chicks in trades. I promise to not inflict them on you.
> >
> > Good heavens, I should have been in bed 2 hours ago... 5:45AM comes too
> damn
> > early and it's already after 1!
> >
>
>
>
>
Received on 10/11/01