Filksong Lullabye

© 1986 Stephen Savitzky. CC-by-nc-sa

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This song is dedicated to the young lady who made Westercon in 1985 an unforgettable experience for me.

	C	G7	C	F	G	C
	You're Daddy's little	dar	ling, and a	trufan from	your	birth

	G6	C	G7	C	G7
Cutest thing I've	eve	r seen, on or	off	the	Earth.

	G	C	F	C	G	C	F	C
	You were	born at your first	Wes	ter	con	one	evening in	July,

	G7	C	G	C
So I just had to	write you a	fan	ish	lullabye.

C F G C

And it's hey, diddle diddle, the cow jumped over the moon

G7 C G C

The moon is a sandbox 'way up in the sky

G7 C G7

Maybe we can play there soon,

C F G C

And it's hey, Katy diddle, little Katy don't you cry;

G7 C G C G7 C

Your Daddy's here to sing you a filk song lul lab ye.

When the trufen get together, they have fun in many ways,

But I've had one convention I'll remember all my days.

I missed the Masquerade this year, and the filksong concert too,

But all of that was worth it, 'cause I ended up with you.

It wass sixteen years that summer since Man first reached the moon,

Sixteen 'til next century--my Ghod it seems so soon,

You'll be sweet sixteen at Westercon in the year 2001.

Bet you'll be fan guest of honor; don't you think that would be fun?

Coda: (To the tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star".)

C F C

Twinkle, twinkle, little star;

F C G C

Katy wonders what you are.

F C G

Up a bove the world you fly

C F C G

Out in space, be yond the sky.

C F C

Twinkle, twinkle on your way;

F C G C

Katy's going there some day.

Written during Westercon 38 in 1985, when Katy was 2 days old.