Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 22:02:43 -0800



Lori Coulson wrote:
> 
> : In article , blazek@uwindsor.ca (Robert
> : Blazek) wrote:
> 
> : >I have a small request.  I'm looking for filk songs that mention
> : >law, lawyers and/or the court system.  I've already done some Altavista
> : >searching (finding the filk Murphy's Law) but am swamped searching through
> : >all the references that came up.
> : >Humourous, satiric, woeful, nasty...Bring them on!
> 
> Gary McGath (gmcgath@mv.mv.com) wrote:
> 
> : One which I recall is "I Am the Cheap Lawyer," to the tune of the
> : Roper/Fish "Destroyer in the Diadem." I don't know who wrote it.
> 
> I think "Cheap Lawyer" is a Frank Hayes production.  I'd recommend Leslie
> Fish's _No High Ground_:
> 
> "Up to the dusty attic,
>  Out with the rusty gun,
>  The law books and the lawyers only go so far..."

Except that the line is "...Out with the _trusty_ gun..."
"...rusty gun..." appears in a filk of NHG by one of the
AZ filkers (I think David Hodge).

Mary

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