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Drunk Mosquito

from Shoulder Season by The Brass Traps

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115bpm, key: Dm

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Chorus
Well there's a - Drunk Mosquito, the only company I've found
To share the troubles that I've drowned
I try to sleep but I keep hearing the sound
Of the Drunk Mosquito buzzing 'round.

Now mosquito:-
If they fortify, brew, ferment or distill it
I'll be drinkin' it down, & you'll be tryin' to drill it
Now you're eyein' my sixpack! and I feel some anxiety
Coz I'd rather that you didn't share my insobriety
Now I'm not the most lucid, but I think that it's rich
That you're searchin' in vein, and I'm scratchin' the itch
My intemperate temper, and my slumber, you spoil;
'f I could be bothered, I'd shuffle you off your mosquito coil,
'n there'd be no...
[Chorus]

Now won't you listen miss mozzie, gotta say at this juncture
No thank you, for the offer of the free acupuncture
You' bin hidin' in the lamp until the moment that I dim it,
If you keep drinkin' my blood, you'll be over the limit
You should sign up for anonymous entomolics
They got a six-step program for arthropoidal alcoholics
I'm a mean vigilante, my dermis with anticoagulant, if you inject inside
They'll be finding me guilty of committing insecticide
of the...
[Chorus]

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from Shoulder Season, released June 30, 2010
Lyrics and music by Bernard de la Coeur
Performed and recorded by Bernard de la Coeur

Piano Accordion by Leanne Davine
Mandolin by Maria Moore

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The Brass Traps Melbourne, Australia

The Brass Traps consists of Bernard, with various special guests. He hopes that the Brass Traps will put a smile on your face, a tap in your toe and a tune in your voice! The Brass Traps is based in Melbourne, Australia. When not performing with The Brass Traps, Bernard can be found playing with the Melbourne Ukulele Kollective and with Wadaiko Rindo (Taiko - Japanese Drumming). ... more

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