We Go Together (Chants from Walkabouts - 9)

Poem 109 of 230:  WE GO TOGETHER 

(TUNE - IN THE KEY OF C MAJOR:

C2 E2 G2 E3 C2 E2 G2 E3
E2 G2 E2 E2 E3
C2 E2 G2 E3 C2 E2 G2 E3
E2 G2 E2 E2 E3
C2 E2 G2 E3 C2 E2 G2 E3
E2 G2 E2 E2 E3

G2 A2 B2 B2 A2 G2 A2 G2
B2 A2 G2 A2 G2
C2 A2 B2 B3 C2 A2 B2 B3
C2 A2 B2 B3 C2 A2 B2 B3
B2 A2 G2 A2 G2
B3 B2 A2 G2 A2 G3)

Does a mortar need a pestle?
    A curry a grind?
Does a monsieur need a madame?
    An ooh need two la’s?
Does a sweat-bee need some pollen?
    And flowers a bee?

Yes, Honey, we go together;
We go together...
Like scones and tea just after three,
Or cheese and wine at dinnertime,
We go together;
Yeah, we go together.

Does a mortise need a tenon?
    A cue need a glaze?
Does an hombre need a mujer?
    A tango take two?
Does a taproot need some wet earth?
    And flowers a buzz?

Yes...

Does a fortune mean a soul-mate?
    And love extreme care?
Does a body need a shelter?
    A finger a ring?
Does a sloth-bear need a hide-out?
    And bees a beehive?

Yes...

(Alternative ending - 

G2 A2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
B2 A2 G2 A2 G2
A2 B2 B2 B3 B2 B2 B3 B2 B2 B3
B2 A2 G2 A2 G2
A2 B2 B2 B3 B2 B2 B3 B2 B2 B3
B2 A2 G2 A2 G2
A2 B2 B2 B3 B2 B2 B3 B2 B2 B3
B2 A2 G2 A2 G2
B3 B2 A2 G2 A2 G3

Call it combination, compilation, correlation,
We go together;
Like scones and tea, cheese and wine, bee and gorse,
We go together;
Like nut and bolt, yin and yang, G. and T.,
We go together;
Like verse and tune, music/dance, twit-twoo,
We go together;
Yeah, we go together.)

(C) David Franks 2003
From http://walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com