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Pellet With The Poison
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Another rock'n'rollish song with (hopefully) some narrative interest! The imagery was inspired by the great Danny Kaye film "The Court Jester". There's nothing like a "vessel with a pestle"!
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Multi-talented Scottish singer-songwriter performs his own take on Americana. Original tunes with beautiful guitar work: laugh with Her Father Called Me Franken
Bob Leslie is the unknown soldier of the Scottish songwriting scene. Out of full-time professional action for fifteen years (due to family commitments), he never stopped writing and has recently returned with a 12-song CD of self-penned Americana with a touch of Tom Waits about it. In A Different World (release August 2010) employs top musical talent from the Central Scotland scene: Bernadette Collier & Alice Leslie - backing vox; Fraser Speirs - harmonica; Jim Keilt - lead guitar, Alex Mack - banjo, mandolin, and lead guitar; Craig Nelson - alto sax; and Carl Esprit Bridgeman - bass guitar. Apple, Chrysalis Records, and the Kinks' managers showed interest in Bob's early work and his later songs have elicited high commendation from the the prestigious Billboard Song Contest. Top players Bob has worked with include: Andy Hamilton (sax player for multi-million-selling Canadian songwriter Corey Hart) Chris Glen and Ted McKenna (bass and drums, respectively, with the Sensational Alex Harvey Band) Colin Bass (bass player of seminal prog-rockers Camel) Dave Vasco (guitarist for Warner Brothers artists Clancy) Fraser Speirs (harmonica maestro with Paolo Nutini and Scots blues legend Tam White) Jim Keilt (virtuoso lead guitarist with John Otway and the London production of Tommy - the Musical) Kathy O'Donoghue (vocalist with, amongst others, Roger Chapman and Hank Wangford) Zeke Manyika (drummer for Scots chart-toppers Orange Juice)
Song Info
Genre
Rock • Rock n Roll
Charts
#3,097 in subgenre Peak #33
Charts
Peak #434
Author
Bob Leslie
Rights
2003
Uploaded
December 23, 2003
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MP3 2.4 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00
Story behind the song
The song is the result of conflating a very bad relationship breakup with the imagery of the '50s Danny Kaye comedy "The Court Jester" - particularly the part where he is warned that "the pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle, the chalice from the palace holds the brew that is true". I've slung in a bit of general Camelot-ish imagery and given a leading role to Morgan Le Fay alias the lady in question. The whole thing's turned out remarkably cheerful really!
Lyrics
I got the pellet with the poison And not the brew that was true She said she didn't need a jester There was no-one who could best her At the art of being blue I was going to be a champion Wore her token on my sleeve But the lady from the palace (Or maybe it was Dallas) Tore it off and wrecked the weave Well I tripped up in the tourney And my armour rusted through I got the pellet with the poison And she ran off with a boy "Dame sans merci, merci beaucoup" The moral of this story's No matter what you do Before you don the motley Make sure she wants you in her crew I got the pellet with the poison She took some pains to let me know She'd had the vessel with the pestle Over which we used to wrestle Written right out of the show Now her troubadour is groaning You know I've lost my roundelay And the lady from the palace (Or maybe it was Dallas) Took my horse and rode away In every Eden there's a serpent In Camelot, she's dressed in black Loads up her pellets with the poison And she shouts out to the boys "Ma'm'selle Le Fay is coming back" I got the pellet with the poison And not the brew that was true And now the lady from the palace (Or maybe it was Dallas) Could be coming after you
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