Where did Robinson Crusoe go with Friday on Saturday Night?

[ann_leckie]

Yes, I really should be writing right now. But research is so much fun!

I have a sneaking suspicion that I've seen this link before on my f-list, but I'm not certain.

Parlor Songs.

Sheet music from the late 19th and early 20th century. Check out the catalog--an alphabetical list of all the songs on the site. All are available in either midi and/or scorch, and there are scans of the sheet music covers. Lovely! Considering the project I'm working on, I was entertained to discover a cheery march (circa 1901) called "A Signal from Mars" and a 1902 song called "The Girl from Mars." So now I'm going around humming to myself.

For I am the girl from Mars
The sweetest in all the stars
A topsy-turvey hurly-burly girl am I.
I do not care for cars
We haven't them up in Mars
So when I make a trip, of course I fly.

Comments

[ccfinlay.livejournal.com]

That's very cool! Another group of magazine collectors I belong to were talking about the earliest trips to Mars in fiction, and this fits right into its appearance as an idea in the popular culture. Great stuff. Thanks.

[ann-leckie.livejournal.com]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thinking about it, you'd expect a fair amount of Mars pop culture stuff right around then. I don't know why it never occurred to me that there would be songs. I was genuinely surprised to see them, and then a moment later realized I shouldn't have been surprised at all.

[nenya_kanadka]

*waves* Er...hautdesert, is that you? It's Asicho (newbie) from the Shejidan boards...was Googling "baji-naji" to see if someone had a succinct description of the topic, and came up with your LJ! I knew there was a jago_ateva but not a Bren on LJ. :P

Felicitous greetings, nandi. Wanted to wave happily in your direction, and also to say that I fell off my chair reading "Green Eggs & Fish" and "Happy Shelfish always files a flight plan!" Also The Mospheirans amused me, particularly the teenagers' obsession with the Assassins' Guild. "Whatever you do, nadi, use finesse..."

Anyway. Hello! :)

[ann-leckie.livejournal.com]

Hey, Asicho! Glad to see you over here! :) I had no idea Jago was on LJ...hmm. Yes, I'm hautdesert--got another lj under that name, but I've stopped keeping it up for various reasons.

[ann-leckie.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I'm glad you liked the fic! I wrote it to amuse, so I'm always pleased when it does that. :)

[nenya_kanadka]

Loved the fic. :D Especially Green Eggs & Fish--"Would you like Mospheiran style/ Served with ketchup and a smile?" LOL

[nenya_kanadka]

*grin* I think that Jago's part of a roleplay, and I don't think there are any other Foreigner-verse characters there, so she interacts with all sorts of interesting people from other universes. If I were ambitious, I'd come up with a Bren or a Jase or something to have talk to her. Only the player seems to have gone on hiatus for a while now.

Anyway. See you around Shejidan. :D Mind if I put you on my friends' list, nandi?

P.S. I quite adore your "man'chi" icon. :D :D :D

[(Anonymous)]

I don't mind at all! :)

[ann-leckie.livejournal.com]

Sheesh, I wasn't logged in. That's me above.

[nenya_kanadka]

*adds you to flist* *grin*