Original Song Lyrics Index

Original Song Lyrics Index

All of the song lyrics and text hyperlinked from this index page are written by

William Overington

and are his intellectual property.

Decoration Through Time

This is the text posted to rec.music.makers.songwriting on 14 May 1998, now set out as a web page.

Where Asparagus Grows

This is the text posted to rec.music.makers.songwriting on 18 May 1998, now set out as a web page.

Sculptures of Imagination

This is the text posted to rec.music.makers.songwriting on 13 June 1998, now set out as a web page.

Sculptures of Imagination - support file

This is the text posted to alt.sculpture on 13 June 1998, now set out as a web page.

Dandelions Do No Harm (within Equirhyme Workshop)

This is the text posted to rec.music.makers.songwriting on 13 June 1998, now set out as a web page.

This is the text posted to rec.music.makers.songwriting on 13 July 1998, now set out as a web page. It was my entry to a Songwriter's Challenge to write lyrics to the given title "Who's Game" which was an activity within the group.

This is the first part of the English Volksmusik creative writing scenario.

Roses From Rootstock

This is the second part of the English Volksmusik creative writing scenario.

Chloe and Phil's Butterbean Stew

Swing along catchy lyrics about a yet to be manufactured and yet to be famous convenience food!

Bangles and Spangles

A song to introduce the concept of spangleware.

Spangleware for Nashville

A second spangleware song. This song was posted to rec.music.makers.songwriting on 4 November 1998.

In Herb and Carrot Sauce

Another Chloe and Phil song about a yet to be manufactured and yet to be famous convenience food!

Not a tree of old England

A song about trees.

The Clip Art Waltz

This song was posted to rec.music.makers.songwriting on 10 April 1999.

The Open Microphone Blues

This song was posted to rec.music.makers.songwriting on 3 May 1999.

The Spangleware Blues

A third spangleware song. This song was posted to rec.music.makers.songwriting on 10 July 1999.

This is the text posted to rec.music.makers.songwriting on 7 July 2000, now set out as a web page. It was my entry to a songwriting event to write lyrics to the given title "Fallen Trees" which was an activity within the group.

She sits reading haiku

This song was posted to rec.music.makers.songwriting on 24 July 2000.

Apples and Horses

This song was written on Thursday 26 September 2002, before 7.00 am.

Bathe it in Baja Blue

This song was written in 2004 yet the lyrics were not published until 2007.

Snowball in Cincinnati in July

This song was written in 2007.

Song of the irises

This song was written in 2003 yet the lyrics were not published until 2007.