In Herb and Carrot Sauce

William Overington

This is another song featuring Chloe and Phil, vegan food and intellectual property rights. Please sing in a fast, swing along, bouncy and happy manner.

Chloe and Phil
Have been working all morning
Writing the lyrics of a song
Chloe now glances
Up at the clock
It's time for the lunchtime gong!
Chloe wonders what she
Can quickly cook
Then she says to herself "Of course"
Then she opens a can
Of Haricot beans
In Herb and Carrot sauce
Yes she opens a can of Haricot beans
In Herb and Carrot sauce
 
Phil now decides
To get some bread
And gently grill some toast
Phil always grills
Only on one side
That's the way they like the most
Then he takes a tub
Of vegan margarine
And spreads some on with care
Then Chloe spoons the beans
Onto the plates
And their meals they thus prepare
Yes Chloe then spoons the beans onto the plates
And their meals they thus prepare
 
Chloe and Phil
Now enjoy their meal
And talk about the song
They've worked out the story
They wish to narrate
Now the rhymes must come along
Chloe and Phil
Both agree
Rhymes one cannot force
So they quietly eat
Their Haricot beans
In Herb and Carrot sauce
Yes they quietly eat their Haricot beans
In Herb and Carrot sauce
 
Chloe reads the words
Of the label of the can
And sees an offer made
Send in fifty tokens
And a poem of your own
And on paper it will be displayed
Up to twenty lines will
Be keyed in
Is the offer made to you
And for just an extra
Twenty four tokens
We'll send it in a plastic frame too
Yes for just an extra twenty four tokens
We'll send it in a plastic frame too
 
Chloe decides
To read the rules
She's concerned with copyright
These however
Are fair to authors
Which is to her delight
There are just two tokens on
This medium size can
More on a large can, of course
So onto the shopping list
Goes Haricot beans
In Herb and Carrot sauce
Yes onto the shopping list goes Haricot beans
In Herb and Carrot sauce
 
Chloe and Phil
Like creative events
Where a main part of the plans
Is that entry is
By collecting tokens
From varieties of packets and cans
And Chloe and Phil
Play their part
And try with all their might
To ensure the events
All have rules
That are fair about copyright
Yes they try to ensure the events all have rules
That are fair about copyright
 
Some time later
Chloe and Phil
Are wondering what to write
Chloe and Phil
Are trying to make rhymes
They're almost there but not quite
So Phil suggests that
They take a break
And write a poem about a horse
And take up the offer
From the Haricot beans
In Herb and Carrot sauce
Yes take up the offer from the Haricot beans
In Herb and Carrot sauce
 
Now Chloe and Phil
Have written a poem
About a horse in a pantomime
And Chloe and Phil
Both consider the writing
Was an enjoyable time!
They'll save up the tokens
So that they
Can have the poem in a frame
And for the manufacturer
Of the processed beans
It's part of the marketing game
Yes for the manufacturer of the processed beans
It's part of the marketing game
 
Chloe and Phil
Enjoy vegan food
And intellectual property
Creativity and tokens
Intertwine
In splendid opportunity
So Chloe and Phil
Very much hope
That before too very long
There'll be lots of tokens
To support creative writing
Just as in this song, of course,
.......... Where the idea is stated about Haricot beans
                      [namely, pause, then slowly]
.......... In Herb and Carrot sauce! Yes!
                      [namely, pause, then quickly]

 
Copyright 1998 William Overington