Mother Goose and Grimm by Mike Peters for September 28, 2024

was there ever much call for that?

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie …

Take it as a compliment. If they asked you to howl at the moon they’d be saying they didn’t want to hear you play the accordion.

Cause you howl off key?

A cappella is so yesterday!

It’s because the accordion is bad enough.

So you take up the ’cordine, which is just as bad!

[Verse 1]Mama’s got a squeeze boxShe wears on her chestAnd when Daddy comes homeHe never gets no rest

[Chorus]‘Cause she’s playing all nightAnd the music’s alrightMama’s got a squeeze boxDaddy never sleeps at night

Well, you’re no Coyote!

Now he only howls at a stein of bier.

vs. the accordion? I think I’ll take the howling….

Then when he’s found who he’s looking for Listen in awe and you’ll hear him Bark at the moon. Accordions meh