Posted da Screed

In 1998 the Doe was active in The Well, an on-line community of which I was not a member. One of my imprisoned clients asked me to post a notice on the Internet for him. Having nowhere to post it, I asked her to put it up on there. She promised to do it, but then didn’t. I reminded her and she still didn’t. So I sent her this poem – it is intended to be read in a Caribbean accent.

POSTED DA SCREED

A Calypso of the Islands
© 1998 by Joe Buffalo

Sung to the tune of “Under the Sea” from The Little Mermaid.

To hear the music, watch the dazzling original sequence from Walt Disney’s 1998 animated film, with Samuel E. Wright singing “Under the Sea,” music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman. Watch in full screen mode for best results.

Posted da screed!
Posted da screed!
O yes I did that!
O yes I dood that!
O yes I deed!
Don have to hear dat fellas pleas
He can get up offa him knees
I been typed it onto de keys!
Posted da screed!

YAH!

Posted da screed!
Posted da screed!
O yes I did that!
O yes I dood that!
O yes I deed!
When dat screed wen up at las
What a load it was off my ass!
Dat internet, mon, she be fas!
Posted da screed!

YAH!

I got no worry now,
I got no need;
I got my leaf now,
I got my seed;
My mind be all rested now,
My spirit all freed –
Posted da screed!

YAH!

Posted da screed!
Posted da screed!
O yes I did that!
O yes I dood that!
O yes I deed!
Now its on dat Well indeed
For everybody to read
Fellah looked dere, dats what he seed!
Posted da screed!

YAH!

[Reprise]

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