2006-12-04
2006-12-10
Worldcons Remembered
eng
8 1/2 x 11, comb binding
A songbook published for Chicon 2000, on the theme of Worldcons
and other conventions.
Chicago, Illinois
2000
All songs copyright 2000 by their respective authors,
except where noted. All rights are reserved to their respective authors.
Roper, Carol
editor
illustrator
Headford, Sally
illustrator
Rihn, Greg
illustrator
Twelve Years at Worldcon
Hayes, Frank
lyricist
Twelve Days of Christmas
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Incorporates lyrics from "The Blacksmith of Brandywine" by Pat and Victoria Garvey, "Privateer" by Michael Longcor, "Unreality Warp" by Clif Flynt, "The Ballad of Gordy Dickson" by Ben Bova, and "Hope Eyrie" by Leslie Fish
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At the First World Con
Longcor, Michael
lyricist
When I'm Sixty-Four
Lennon, John
composer
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Daddy is a Spaceman
Veal, Tom
lyricist
Daddy Is a Yale Man
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Damned Infernal Elevators
Dorn, Sherman
lyricist
Little Fuzzy Animals
Hayes, Frank
composer
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The Song of the WSFS, Inc.
Falasca, Nick
lyricist
composer
Little Fuzzy Animals
Hayes, Frank
composer
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Originally published in A STF & FSY SONGBOOK #1, 1960
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(And It Feels Like It Must Be) Five Hundred Miles
Lurie, Perrianne
lyricist
Five Hundred Miles
West, Hedy
composer
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Ghost Pirates in DC
Ehrlich, Gary
lyricist
Ghost Riders in the Sky
Jones, Stan
composer
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The Fen Behind Chicago
Hall, John
lyricist
The Men Behind the Wire
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Con Organizer's Lament
Sommer, Jacob
lyricist
Twelve Days of Christmas
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At the World-Con
Rogow, Roberta
lyricist
The Bowery
Gaunt, Percy
composer
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Remember the Hyatt
Roper, Bill
lyricist
Flynt, Clif
lyricist
No Quarter, No Quarter
Coulson, Juanita
composer
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Con Bid
Gold, Lee
lyricist
Sixteen Tons
Travis, Merle
composer
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Con Chairman
Higgins, Barbara Lynn
lyricist
Destroyer
Roper, Bill
composer
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Be Our GoH
Smith, Tom
lyricist
Be Our Guest
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I'm Not Leaving on a Jet Plane
Lurie, Perianne
lyricist
Leaving on a Jet Plane
Denver, John
composer
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The Hallways of BucCONeer
Mandel, Mark
lyricist
Streets of Laredo
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Five Wise Fen of Worldcon
Roper, Carol
composer
Feld, Harold
lyricist
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Hotel Metropole
Lurie, Perianne
lyricist
Hotel California
Henley, Don
composer
Frey, Glenn
composer
Felder, Don
composer
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The Collector's Lament
Strauss, Erwin
lyricist
House of the Rising Sun
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Charlie and the Illinois Center
Ehrlich, Gary
lyricist
Charlie on the MTA
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NASFiC ConDiego
Rogow, Roberta
lyricist
Hotel California
Henley, Don
composer
Frey, Glenn
composer
Felder, Don
composer
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Doctor of Physique
Ortlieb, Marc
lyricist
Doctor of Physick
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Still at World Con
Kirby, Larry
lyricist
Still in Saigon
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I Hate Worldcon Elevators
Billings, Lee
lyricist
I Hate Little Firelizards
Ecklar, Julia
composer
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Ode to ConFiasco
Ehrlich, Gary
lyricist
Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
Seeger, Pete
composer
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SMOF Widow Blues
Roper, Bill
lyricist
composer
Roper, Gretchen
lyricist
composer
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Chicon's OK
Dane, Bruce M.
lyricist
Lincoln Park Pirates
Goodman, Steve
composer
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I Am the Very Model of a Fannish Individual
Pomeranz, John
lyricist
Bentley, Mary
lyricist
Major General's Song
Sullivan, Arthur
composer
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The Evolution of a Neo
or, Why Dating Mundanes Doesn't Work
Billings, Lee
lyricist
Susan B.
Fish, Leslie
composer
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A Worldcon
Ortlieb, Marc
lyricist
Maria
Bernstein, Leonard
composer
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Working the Convention Blues
Roper, Bill
lyricist
Working at the Car Wash Blues
Croce, Jim
composer
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Ops Junkie
Higgins, Barbara Lynn
lyricist
Sweet Betsy from Pike
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A Tribute to Nola-Con
Rogow, Roberta
lyricist
City of New Orleans
Goodman, Steve
composer
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Nolacon Two
Lurie, Perrianne
lyricist
House of the Rising Sun
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The Ballad of the Pousse-Café
Rogow, Roberta
lyricist
Bonnie Ship the Diamond
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Step by Step
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(The Con They Call the) City of New Orleans
Lillian, Guy H. III
lyricist
Leger, Matt G.
lyricist
City of New Orleans
Goodman, Steve
composer
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The Bonnie Intersection
or, It's Where, Jim?
Rogow, Roberta
lyricist
Loch Lomond
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The Big Con of Summer
Walker, Anne
lyricist
The Last Rose of Summer
Maeder, James G.
composer
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At Magicon
Levine, Rennie
lyricist
Alberta Bound
Lightfoot, Gordon
composer
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MagiCon Hymn
Rogow, Roberta
lyricist
Olympics Theme, 1992
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ConFiction Frictions
Lurie, Perrianne
lyricist
Windmills
Bell, Alan
composer
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Thanks to the Fen
Flynt, Carol
lyricist
Waltzing with Bears
Marxen, Dale
composer
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Convention of 2140
Bristol, John A.
publisher
Smiles
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Reprinted from the Science Fiction Song Sheet I, published by John A. Bristol for the Chicago 1940 World Science-Fiction Convention and the Fantasy Amateur Press Association.
John A. Bristol was a pseudonym of Jack Speer, who may also have
written the song.
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Heaven-Con
Mar, Kathy
lyricist
composer
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Con Man Blues
Childs-Helton, Sally
lyricist
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Filky the Snowman V.2K
Lapgan, Palman
lyricist
Frosty the Snowman
Nelson, Steve
composer
Rollins, Jack
composer
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Walk Like a Sith
Smith, Tom
lyricist
Walk Like a Man
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Return of the Filk
McGath, Gary
lyricist
Return of the King, Uh-Huh
Smith, Tom
composer
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The Eight Days of Iggy
Dane, Bruce M.
lyricist
Twelve Days of Christmas
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Iguana Stew
Barton, Gail
lyricist
Baby Face
Davis, Benny
composer
Akst, Harry
composer
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Who's Next? (to be fired from IguanaCon?)
Dane, Bruce M.
lyricist
Who's Next
Lehrer, Tom
composer
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Dead Dog Time
O'Brien, Maureen
lyricist
Closing Time
Seismonic
composer
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