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Our Alpaca and Mill Songs

These songs are specifically about the Alpacas of Star Castle Farm.

Only Shoshone Tune: Only the Lonely There goes Dakota Hum-hum-hum-hum And Victor, too Hum-hum-hum-hum Just one is stubborn Hum-hum-hum-hum Can you guess who? Only Shoshone Hum, Hum, Hum, Hum doo-wah…

Sweet Dakota Tune: Desperado Sweet Dakota You are the finest alpaca You’re sweet and you’re gentle Although kind of shy Don’t be timid You outshine all of the others With your beautiful face And soft friendly ways

Click here to see pictures of our alpacas on our Star Castle Fiber Mill Web Page.

These songs are specifically about Star Castle Fiber Mill.

Dirt Flinger* song Tune: Singin’ in the Rain I’m flingin’ in the barn, just flingin’ in the barn What a glorious feeling, when it becomes yarn I’m laughing at fuzz all over the place When orders come in, got a smile on my face It’s checked and it’s weighed, then it’s ready to fling And that is my job, so I’m ready to sing Just singin’ and flingin’ in the barn *Our nickname for tumbling the fiber to remove loose dirt Mill Theme song Tune: In My Life There are fleeces I remember In my mill, I’ve seen them all Some were white and some were colored Browns and grays and blacks, and fawn-colored too Some were even dyed when we got them In pink, yellow, green, or purple or blue All these fleeces had their moments In Spinner and Card, I still can recall Some were spun and some went to roving In my mill, I’ve seen them all Plying Medley Tune: We Can Fly (from “Peter Pan”) Think of the wonderful gifts You can make from yarn like this Sweaters, mittens, scarves and gloves So many things that they’ll just love But now it’s time to ply So let’s ply, we can ply, we can ply Tune: Come Fly With Me Come ply with me, come ply, come ply today Then it will be skeined and washed and dried And packed and all ready to send away Come ply with me, come ply, come ply today

Spinning Frame song Tune: Spinning Wheel What gets spun Must get plied Spinning frame Takes both in stride Talkin' 'bout my spinning frame’s a matter of pride See the pretty fiber through the spinning frame glide Coming in on the way to spin Is the straight and narrow roving These are spun and sent to ply Just watch them fly Within your eye and show you, the colors that are real Someone's waiting for this yarn Spinning frame, made it so fine Drop all your fleeces by the Fiber Mill We will send it through and let the spinning frame shine… Reaction to Pre-dyed fiber Tune: Deep Purple When the deep purple fleece Makes my eyeball size increase As I watch it, I can’t help a double-take And as long as I live to be I know that I’ll never see A purple paca that ain’t fake! Click here to see pictures of the mill machines on our Star Castle Fiber Mill Web Page.

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West Pasture Story

I have also written a parody skit about alpaca life. For various reasons, the whole skit has never been performed. Here are intros from all four of the cast:

The Farmer

Precious

Shaggy

Molly

Other Than Parody

Over many years, I have created some games and other applications using Microsoft Excel, that I am making available to download for free. Click [here] for details.

Just in case you were wondering, besides what my daughter calls my "Goofy Daddy" side, I do have a serious side as well. I am very passionate about preserving the United States Constitution, about the connections between all people and their spritual source, about our earth home, etc. If you are curious about that part of who I am, click here to see the Medicine Shield I created.
I also learned a healing technique that anyone can do with amazing results. Visit www.quantumtouch.com.

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DISCLAIMER: This web page has not been approved by any legitimate Alpaca organization.

© 2011 Ken Simpson