Scott’s suggestion (in the comment section on an earlier post) that we have a “Candle In The Wind” sing-along at SBL got me thinking. Will there be a piano at the bibliobloggers’ dinner? I’ll gladly provide accompaniment, but we’re going to have to move fast if we want to revise the lyrics so that they’re appropriate.
Obviously the first line has to be “Goodbye Jimmy West.” And the chorus could be:
Seems to me you lived your life
Like a friggin’ Zwinglian
Never knowing who to cling to –
They’re depraved in sin.
I would’ve liked to know you
but I was just a kid
Your blog posts ran out long before
the bibliobloggers’ din(ner).
Anyone able to come up with the verses in time to sing them at dinner?
On a more serious note, Jim was kind enough to provide a floor plan of the New Orleans Sheraton:
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All the more reason to sing to him in New Orleans!