A duck on the land has an ungainly pace.
Its swimming is faster but won’t win a race.
You’d think that you ought
Not to give it a thought,
But a duck in the air moves with powerful grace.


Copyright (c) 2010
eMeRaLD Effect Enterprises

Redheaded Sasquatch for Jesus

People don’t believe in Jesus like they could.
People don’t respect God as they should.
God blessed America, He made it free.
The Lord gave this country to you and to me!

I’m just a redheaded Sasquatch for Jesus,
Livin’ on this guilty sod.
I’m goin’ to heaven (just not Yeti)
I’m just a Bigfoot for God!

People don’t believe I exist.
They wonder how I could subsist.
They claim that I’m just a hoax.
They make abominable jokes!

I’m just a redheaded Sasquatch for Jesus,
Livin’ on this guilty sod.
I’m goin’ to heaven (just not Yeti)
I’m just a Bigfoot for God!

People don’t believe that we’re real.
So Jesus, we’ll both make a deal.
You believe in me and I’ll believe in You.
Together we’ll both do God’s Will!

I’m just a redheaded Sasquatch for Jesus,
Livin’ on this guilty sod.
I’m goin’ to heaven (just not Yeti)
I’m just a Bigfoot for God!

Nine feet of Bigfoot for God!
Another foot soldier for God!
Livin’ my whole life for God!



Words and Music
Copyright (c) 2008
eMeRaLD Effect Enterprises

The Donut Connection
(sing to The Rainbow Connection)

You said that we could meet
And talk and have coffee
And munch on a donut (or two).

I picked the time and place
And gave you directions,
But you’re late
And I wonder why.

Now I’m just sitting here
Fretting and fuming…
It seems like a lifetime to me,

But someday you’ll find it,
The Donut Connection,
The coffee, the creamer, and me.

Donuts with chocolate cream?
I think that I’ll likely have three!


Words only
Copyright (c) December 5, 2009
eMeRaLD Effect Enterprises

Electromagnetic is not just invisible.
It’s visible, physical, and also it’s audible.
It radiates heat and its current is stunning.
Its powerful force keeps our whole nation running.


Electromagnetic Personalities

She made quite a stir and she never was quiet.
Wherever she went she incited a riot.
Love her or hate her;
Just never debate her.
Flamboyantly passionate, bold Ultra Violet.

There once was a man who was named Alfie Ray.
He married his sweetheart who became Betty Ray.
Their pride and their joy was young Gamma Ray.
His happy godmother was old Gramma Ray.

There once was a man who was named Gamma Ray.
Exposure to lead brought an end to his “day”.
Though once he existed,
He deceased and desisted.
He weakened and slowed: now he’s just an X Ray.

There once was a woman whose temper was hot.
She had flaming red hair and she won when she fought.
What was the name
Of this dominant dame?
This powerful creature was Infra Red Haught!


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eMeRaLD Effect Enterprises

Abide in Me

(“Words” of Jesus sung to EVENTIDE*)
[Evangelical Lutheran Worship, # 629]

Abide in me as I abide in you.
Dwell in my light as my light dwells in you.
Live in my truth as my truth lives in you.
Live in my Word as my Word lives in you.

Children of God, his seed abides in you.
God grows the vine and I am that true vine.
I am the vine and you are but one branch.
Give forth your fruit as you are called to bear.

God is my Father. He and I are one.
As Father loved me so have I loved you.
Father will love you; make his home with you.
Abide in love as love abides in you.

Love one another. God has first loved you.
Keep his commandments. Show your love for him.
Follow his way and you will walk in truth.
Ask and receive. God makes your joy complete.


Copyright (c) 2009
eMeRaLD Effect Enterprises

*This hymn may be sung to any melody
with ten syllables in each line
and four lines in each stanza.

Don’t You Dawdle

You say that you’re just killin’ time,
Or is it time that’s killin’ you?
It’s not too late; it’s not past time,
To start to find a fun pastime.

Don’t you dawdle and don’t delay.
Try to find a better way.
The sun is shinin’, so let’s make hay!
It’s time to start a brand new day!

Me-o-my-o! Don’t time fly?
I’m havin’ fun, that’s not a lie.
I’m so plucky…you wonder why?
I’m not lucky, it’s ‘cause I try!

Don’t you dawdle and don’t delay.
Try to find a better way.
The sun is shinin’, so let’s make hay!
It’s time to start a brand new day!

Another day in paradise!
Another day in ecstasy!
Life is ducky, can’t you see?
It’s just like this eternally!

Don’t you dawdle and don’t delay.
Try to find a better way.
The sun is shinin’, so let’s make hay!
It’s time to start a brand new day!

Words and Music

Copyright (c) 2008

eMeRaLD Effect Enterprises

Ol’ Man River

Ol’ Man River, so deep, so wide.
Your channel holds your soul inside.
Your rolling water, so dark, so slow.
Is this the way your thoughts now flow?

Perhaps the night inspires a dream
Of days of being just a stream.
Can you recall your droplet birth?
Your start outside the mother earth?
You then became a bubbling spring
And nature heard you laugh and sing.
You leapt and played like other rills
And tumbled down majestic hills.
So bright and clear your sparkling spills
Like happy kids or champagne thrills.

You disregard your history
Inside your staid maturity?
Perhaps you ponder mystery
Or maybe future certainty.
Do you expect decreasing speed
Or in the present give no heed
That freshness might soon turn to salt?

You cannot win against assault.
Relentless nature’s gravity
Convert’s “Ol’ Man” into the sea.

Copyright (c) 2009

eMeRaLD Effect Enterprises

To Be a Mountaineer

It’s a good night to be a Mountaineer wherever you may be.
It’s a good night to be a Mountaineer whatever you may see.
From Huntington to Martinsburg,
From Morgantown to Parkersburg,
It’s a good night to be a Mountaineer wherever you may be.

It’s a good day to be a Mountaineer no matter where you are.
It’s a good day to be a Mountaineer no matter near or far.
Sometimes we move to “foreign parts”,
But West Virginia keeps our hearts.
It’s a good day to be a Mountaineer no matter where you are.

It’s a good time to be a Mountaineer whatever work you do.
It’s a good time to be a Mountaineer, we all depend on you.
You cut the timber, you work the mines,
You build our homes, you teach young minds.
It’s a good time to be a Mountaineer whatever work you do.

It’s a great life to be a Mountaineer as long as you’re with me.
It’s a great life to be a Mountaineer, our love is strong, you see.
We stick together through thick and thin,
We play together, we play to win!
It’s a great life to be a Mountaineer as long as you’re with me.

Words and Music
Copyright (c) 2006
eMeRaLD Effect Enterprises