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The Twaddle and the Gurck (1976) |  |
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The Twaddle and the Gurck (1976) | |
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Even during
the "Tea Party" era, Travis continued to write poems and stories. “The
Twaddle and the Gurck” was one of them, coming to him in a rush of
inspired lunacy in 1968! In 1976, at a party hosted by composer-arranger
David Pinto (who had worked on “Changeling”), Travis performed his
“Peerless
Goth” for David's guests and then, telling the unsuspecting audience
that most of them would have learned the next rhyme at their mother's knee,
invited them to join in the refrain and began:
“Full Tane and Twilly were the Woof,
The Twaddle cam and gie the twack
About the time the bemused crowd began to titter nervously, Travis's wife, Judy, his daughter, Lisa and perhaps a half dozen others (who had just learned the refrain the day before), joined in the chorus! “Cai, if an Illy cry 'Dunaire' . . .” |
You could almost
feel everyone's hair stand on end! Some, unfamiliar with onomatapoeia and
the refrain, began silently moving their lips, perhaps seeking to conceal
how badly their mothers' failed them in their childhood! It
was great theater, great fun and a highlight of the magical evening which
included some halting recitations of Lewis Carroll's “Jabberwocky” and the premiere
of a new song arranged by David Pinto and performed by The 5th Dimension's
Billy Davis Jr. and Marilyn McCoo Davis.  Audio samples from THE PEERLESS GOTH and THE TWADDLES AND THE GURCK are posted HERE. |
Defining characteristics:
poet. n. [Fr. poète; L., Sp., and It. poeta;
Gr. poietes, one who makes, a poet, from poiein, to make.]
1. a person who writes poems or verses. 2. a person who writes
or expresses himself with imaginative power and beauty of thought, language,
etc. (Editor's note. By now, Travis was known to a small, select
circle, as much for his exceptional storytelling as for his songs!) |
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