Zozimus & Zimmerman

Zozimus was singing the Pharoah's daughter As Me and Valerie we left O'Donoghue's On Butt Bridge we crossed the River Liffey Down along the North Wall we joined the queue There was Hippies there and Lurchers from Dunmanway Flash Harrys down from Killiney Hill Quare Hawks in Limousines and Helicopters To hear Zimmerman the King of Vaudeville The lights went down, and the crowd went cat melodeon We were all revved up and ready to engage Having hitch hiked all the way from Minnesota Zimmerman was there before us on the stage He made his way to the piano One by one the Band began to play When he laid his fingers down upon the keyboard He opened up with Lay Lady Lay Homesick Subterranean Hard Rain Gonna Fall When the Boat Comes In Black Diamond Bay The Dirge and The Hurricane Hattie Carroll and Hollis Brown Summer Days Forever Young St. Augustine Maggie's Farm And Like a Rolling Stone Some old singers rest upon their laurels Some old hoofers hang up their dancing shoes But when Kings and Queens and Laureates came calling Zimmerman still had lots of gigs to do He's up there now blowing hard upon his Hohner Zozimus and Zimmerman were born to sing Like two old buskers down at Puck Fair in Killorglin Two old tanglers at the Fair of Spancilhill