So I'm more of a writer than anything else, focusing on short stories and poetry. Last year or so, while learning about iambic pentameter my english teacher mentioned how sometimes sonnets are kind of a building block for a song.
At that time, I didn't really focus much on it, but it was something that just kind of stuck on my head.
Fast-forward to now. Last night my cousin and I decided to write a song (which may have been a tad very ambitious given that we're both novices when it comes to that kind of thing ) She lost interest pretty quick, but decided that we ought to write some sort of creepy folk tale song. So she created a character and I was actually able to churn out a part of a poem pretty quick.
So while she drew this character, I went about churning out a poem.
It's half finished, but here it is:
The cobbler, the cobbler will mend your shoe.
But he’ll also take a foot or two
He’ll smile big, He’ll smile wide
And all the children run and hide
His teeth are sharp, his eyes are, too.
And on top, his hair askew
The cobbler the cobbler will mend your shoe
But he’ll also take a foot or two.
Careful kiddies, now to run.
This game he plays is very fun.
He’ll mend you up, he’ll sew you right,
All by the glow of a candle light.
Appropriately creepy, given that it's getting to be halloween time. I'd love to be able to turn it into a song maybe, but I'm really not even sure where to start. Or if it's good like it is (with some lengthening, of course) how it would be played and/or sung.
Help?
At that time, I didn't really focus much on it, but it was something that just kind of stuck on my head.
Fast-forward to now. Last night my cousin and I decided to write a song (which may have been a tad very ambitious given that we're both novices when it comes to that kind of thing ) She lost interest pretty quick, but decided that we ought to write some sort of creepy folk tale song. So she created a character and I was actually able to churn out a part of a poem pretty quick.
So while she drew this character, I went about churning out a poem.
It's half finished, but here it is:
The cobbler, the cobbler will mend your shoe.
But he’ll also take a foot or two
He’ll smile big, He’ll smile wide
And all the children run and hide
His teeth are sharp, his eyes are, too.
And on top, his hair askew
The cobbler the cobbler will mend your shoe
But he’ll also take a foot or two.
Careful kiddies, now to run.
This game he plays is very fun.
He’ll mend you up, he’ll sew you right,
All by the glow of a candle light.
Appropriately creepy, given that it's getting to be halloween time. I'd love to be able to turn it into a song maybe, but I'm really not even sure where to start. Or if it's good like it is (with some lengthening, of course) how it would be played and/or sung.
Help?