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Quare Bungle Rye

Now Jack was a sailor who roamed on the town.
And she was a damsel who walked up and down.
Said the damsel to Jack as she passed him by,
'Would ye like for to purchase some quare bungle rye raddy rye?'
Fol de diddle rye raddy rye raddy rye.

Thought Jack to himself, 'Now what can this be?'
'But the finest old whiskey from High Germany.
'Smuggled up in a basket and sold on the sly,
'And the name that it goes by is quare bungle rye raddy rye.'
Fol de diddle rye raddy rye raddy rye.

Jack hands her a shilling and he thought nothing strange.
Says she, 'Here hold the basket til I run for your change.'
Jack peeks in the basket and a babe he did spy.
'Why b'damn me,' says Jack, 'this is quare bungle rye raddy rye.'
Fol de diddle rye raddy rye raddy rye.

Now to get the child christened was Jack's first intent,
So to get the child christened to the parson he went.
Says the parson to Jack, 'What's the name he'll go by?'
'Ah b'damn me,' says Jack, 'call 'im quare bungle rye raddy rye.'
Fol de diddle rye raddy rye raddy rye.

Says the parson to Jack, 'That's a mighty quare name.'
'Ah b'damn me," says Jack, 'it's a quare way he came;
'Smuggled up in a basket and sold on the sly,
'And the name that he'll go by is Quare Bungle Rye raddy rye.'
Fol de diddle rye raddy rye raddy rye

Now all you young sailors who roam on the town,
Be wary of damsels that walk up and down.
Take a peek in their baskets as they pass you by,
Or else they may pawn on you Quare Bungle Rye raddy rye
Fol de diddle rye raddy rye raddy rye.

midi from ~Songs of the Sea
www.contemplator.com
Sequenced by ~John Renfro Davis

Venezuela

Venezuela was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia
in 1830 (the others being Colombia and
Ecuador). For most of the first half of
the 20th century, Venezuela was ruled by
generally benevolent military strongmen, who promoted the oil industry and allowed for some social reforms. Democratically elected
governments have held sway since 1959.
Current concerns include: drug-related
conflicts along the Colombian border,
increasing internal drug consumption, overdependence on the petroleum industry
with
its price fluctuations, and irresponsible
mining operations which are endangering the
rain forest and indigenous peoples.

Venezuela
~from the World Factbook

Natural resources:
petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, gold,
bauxite, other minerals, hydropower, diamonds

Natural hazards:
subject to floods, rockslides, mud slides;
periodic droughts

Environment - current issues:
sewage pollution of Lago de Valencia;
oil and urban pollution of Lago de Maracaibo;
deforestation; soil degradation;
urban and industrial pollution, especially
along the Caribbean coast

Environment - international agreements:
party to: Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity,
Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species,
Hazardous Wastes, Marine Life Conservation,
Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution,
Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands,
Whaling signed, but not ratified: Marine Dumping

Geography - note:
on major sea and air routes linking North and South America