Ms. Peld & The Qwerty Fox

The last song I sing
Will be the first song

Govern your thoughts
Lighten your step
For here we part

Govern your thoughts
Lighten your step
For here we part

Hollow is the reed
Deep is the well

The most beautiful woman
I’ve ever met
Has yet to exist

Sing Hallelujah

-April Louise McLucas

The Un-Wedding Song was written in response to gay marriage.

I’m a lesbian and would like to get married at some point in the future.

But that’s not possible here in the state of Maine.

You can take the song in any way you like. I don’t necessarily write from a personal point of view but it is a political song in that it addresses not just gay marriage but those who never want to get married (gay or straight) and those who cannot get married for other reasons known only to them.

I would love it if people submitted pictures of themselves in formal clothing (either at a wedding or some other formal function) who cannot themselves get married. These pictures would be used for the picture/music video of the song. Thanks!

-April Louise McLucas

The river runs red
I’m part of the flood
Rushing over rocks
Down to the sea

Large streams
Find smaller ones
Through ruinous woods
The fallen trees

My bones won’t shake
With winter’s chill
No fire to warm
No wind to blow

This is the last word
Spoken

“Goodbye”

(Polly Jean won’t marry me/She’s buried
me under the juniper tree/the sky won’t
fall/the earth won’t crack/diving
waterfalls/won’t break my back)

- April Louise McLucas

I’m havin’ an un-wedding
And everyone’s invited
There’s PBR in the cooler
And a BBQ a roaring
A floor to ceiling cake
On my un-wedding day

They’ll be singing
They’ll be drinking
They’ll be dancing
On my un-wedding day

The preacher’s in
His Monday worst
The bridesmaids’
all in rags
It’s gonna be a party
On my un-wedding day

They’ll be singing
They’ll be drinking
They’ll be dancing
On my un-wedding day

Everyone’s a groom
Everyone’s a bride
If Lewis can have
A merry un-birthday
We can have our
Merry un-wedding

They’ll be singing
They’ll be drinking
They’ll be dancing
On my un-wedding day

-April Louise McLucas

i give thee this cup of ale
and prey you will remember
how well I served you all my days
when others had departed

long life, long days
great sorrow never follow
long time i’ve waited for
the day when we would part

i give thee this cup of ale
and hope you will be gentle
let not my wandering ways dissuade
the memory of my love

long life, long days
great sorrow never follow
long time i’ve waited for
the day when we would part

i give thee this cup of ale
when all else has been emptied
the sea still beckons me away
and I must head her call

long life, long days
great sorrow never follow
long time i’ve waited for
the day when we would part

-April Louise McLucas

Come to girls

And show a leg

Your repose

Is at an end

Heave Ho

Away we go

Show a leg

And follow me

Up on deck

Hoist away

The old maid’s come

So show a leg

-April Louise McLucas