Johannes Baeck, Dutch
“Oh, Thank Goodness! When You Said You Were In Here ‘Tuning Your Lute,’ I Wasn’t Sure What I’d Be Walking In On,” Date Unknown
Oil on panel
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/// He’s a protégé of the marquise,
but his “music” is endless reprise.
Notes G, C, E and A;
that is all he will play,
with the odd lyric: “My dog has fleas.”
/// Now he says he was tuning his lute,
but his talent is still in dispute.
Though he tries to play loud,
he’s not heard by the crowd.
His loud clothes make his music seem mute.
/// “Fifteen strings are too much for my brain,
Both the playing and tuning cause pain.
Tuned my lute like four ukes,
though I’m risking rebukes
from musicians who show me disdain.”
/// “I’ve heard mandolin’s kind of a lute,
but I plucked one and bloodied my suit.
I’d probably like a
three-stringed balalaika,
but my mandoline just slices fruit.”