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    This song was written about Mark Twain's book " A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" A song about how hard it was for Tai to read the book.

    This is a song Tai Shan wrote for the The Bushwick Book Club, a book club that writes songs about the books they read and performs them for an audience at the Can Can.
    The Bushwick club donates a large portion of the profits to The Seattle Public Library Foundation.
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Dear Mark Twain
Don’t mean to complain
But I can’t get though this Page
you don’t know how hard I’ve tried
but I keep reading and rereading every line

Mark Twain
won’t you explain
why you wrote in that old English style?
Cause your 19th century they wrote descriptively
add that to the old english dialect
the equation equals out that I don’t know what you are talking about
Don’t know what you talking about?


Mark Twain
Your not to blame
That your book makes me fall asleep
I must confess I flunked the test
cause I couldn’t even stay awake though the book on tape

Mark Twain
Thou art lame
I can’t help from getting stuck
Don’t misunderstand I ‘m a real big fan
It’s uncommon for me to stop before the end
To finish this book you wrote I had to read the cliff notes
I had to read the cliff notes

Dear Mark Twain
I still retain
the gist of what your trying to say
Unfortunately you’ve inspired me
to come clean with honesty
Your books are better set in the Mississippi

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from Tai Shan Free Bootlegs 2011, released January 10, 2011

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Tai Shan Seattle, Washington

Tai Shan is an Americana songwriter whose music has been featured in Billboard Magazine, American Songwriter, Americana UK, and on NPR. Based in Nashville, her songwriting focuses on positive messages. Tai Shan and her husband Austin, have toured the United States and Canada and performed for venues such as the Bluebird and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. ... more

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