Yep, it's 12 Feb again, Charles Darwin's birthday, so once again I call attention to my now 13-year-old rendition of "Say, Darwin, Say" in his honor! Hard to believe I was only 67 when I recorded this (although the technology does kinda bear it out!).
BTW, this is also my opportunity to remind folks that Darwin and Abe Lincoln were born the very same day in 1809.
The banjo is an Ome North Star tuned to aCGCD and then capoed 2 frets to aDADE. The lyrics are my own.
The lyrics (which also appear in the video if you click the *cc* icon beneath it):
Hush little baby, don't say a word
Papa's gonna tell you all about some birds.
A storm carried finches out to an isle
Where they thrived and multiplied a long, long while.
But success meant competition for each limited resource, so some
adapted to use others to survive, or course.
And as they specialized those birdies changed
'til over the island different* finches ranged.
Tiny morphologic changes came with each generation;
then survival of the fittest led to speciation
Darwin saw that the species of finches there
must have come from a common forebear
After much thinking and long reflection
he posited his theory of natural selection.
His tremendous insight caused a revolution
by showing speciation’s the result of evolution.
So thanks, Mr. Darwin, for what you've done
your birdies helped teach us where we all came from
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* accidentally sung on video as “many.” *sigh* You'll note my consternation, when I quickly decided to keep going... I sort of rolled my eyes and added an extra measure while I considered stopping or keeping on...
Looks like God beat Darwin to the punch.
Genesis
20And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. 21And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. 23And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
24And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. 25And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:
Let's not get in a conrtroversy over the two opinions expressed above.
No controversy Sherry. But before you lock this topic may I say only the first one is opinion. The second one fact.
Edited by - stanleytone on 02/12/2025 09:01:33
The 2 viewpoints can be blended.
Happy Darwin Day!
Edited by - chuckv97 on 02/12/2025 09:29:48
That was great Zepp! I didn't know you had such a nice singing voice. I hope you will think about sharing it more often. I guess you drew upon your "entomological roots" to "morph" into Darwinism. Ha! banjered
Thank you for posting, Mr. Zepp! “Well played,” and much appreciated. As always.
