Jim Goulder's song about "pregnant people" deserves a companion piece
about "inseminators," referred to by the ignorant as "men." This song is inspired by a bill which Rep. Chris Rabb introduced in the Pennsylvania legislature, mandating forced sterilization of "inseminators" that
parent (almost said "who father") three children or reach age 40.

Inseminator Song
Lyrics: Gary McGath, Copyright 2021
Tune: Bizet, "Toreador Song"

Note: The approach to scansion in French opera is very different from English-language traditions. It took a bit of forcing to get the lyrics
to fit and may require some imagination to make them scan while singing,
but it can work.

You are toast, it's you we're going to render,
Senor, senor, into a eunuch now.
To our fine surgeons you must surrender.
Under anesthesia so you won't have to say "Yow!"
The truth is plain, to this you're fated,
The truth is plain, you have to yield.
Don't fear you're going to be castrated.
Don't fear the going to a fate already sealed.

Texas laws gave us the idea,
And we don't care if you are furious.
Now to parenthood say "See ya!"
Now for acts injurious.
Come on! Lie down! Come on! Come on! Ah! ...

Insem'nator, unguarded.
Insem'nator, insem'nator.
Now think well, yes, think while being chopped,
It's as meat you're regarded,
Your family will be stopped, insem'nator.
Your family will be stopped.
--
Gary McGath http://www.mcgath.com

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On 10/7/2021 7:24 AM, Gary McGath wrote:

inspired by a bill which Rep. Chris Rabb introduced in the Pennsylvania legislature, mandating forced sterilization of "inseminators" that
parent (almost said "who father") three children or reach age 40.

I think I need to hear it to get the scansion. Luckily, MASSFILC has a
song circle this weekend.

(Resisting digressing into comment upon the bill, as a Public Service.
You're welcome.)

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On 10/7/21 5:31 PM, Joe Kesselman wrote:

On 10/7/2021 7:24 AM, Gary McGath wrote:

inspired by a bill which Rep. Chris Rabb introduced in the Pennsylvania
legislature, mandating forced sterilization of "inseminators" that
parent (almost said "who father") three children or reach age 40.

I think I need to hear it to get the scansion. Luckily, MASSFILC has a
song circle this weekend.

I don't know if this is one I'll ever sing. It just needed writing, but
to do it properly I'd have to find a piano reduction. In a couple of
weeks it will be outdated.

Here's a performance of Bizet's original which I went by in writing my
lyrics, so it may help.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNPjH01PtZ4


--
Gary McGath http://www.mcgath.com

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On 10/7/2021 7:23 PM, Gary McGath wrote:

Here's a performance of Bizet's original which I went by in writing my lyrics, so it may help.

Tnx.

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On Thursday, 7 October 2021 at 7:23:59 pm UTC-4, Gary McGath wrote:

On 10/7/21 5:31 PM, Joe Kesselman wrote:

On 10/7/2021 7:24 AM, Gary McGath wrote:

inspired by a bill which Rep. Chris Rabb introduced in the Pennsylvania
legislature, mandating forced sterilization of "inseminators" that
parent (almost said "who father") three children or reach age 40.

I think I need to hear it to get the scansion. Luckily, MASSFILC has a
song circle this weekend.

I don't know if this is one I'll ever sing. It just needed writing, but
to do it properly I'd have to find a piano reduction. In a couple of
weeks it will be outdated.

Here's a performance of Bizet's original which I went by in writing my lyrics, so it may help.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNPjH01PtZ4
--
Gary McGath http://www.mcgath.com

i have a bunch that 'needed writing' that I don't perform. Sometimes because they never seem to fit the mood, sometimes because maybe they are too personal and I don't think other people will care :)

-Dave

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