I wrote a song about
disturbing hibernation.
To highlight the incident
it was necessary to put a
Butterfly in my Guitar.

Recently, I played the tune
and had a video made of it.

After it appeared on youtube
I had literally thousands of
hate letters condemning me
for exposing a creature to such
confinement and excessive noise.

The video has since been removed
and my song banned world wide.
I am attaching the chords and lyrics
of the song here. But please do not
put a Butterfly in the acoustic chamber
of your guitar. Than you. Ryan O'Leary.


Mute Pappillion.

D
I was feeling ecstatic
G
when I went to the attic
A
and found my auld busking
D
guitar*

D
But I felt consternation
G
I disturbed hibernation
A
at first it seemed quite
D
bazaar

D
When I blew off the dust
G
it smelt like old must
A
but t'was time to give it a
D
bar

D
It was then I heard flapping
G
which sounded like clapping
A
my first ever round of
D
applause

D
It stayed with the beat
G
while tapping my feet
A
I kept playing despite all my
D
flaws

D
I took early retirement
G
though its not a requirement
A
But "Bad Buskers" all get
D
menopause

D
I'm strumming the strings
G
and the echo it rings
A
but no jingling of coins as they
D
fall

D
So I play here alone
G
as to what I was prone
A
never made it to Carnegie
D
Hall

Chorus

D
Time to call it a day
G
as they used to say
A
for no encores or no curtain
D
call

D
Time to call it a day
G
as they used to say
A
for no encores or no curtain
D
call

D
Time to call it a day
G
as they used to say
A
for no encores or no curtain
D
call

Outro

D
There's a butterfly
G
in my guitar

D
There's a butterfly
G
in my guitar

D
There's a butterfly
G
in my guitar


Ps.

When playing the Outro
it is imperative that the
pick hits the woodwork
of the sound chamber to
simulate a Butterfly flaping.

Also, it needs to be sung
with a Tennessee/Texas
accent, preferably akin to
the "Bad Blake”character.


Ryan O'Leary ©
March 13 2021
Tragarriff
Bantry
Ireland.