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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 22 Jan 1995.
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Snowbird

Snowbird

alt.ascii-art · 2 messages · 22 Jan 1995 - 26 Jan 1995
Lenny Erwine <ler...@grape.epix.net> ASCII art 22 Jan 1995 02:01 · permalink · report
I'm not a super-ascii-artist, but..

        ..-==""""==__
       /              \         Spread your tiny wings and fly away
   ___/   <0)          \        And take the snow back with you
_="___\                |            Where it came from on that day
 =__  /                |        The one I love forever's been untrue
    ~~\_              /___      And if I could you know that I would
       "/      ,.="~~~"==_""=__     Fly away with you.
       /^ ^  ." \ \ \ \ \ "=_  ""=_
       | ^ ^ |"-_ \ \ \ \ \ \=_    ""=_
        \ ^  \___"-_\ \ \ \ \ \=_      "=_
         \ ^ ^\ _____\_\_\_\_\_\_"=_      "=_
          \ ^  ^\ -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_"=_      "=_
           \^ ^  "-=_ -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-""=__    "=_
            "=_ ^  ^ "-_ -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-"=_    "=_
               "=_^     ~~""-===_______________\      "=.___________
                  ""=_      -----______           _______\_------- /
                      ""=-_______      """\________=. \  -_ -."-- /
                       // -- /   ~~~~--_   |         ". \  -_ ~- /
                        \ \  \    ______"""            "=_\  "-./
                           \ ----- -------"               -_\  /
                           // --- /                         - /
                            \ \  \                           ~
                               \  \

------------------------------------------------------------------------
I'd sit alone and watch your light, 
    my only friend through teenage nights
And everything I had to know, I heard it on my radio.

In a previous posting, Lenny Erwine (ler...@grape.epix.net) writes:
> I'm not a super-ascii-artist, but..
> 
>         ..-==""""==__
>        /              \         Spread your tiny wings and fly away
>    ___/   <0)          \        And take the snow back with you
> _="___\                |            Where it came from on that day
>  =__  /                |        The one I love forever's been untrue
>     ~~\_              /___      And if I could you know that I would
>        "/      ,.="~~~"==_""=__     Fly away with you.
>        /^ ^  ." \ \ \ \ \ "=_  ""=_
>        | ^ ^ |"-_ \ \ \ \ \ \=_    ""=_
>         \ ^  \___"-_\ \ \ \ \ \=_      "=_
>          \ ^ ^\ _____\_\_\_\_\_\_"=_      "=_
>           \ ^  ^\ -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_"=_      "=_
>            \^ ^  "-=_ -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-""=__    "=_
>             "=_ ^  ^ "-_ -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-"=_    "=_
>                "=_^     ~~""-===_______________\      "=.___________
>                   ""=_      -----______           _______\_------- /
>                       ""=-_______      """\________=. \  -_ -."-- /
>                        // -- /   ~~~~--_   |         ". \  -_ ~- /
>                         \ \  \    ______"""            "=_\  "-./
>                            \ ----- -------"               -_\  /
>                            // --- /                         - /
>                             \ \  \                           ~
>                                \  \
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> I'd sit alone and watch your light, 
>     my only friend through teenage nights
> And everything I had to know, I heard it on my radio.
> 

Coincidence or fate?  The above posting was sent the day after the death
of Gene McLellan, the composer of "Snowbird".  You psychic or something?
--
Stephen H. Grant, P.Eng.       |
Stittsville, Ont.              |  Think of something for me to invent... 
(just beyond the fringe)       |

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