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Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA

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Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com

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Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, “Miss Macbeth”: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Miss_Macbeth

“Miss Macbeth”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQnpjwSq5vM

References:

Episode 10 of “Slow Drag with Remedy,” “A Terrible Crime,” a slow drag with “Let Him Dangle”: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/slowdragwithremedy/id/11524901

Episode 55 of “Slow Drag with Remedy,” “A Little Amused,” a slow drag with “…This Town…”: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/slowdragwithremedy/id/15882878

“Spike” Liner notes: http://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Spike_(2001)_liner_notes

Fishbone Slide hairstyle instrument: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nRHJQ9axxs

First Foot Coal Explanation: uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofScotland/The-History-of-Hogmanay/"> https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofScotland/The-History-of-Hogmanay/

New York Eve Traditions, first foot: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/home-improvement-tips/tradition-for-seeing-in-new-year/

5 Scottish Hogmanay Traditions: https://www.tripsavvy.com/hogmanay-traditions-in-scotland-1661711

“Beware the Deadly Nightshade, the beautiful plant that can kill you”: https://allthatsinteresting.com/deadly-nightshade

Macbeth quote: Act 1, scene 7: https://www.sparknotes.com/nofear/shakespeare/macbeth/page_42/

https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/macbeth/quotes/theme/children/

The Golliwog Caricature, Jim Crow Museum of racist Memorabilia: https://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/golliwog/

Chuck under the chin idiom: https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/chuck+under+the+chin

So, until next time, Adieu, my little ballyhoo

"Miss Macbeth" Lyrics:

All the children testified that Miss Macbeth had a fishbone slide in her cobweb tresses Her eyes were black as first foot coal, clutched as white as chalk-dust Her fingers sweated India-ink and poison-pen letters There is a hungry hanging tree just below your bedroom window You can hear her take a broom to beat out a tattoo on the ceiling Her bloodless face ran red inside but was she really evil, was she only pantomime? Now the chalk on the wall says that somebody saves That somebody's face has just been washed off the pavement Into a puzzle where petrol will be poisoned by rain Miss Macbeth saw her reflection as confetti bled it's colors down the drain (Chorus:) And every day she lives out another love song It's a tearful lament of somebody done wrong But how can you miss what you've never possessed, Miss Macbeth? Well we all should have known when the children paraded They portrayed her in their fairytales, sprinkling Deadly Nightshade And as they tormented her, she rose to the bait Even a scapegoat must have someone to hate And every day she lives out another love song "You're up there enjoying yourself, but I know it's wrong" But how can you miss what you've never possessed, Miss Macbeth? Miss Macbeth Sometimes people are just what they appear to be With no redemption at all We try to walk upright when we can't even crawl Miss Macbeth has a gollywog she chucks under the chin  And she whispers to it tenderly, then sticks it on a pin And it might be coincidence, but a boy down the lane That she said "went white as he could do," then doubled over in pain