Cedric of the Bedlam Bards recorded on my cat CD this past weekend. He told me he wrote a filk of “The Ballad of Jayne” in honor of Joss Whedon. I found it at the FireFly website.
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The Ballad of Joss
Joss, the man they call Joss . . .
He wrote about spaceships and shepherds and whores,
Stood up to the networks and gave 'em what for.
Fox canceled his program, but that was their loss–
The creator of Firefly, the man they call Joss!
Our Joss saw the viewers' hearts breakin',
He heard the Browncoats' lament,
He saw the Fox network takin',
His show in a way that made no sense.
(He said) “You can't do that to my program,
Can't grind it under your heel.”
So he took all the cast,
And now at last,
They've landed a Big Damn Movie deal!
He wrote about spaceships and shepherds and whores,
Stood up to the networks and gave 'em what for.
Fox canceled his program, but that was their loss–
The creator of Firefly, the man they call Joss!
Now here is what separates Whedon,
From writers who slave in the core,
The man they call Joss,
Well, he said to Fox,
“I'm going where no show has gone before.”
He told us about reavers,
He told us about sin,
He took us to the black,
And we ain't comin' back,
'till all those crazy Browncoats rise again!
He wrote about spaceships and shepherds and whores,
Stood up to the networks and gave 'em what for.
Fox canceled his program, but that was their loss–
The creator of Firefly, the man they call Joss!
Now, here is what separates Firefly
From other shows you're likely to see–
It's meaningful and witty,
And the setting's really gritty,
And the theme song is about Serenity.
It's a little like a western,
And a little like X-Files,
It's better than Trek,
And funnier than Shrek,
And it beats out Andromeda by miles!
He wrote about spaceships and shepherds and whores,
Stood up to the networks and gave 'em what for.
Fox canceled his program, but that was their loss–
The creator of Firefly, the man they call Joss!
–James Hazlerig
fithelere@aol.com
