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The Ballard of Palindrome
Riders In The Sky
Album: A Great Big Western Howdy
Artist biography

And now some words about a show coming on the CBC television network

There are campfire legends that the plains men spin
Of a man who was nothing like Palidin
Couldn't ride couldn't shoot but he won his fame
Cause everything he said said backwards was the same
Palindrome Palindrome what's in a name
Palindrome Palindrome backwards the same

Yes, Palindrome, no one knew where he came from and nobody cared
He rode into town one day from out of the west armed not with six guns a long rifel a whip an knife a chain saw or some other exicitic wepon, No his only means of self defence was his snappy little straw hat and his uncanny ability to speak only in sentences which when spelled backwards are exactly the same as when they were spelled forward. Here's a scene from a fourthcoming episode of Palendrome.

Female voice
Howdy Strainger
Palendrome
Mam
Female
Well what's your name partner?
Palendrome
Madam, I'm Adam
Female
Well how'd you get into town, I didn't see a horse?
Palendrome
A Toyota
Female
Sounds like you have a little sinus problem
Palendrome
Tons o snot
Female
Hey Doc, how about a little drink for my new friend here?
Bar tender
Well he sure could use it look at that, his mouths hanging wide open
Palendrome
In it, ram a martini
Bar tender
Sorry stranger, no hard liquor here, would you like some wine or some kinda beer?
Palendrome
Lager sir is regal
Bar tender
Well that's fine, say you must be hungry, oh ho, your not trying to loose some weight on one of them fasts are ya?
Palendrome
Doc, note, I dissent, a fast never prevents a fatness, I diet on cod.
Bar tender
Ah, sorry to tell ya we're outa cod. Look you got two choices, Itialian or delli, what'll it be?
Palendrome
Go hang a salami, I'm a lasagna hog!
Bar tender
Well find then, for desert we could hail the young fresh fruit vender over there.
Palendrome
Yo, banana boy
Female
I supose your on your way out to the big new O.J. Sympson theme park?
Palendrome
DNA Land?
Bar tender
Stranger you got a snappy answer for everything. Don't you ever ask yourself the speritial questions in life?
Palendrome
Do geese see god?
Bar tender
Why I never thought of that one. Who's that waiving at you over there?
Palendrome
Bob
Bar tender
Naw next to him
Palendrome
Pop
Bar tender
The woman!
Palendrome
Lil
Bar tender
The other one
Palendrome
Anna
Bar tender
The other one
Palendrome
Ava
Bar tender
The other one
Palendrome
Eve
Bar tender
Well now he's leaving
Palendrome
So Ida, adios.
Bar tender
Strainger, I'm getting tired of this.
Palendrome
Huh?
Bar tender
Reach for the sky!
Palendrome
Draw o coward.
Bar tender
What's the trouble there strainger?
Palendrome
Snug guns
Bar tender
Ha ha, guess I got the drop on you then
Palendrome
A man, a plan a canal Panama
Bar tender
Got me with that snappy littel straw hat.
Palendrome
Ah ha!
Female
Oh, Palendrome, my hero. Would you join me in my room for lunch?
Palendrome
Sex at noon taxes.
Announcer
Yes, Palendrome, Staring Bob Autobob as Palendrome and Meg Jim as Sis. Check your local station for time and tempeture, remember Palendrome, he gets em coming and going.


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