Just Ask!
Lyrics: Maureen S. O'Brien, 10/1/98
to the tune of "Banned from Argo", of course!

When you come into filking, you'll be lost as lost can be.
The filkers all are strangers; stranger folk you'll never see.
You find out five days later that nice lady with the beer
Was Heather Alexander and she won't be back for years....

CH1: 
So just ask the filkers for their names,
Just introduce yourself and ask from whence they came.
They'll be quite glad to tell you more than you can quite recall.
Don't worry. Next day, they'll repeat it all!

When you come into filking, there's strange lyrics to strange tunes
By bands you never heard of -- but filks you would love to croon.
And you can't find that classic; they're sold out of that songbook;
Don't know what albums it's been on or even where to look.

CH2:
So just ask the filkers for that song;
They'll pull their songbooks and teach you that singalong.
So bring your tape recorder and your best pathetic face,
And Argo won't be sung with much bad grace.

When you come into filking, just remember this is true:
Your songs are just as new to us as ours (right now) to you!
So use the tunes that come to hand; don't fear that you're behind;
And ask us what you need to know; we really do not mind.

CH3:
So just ask the filkers. Every one
Has been a newbie, had to do what you've now done.
They'll be quite glad to tell you more than you can quite recall;
Someday to newbies, you'll repeat it all.