Our man in Europe/dave Delacroix/RagazzimentoNo.18: "When Johnny comes marching Home."

Our Man in PIACENZA-ITALIA: Ragazzimentto No.18: "When Johnny comes marching Home."

(dedicato: All service Women and Men who help keep the Peace)

When Johnny comes marching home again , HURRAH! HURRAH! We'll FLAT-BED-Chevrolet-BBQ, HURRAH! HURRAH! -the girls will sing, the boy's will ROAR! ...and the BRONCOS (USA football team) might even  SCORE! ..and we'll ALL go marching,  when Johnny comes marching home. And we'll ALL go marching, when Johnny comes marching home.

When Johnny comes marching home again, HURRAH! HURRAH! We'll put on a mighty WELCOME then; HURRAH! HURRAH! -the "fife" will Pipe (?), the drum will drum, a tambourine, and Wisdom's hum; "You looked REAL good in that Turquoise dress, sweet Charlene? -In the BARRACKS, you were our Pin-Up!"
(When Johnny comes marching home.)

And fortunately, in BATTLE/WAR-FARE...there is NO "non-smoking " legislation. You dodge the laser-beam/gun-fire. You dive into a trench. There, you encounter three enemy "soldiers". (Kids, like you) They've lost their M-16's.(So have you)...Cigarettes are a latter day "Peace-pipe". -and PEACE prevails till an M1-A-TRIPLE, 60 ton trax HOWITZER staffed by a half a dozen OK Yahoos from Fort Carson, Colorado, USA, arrives  and WE (me and enemy kids in the trench) COLLECTIVELY  SURRENDER! My OWN surrender, of course,  was optional/.And we "all went to heaven in a little row-boat!" -when Johnny comes marching home... None of  THIS (actually!) will mean a shit; when Johnny comes marching home.

When Johnny comes marching home again, HURRAH, HURRAH! When Johnny comes marching home again, Hurrah! HURRAH!
Good PEOPLE have died to keep you FREE. Some wrote, some painted, some thought, some said, "LET IT BE"...and if you KNEW, you'd be on your knees: ASK JOHNNY or JOANIE with half a face, a missing limb, a foot that itches but they cannot scratch, who staggers home from WORLD CONFLICT? -YOU? Are YOU gonna take him or HER out for a beer or two?
...And we'll ALL be happy when Johnny comes marching home. And we'll ALL be happy when Johnny comes marching home. And we'll ALL go marching... when Johnny comes marching home.

 When Johnny come marching home again, HUZZAH! HUZZAH! -Be sure of a great Welcome then; HUZZAH! HUZZAH!
The Girls will sing, the Boys will ROAR. A song that lasts for Evermore. And we'll all go marching?...When Johnny comes marching home. And we'll ALL be grateful, when Johnny comes marching home.


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Our Man in Europe/dave delacroix/Raggazimento No. 17: "THE ITALIAN JOB".

Our Man in Europe/dave delacroix/Ragazzimento No 17: "THE ITALIAN JOB".


Yo, Babe? Don't ya worry bout me. -Got some Olive Oil, spices and electricity. (AM) Reading Peter Carey's book, called:  BLISS... He's an Australian writer with a couple of movie deals under his belt but like most AUSSIE writers, he KANGAROOS OUT;  gimmie the car-chase, gimme the shoot-out!: -first page, BRUCE! -quit hopping around like a literary marsupial/movie deals or...just WHO IS Ralph Feinnes? -was he on Schindler's List?...?.
Like I say; doll? -mornings (mattinas) are tough in Piacenza, Italy. The TV, the frickin' radio!? (the shootings, the traffic)... There was some kind of "shoot-out" at Lady Bar, via Mazzini, yesterday morning.  Someone HIT the jackpot on the slots (won €400!) then refused to buy the "usual suspects" a celebration Cocktail. The "lucky" slot-winner? -he's now in a body-bag and absolutely NO-ONE has been arrested. The CARRIBINERI(A) (guys who dress like Napoleon but are ONLY allowed ONE BULLET in their Glock 9mm.), plus! PLUS! -local representatives of the Mafia AND the CAMMORA, called in from Napoli,  have all been consulted. The "lucky-slot machine winner", tomorrow, being duly CREMATED; his €400 slot machine winnings? -being used to "defray" notification-postage of next-of-kin, dispersion of deceased belongings, funeral costs, etc. Local Moroccan flower-dude (on bicycle) donated 6 roses.
Yo, babe? Don't ya worry bout a thing. Got me some olive oil, spices...and electricity.


c 2013/davedelacroix/lord borgo/gigging tonight, via mazzini, LADY BAR: Gonna bee blues!...:)




























, via Mazzini

Our Man in Europe/dave delacroix/Ragazzi No. 16: "Only the lonely..."

Our Man in Europe/dave delacroix/lord borgo/Ragazzi No. 16: "Only the lonely..."


Only the lonely.. will ever lend a hand. Only the lonely? If you need a friend? Call 1-800-LONELY: I DO; every Wednesday at Happy-hour: No-one picks up the phone.

Only the Lonely...will STEER you to the Super-market (and back), when both your legs have been recently amputated, you're in a wheel-chair, and it's a choice between a TAXI ot PAUL NEWMAN'S  canned "Consomme of Chicken"?

Only the Lonely will protect your political rights. Somehow (the Lonely?) they got educated, mentained ttheir integrity - in isolation - did NOT win the NOBLE PRIZE,  from those guys up in FINLAND - met a nice girl/had cool children, and prevailed?

Only the Lonely will find you when you're LOST; you'll have a friend, but it will cost you your loneliness.
With luck? You'll by-pass DISCO/RAP, turn to DRINK and become a happy chain smoker...:)

c 2013/davedelacr4oix/lord borgo esq./piacenza/italia.

Our Man in Europe/dave delacroix/Ragazzimento No. 15: TULA!

Our Man in Europe/davedelacroix/Ragazzimento No. 15: TULA!


She (Tula) hails from Romania, Bohemia, Transylvania; vampires come to mind? Yet she has distinctive blond hair; distinctive? -because in Winter IT DOESN'T FADE or darken. Tula's "sunlight" comes from within.
Sandro, her boyfriend, is tired of her. "I", am not.
She's a maestro in the culinary field. A "fashion-ista!" of course. (lives in ITALY) Gives cursory glance to menial jobs, watches a lot of TV (No crime).
I think of her "at home" wrapped in a gypsy shawl, sprawled seductively, on the divan. Occasionally, a cigarette. a glass of wine, pondering Infinity...?
OR, she will sit, quite "at attention", a'la "cats-cradle" and SWEET-NOTHINGS your attention, conversation, an attempt at an embrace!...?
Always charming. Alas; for mere mortals?
-the labyrinth of her mind is staggering!

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Our Man in Europe/dave delacroix/Ragazzimento No. 14: THIS WEEK'S TOP 10/Old Punk Rocker hits!

Our Man in Europe/dave delacroix/lord borgo esq./Ragazzimento No.14: This week's TOP TEN-Old Punk Rocker HITS!

(dedicato: Jude de Lorca)


1) LONDON - isn't - CALLING!
2) Wheelchair Gridlock!
3) Ain't no sunshine (when you gon blind..)
4) Nutcracker Suite
5) NEED BATTERIES (for the whatssit!?)
6) Alzheimer's Blues (forgot lyrics)
7) Does anyone REALLY know what time it is?
8) Bury my Heart in Canoga Park.
9) JANEY - really DID! - have a GUN!
10) It's all over now, Baby-Blue...

ELEVEN!!! -there's always an ELEVEN! -reader should now fill in applicable song title in blank space:
(blank space:)  ".................................................." -but CANNOT use "Stairway to Heaven", "Dark Side of the Spoon", OR! "Oh Lord-Sweet Jesus! -drop-kick me thru the goalposts of LIFE!"

c 2013/feb/davedelacroix/sex symbol dude/piacenza/italia; "Blue skies? Nuttin' but blue skies, etc..."

Our Man in Europe/dave delacroix/RAGAZZIMENTO No. 13: "Songs I never sung."

Our Man in Europe/davedelacroix/Ragazzimento No. 13: "Songs I never sung."


(dedicato: Doug Treadway-Poet)


If you see a man walking down the road and he tells you his name is BHUDDA? -kill him, outright! (just do it!)
If you wake and feel the sun on your face? -count your blessings; perhaps you - in your life - DID something good?
...ALLAH favors the compassionate.

If you hear word of St. Patrick, who, incidentally, now lives by FAIRPLAY, in SOUTH PARK-Colorado? -wish him well; his Lady, too: St. REZA (think Hildegard of BINGEN, Ger.), both good people, well and true;
and if you see a Man sitting hopeless, begging on the street? -saying: "Buddy? Can you spare a Dime?" -don't give him money. Give him a FISHING LINE.

All good Gentlemen, all good Ladies, too? GOOD SHOES, I wish you.
Our feet clutch the Earth...whilst our minds reach Skyward!

c 2013/davedelacroix/lord borgo esq./piacenza-Italia...:)

Our Man in Europe/ragazzimento No. 12: FIVE EASY RAGAS...

Our Man in Europe/ragazzimento no 12: FIVE EASY RAGAS...


RAGA No 1:  "HOW IT'S MADE" (in Italian: Comme E fatto): BRITISH PEACOCK

First? You have to impregnate a female/buxom wench. If THAT goes well, the embryo of "said product" will develop. After-birth, which MOST "said products" ARE, come with 1 - to - 5 - senses. Some FINE tuning during the first 15 years of existence - which should include, regimentation, religious and political brain-washing/wealthier families have the option of sending "said product"  to a private school  (ETON, HARROW, RODEAN) where a full course in same-gender SEX can be firmly embedded.
Further development AND REFINEMENT of "said product" can then be presented, at Court, or  in "decent" society.
Relax. LATHE MACHINES, drills, electric shocks (lobotomy) can be administered later, should "said product"  either NOT incline to heterosexuality, NOT go into Banking, the Diplomatic Corps, Politics, shows NO FLAIR for mingling with JEWS, MUSLIMS, INDUS or the landed gentry of America - who ALWAYS go by the name of KENNEDY or HUEY P. LONG -both of Irish descent...?
LASTLY? -keep "said product"  STRICTLY AWAY from Buddhists, Scientologists and HARI-KHRISTNA types;
......And THAT...is how it's made.



RAGA No. 2: FAT MARGOT -apres Francois Villion

Her name was LILLY OF THE VALLEY and I loved her, loved her so. She RAN OFF with a "techie" and left me all so low.
So? My NEW love, QUEEN MARGOT (Oak-aged, blended Scotch whisky, €4.99 a bottle) keeps me warm at night;
Her name was Lilly of the Valley, and I loved her, loved her so.

Her name was Lilly of the Valley; wonder where she's gone? We are FRIENDS on Myspace, but NOT on Facebook, amongst her FRIENDS I count as ONE (No Twitter).
Do I ever get a Card/E-mail? JEEZE! NO SUCH LUCK.
And whilst Queen Margot keeps me warm at night, she's NO good for a...................... (reader must create final expletive)
...Her name was Lilly of the Valley...and I loved her, loved her so.



RAGA No. 3: "...A SHEEP or a LAMB."


Our MAN in Singapore (SJ.esq.), as of late,  been giving me good career advice:

1) SLAVERY is not ALL that it's cut out to be. (getting a job)

2) GRIFTING can BE lucrative though there is always the possibility of retribution.

3) The THREE CARD TRICK only works for about 10 minutes.

4) Whisky'll make a blind man sing the blues!

5) Do NOT go on the DAVE LETTERMAN "talk-show"!

6) Always invite ALL the Paparazzi into your home for cocktails.

7) Also, invite Johnny Depp.

8) The THREE CARD TRICK only works for 10 minutes.

9) If I see YOU AND MY EX-WIFE at the MOTEL 6 AGAIN!? -I'll kill you!

10) Do you know the way to San Jose?
..........

DARN! I may as well be HUNG for killing a sheep as a lamb, or a lamb as a sheep (whatever!) -I'm going on the "TALK SHOW!"...:)


RAGA No. 4: CORSO

MINK COAT on a bicycle, struggles on by. Some lady with two bambinos in-tow, remonstrates: "Wait till your father gets home!"
Lorenzo (Street Accordion player) he just waltzes down the Corso. Dogs barking, fishmongers selling, sun peeks out; belladonna's walk on by: Sitting at the World Cafe-Salvatore serving up the tapas and vino: I fail to SCREAM, but dream...:)

RAGA No. 5:  Pride

She did not give just wot she ought, she never said "I'm true!" (her spelling was atrocious!) She lived and DIED yet the World decides; to carve her name with pride.
A 1,000 ships went sailin' out, with MEN all brave and true; something bespoke, a lion's ROAR, we carve her name with pride.
And Paris, Ajax, ALL those cats, Achilles, too, who died ...for one and all? No tears are shed. The blood's been bled; we carve her name with pride; we carve her name with pride.


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