I haven’t really listened to Van Morrison‘s 1967 New York Sessions CD which came as a bonus on a different VM CD I picked up some while ago, but as I’d put my iPod into random mode, this track came up:

I can see
by the look on your face
that you’ve got ringworm.
I’m very sorry but,
I have to tell you that
you’ve got ringworm.
It’s a very common disease.
Actually, you’re very lucky to have
ringworm
’cause you may have had somethin’ else.
Oooh, aaahhh…
Uuunnnhhhaaahhnnn…
You’ve got ringworm.
Oooh-oooh, oooh, oooh-oooh, oooh, oooh-oooh….

For some reason (my friends won’t have any trouble understanding why) this appeals to me. I particularly like the heartfelt groans and ‘oohs’ at the end. I think I will have to give this CD a closer listen. Whilst it may not contain classics in the vein of “Brown Eyed Girl”, it’s the humble and slightly strange guitar-based minimalist-lyrics of a future musical legend.

Time to listen to “Just Ball” and “Goodbye George”