FAWM: "Ron de Jean, Private Investigator "

Ron de Jean, Private Investigator

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Liner Notes

My son and I were walking home from his tap class when I saw the “choreography” skirmish prompt. I asked him if there are tap steps with cool names. He said “rond de jambe” and this character was born.

#lyricsonly #noir #crime #mysteries #ilostmyvoice

Lyrics

Gather around and I’ll tell you the tale
Of one stalwart dancer who also solves mysteries
Met him in night class, the James Bond of tap
Somebody sharp could fill books with his histories
Crimes on the moon? He’ll kick ball change in craters
Name’s Ron de Jean, Private Investigator

Taps like a demon but also a sneak,
Ron’s finding hideouts and busting up heists
As calm in the brothels as he is on yachts
He spanks and he slaps and he brushes and strikes
Can’t buy him off, cause he’s no crooked traitor
He’s Ron de Jean, Private Investigator

BRIDGE
He riffles and ripples and slurps after clues
This gumshoe with taps on his black, gumshoe shoes
And his paradiddles strike fear in the feets
Of the criminals dodging him on the mean streets

Always dressed classy, detecting or not
He’s noir but he’s also a lord of the dance
I spotted him once at a diner, disguised
Working a case while he cramp rolled and pranced
That’s a detective, kid, not a real waiter
It’s Ron de Jean, Private Investigator

Comments

@cd_caleb_duane 2d

very imaginative --- I chuckled at this lyric - comes around nicely in the diner scene --- well crafted

@janeg 6d

Please let me know if this one gets music! Such a fun story. And a phrase new to me.

@squirrelhavenstudios 6d

I would definitely read a book about Ron de Jean solving a mystery. I love how you managed to find rhymes for the name that fit in naturally with the rest of the verses. And the humor here is inescapable. Great stuff!