This is all Judith Hayman's fault for referring to a pile of Beanie Babies as the "Barenaked Filkers"
It's been ten years since it first began Heather and Howard had a filk con plan Six years since I made the drive Never before had I felt so alive Six years of the Hall of Fame When Judith's plugging the con she just has no shame Last one seemed so long ago Now I can't wait to go home to FilKONtario Come up now to the convention That's often mentioned Where you'll find filking and so much more The silliness will prevail; you know I love the Tie and Tails I love the Dorsai 'cause you know they brought the Tullimore Just like Mark Osier we will twist rhymes We'll have a great time [spoken: or at least a pretty okay time!] Because the music is so fine Dave Clement does Stan Rogers And with Tom Jeffers, we get a taste of Dandelion Wine Gonna break free, go on a spree And sing with Urban Tapestry Across Toronto, from Yorkdale to Mississauga It ain't no shock, Ookla the Mok And Puzzlebox are gonna rock But watch out for the Kangaroos from California You're gonna love it 'cuz it's better than a holiday Try hard not to sleep until Monday It's the kind of con that beats out a funeral Can't understand what I mean? Well, you soon will It has a tendency of really odd happenings It has a history of being real fun It's been ten years since it first began Just a party for some Canadian filk fans Six years since the workshop game From whence Gorgeous Gary became my name It's been four years since Big Talis met The toddler who bears her name And is not too tall yet Last one seemed so long ago Now I can't wait to go home to FilKONtario Check out the penguins that flock and skeeter Yo'll find the con suite just could not be neater Singing filksongs in the hotel Our voices will gel And we'll go down the Road to Roswell When MEW's around you'll never be bored There's Ed on keyboard And Glenn and Spencer get it on tape When Steve MacDonald plays the guitar We're touching a star At journey's end you cannot escape Gonna get a Seagull axe to strum Gonna find a shaker egg or drum So we can join in makin' music ose and funny Gonna see what's run and blow a ton At the auction that has the boom Interfilk babes That make us spend our money You're gonna love it 'cuz it's better than a holiday Try hard not to sleep until Monday It's the kind of con that beats out a funeral Can't understand what I mean? Well, you soon will It has a tendency of really odd happenings It has a history of being real fun It's been ten years since it first began Think it can't get more wild? You'll find it still can Nine years since the second act The donations we gave the con got them back on track Six years since the chair got mad When OVFF printed the wrong year's ad Last one seemed so long ago Now I can't wait to go home to FilKONtario (3x) Judith, tell us who's next year's GOH