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Published: 2016-11-24 02:28:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 1042; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 0
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Description Was listening to the soundtrack for Devil's Carnival and really wanted to draw something for this song . So I did! Actually did this about a week ago but didn't get around to uploading.
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Let me tell you a tale for a penny
One that you cannot hear anywhere else
Not anywhere else
I heard from a birdy
It doesn't end purdy
It doesn't end well
No it never ends well

Let me spin you a yarn for a cent
Lord, would it not be a sin
For you to deny yourselves
A tale

A penny, a penny
A penny for an old beggar man's
Story, a story

A penny for a tale

There once was a doggy (arf arf arf)
She pranced in the moon
With a mouth full of
Shiny red pennies
She leapt and she wagged
So proud of her
Shiny red pennies

Yipping with glee

She trotted by the river (trot trot trot)
And, oh, bless my soul
She saw her
Reflection in the water
A pup with a jaw full
Of shiny red
Pennies in the water
She trotted as she plotted
To pirate those pennies

Oh, how they teased

Lord, lord
That greed, it'll kill ya
Lord, lord
Go on pass the hat, will ya
Yer purse strings are tight
Bleed for a sinner
I just need a few pennies more
A few pennies more

But greedy, so greedy (me me me)
She snarled as she swiped
And struck at the
Mutt in the water
A foolish pooch loots
From herself in the water

Her reflection struck back

Lord
I want to go on with the song
But don't make me bring up
What she did to that pup
That cute little pup
I just might well up

But I'll continue my rhyme for a dime
Or a penny is fine
These are difficult times
Yes difficult times
Thank you sirs, you're too kind

Lord, lord
That greed, it'll kill ya
Lord, lord
Go on pass the hat, will ya
Your purse strings are tight
Bleed for a sinner
I just need a few pennies--
Lord, lord
That greed, it'll kill ya
Lord, lord
Go on pass the hat, will ya
Your purse strings are tight
Bleed for a sinner
I just need a few pennies more
A few pennies more

And so did our doggy (bad bad bad)
She'd kill for a bite
At those shiny red pennies
She leapt and she barked
At the dog in the water

But her pennies
Her pennies
They dropped
Down, down
After them she shot
Down, down
Down in the waters below . . .

God rest her soul
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Comments: 27

Nothofagus-obliqua [2016-12-10 02:49:08 +0000 UTC]

I really like the usage of color in the BG here ^^ nice concept. 

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Songdogx In reply to Nothofagus-obliqua [2016-12-11 17:02:19 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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AlfaFilly [2016-11-27 04:37:29 +0000 UTC]

I love seeing art of Speaks. And also to see you illustrate characters to songs. There's something super nice about them.

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Songdogx In reply to AlfaFilly [2016-11-28 22:39:22 +0000 UTC]

I do miss drawing her.
Drawing dogs. To songs.
Just something feels right about it.

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CorvusRaven [2016-11-26 21:24:29 +0000 UTC]

Water you doing with human currency Speakeasy?

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Songdogx In reply to CorvusRaven [2016-11-28 22:38:39 +0000 UTC]

Maybe she has an iron deficiency = D ?

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TwilaTheWingedCat [2016-11-25 16:00:53 +0000 UTC]

Where do I find the story of this Speakeasy dog? I MUST KNOW 

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Songdogx In reply to TwilaTheWingedCat [2016-11-26 01:46:44 +0000 UTC]

It was from an OCT I was in, that long ended. You can read my rounds starting here: CC Audition: Prologue 1
Hopefully the navigation links all work. But be warned, it was my first real attempt at comics, and it's dating back over 5 years ago. The art gets steadily better but man it is not pretty to look at, especially in the early rounds. Even though I lost, I got to the finals so it can be read as a 'completed' story (even if the final round is not canon for the OCT itself).

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TwilaTheWingedCat In reply to Songdogx [2016-11-29 15:19:11 +0000 UTC]

I just finished reading this. 


GLORIOUS! 

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Songdogx In reply to TwilaTheWingedCat [2016-11-30 02:40:26 +0000 UTC]

Glad you enjoyed ^^ It's very old now, haha.

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TwilaTheWingedCat In reply to Songdogx [2016-11-26 15:49:46 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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intrstellar [2016-11-24 16:12:10 +0000 UTC]

Speakeasy!! I literally went back and read your entire story arc last week.

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Songdogx In reply to intrstellar [2016-11-26 01:44:14 +0000 UTC]

Oh god, it's so old looking now, I get embarrassed looking at it

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Ana-Mizuki [2016-11-24 12:09:26 +0000 UTC]

A very good song on greed, and strangely fitting poor Speaks. Though, to her, the pennies would be her trust in her boss.

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Songdogx In reply to Ana-Mizuki [2016-11-26 01:43:59 +0000 UTC]

Or perhaps, even a song for the boss himself?

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Ana-Mizuki In reply to Songdogx [2016-11-26 11:51:09 +0000 UTC]

Indeed.

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Canis-ferox [2016-11-24 05:25:19 +0000 UTC]

Ah I always love seeing Speakeasy in my inbox~ Neat colors and theme here! I like the shading too. I'm gonna have to check out that song when I'm not on mobile :U

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Songdogx In reply to Canis-ferox [2016-11-26 01:43:08 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I miss getting to draw her more often myself. Hearing the song made me think of something Speakeasy would sing.

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KelpGull [2016-11-24 05:03:49 +0000 UTC]

Aww, sweet! Gonna have to draw Speakeasy one day, that design is just too great.

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Songdogx In reply to KelpGull [2016-11-26 01:42:19 +0000 UTC]

She was a lot of fun to draw for me ^^ I miss getting excuse to draw her more frequently.

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TheDevilsLotus [2016-11-24 03:23:09 +0000 UTC]

Ooh this is really awesome, and it's really something different from you! I really like the colors you chose for the background, it imitates the drowning effect very well. And of course one picture of Speakeasy could not end without blood somewhere. Really nice job!

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Songdogx In reply to TheDevilsLotus [2016-11-26 01:42:01 +0000 UTC]

That's what I was going for ^^ Didn't have time for complex backgrounds but I could scribble some bubbles and blood on a blood splatter!
Thank you!

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Cambion-Hunter [2016-11-24 03:19:15 +0000 UTC]

Very good job, Songdog.

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Songdogx In reply to Cambion-Hunter [2016-11-26 01:41:31 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Cambion-Hunter In reply to Songdogx [2016-11-26 02:54:17 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome, Songdog.

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ValentinaTheWolf [2016-11-24 02:40:12 +0000 UTC]

Bawdass doge

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Songdogx In reply to ValentinaTheWolf [2016-11-26 01:40:50 +0000 UTC]

Much bile. Such doge.

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