The Ballad of Jed Rothwell


Come n' listen to a story 'bout a man named Jed
An entrepeneur, wants to keep his fam'ly fed
And then one day, with a wet electrode, 
From the 
Heavy water, up come a bubble-in' cold..

Cold Fusion, that is
Pons gold
Fleischmann tea


Well the next thing ya' know, ol' Jed's a full o' flair
The kin-folk said "Jed move away from there!"
Said "down south's the place for hydronamic things"
So he
Hopped a plane at Hartsfield and flew to Powder Springs

Georgia, that is
Griggs Device
Patent rights


Well the ol' Griggs pump didn't make a lotta heat
But Jed just said "I ain't close to bein' beat!"
So he got together then with a man names Gene.
And they 
Printed up a rag called I E Magazine

Infinite Energy, that is
Buy in mow
Pay yer money up front


So now it's time to say goodbye to Jed 'n all his kin
And they would like to thank you folk fer kindly droppin' in
You're all invited back next year to this locality
To 
Have a heapin helpin' of Q over Unity

Excess Heat, that is
Sweat a spell
Take yer wallet out
Y'all come back now, y'hear??


Copyright 1996 by Teresa Tutt