Not a parody, but somewhat about parodies. Nothing like all the regulars in a pub singing the "surprise" punch line along with you. No I can't remember the tune I used. (I only sang it once.) Funny the First Time (Me, circa 2006)
Sing, oh sing, that old song once more Some people aren't sick of it yet It's like hearing the same joke again and again From some people I have met I remember it as clearly as yesterday's lunch But I'd like the chance to forget It might have been funny the first time Whether I laughed, I don't know It might have been funny the first time But I heard it so long ago Poor Mary Ellen was sunk Then she rose once again And she's been dragged around, and up follows down Like a glass of rot-gut gin The first parody was amusing, perhaps But it's been a long time since then And there's holiday cheer, and poor Santa They only come once a year But how long can your grandma stay funny Long after she's squashed by reindeer The songs might have sleighed a decade ago, But don't sing that one again here There's dead dogs in cider, dead people in poop Dead skunks in the road, and what's more Can't swing a dead cat without a good song, And we've got dead cat songs galore One truth about people - the living - it seems Is there's nothing as funny as gore.
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