I admit that this type of song is gallows humor. at the expense of actual historic persons. It's the kind of thing I particularly enjoyed singing in college when "death" was theoretical; after all other people died while "we" were immortal. This song was also the kind of song that provoked a response from the overly squeamish at drinking parties, much to our amusement. I still enjoy singing it, especially at Halloween, but I no longer feel immortal.

I don't think I'd work up a similar song about some celebrity who had recently died but others would and do. I'd rather let the matter ferment for 50 years or so.

Never leave a tern unstoned!

Cheerily,
Charley Noble