Oh yes, yes, yes, John Leeder! Love those Kippers, and would be hard-pressed to pick favorites from their many intelligent and hilarious parodies of English folksong. (Although I must confess to loving their send-up of Dido, Bendigo -- "There was Dido, Fido, Bonzo, and Rex, Rover and Lassie, and Spot..."). You've inspired me to get the Kippers off the shelf and have another listen. What fun!

In the non-Kipper arena, the parody I don't like (although it was very funny on first hearing) is "The Rolling Mills of New Jersey." The reason it annoys me now is that everyone has forgotten the original song, "The Rolling Hills of the Border," which I dearly love, being an unrepentant romantic slob and all. Kathy