A few months ago I heard a parody of Bill Staines "Roseville Fair". At the time I first heard it, I thoroughly enjoyed the humor and thought that a singer/songwriter could not be paid a higher complement than to have a song "parodied". I felt the parody was in no way making a mockery of the original, but just having FUN,in a group, with music. To me, the original song is strong enough to be left untouched by the parody. I put the parody in the same category as "On Top of Old Smokey" and "On Top of Spaghetti"...one we play seriously and the other is just fun, particularly at camps. I never once thought about whether or not the writer of Old Smokey or Bill Staines would have resented/been offended by the parody..(maybe because of my conviction that it's a complement.) After reading the posts to this thread, I have NO CLUE what I really think about parodies....just know I enjoy the humor which, for me, somehow doesn't degrade the original songs. Guess it just depends........