Great Parodies

Subject: RE: Great Parodies
From: Stephen L. Rich
Date: 20 Jan 10 - 01:06 AM

Try this one out. It's Sandy Andina's parody of Michael Smith's song "The Dutchman".
It's called "The Conman"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul2DutAljzs

Subject: RE: Great Parodies
From: GUEST,wanderer
Date: 20 Jan 10 - 09:44 AM

Some more of Muppett's stuff include, the Yorkshire version of a John Denver classic, Country Road, called Clogged up Road.

The Song he put together to encourage his grand daughter to eat her tea, Sit down & eat yer tea, to the tune of sit down next to me by James.

Also heard him do Ghost Chickens in the Sky, although not his, he's put his own mark on it.

Then of course there's The Rap version (with all the actions)of Ilka Moor bar tat and the Ragga version (with dance) of The Wild Rover.

Subject: RE: Great Parodies
From: RWJ
Date: 20 Jan 10 - 02:19 PM

Seeing Bill Cadick in Les Barkers set on the Sunday morning after Bills birthay bash performing cusard creams at Redich festival was memoroable !!!

Subject: RE: Great Parodies
From: GUEST,wanderer
Date: 21 Jan 10 - 06:36 AM

Mr. Happy's version of Old Mcdonald's farm

Subject: RE: Great Parodies
From: Dave Roberts
Date: 21 Jan 10 - 07:59 AM

wanderer's right about Mr Happy's 'Old MacDonald', as I've mentioned before in other threads.

This has reminded me of a parody of 'Ruby, Don't Take You Love To Town' which I wrote a few years ago and can't find a copy of now.
All I can recall is the beginning:

Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Crewe

You've sanded down your face and stuck your hairpiece on with glue,
Ruby, are you contemplating travelling to Crewe?
And getting pissed on Pernod in the way you always do?
Oh Ruby, don't take your love to Crewe...

I may take that as the starting point and write it again. Often results in a better song, I find.

Subject: RE: Great Parodies
From: Mr Happy
Date: 21 Jan 10 - 09:13 AM

...........& there's the hilarious 'D'ye want your old Lavvy washed down!!'

Subject: RE: Great Parodies
From: melodeonboy
Date: 21 Jan 10 - 07:18 PM

"Shelves of Herring" (Shoals of Herring) - Fred Shroers (I think!)

"Why is it always Dairylea?" (Why does it always rain on me?) - Shirehorses

"BSA Bantam 1963" (Vincent Black Lightning 1952) - Dave Taylor

"Oh, No, Not The Fields of Athenry; If I hear it one more time, I think I'll die" - M. Austen

Subject: RE: Great Parodies
From: Stephen L. Rich
Date: 22 Jan 10 - 12:48 AM

Speaking of Old MacDonald, Doug Hamilton once offered up this one.

Old McDonald Had a Form

Old McDonald had a form…E I E I O
And on that form he had some blanks…E I E I O
With a blank blank here and a blank blank there
Here a blank there a blank
Everywhere a blank blank
Old McDonald had a form…E I E I O

Old McDonald had a form…E I E I O
And on that form he had instructions…E I E I O
With a "write this here" and a "write that there"
Don't do this, do do that
Fill it in in triplicate
Blank blank here, blank blank there
Here a blank there a blank, everywhere a blank blank
Old McDonald had a form…E I E I O

Old McDonald had a form…E I E I O
And on that form was legalese…E I E I O
With a whereas here and a wherefore there
Heretofore, notwithstanding
Yadda, yadda, yadda
Write this here, write that there
Don't do this, do do that, fill it in in triplicate
Blank blank here, blank blank there
Here a blank there a blank, everywhere a blank blank
Old McDonald had a form…E I E I O

Old McDonald had a form…E I E I O
And on that form were intrusive questions…E I E I O
With a "Where were you" and a "what did you"
"Who did you do it to, and are they going to sue you?"
Whereas here, wherefore there
Heretofore, notwithstanding
Yadda, yadda, yadda
Write this here, write that there
Don't do this, do do that, fill it in in triplicate
Blank blank here, blank blank there
Here a blank there a blank, everywhere a blank blank
Old McDonald had a form…E I E I O

Old McDonald had a form…E I E I O
And on that form there were disclaimers…E I E I O
With a "we don't know" and a "we can't say"
And if we knew anything, you couldn't sue us anyway
Where were you, what did you
Who did you do it to, and are they going to sue you?
Whereas here, wherefore there
Heretofore, notwithstanding
Yadda, yadda, yadda
Write this here, write that there
Don't do this, do do that, fill it in in triplicate
Blank blank here, blank blank there
Here a blank there a blank, everywhere a blankity blank blank blank
Old McDonald had a form…E I E I O



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