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30 Aug 13 - 05:09 PM (#3554539) Subject: Lyr Req: Parody of John Kanakanaka for Ben Kenobi From: GUEST,Christina Heard at Towersey Village Festival it included lines like what did R2D2 say who did Alec Guinness play I would like to find the rest because someone has asked me to sing it for post morris sessions. |
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30 Aug 13 - 05:19 PM (#3554541) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Parody of John Kanakanaka for Ben Kenobi From: selby Its a Les Barker poem and the books can be got from Les it was recorded by the The Mrs Ackroyd Band: on the CD Yelp! |
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30 Aug 13 - 05:59 PM (#3554554) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Parody of John Kanakanaka for Ben Kenobi From: GUEST,Christina Thanks selby |
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30 Aug 13 - 06:15 PM (#3554559) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Parody of John Kanakanaka for Ben Kenobi From: EBarnacle This is not really a parody. John Kanakanaka is a zipper chantey. You can fit almost anything into it. It makes a great rowing chantey for this reason. |
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29 Jun 24 - 03:02 PM (#4204689) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Parody of John Kanakanaka for Ben Kenobi From: GUEST,keberoxu Query: what in the world is a zipper chantey? |
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29 Jun 24 - 03:19 PM (#4204691) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Parody of John Kanakanaka for Ben Kenobi From: Joe Offer Keberoxu, a zipper song is a song that adapts itself easily to made-up verses. https://www.uua.org/re/tapestry/resources/music/chapter6/129370.shtml |