Now that my original question has been answered so unexpectedly easily, perhaps for useful future reference we should turn this thread into a listing of Latin related spoofs, by each of us mentioning the ones that we know of, giving the original tune name and the lyrics where known and not subject to copyright. Besides the Dave Houlden one (thanks for the name correction), I always remember The Kippers' "Awayday" sung to the tune of Guadete ... http://justintuijl.com/kipperfamily/lyrics/lyrics5.php ... but those are not quite the same words as those I heard in Beverley one year (I hope they don't mind me giving them here) ... Chorus Away day, away day, loco in transit Omnibus, St Pancreas, away day Away day, away day, loco in transit Omnibus, St Pancreas, away day Cleopatra virginae, terra incognito in loco parentis Caesar multi Kama Sutra Troilus et Cressida, con Homo Erectus Strangulated hernia, coitus interruptus Cosa Nostradamus est in video nasty In Dramatis Personae My Little Pony Romulus et Remus, in flagrante delicto Honi soit qui mal y pense, Harry Belafonte
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