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Dick Wisan | Origins: The Marines' Hymn / Halls of Montezuma (38) | RE: The Marines' Hymn | 02 Sep 98 |
Umm. There's a sort of irony about writing parodies of the Marines Hymn, because it's a sort of counter-parody, itself. The original is out of an Offenbach operetta, & it's a lampoon of the police. Dunno all the words, but one bit (in translation) sticks in my mind. After explaining how they manage never to actually have to deal with dangerous criminals: |