Bob Gibson https://www.bobgibsonfolk.com/song-super-skier/ wrote Super Skier to the same tune. Lyrics: They called him Super Skier As he sat around the sundeck And he swore that he’d never spill When they finally took him down They had to use three toboggans To carry all the pieces down the hill He was goin’ down that slope Goin’ ninety miles an hour When he caught an edge of his ski Well, his clothes, they were fast But the slopes, they were faster That’s the last of Super Skier we shall see He hollered, “What the hell!” As he put ‘em parallel He figured there was nothing else to learn As he started on his way, He was shoutin’, “Ondelay!” Assumin’ that he’d never have to turn Well, he was slippin’ down that slope Goin’ ninety miles an hour When a mogul flipped him in the air His jumpin’ form was fine Until he ran into a pine And two one-legged skiers left from there He was goin’ down that slope Goin’ ninety miles an hour When he caught an edge of his ski Well, his clothes, they were fast But the slopes, they were faster That’s the last of Super Skier we shall see When he left the tree at last He was skiin’ twice as fast Both halves were skimming moguls like a feather He said, “If I must be A split personality, How can I ever keep my knees together?” One ski was headed east And the other headed west ‘Cause both of them, you see, were running freer Well, the folks on Little Nell They looked up as scared as hell Said, “It’s a bird…no, it’s a plane…it’s Super Skier!” He was goin’ down that slope Goin’ ninety miles an hour When he caught an edge of his ski Well, his clothes, they were fast But the slopes, they were faster That’s the last of Super Skier we shall see Well, the moral of my story Though my story’s kinda gory Is very simple even to a dope Buy the fastest clothes you can Then talk skiing like a man But don’t let people catch you on the slope He was goin’ down that slope Goin’ ninety miles an hour When he caught an edge of his ski Well, his clothes, they were fast But the slopes, they were faster That’s the last of Super Skier we shall see That’s the last of super skier we shall see Words & music by Bob Gibson, Enid Rieser and Larry Rieser There are links at the Gibson site to several of his recordings. There's also a recording by the Chad Mitchell Trio, https://youtu.be/U6tqNuSlVYA?si=YBIx16xZslquZwBD
|