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Seeing yet another thread on "Why Paddy's Not at Work Today" (under all its various names), I started thinking of other jokes or comedy routines that have been turned into songs. Of course, there's the classic "Arkansas Traveller" stringing together of one-liners, but I thought we could have fun listing songs that started out as old (or new) jokes.One classic is Mike Cross' song, The Scotsman's Kilt
And John McCutcheon and friends put an old urban legend to music in The $65 Sportscar
I've recently heard this classic re-told about Bill Clinton and a nubile young lady...The Vicar and the Frog
Then there's Matt McGinn's setting of the old tale of the defeat of Rome by the canny Scot, Grigaloo
I've heard Ed Miller sing a song version about the old lady, the genie, and her beloved cat, the punch line of which is "Boy are YOU going to be sorry you took me to the vet..." - doesn't seem to be in the DT, and I haven't got the words or the tune.
Any others that folks like? Enter them in if you know them and the DT doesn't have them yet!