Parodies also can "use up" some of the stereotypes in folk music and deflect criticism. For example, my brother will sing

"The moon it shown down on old Dublin Town
When the deadly fight was o'er
Thousand lay on the cold, cold ground
They're lives would flame no more.
The moon it shown down on O'Connell Street
Where a dying young rebel lay,
With his...body...gashed and his...arms...
SOB SOB SOB
(Spoken)Sorry, I just can't go on. It's too much.

Thereby parodying the idea of the overly sentimental Irish song.

Or his

"...by the risin' of the moon (YEEHAA!) by the risin' of the moon,
For the pikes must be together
By the risin' of the moon YEEHAA!"