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Thread #91175   Message #1732429
Posted By: Mr Fox
02-May-06 - 06:42 PM
Thread Name: The Genre of Funny English Songs
Subject: RE: The Genre of Funny English Songs
Now the folksinger came from America
To sing at the Albert Hall,
He sang his songs of protest
And fairer shares for all.
He sang how the poor were much too poor
And the rich too rich by far,
Then he drove back to his penthouse
In his brand new Rolls Royce car.

'What a World' - Benny Hill

I'd also nominate 'Bantam Cock' - Jake Thackeray and 'Brother Gorilla' Georges Brassens, translated by Jake Thackeray.