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Thread #47611   Message #711442
Posted By: Watson
16-May-02 - 05:44 AM
Thread Name: Help: parody legalities
Subject: RE: Help: parody legalities
Bill Caddick wrote the words to the words to the wonderful song John O' Dreams setting them to a tune by Tchaikovsky .
When Les Barker wrote the parody "Custard Creams", Bill recorded it for Les's CD "Tubular Dogs", Bill didn't benefit financially at all - it was Tchaikovsky's music and Les's lyrics.
It doesn't stop there though - last week I heard Bill sing another version Les had sent him - "Ron O' Dreams" about John's lesser known brother!