Lyr Req: Parody of John Kanakanaka for Ben Kenobi

Subject: Lyr Req: Parody of John Kanakanaka for Ben Kenobi
From: GUEST,Christina
Date: 30 Aug 13 - 05:09 PM

Heard at Towersey Village Festival it included lines like
what did R2D2 say
who did Alec Guinness play

I would like to find the rest because someone has asked me to sing it for post morris sessions.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Parody of John Kanakanaka for Ben Kenobi
From: selby
Date: 30 Aug 13 - 05:19 PM

Its a Les Barker poem and the books can be got from Les it was recorded by the

The Mrs Ackroyd Band: on the CD Yelp!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Parody of John Kanakanaka for Ben Kenobi
From: GUEST,Christina
Date: 30 Aug 13 - 05:59 PM

Thanks selby

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Parody of John Kanakanaka for Ben Kenobi
From: EBarnacle
Date: 30 Aug 13 - 06:15 PM

This is not really a parody. John Kanakanaka is a zipper chantey. You can fit almost anything into it. It makes a great rowing chantey for this reason.