Parody Challenge: The Aunts Go Marching

Subject: Parody Challenge: The Aunts Go Marching
From: GutBucketeer
Date: 25 Feb 02 - 01:31 PM

This Friday our local area FSGW is having a song circle with the topic: "Marching and other means of getting from here to there".

I had this idea to look for parodies of "The Ants Go Marching Down into the Ground to get out of the Rain Boom Boom ....."

Problem is that I haven't found any. So I though I could make one up with a chorus something like...

The Aunts go marching down to store to buy some more chink, chink, chink.

But that's where my creative juices have run out.

Can any of you songsters think of some good lines? Does anyone know of other parodies to the song?

Thanks

JAB

Subject: RE: Parody Challenge: The Aunts Go Marching
From: Mrrzy
Date: 25 Feb 02 - 01:55 PM

The aunts go marching 2 by 2, the little one stops to catch the flu and they all go marching down (where?) to the stores (why?) to get out (of what?) the sales (boom boom boom)
The aunts go marching 3 by 3 ... the little one stops to shop for me ...
4 by 4 ... Shop some more ...
5... for to arrive
6... buy some bricks
7 ... shop, by heaven!
8... pay the freight
9 ... stand in line
10... shop till The End! [end of song]

Subject: RE: Parody Challenge: The Aunts Go Marching
From: GutBucketeer
Date: 25 Feb 02 - 01:56 PM

The Aunts go marching one by one,
A SALE, TODAY!
The Aunts Go marching one by one,
A Sale, Hurray!
The Aunts go marching one by one,
The little one screams and begins to run,
And they all go marching,
Down to the store
to buy some more
Chink, Chink, Chink, Chink

The Aunts go marching two by two....

JAB

Subject: RE: Parody Challenge: The Aunts Go Marching
From: GutBucketeer
Date: 25 Feb 02 - 01:58 PM

Thanks Mrzy!

Subject: RE: Parody Challenge: The Aunts Go Marching
From: wysiwyg
Date: 25 Feb 02 - 02:05 PM

Oh, I thought it would be "When the Aunts Go Marching In."

But for your topic I would go with:

Gospel items, "I Feel Like Travelin' On"

"Life Is Like a Mountain Railway"

Spirituals, "Let Us Cheer the Weary Traveler"

"Follow the Drinking Gourd"

"Swing Low Sweet Chariot" (and other chariot spirituals)

~Susan

Subject: RE: Parody Challenge: The Aunts Go Marching
From: Mrrzy
Date: 25 Feb 02 - 02:09 PM

I am also reminded of the chorus we used to sing to The Titanic, Uncles and Aunts, little children lost their pants...

Subject: RE: Parody Challenge: The Aunts Go Marching
From: GUEST
Date: 02 Mar 07 - 05:45 PM

already done!

http://www.amazon.com/Aunts-Go-Marching-Maurie-Manning/dp/1590780264/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-1373693-4077747?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1172875432&sr=8-1

Subject: RE: Parody Challenge: The Aunts Go Marching
From: Bainbo
Date: 02 Mar 07 - 05:51 PM

Mmmm. Unfrtunately, that book is copyright 2003. Some time after the original post was made requestng a parody. Not sure GutBucketeer could hang on that long, on the off chance that a book would come out.

Subject: RE: Parody Challenge: The Aunts Go Marching
From: GUEST
Date: 06 Mar 07 - 07:35 PM

. . . well according to the reviews on Amazon, it's a clever idea, so GutBucketeer was on the right track.