Subject: RE: Mangled lyrics (song titles) From: Little Robyn Date: 31 Oct 06 - 01:40 PM The gallant frigate Araldite, she stuck in Plymouth Sound Robyn |
Subject: RE: Mangled lyrics (song titles) From: terrier Date: 30 Oct 06 - 06:42 PM Years ago, I remember a number of short folk songs, I can only remember two at the moment: 'tis true my love has listed, to 45 degrees! and The gallant frigate Amphitrite, she sank in Plymouth Sound. |
Subject: RE: Mangled lyrics (song titles) From: RangerSteve Date: 30 Oct 06 - 06:15 PM Sorry, it's not a title, but there's that old song that Willie Nelson revived a while back with the first line that my band used to sing "In the Twilight Zone, I see her, blue eyes crying in the rain". |
Subject: RE: Mangled lyrics (song titles) From: Liz the Squeak Date: 29 Oct 06 - 06:10 PM Every time I go past a certain chain of Italian/American restaurants, I can't help myself but I sing: Frankie and Benny were lovers.... LTS |
Subject: RE: Mangled lyrics (song titles) From: GUEST,Guest: Genie Date: 25 Oct 06 - 10:07 PM Hmm. I see someone ate my cookie. ??? Might as well add a couple more groaners: We all know the classic "While Shepherds Washed Their Socks By Night" The sequel is: Bagels We Have Scarfed When High And the song you sing when a bandmate makes an equipment complaint before a gig: "Go Tell A Roadie" |
Subject: RE: Mangled lyrics (song titles) From: GUEST Date: 25 Oct 06 - 08:26 PM Instead of "The Dashing White Sergeant," how about "The Surging White Dachshund" ;-D |
Subject: RE: Mangled lyrics (song titles) From: Bernard Date: 25 Oct 06 - 08:02 PM Wigan Work It Out... Sammy's Barred... Not forgetting the Eagles' Irish Tribute band 'The Eejits' and their song 'Hotel Connemara'... Erm... the Dashing White Sergeant is a song... I've known it since I was a nipper in the 1950s. Now the fiddler's ready, let us all begin, So step it out and step it in To the merry music of the violin We'll dance the hours away. Katie and Peggy and Patsy and Coll, Callum and Peter and Flora and Moll; Dance, dance, dance, dance, Dance away the hours together. Dance till dawn be in the sky, What care you and what care I? Hearts a-beating, spirits high We'll dance, dance, dance! (by Scottish conductor Sir Hugh S. Roberton) |
Subject: RE: Mangled lyrics (song titles) From: Liz the Squeak Date: 25 Oct 06 - 05:05 PM There's the Nappy song by Kenny Rogers... the Gambler. "You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, and know when to run....." LTS |
Subject: RE: Mangled lyrics (song titles) From: Genie Date: 25 Oct 06 - 10:30 AM Or the recovering bulimic's theme song: Ain't Gonna Heave My Lunch No More |
Subject: RE: Mangled lyrics (song titles) From: Mr Happy Date: 25 Oct 06 - 05:31 AM Gillian's Banjo Julian's Banjo |
Subject: RE: Mangled lyrics (song titles) From: Liz the Squeak Date: 25 Oct 06 - 03:42 AM Then there's that great Motown hit... Gonads (Go now). LTS |
Subject: RE: Mangled lyrics (song titles) From: Genie Date: 24 Oct 06 - 04:30 PM Liz, I kind of like your "Smeggy Poo," Should be a hit! A few more: Buy Me a Beer, Mister Shane or My Queer Mister Shane Makers of SPAM Adam In The Yard Unpinning Leaves After The Brawl Age Of Asparagus or Sage On Asparagus Achin' Drum Ain't Gonna Heave My Load No More Can't Help But Wander - So I'm Bound |
Subject: RE: Mangled lyrics (song titles) From: Genie Date: 24 Oct 06 - 03:40 PM Actually, My Grandfather's Cock is a long-extant parody of the well-known Henry Clay Work song. Isn't there also a "Wild Mounting Time" out there somewhere? |
Subject: RE: Mangled lyrics (song titles) From: Scrump Date: 24 Oct 06 - 07:21 AM More Kipper Family ones (or maybe just Sid) that spring to mind: - Bored of the Dance - My Grandfather's Cock - Arrivederci Cromer - Jack Onion And of course as others have said, Les Barker is a good source of more parody titles. |
Subject: RE: Mangled lyrics (song titles) From: Genie Date: 24 Oct 06 - 02:48 AM Which reminds me (a bit OT) of something I heard on radio this morning about Pat Tillman's brother, who also enlisted to serve in Afghanistan. The report said something about, when the guy was shipped off, "his wife kissed his Corporal." My immediate reaction was, "I bet he'd rather she had kissed his Privates." ;) |
Subject: RE: Mangled lyrics (song titles) From: Rowan Date: 24 Oct 06 - 01:11 AM Pace Little Robyn's "Dashing white privates", I've never heard of a song to the Dashing white sergeant but, over the last 30 years, I've often referred to the dance itself as the Flashing pink privates. Given one of the major roles of dancing it seemed perfectly appropriate. Cheers, Rowan |
Subject: RE: Mangled lyrics (song titles) From: Little Robyn Date: 23 Oct 06 - 10:57 PM Snippets from the Kipper Family spring to mind: Arrest these merry gentlemen Bald General Coote Dashing white privates Dicky riding The rusty cold farmer The Lightweight dirge To be a pharmacist The village P.I.M.P. Wild mounting time There are more but these are all available in the Kipper song book, 'Since Time Immoral'. Robyn |
Subject: RE: Mangled lyrics (song titles) From: Genie Date: 23 Oct 06 - 10:07 PM I think they could be Mondegreens, or they could be titles of parodies, spoonerisms or other slips of the tongue we've made in performance, or just "twisted titles" we make up just out of sheer orneriness. :) |
Subject: RE: Mangled lyrics (song titles) From: GUEST,vectis Date: 23 Oct 06 - 08:39 PM Tune title Blue eyed strangler AKA Blue Hydrangea. Or are these Mondegreens? |
Subject: RE: Mangled lyrics (song titles) From: Genie Date: 23 Oct 06 - 06:52 PM The Camptown Racists and one I used for one of Aine's Song Challenge!s: The Christmas Thong |
Subject: RE: Mangled lyrics (song titles) From: Genie Date: 23 Oct 06 - 06:08 PM Jim, I thought it was "She Begs, She Moans." ;) Then there's "Mamas, Don't Let Your Cowboys Grow Up To Be Babies." And the classic severed head song: "I Ain't Got No Body" |
Subject: RE: Mangled lyrics (song titles) From: Sorcha Date: 23 Oct 06 - 11:43 AM Ashoken--Ash Can |
Subject: RE: Mangled lyrics (song titles) From: Jim Dixon Date: 23 Oct 06 - 11:41 AM My favorite: Si Bheag Si Mhor => She Begs for More Another I've heard: Athol Highlanders => Asshole Highlanders I'd be embarrassed to tell you what my wife's band calls "The White Cockade." |
Subject: RE: Mangled lyrics From: Liz the Squeak Date: 23 Oct 06 - 04:37 AM Les Barker has done so much for warping the minds of people on both sides of the pond, that it's hard to find anything he HASN'T perverted.... although 'fox with the runs' is going to be hard to beat.... But you know me... I'll try with.... Stairlift to Heaven Whose sari now? Smeggy Poo Everything I chew, I chew it for you. A grazing Mace. I'll get me coat. LTS |
Subject: RE: Mangled Song Titles From: Genie Date: 22 Oct 06 - 07:56 PM Maybe the thread should be "Mangled Song Titles." (Not to be confused with the "Fun With Mangled Lyrics" thread where you translate songs into another language and back again.) Gimme time. Now that you've brought this thread to my attention, I'm sure some mangled song title will pop into my head soon. |
Subject: RE: Mangled lyrics From: kendall Date: 22 Oct 06 - 03:49 PM Not much action here |
Subject: RE: Mangled lyrics From: Leadfingers Date: 22 Oct 06 - 02:27 PM The Irish Indian Restuarant ? The Curry of Kildare ? |
Subject: RE: Mangled lyrics From: terrier Date: 22 Oct 06 - 02:21 PM Run for the Ty Bach, Nellie (Welsh one that) Darli'n CURRY When Puppies Close Their Crimson Eyes Hold on to the SleiggggggggAGHHHHHHHH Done Caught A Rabbit Disease |
Subject: Mangled lyrics From: kendall Date: 22 Oct 06 - 01:28 PM What sort of disrespect have you shown for song titles? Things like "Fox WITH the runs" and "Foggy MINDED breakdown". |
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