20 Mar 04 - 06:42 AM (#1141558) Subject: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: Leadfingers There doesnt seem to be a thread for this , though there are odd bits scattered through other threads. What triggered this was one in the El Paso Thread:- One night in the Wild West Town of El Paso I met a girl and I got shot and died. I once 'did' ten songs in a ten minute floorspot. Songs like :- The Gallant Frigate Amphritite Sank. Its one or two liners I am looking for , rather than two or three Verse stuff , and am interested in seeing what others Catters might know ,or have 'Written' |
20 Mar 04 - 06:48 AM (#1141562) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: Jeanie How about that old one: "I'll sing of Spiro Agnew, And all the good he's done." I always liked that one. Substitute any contemporary figure of your choice ! - jeanie |
20 Mar 04 - 06:50 AM (#1141564) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: Jeanie It was a dark and stormy night, And the Captain said to the mate: 'Antonio, tell us a yarn !' And the yarn went like this.... 'It was a dark and ....' Another of my favourites. - jeanie |
20 Mar 04 - 09:23 AM (#1141651) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: Flash Company Oh where have you been all day, Henry my son? OUT! Oh what did you do all day, Henry my son? NUTHIN! FC |
20 Mar 04 - 09:25 AM (#1141653) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: Micca LF how about these " Should Old acquaintance be forgot? Yes.." one of Liz the Squeaks " Jan Pearce,Jan Pearce lend I your grey mare No, you didnt bring back my lawnmower.." " and did those feet in ancient times?.....No |
20 Mar 04 - 03:05 PM (#1141836) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: Susan of DT (dick greenhaus here) We were 40 miles from Albany Forget it... |
20 Mar 04 - 04:53 PM (#1141897) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: Dead Horse As I walked out one evening clear, along the mossy banks. I stepped upon a mans bare bum, and a ladys voice said "Thanks" The song of the Vaasa We set sail on one fine day, And we sank to the bottom of the sea. This is the story of the old 49 Fastest locomotive on the Santa Fe line She left on time at a hell of a dash She got there safe, and she did not crash. My grandfathers clock was too big for the shelf So we sold it. Grey Funnel Line Dont mind the rain, or the rolling sea (Heeeeve!)(Hughie!)(Berrrt!) |
20 Mar 04 - 05:37 PM (#1141933) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: Crane Driver "The gallant frigate Araldite was stuck to Plymouth Sound" Andrew |
20 Mar 04 - 06:17 PM (#1141954) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: GUEST,Gin Full fathom five thy father lies. His aqualung was the wrong size... |
20 Mar 04 - 11:20 PM (#1142081) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: Hrothgar Tom Pearce, Tom Pearce, lend me your grey mare, No! There was a wild colonial boy And the coppers shot him. The keeper did a-hunting go But he forgot his arrows. |
20 Mar 04 - 11:37 PM (#1142088) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: Joe Offer Shortest cowboy song I know:
Since my horse died. |
21 Mar 04 - 04:06 AM (#1142139) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: Dave Hanson Celtic cowboy song, I'm riding on the range, And my hurdies getting sore. eric [ hurdies being gaelic for buttocks ] |
21 Mar 04 - 05:57 AM (#1142177) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: Snuffy Matty Groves he was a prat He screwed Lord Arnell's wife. Lord Arnell caught him on the job And Matty lost his life. |
21 Mar 04 - 08:40 AM (#1142224) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: Midchuck Learned from Mike Agranoff: Oh, I walked my Collie dog, Over hills and dales and bowers, But she would'na squat nor piddle Tho' we walked for hours and hours. Will ye go, Lassie, go... From an old '60's folk group - I forget which: Hangman, hangman, slack your rope Slack it for a while. I think I see my mother...GAKKKK! Peter. |
21 Mar 04 - 10:56 AM (#1142283) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: Sooz From the pen of Les Barker: I have a bodhran dear Lisa dear Lisa I have a bodhran dear Lisa a bodhran Oh good dear Henry dear Henry dear Henry Oh good dear Henry dear Henry oh good With what shall I play it dear Lisa dear Lisa With what shall I play it dear Lisa with what With a penknife dear Henry dear Henry dear Henry With a penknife dear Henry dear Henry with a penknife Theres a hole in my bodhran dear Lisa dear Lisa Theres a hole in my bodhran dear Lisa a hole Oh good |
21 Mar 04 - 01:01 PM (#1142357) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: GUEST,Billy MISTY Look at me, I'm as helpless as a kitten up a tree, Like a whistle that's lost it's pea. Like a one-legged man at an ass-kicking contest, that's me. LET'S DANCE (Tommy Roe) Hey, baby, won't you take a chance, I left my rubbers in my other pants, But, let's dance, etc. |
21 Mar 04 - 05:22 PM (#1142433) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: Joybell Try to remember UMMMMM?? Joy |
22 Mar 04 - 07:47 AM (#1142806) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: GUEST Unforgettable........ The gallant frigate Anthracite Ablaze on Plymouth Sound Are you going to Scarborough fair? Nope You looking for trouble? Well I'm not. Heartbeat, why do you miss... (clutch chest and collapse) Hello darkness my old friend I've bumped into th bed again. Stop me someone.... |
22 Mar 04 - 11:11 AM (#1142985) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: GUEST I can see by your outfit that you are a cowboy You can see by my outfit that I'm a cowboy too You can see by our outfits that we are both cowboys So get a cowboy outfit and be a cowboy too. More as I remember them... |
22 Mar 04 - 12:44 PM (#1143083) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: GUEST,Steve Give me the fishes, give me the loaves And leave the rest to me Give me a shady nook, give me a babbling brook And let the wine flow free Show me the multitude, queueing up for their food They'll be all right you'll see If their's anyone in doubt And you want to try me out Give me the fishes, give me the loaves And leave the rest to me. Words SPB 1989 |
22 Mar 04 - 12:48 PM (#1143087) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: GUEST,Peter A Shortest finnish drinking song; "Now" second verse goes; "Hup" |
22 Mar 04 - 07:28 PM (#1143383) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: The Fooles Troupe A Drinking Song. Drink, Drink, Drink, (etc) (that's the verse, for as long as the music lasts!) Refrain! (then you drain your glasses!) Robin |
22 Mar 04 - 08:37 PM (#1143434) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: JennyO Some poetry: There was movement at the station For the word had got around That the colt from old Regret had got away. So they went out and brought him back... The Oz adaptation of Jeanie's one: I'll sing of John Howard and the good things he's done... |
22 Mar 04 - 08:55 PM (#1143440) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: Charley Noble You stole my wife, you horse thief! Why do Scotsmen leave the country, Why do Scotsmen immigrate? They are following the whiskey, Being exported crate by crate! Hangman, hangman, stop your rope, I think..ULP! Cheerily, Charley Noble |
23 Mar 04 - 03:55 AM (#1143585) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: Flash Company Heard Pete Seeger sing the 'scotsman' one that Charley Noble quoted, also:- I pity the boss's son, I pity the boss's son, He rides around in a Cadillac The lousy son of a gun! |
23 Mar 04 - 04:10 AM (#1143594) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: Liz the Squeak Another Buddy Holly one - All my life, I've been akissing Your left tit cos your right one's missing.... And a Jasper Carrott one, guaranteed to have them heaving in the aisles: I'm just wild about acne, acne grows wild about me, I'm just covered in gurgling zits, as far as the eye can see; They call me Mellow Yellow.... I'll get me coat.... LTS |
23 Mar 04 - 05:53 AM (#1143637) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: GUEST That un-named guest up there was me, I don't know what happened to erase my moniker... I've got some more which I'll PM you or give you when I see you in due course. (too iffy to post doncha know) Splott Man |
23 Mar 04 - 07:14 AM (#1143676) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: Flash Company Sing a song of sixpence A pocket full of rye, Four and twenty Blackbirds baked in a pie, When the pie was opened The shrivelled birds just sat Saying 'Alright, a joke's a joke, what silly sod did that! FC |
23 Mar 04 - 08:32 AM (#1143728) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: Bat Goddess When John Henry was a little baby Sittin' on his daddy's knee, He picked up a hammer and a little piece of steel And said, "Gaga, googoo . . ." |
23 Mar 04 - 11:51 AM (#1143915) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: Splott Man Another Jasper Carrott one...(any tune)... Soap, Soap, Soap, Soap, Soap, Soap, Soap, Soap, .... just a few bars.... (It doesn't work so well with "chocolate") ----------- If I were the Holy Ghost And you were a lady, You could marry your carpenter, But it would be my baby. ------------- More Buddy Holly I've got crabs, You've got scabies, The cat's got fleas and the dog's got rabies, Oh boy. Splott Man (I've got me signature back) |
23 Mar 04 - 06:43 PM (#1144306) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: Liz the Squeak Take my hand, I'm a strange looking parasite..... I'll get me coat again. LTS |
23 Mar 04 - 06:57 PM (#1144317) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: Rapparee When John Henry was a little baby, Sittin' on his daddy's knee, His daddy picked him, threw him on the floor Said, "This baby's done wet on me, Lord Lord...." Down in the West Texas town of El Paso I ate some tortillas that made me get up and hurl. Diaaaaaaaaaaarrhea when the wind comes whippin' down the plains And it's sure is sweet To make the seat Before it fills up your new jeans.... As I walked down in the streets of Laredo As I walked down in Laredo one day I slipped in some dog poop and stained my white linen And to clean it the laundry charged more than my pay. |
23 Mar 04 - 08:18 PM (#1144384) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: JennyO A version of Laredo by, I believe, the Smothers Brothers: As I walked out in the streets of Laredo, As I walked out in Laredo one day. I spied a young cowboy dressed in white linen. Dressed in white linen and cold as the clay. I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy, You see by my outfit I am a cowboy, too, We see by our outfits that we are both cowboys, And if you get an outfit you can be a cowboy too! |
23 Mar 04 - 08:24 PM (#1144385) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: dick greenhaus DigiTrad does have an entry called "Quickies"--to which these will be appended. |
24 Mar 04 - 09:38 AM (#1144809) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: Rapparee As I walked out in the streets of Laredo, As I walked out in Laredo one day A f*****g big bus came up and ran o'er me, And flat was the fate of a squirrel such as I. |
24 Mar 04 - 11:05 AM (#1144866) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: Dead Horse Temperance Songs Bring us a teapot and set it up right Bring us a tea pot to last out the night Bring us a tea pot, no matter how hot We'll drink it all up, boys, we'll drink the lot. Come all you bold heroes, give an ear to my song I'll sing in the praise of hot tea and a bun There's a nice little tea shoppe, over England doth roll Bring me the milk ladle, and the sugar bowl. Oh, herb tea, thou art my darling You keep me regular, both night and morning. |
24 Mar 04 - 11:36 AM (#1144891) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: Dead Horse Songs Of War If you want to find the sergeant I know where he is, I know where he is, I know where he is. If you want to find the sergeant, I know where he is. Posted! With yer guns and drums and drums and guns, haroo, haroo With yer guns and drums and drums and guns, haroo, haroo With yer guns and drums and drums and guns the enemy nearly slew yer. My darling dear, you look so queer. Oh! Sorry, my mistake....... When I was a young man, I carried my pack Which is how come I got flat feet...... Oh Mrs McGrath, the sergeant said. Would you like to make a soldier out of your son, Ted? NO! The Royal Oak or 23rd February (you've got to know this one:-) On the 23rd of February, the weather was very foggy........ |
25 Mar 04 - 08:41 AM (#1145703) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: GUEST Oh Ellan Vannin, lost in the Ship Canal... The first good joy that Mary had, It was "The Joy of Sex"... Her eyes they shone like diamonds, She walked like the queen of the land, And her knickers they hung round her ankles, She'd snapped her elastic band. |
25 Mar 04 - 10:36 AM (#1145797) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: GUEST,Buddy Horny All of my life, I've been kissin, Your left tit cos the right one's missin, Oh boy |
25 Mar 04 - 10:55 AM (#1145810) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: Schantieman Last night at the Everyman, Hughie Jones said, "I'll do the Ellen Vannin. That always goes down well!" S |
25 Mar 04 - 11:57 AM (#1145883) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: weerover "Haemoglobin, oh my darling, when the lights are soft and low..." Don't quite know why that comes to mind when reading all of the above. wr. |
25 Mar 04 - 03:49 PM (#1146101) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: GUEST,Forsh With easter comming up, how about this wee ditty... As sang by me and my old army mates, of 10 field squadron back in 1975 There is a green hill far away, without a city wall, where the dear lord was crucified, he died to save us all.... ....................... 1, 2, 3, FOR he's a jolly good fellow, for he's a jolly good... I'll get me coat as well, then? |
25 Mar 04 - 03:56 PM (#1146109) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: Forsh Ah, thats better, re-set the old cookie and I aint a guest no more! ANOTHER... Bend over lay down and let me in.. (Status Quo) Spread your lovely legs & lay my way... (I know, sexist..) AND... I gues there will be a full version of this one somewhere.. (Magic Moments) Remember the night, you fell in the shite, you had your best suit on, the one with the stripes, the one that you bought with embasy coupons,* Magic, moments, ... *Embasy ciggies had gift coupons back in the day when Fas were cool & good for you! |
19 May 04 - 04:25 AM (#1188294) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: GUEST,Sylvia I heard a lovely couple of lines to the tune of Give me Sunshine (of Morcambe and Wise fame): "Give me heartburn, give me piles, give me tapeworms, miles and miles...". Does anyone know the rest (if there is any more, that is)? |
19 May 04 - 05:52 AM (#1188323) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: Mark Cohen I like Joybell's, and you might even be able to improve it by leaving off the last phrase: "Try to remember..." followed by a puzzled, vacant look, gazing upwards, hand cupping chin... Aloha, Mark PS The real trick is to do it while keeping a straight face! |
19 May 04 - 09:21 AM (#1188422) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: GUEST,Larry K Jeff Rantzer did a cute short parody of "Moonshadow" which went "I'm being followed by a state trooper, state trooper state trooper" A lot of Streets of Lardeo parodies. I wrote this one about the donut competition in Canada between Tim Horton and Robins Donuts. In London Ontario just south of Victoria Park there was a Robins Donuts on Horton street. I thought- why would they do that so I wrote the parody. Sing Out promised to publish it but never did. I noticed recently that the Robins Donuts is out of Business on Horton street, but that a new Tim Hortons has been build. As I walked out the streets of London As I walked out on London one day I spied a Tim Hortons and the Street it said Robin The street it said Robin as clear as the day Now I like Tim Hortons if that is important But give me the Robin's for their donuts are the best Take me to a near Robin's and don't just start sobbin Its over on Horton Street just to your west I see from your laughter you think its quite funny These words I did say as I ckearkt walked by Tim Hortons on Robins and Robins on Horton I was dazed and confused and I donut know why The dairy queen's sweet, it's over on King Street I just stop why when I am downtown And over on Queen street a Burger King outlet Where night clubs and pawn shots and drag queens abound Go write a letter to the London coucil And try to explain any logic in this Route 401 due east I am heading For a town south of Guelph by the name of Paris |
19 May 04 - 03:51 PM (#1188751) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: Big Al Whittle heard in a majorca folk club As I went out in the Plaza Majeor Walking out the plaza one day I saw a young fellow - a wearing sunglasses And unto me the young fellow did say I see by your camera, you are a tourist Oh I have a camera and sunglasses too But I've got diarrhoea And I caught it here So you better stand back Or get covered in poo |
19 May 04 - 04:32 PM (#1188758) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: wigan one i wrote cos i can't sing, tune hole in the elephants bottom i went to join a folk club ambitions at singing i'd got em but when i started to croon it was so out of tune that the audience said it was rotten. plenty more where that came from, but i've already got my coat |
19 May 04 - 04:45 PM (#1188772) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: beardedbruce From an Alan Sherman album... Shticks Of One Kind And Half A Dozen Of The Other [parody of "Molly Malone"] She wheels her wheelbarrow Through streets that are narrow, Her barrow is narrow, her hips are too wide. So wherever she wheels it, The neighborhood feels it, Her girdle keeps scraping the homes on each side. In Dublin's fair city, Where girls are so pretty, My Molly stands out 'cause she weighs 18 stone. (That's 256 pounds.) I don't mind her fat--but, It's not only that--but, She's cockeyed and muscle-bound, Molly Malone. [parody of "Auld Lang Syne"] I know a man, his name is Lang, And he has a neon sign. And Mister Lang is very old, So they call it Old Lang's Sign. [parody of "Billy Boy"] Oh what have you done, Billy Sol, Billy Sol. Oh what have you done, charming Billy. You took almost every cent From the U.S. Government, Which you spent on fertilizer, which is silly. [parody of "Mary-Anne"] All day, all night, Cary Grant. That's all I hear from my wife, is Cary Grant. What can he do that I can't? Big deal, big star, Cary Grant. [parody of "On The Banks Of The Wabash" by George J. Gaskin] Oh the moon is bright tonight upon the car wash. So I'm having my Volkswagen washed again. But the way things go with me, the way my luck is, Just as soon as they're finished, it will rain. [parody of "On Top Of Old Smokey" by The Weavers] On top of Old Smokey, All covered with hair, Of course I'm referring To Smokey The Bear. [parody of "Aura Lee"] Every time you take vaccine, Take it orally. As you know the other way Is more painfully. [parody of "Grandfather's Clock" by The Haydn Quartet] My grandfather's clock was the best ever made By the Timex company. Just like the clock John Cameron Swayze displayed Last night on the old TV. Oh it works under water so perfectly, And still makes a ticking sound. Which my grandfather tried only this afternoon, And that's how the old man drowned. [parody of "Comin' Thru' The Rye" by Nellie Melba] Do not make a stingy sandwich. Pile the cold cuts high. Customers should see salami Coming through the rye. [parody of Stephen Foster's "Polly Wolly Doodle"] Oh I diet all day and I diet all night, It's enough to drive me bats. Got no gravy or potatoes, 'Cause the whole refrigerator's Fulla polyunsaturated fats. Fare thee well, Metrecal, And the others of that ilk. Let the diet start tomorrow, 'Cause today I'll drown my sorrow In a double malted milk. [parody of "Down By The Riverside"] When you go to the delicatessen store, Don't buy the liverwurst. Don't buy the liverwurst. Don't buy the liverwurst. I repeat what I just said before, Don't buy the liverwurst. Don't buy the liverwurst. Oh buy the corned beef if you must, The pickled herring you can trust, And the lox puts you in orbit AOK. But that big hunk of liverwurst Has been there since October First, And today is the Twenty-Third of May. So when you go to the delicatessen store, Don't buy the liverwurst. Don't buy the liverwurst. Don't buy the liverwurst. It'll make your insides awful sore. Don't buy the liverwurst. Don't buy the liverwurst. |
19 May 04 - 07:13 PM (#1188971) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: LindsayInWales The boy stood on the burning deck When all but he had fled... TWIT !! |
19 May 04 - 07:18 PM (#1188974) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: LindsayInWales and something my father sang in Florida in 1943 as a RAF Cadet undergoing flying training: Take care of your web-footed friends For that duck may be somebody's mother He lives in the stream by the swamp Where the weather is awfully domp Well you may think that this is the end Well it is |
20 May 04 - 03:38 AM (#1189330) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: Splott Man A variation I heard was.. Take care of your web-footed friends For that duck may be somebody's mother He lives in the stream by the swamp Where the weather is awfully domp Well you may think that this is the end Well it's not and to prove that I'm no liar I'll sing it to you once again Only this time it'll be a little higher Then you do sing it again, a tone and a half higher Repeat until almost out of range then do Lindswinder's verse regards Splott man |
20 May 04 - 11:32 AM (#1189714) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: JennyO Rather than "The Boy Stood On the Burning Deck", this one from my dad: The boy stood in the banquet hall When all but he had fled He'd finished off the cakes and jam And nearly done the bread. "This is my thirteenth cup of tea!" He cried in accents wild "Just one more crust, before I ****" He was a vulgar child. There came a burst of thunder sound The boy, oh where was he? Just ask the maids who swept him up All cakes, and jam, and tea. |
20 May 04 - 01:17 PM (#1189860) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: Amos A Song of Fleas Adam Had 'em A |
20 May 04 - 01:31 PM (#1189883) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: Nigel Parsons "They drink their 'Guinness & Cider' And then the performers all stand. With two Guitars, a fiddle & bodhran They call them the "Black Velvet Band"" Nigel |
30 May 04 - 04:19 AM (#1196957) Subject: Lyr Add: Foggy Dew (parody) From: Nigel Parsons BATCHELOR'S SONG. unattributed When I was a Batchelor I lived in a tin with a hundred bright green peas My grandmother said to keep from sin you must not part from these But then one day the lid came off Horizons loomed in view And a very obscene little brown baked bean said "I'm coming in with you". I said to the little obscene baked bean I like your flipping sauce To which she said "I'm very well bred Heinz 57 of course" She wept, she cried, she damned near fried and said "What shall I do? So I pulled her in the can just to save her from the pan and the threat of the Irish stew. Now I am a Batchelor I live in a can with a hundred khaki peans And when I clap my hands they march around the can singing we're a lot of in-betweens Reminds me of the bad old days when I lived with my bright green brothers Now I'm doing very nice just ignoring the advice given me by my grandmother. Taken from the Bangor (N.Wales) Scout & Guide club songbook (pub March 1970) NP |
30 May 04 - 03:41 PM (#1197222) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: GUEST,Art Thieme Missing from ALL of these are our sources. Where they came from. Why they came to be and when. What might've been happening then that made the little parody current. All the above. --------- The "Hangman Hangman" parody sited above is from the Smothers Brothers---as I the Streets Of Laredo parody. That said, here are a few: I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a Bible, And make believe it came from God...(Don't know where I heard that.) ------------- This land was made for you and me---------and my R.C. (From kids in the schoolyard at Morris School in Chicago---1977) ------------- We three kings from sloppy Joe's bar... (From my wife Carol's childhood in Toledo, Ohio.) -------------- One ton tomato, Don't ear a one ton tomato... (from a humorous singer/songwriter named Mike Farrow? in Chicago about 1979.) --------------- Fry me a live--fry me a liver, I fried a liver for you. (parody of a song that was a hit for Julie London in the 1950s.) ------------- I believe if I saw my wife again, I'd still be here with you. (from the Utah Phillips' song) ------------------ Touch me when I'm bowling, Touch me when I'm snowmobiling, When I'm cleaning the cat litter, Surprise me with your hands, And lightly, With kung-fu, Touch me. (from Utah Phillips' song "Touch Me") ---------------- It's knowing I can get some snatch Without having to commit to you at all, That makes me leave my sleeping bag Rolled up and stashed behind your couch... (A one-verse parody I put together when I was the regular singer on the stemboat Julia Belle Swain. John Hartford, who piloted the boat quite often, and who wrote the original, did not think it was real funny.) ------------------- Richard Nixon's the name and I won every damn campaign, Stonewalled congress's game and tore up the yapes again, In the summer of '74 they were angry and demanding more, By August 8th I had to tell 'cause a tape can remember all too well. On the night that they drove old Dickie down, All the people were singing, On the night that they drove old Dickie down, Dan Rather was jeering, He went, "Naaa,na,na,na,na--naaaa, na, na, na, na, Na, na, na,na, nan naaaa, na, na !!!" (A tale of Watergate---1970s. I heard it sung around Chicago---maybe Freddy Holstein or Michael Cooney.) ---------------- Oh your mother is old, Amd your father is dead, And your brother is dead, And your brother is dead, And your brother is dead, And your kid has one leg, And your wife is a drunk And your car doesn't float ! (I heard this from ....... ...... after an incident on Chappequidic Island off Massachusetts. tune: The Irish Washerwoman) ---------------- This land is their land, It is not our land, From the plush apartments, To the Cadillac car land, From the Wall Street office, To the Hollywood star land, This land is not for you and me ! (from the BOSS'S SONGBOOK ---1960s ------------------ The miners came in '49, The whores in '51, Ten they got together And they made a Native Son. (A California song from the 19th century.) --------------- Yah, sir, he's my Arafat, No, sir, I don't mean chicken fat, Yah, sir, he's my Arafat now. (tune: "Yes, Sir, She's my Baby" I got this from a couple in Minnesots---a Palestinian girl had married a Minnesotan. They named their kid "Yah,Sir, You Betcha" ;-) --------------- Don't cry ladies, I'll buy your goddam pencils, Don't cry ladies, Your apples too, Don't cry ladies, Take off those dark brown glasses, Hello, mother, I knew it was you. (Frank Hamilton sang this in a concert for the University Of Illinois Folksong Club at Navy Pier--Chicago---1962.) ------------------- If you've never been the lover of a landlady's daughter, Then you cannot have another piece of pie"" (I heard Jo Mapes sing this in Chicago as the shortesr song she knew. circa 1961.) ------------------- You can give marriage a whirl If you've got enough in your purse, But no matter what you do marry a Texas gal, 'Cause no matter what happens -- she's seen worse. (I heard Pete Seeger sing this around 1956 at a Northwestern University concert with Pete and Big Bill Broonzy.) ----------------- What was your name in the states, Was it Jackson or Thompson or Bates, Did you flee for your life, Did you murder your wife, Oh, what was your name in the states. (a song of early California referring to the fact that many of those in the gold fields were people with a past who were forced to go West.) Hope this helps. Art Thieme |
31 May 04 - 10:10 AM (#1197610) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: GUEST,Bex McK This land is your land But it once was my land After we sold you Manhattan Island You put my nation on a reservation This land was made for you and me |
31 May 04 - 12:29 PM (#1197677) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: YorkshireYankee Sorry LF, don't have any "one- or two-liners", but maybe these'll do... Heard someone sing this when I was in high school & thought it was pretty funny: This land is my land This land ain't your land If you don't get off I'll blow your head off I got a shotgun And you ain't got one... This land was made for me, not you! Did a Google to find the author & found this site, which has the rest of the parody (I didn't know there was more), & says it was written by David Pratter. Then there's this very short one by Keith Donnelly (who is absoloutely *brilliant*; if you ever get a chance to see him live, don't pass it up!) I'm a bicycle lamp and I've been around I've covered this road from Guildford to Godalming town Travellin' light... I'm a travellin' light Cheers, YY |
01 Jun 04 - 01:57 AM (#1198164) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: aussiebloke To the tune of Miria - from Paint Your Wagon Away out here, they got a name for wind and rain and fire The rain is Tess, the fire Joe and they call the wind: The Wind. Cheers all aussiebloke |
25 Apr 05 - 02:41 PM (#1470341) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: GUEST,Songster Bob Tune: Jealousy "Entropy! Why ... must ...... there ....... be ......" (in diminishing volume, effort, and wakefulness -- sometimes followed with the sound of snoring). Bob |
25 Apr 05 - 04:25 PM (#1470434) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: Wrinkles Don't know where it originated, but this is the theme tune for Ulsterfolk with jewish ancestry; "Where the Mountains of Mourn sweep down to the sea, My yiddisher mamma is waiting for me" and a parody of mine own; I left my heart in San Fancisco I left my knees in Timbuktu I left my brain in Bulowayo but my bowels I give to you! wrinkles |
26 Apr 05 - 04:20 PM (#1471614) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: YorkshireYankee John Jacob Jingleheimer Smith His name is my name, too Whenever we go out, the people always shout, "There goes John Jacob Jingleheimer Smith!" Dada dada dadada... Second verse, same as the first -- a little bit louder and a whole lot worse... Learned at Girl Scout camp. Actually, not sure whether it counts as a very short song, or a very long one... Then there's this gem by Keith Donnelly: I had a cat named Whiskey He was a pretty kitty He did ablutions everywhere, which made the house... not pretty Then he got runned over by a bus By heck that must have tickled I could not bear to have him stuffed, and so I had him pickled Musha ring dumma do damma da Whack fall ma daddy oh, whack fall ma daddy oh... There's Whiskey in the jar! |
26 Apr 05 - 10:13 PM (#1471930) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: Sandy Paton Stan Kelly, in London, 1957, sang: We live in the attic and we pay no rent And it's all very kind of Jesus. (Complete song) Gwynne Gardner, who works for us at Folk-Legacy, made up this parody (with her sister's help) back in the 1950s when they were both kids. You young 'uns probably know the melody, but I only know it as "Ta ra ra boom de-ay." Anyway, here's their song: It's Howdy Doody time The show ain't worth a dime And as for Uncle Bob, He does a lousy job. And as for Howdy Doody, He is a tootie fruitie. It is a crummy show, Let's let them know.... pfffft! (Bronx cheer) A fifth grader in Waterbury, Connecticut, gave us this re-write of the Mickey Mouse song about 20 years ago: Melvin Moose, Melvin Moose, Forever let us hold our antlers high. Come along and hanve some fun And eat some grass with me. M-E-L - V-I-N - M-O-O-S-E! |
16 Sep 10 - 03:49 PM (#2988201) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: GUEST,lompocan A friend posted this on facebook in response to someone's moan of the pAins of heartburn... (Sounds of Silence) "Hello heartburn, my old friend, you've come to haunt me once again; because a feeling's softly churning, and my esophagus is burning; and the vision of me puking out my brains, still remains, within the pain of heartburn. |
16 Sep 10 - 04:07 PM (#2988209) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: Bettynh I learned this from a book when I was a kid (I was a weird kid): To the tune of "Old Oaken Bucket": The old family toothbrush The old family toothbrush That moss-covered toothbrush We all knew so well Father abused it Mother misused it Sister refused it And now it is mine |
16 Sep 10 - 04:10 PM (#2988210) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: Bettynh From Barry Lewis Polisar: Oh my name is Hiram Lipschlitz And my problem's pretty clear... |
16 Sep 10 - 06:18 PM (#2988293) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: Tradsinger Songs from the shows: "I'm just a girl who can't say n...n....nn...@ "I've thrown a custard in her face" "Unforgettable, that's...........er..." From the folk world: "The rain is softly falling and the Oggie man is still there@ "The time passes over more cheerful and gay, since we've learnt a new song to drive thousands away" There are more which I will think of in time. Tradsinger |
16 Sep 10 - 06:21 PM (#2988296) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: Tradsinger Oh yes: "You made me love you, you woke me up to do it, you woke me up to do it" Tradsinger |
17 Sep 10 - 02:22 AM (#2988474) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: Ibbel Jack and Jill went up the hill And on the top he caught her Jill forgot to take her pill And now they have a daughter |
17 Sep 10 - 05:26 PM (#2988931) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: GUEST,Seonaid One or two loose bits -- "Her eyes, they shone like the rhinestones, And she was no friend of the pope, And her hair hung out of her armpits Tied up with a great hunk of rope." "I'm in the mood [or nude!] for love, Simply because you're near me, Funny butt...!" "Nobody loves you when you're old and gay..." "It's Howdy Doody time, It isn't worth a dime, So change to Channel 9 And look at Frankenstein." "I love to go a-wandering Across the mountain track, And since I'm over ninety-three, I can't find my way back." "Ist das nicht ein Schnitzelbank? Nein." |
17 Sep 10 - 05:28 PM (#2988932) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: GUEST,Seonaid Oh -- and from the Smothers Brothers: "Hand down your head, Tom Dooley, Hand down your head and cry; Hang down your head, Tom Dooley, Your tie's caught in your fly." |
17 Sep 10 - 05:31 PM (#2988934) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: GUEST,Seonaid (Always proofread before sending --) That should have shown three repeats of "Hang down your head." "Hand down" gives it a whole new meaning, though ... just in time for Halloween! |
22 Sep 10 - 05:13 PM (#2991723) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: GUEST To the tune of "Sing a Song of Cities" -- 'Twas only an old beer bottle, a-flaoting on the foam, 'Twas only an old beer bottle, a million miles from home; Inside there was a paper, these words were written on: "Whoever finds this bottle will find the beer all gone!" |
22 Sep 10 - 05:21 PM (#2991728) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: dick greenhaus Innaresting. Seems like the age-old practice of parodying the lyrics of pop songs is dying out....as, one might say, are the lyrics of pop songs. |
22 Sep 10 - 06:07 PM (#2991757) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: Joe_F Oh, how we danced On the night we were wed! We danced and we danced Till we fell out of bed. |
22 Sep 10 - 06:14 PM (#2991762) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: GUEST,Seonaid We can always recycle the oldies to good purpose, especially whenever there's a big Broadway/West End revival, or re-release of an old movie. And then there are those items that scarcely require a reference. Even among the young and untutored, over the years I've got a lot of mileage out of the opening bars of "Love is a many-gendered thing..." |
24 Sep 10 - 03:18 PM (#2993056) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: GUEST Other last lines to "Anniversary Waltz": ...We danced and we danced 'Cos there wasn't any bed. ...I needed a wife Like a hole in the head. |
29 Jun 11 - 07:17 PM (#3178701) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: GUEST Her hair hung over her shoulder. Tied up with a black rubber dand |
19 Jul 12 - 10:32 PM (#3378973) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: GUEST There is more to Don't cry lady... I only remember one verse... Hurrah, hurrah, my uncle's going to be hurt, Hurrah, hurrah, the dirty rotten (forgot this work), For he was very free with me when I was just a squirt, Hurrah, they're going to hurt my uncle. The verses go through all the family..Sung to "Marching through Georgia" I remember one of the folk singers singing it at Swarthmore in the 60's. I remember who sang it, but that's a secret! |
20 Jul 12 - 11:08 AM (#3379174) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Short Songs/Parodies From: Flash Company Oh where have you been today Lord Randall my son? Oh where have you been today, my darling one? OUT!!!! FC |