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Oh, well, what the hell --
Whistle while you work
Hitler is a jerk
Mu-sso-li-ni
Bit his peenie
Now it doesn't squirt
-Binky
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Now you've gone too far, IP; I can hear the sirens approaching.
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Just for the record, a google search gives authorship of Boa Constrictor by a majority vote to the Scouting Association of America. But for other Shel Silverstein verse see http:"//www.rpi.edu/~nicej/poetry/others/shel.html"
In line with the tone of this thread is:
The Dragon of Grindly Grun
I'm the Dragon of Grindly Grun,
I breath fire as hot as the sun.
When a knight comes to fight
I just toast him on sight,
Like a hot crispy cinnamon bun.
When I see a fair damsel go by,
I just sigh a fiery sigh,
And she's baked like a 'tater-
I think of her later
With a romantic tear in my eye.
I'm the Dragon of Grindly Grun,
But my lunches aren't very much fun,
For I like my damsels medium rare,
And they always come out well done.
Rod Ward
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<<Now you've gone too far, IP; I can hear the sirens approaching.>>
And at the first hint of political commentary... "From the mouths of babes..."
Binky
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Too bad I can't remember much of the parodies in book I had a long time ago.
Twas midnight on the ocean
Not a streetcar was in sight
And that was hardly odd, because....
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"Can't we all just get a song"
BYOB
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Dr. Bill, sounds like a varient on:
One dark morning, in the middle of the night
Two dead boys got up to fight.
Back to back they faced each other
Drew their swords and shot each other
A deaf police man heard the noise,
and came to rescue the two dead boys
If you don't believe my story, ask the blind man,
he saw it all!
(there are many varients of this-- this is the one i know)
other common song in this style is Old Susanna!
In rained all night, the day i left,
the weather it was dry,
the sun, so hot, i froze to death.
Susanna, don't you cry!
I have a book of childrens poetry that states this type of parody is especially American.. is it right?
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this kind of parody is American
Maybe USA has got it down to a fine art, but UK kids (well OK me a looong time ago) are exposed to this style of parody. I don't know (haven't the reference to hand, prob from Penguin Anthology of Comic and Curious Verse) the source of this one in similar vein:
Yesterday*, while going up the stair.
I met a man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
I wish that man would go away.
*Doesn't scan to me, could be "Last Week"?
Spike Milligan has some delightful Children's verse, such as:
There are holes in the sky where the rain gets in,
but they're ever so small, that's why rain's so thin.
Rod Ward
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<<Yesterday*, while going up the stair.>>
See, -now that's really the only really clever one so far. As to scan, how about "Once, while going..."
But, as long as we're on not-so-very clever ones, I can throw in another (surprise!)
Mary loves to skate
When the wind is cold and brisk
Mary is a little fool
her little asterisk
This is Binky, wishing you a pleasant from the rings of Saturn, signing off.
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A capital ship
For an ocean trip
Was the Walloping
Windowblind.
No wind that blew
Dismayed her crew,
Or troubled the
Cptain's mind.
The man at the wheel
Was made to feel
Contempt for wildest
Blow, Oh, Oh, Oh
Though it often appeared
When the gale had cleared
That he'd been in his bunk below.
Anybody remember the other verses?
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