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So, I have always been intrigued by songs which can switch lyrics without batting an eighthnote. That is, you can sing the lyrics from one song to the tune of the other. My favorite is the three-way of House of the Rising Sun, O Little Town of Bethlehem, and Theme to Gilligan's Island. Who discovers these???
Anyway, the other day I was informed that you can sing the words to Green Eggs and Ham to the tune of 99 Luftballoons.
Does anyone else know of other mix 'n match songs?
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It Wasn't God who made Honky-tonk Angels, I am Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes and The Great Speckled Bird are all to the same tune. The first is a pretty raunchy (without being completely vulgar) sex song, the second a straight love song and the third a white Gospel number.
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Love this thread, Sparteye!
I can think of:
"Para bailar la Bamba" and "Twist 'n' Shout"
Also, most of Emily Dickenson's poems to the old Coke ad tune "I'd like to teach the world to sing, in perfect harmony"...
eg:
"Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me..."
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AnnaS mentions: the old Coke ad tune "I'd like to teach the world to sing, in perfect harmony"...
"I'd like to buy the world a Coke® and keep it company."
Gimme a Coke* and 6 billion straws.
*® required only after the first mention.
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Isn't there some American national hymn sung to the tune of "God save the (insert sex of monarch here)"?
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Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Baa Baa Black Sheep and the Alphabet song all have the same tune. 
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Max,
My country, tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing.
As a 1st & 2nd grader in the Mid-60's we sang this song right after the Pledge of Allegiance instead of the National Anthem because it was easier.
Now as far as I know they no longer sing anything in the schools except just before your child's sport after school. What a shame!
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Most of the song mixtures I've heard have already been mentioned. But how about the late, great Victor Borge and his ability to not only switch between "Tea for Two" and the "Moonlight Sonata", but then combine them, playing the Moonlight Sonata with one hand and Tea for Two with the other - and all without a moment's hesitation! 
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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But how about the late, great Victor Borge
Amen! Borge was nothing short of the funniest man on Earth!
Not quite on topic, but there are dozens of popular songs which have stolen their tunes from classical works, such as the musical "Kismet's" song, "Stranger In Paradise" from Borodin's opera "Prince Igor."
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Still trying to think of others besides hymns, of which there are several. Since CK diverted a bit, I thought I would too: my college roommate took a General Music class, and they developed mnemonics for different classical works.
For Mozart's 41st. symphony, it was, "Old Mozart's in the closet, gethimout gethimout gethimout".
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