Tuesday 29 December 2020

Parody: Away in a Manger (Famous names)

Another parody, this time providing different lyrics to the Christmas carol Away in a Manger. Fitting famous names to the melody whilst trying to maintain key rhyming schemes resulted in the following.


Away in a Manger (Famous Names Version)

Faye Wray, Stewart Granger, 
Chris Chib., Father Ted, 
Sid Little, Lorne Greene, Dustin Gee, Mister Ed. 
Pa Larkin, Kiera Knightly, 
Luke, Han, Leia, Rey, 
Siri, Lita Ford, Geezer, Wayne Sleep, Andrew Ray.

Roy Castle, Jim Bowen, 
Al Gore, Eddie Yates, 
Muttley, Mary Peters, Noel Clarke, Kathy Bates, 
Olaf, Bernadette Peters, 
Lou Grant, Buddy Guy, 
Ant, Jeremy Clyde, Tim Vine, Lady Di. 

P Diddy, The BeeGees, 
Arthur Askey, Gru, May, 
Joe Friday, Endeavour, Brian Clough, Doris Day, 
Daenerys Targaryen, 
Steve Martin, Dan Dare, 
Tom Baker, Sue Ellen, Olivier, Cher.

Parody: Wake me up before you go-go

This one was inspired by a simple spoonerism of jitterbug!

Make me up unsweetened cocoa

Bitter jug
Bitter jug
Bitter jug
Bitter jug
I had the mushroom stilton to start
And so I will not try
Food from the dessert cart
Saccharine or aspartame
I'll also leave to hang but thank you all the same.
"Avoiding sugary
food don't seem right,"
my best friend told me
though his words seemed trite;
words I am keeping out my head.
Back, you demon,
'cause I'm having savoury instead!
CHORUS
"Make me up unsweetened cocoa.
Don't give me syrup in a latté, no, no
Make me up unsweetened cocoa,"
I said explicitly, "barista guy,
Make me up unsweetened cocoa.
Do I have to ask again in slow-mo?
Make me up unsweetened cocoa -
okay, you got it right...
Barista guy, yeah, yeah!"
You take the Fun Size outta my way
You take the Crunchie, Mars Bar and Milky Way
You brought a sweet tub here when you came
My thanks, but take it back if it's all the same
'Cause, though they're tasty, can't be beat,
one can be hasty when they're nice to eat.
Avoid sickly sweets tonight;
If we eat them
Trousers will become too tight
CHORUS
Cauli's a maybe, Muesli's alright,
While some will eat out tomorrow night
We'll hold our time, and stay in instead
Take a chance,
We'll eat Crackerbread
(Bitter jug)
CHORUS
Are you leaving?
A loon-goon-buffoon, oh!
Assume-gloom-new-broom (un-fair)
(Are you leaving tonight) Where?
Where, where?