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Fun Music Information -> Gilbert and Sullivan
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Recordings:
Apr 19
a parody of "I Am So Proud" by Gilbert and Sullivan
A Mikado parody featuring Frodo, Aragorn and Gollum as Pooh-Bah, Ko-Ko and Pish-Tush respectively
soundclick.com: (mp3)
Song Parody Lyrics:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major General" | "Wedgie Major-General" | card |
| "I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major General" | ""Wedgie Major-General" | annimal |
| "Alone Again, Naturally" | "I'm Stoned Again, Naturally" | Airfarcewon |
| "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General" | "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Liberal Democrat" | Onslaught |
| "The Major-General's Song" | "I've Made An Airfix Model of a Supermarine Harrier" | Phil Alexander |
| "I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major General" | "I Doubt If I Shall Ever See A Dog Not Need A Tree To Pee" | Airfarcewon |
| "Major-General's Song" | "The Big East" | The Admiral |
| "I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major General" | "I'm Certainly No Model Of An Amiwriter Deity" | Old Man Ribber |
| "The Monarch of the Sea" | "The Don Dark of D.C. (BHO)" | Barry J. Mitchel |
| "For He Is an Englishman" | "For He Is American (BHO)" | Barry J. Mitchel |
There are additional song parodies available. | ||
Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| Don't Let's Be Beastly To The Germans | The Imperial War Museum | I Spoof, Therefore Amiright |
Misheard Lyrics:
"We Sail the Ocean Blue (from HMS Pinafore)"
Misheard Lyrics: We sail the ocean blue
In our tall sea ships of beauty As we sail the ocean blue We attempt to do our duty Original Lyrics: We sail the ocean blue
And our saucy ship's a beauty We're sober men and true And attentive to our duty | "Brightly Dawns Our Wedding Day"
Misheard Lyrics: What a lot of joys we follow
Original Lyrics: What, though mortal joys be hollow
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"Refrain, Audacious Tar"
Misheard Lyrics: Remeber what you are, and whom undressing
Original Lyrics: Remember what you are, and whom adressing
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Misheard Lyrics Stories:
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"We Sail the Ocean Blue (from HMS Pinafore)"
Misheard Lyrics: We sail the ocean blue
In our tall sea ships of beauty As we sail the ocean blue We attempt to do our duty Original Lyrics: We sail the ocean blue
And our saucy ship's a beauty We're sober men and true And attentive to our duty |
Story about this misheard lyric by: Patrick The funny thing is, I actually did keep thinking I heard "saucy," but it seemed so strange to describe a ship as saucy that I didn't believe it until I looked it up, long after I realized I'd heard the last two lines wrong. |
Song Parody Fragments:
"The Major General's Song"
Better Lyrics:
i am just a big model of some modern major elements
Original Lyrics:
i am the very model of a modern mayjor general
Submitted by: white trash
