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Song Parodies -> "That's A Moray"
Original Song Title:
"Thats Amore"
Original Performer:
Dean Martin
Parody Song Title:
"That's A Moray"
Parody Written by:
Malcolm Higgins
The Lyrics
when you're diving at night, and your feet feel the bite,
that's a moray
when your hand's in the cave, suddenly you'll need saved,
that's a moray
when you blubber and scream, but you have a bad dream
that's amore
when he hits all your fingers, with teeth that are stingers,
a moray...
that's a moray that's a moray
little fella
when he bites on your thumb, takes a chunk of your bum,
that's a moray
when you reach in his cave, he's all bravo and brave
he's a moray
and it's not how it feels, and you know you have eels,
that's a moray....
scuzza me, but you see, let them be, or you'll see
lotsa morays.......
that's a moray
when your hand's in the cave, suddenly you'll need saved,
that's a moray
when you blubber and scream, but you have a bad dream
that's amore
when he hits all your fingers, with teeth that are stingers,
a moray...
that's a moray that's a moray
little fella
when he bites on your thumb, takes a chunk of your bum,
that's a moray
when you reach in his cave, he's all bravo and brave
he's a moray
and it's not how it feels, and you know you have eels,
that's a moray....
scuzza me, but you see, let them be, or you'll see
lotsa morays.......
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Damn it! Another time one of my ideas is dont by someone else! I got to start writing them when I think of them
This is the type of writing that catches my attention--really clever. Just like William Tong's "Tequila" song. I'd much rather see William do more of that than just the Bush stuff all the time, because he really is talented, and so is Malcolm. Songs like these are something that everyone can understand and we all know what the subject matter is! No need to sit here and think about it, and I don't see anything offensive in it, either!
Actually, I did have to think about it. In the third line, "when you blubber and scream," did Malcolm intentionally or accidentally select "amore" instead of "a moray?" It works either way, but amore probably causes more blubbering and screaming than moray eels.
I also thought of this one years ago - "when you're diving and feel the bite of a great eel, that's a moray". Like Billy, I didn't write it down either :-(
"That's a moray" is an irresistible pun. I've seen it tossed off in a Disney flick (Little Mermaid?) and there's at least one recorded version, by "Renowned Children's Singer Linda Arnold."
Put your hand in a crack, and you don't get it back.. That's a moray!
Sir MalColm, ~Lord HiGuns~, Duke o'Sex-On-Knee, please Sir: . . . ~ No Mo Ray ~
When you meet a big eel, and its teeth are like steel, That's a moray.
When the eel in the reef has your heel in its teeth, That's a moray.
feel a sting on feet when your wadding out deep thats a moray
it looks like a snake but its slimey and grey its an eel
love the name swap wish i found this site years ago
It's a fairly old joke now. There are better That's Amore parodies around. I came looking for one. I'm still looking.
To SteveC: I did one in:
http://www.amiright.com/parody/60s/deanmartin20.shtml
"When you swim and you feel something wet like an eel, that's a moray. If it lives in the mud and it likes to suck blood, that's a lamprey..."
"If it lives in a cave and it looks really grave its a moray, if its got lotsa teeth and it lives in a coral reef its a moray, if its green with some gills and it gives you the chills its a moray.....
We were singing trhis parody back in 1991, divng off the shores of Dania Beach and Hollywood, Florida. Our version started; What's that thing on the reef, with the big nasty teeth, Its a Moray! Stick your hand in a crack, if it doesn't come back, Its a Moray!.....
Pulling some old unfinished ideas together for a talent show tomorrow, among my stuff I found this...apparently I'm not alone in this...! When your alphabet wants some more letters up front give it more "a" When Canadians gather for beer they would rather have more, eh? And there's more...but it's painful...be at Barnes and Nobles in Willow Grove, PA tomorrow at 7pm for the rest!
Heard this song over 35 years ago in the Cayman Islands. It was sung by the Barefoot Man.
This is pretty lame, sorry
Saw this in Readers Digest a few years ago WHEN A EEL FROM THE SEA,COMES UP AND BITES YOUR KNEE,THAT A MORAY
Well done Mr. Higgins! 5's
R"eel"y good job, Mr. Higgins. Keep 'em coming. 5 finger stingers!
Hey Brad and Douglas, I must regret to inform you that Mr. Higgins is deceased. He was one of the site's most prolific and best-loved contributors, hence the tribute to him as the measure of parody writing acumen here: http://www.amiright.com/parody/authors/
These lyrics are stilted and it's just trying too hard. I actually heard a man singing a much better, funnier version to his son in an aquarium a week ago...I was hoping to find those lyrics.
This parody reminds me of my tour of duty in Okinawa. Just weeks before we were due to come back to the States, another American waded into one of the beaches wearing his fins, snorkel, etc. He disappeared into the water but literally seconds later came out of the water, tore off his mask, took a deep breath and yelled, "SNAAAKKE!" Rumor had it that there was a more or less tame moray eel, or one of the various marine life forms, who just wanted to say howdy! Ah, a moray!
When a strange DPI hits your eye, that's a moire
When a strange DPI hits your eye, that's a moire
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