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Song Parodies -> "Duke Didn't Serve"

Original Song Title:

"The Duke of Earl"

Original Performer:

Gene Chandler

Parody Song Title:

"Duke Didn't Serve"

Parody Written by:

G.R.Broski

The Lyrics

"Yesterday December 7th 1941 a date which will live in infamy . . . "
Duke Duke Duke didn't serve
Duke Duke Duke didn't serve
Duke Duke Duke didn't serve
Duke Duke Duke didn't serve
Duke Duke Duke didn't serve
Duke Duke Duke didn't serve
Duke Duke Duke didn't serve
Duke Duke Duke didn't serve

When war engulfed this world
The Duke John Wayne he didn't serve
And while his peers went right away
The Duke, himself, got deffered

Oh why why didn't he enlist oh no
Oh why did Mr. Wayne not serve
Oh no no no no no no no no no no

As he swaggered up prop hill scenes
Playing war on silver screens
He he dressed just like the Marines
And play killed all
Faux Japanese

Oh why why did he not serve
No no
You know The Duke he never served
Oh no no no no no no no no no no

Though he fought so bravely
A man's man in his war picture shows
But then when the film was in the can
He got to take a limo home

Oh why why did he not serve
No no
Why did John Wayne not serve
Oh no no no no no no no no no no

Duke Duke Duke didn't serve
Duke Duke Duke didn't serve
Duke Duke Duke didn't serve
Duke Duke Duke didn't serve
Duke Duke Duke didn't serve
(Fade out)


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Zen Adam B. - December 08, 2023 - Report this comment
Well John Wayne didn't serve because he was 34 and had family deferment, but he wanted to. Anyway he made films that helped the war effort.
Duke Of Earnestness - December 10, 2023 - Report this comment
Maybe so, but Wayne really should have said no to playing a hero at Iwo Jima a mere four years after the fact. Iwo was pure hell for everyone who fought there. So that didnt sit well at all with the survivors.
Rand - December 10, 2023 - Report this comment
Actually, it did. Duke was always popular with enlisted men and their families. That's why he was so often cast in morale-boosting war films.The only people who insist on making a big deal out of this are those who despise him for his politics.
Michael Pacholek - December 11, 2023 - Report this comment
But those politics were despicable.

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