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Song Parodies -> "I, Hemingway the Great? I Ain’t"

Original Song Title:

"I'm Henry the Eighth, I Am"

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Original Performer:

Herman's Hermits

Parody Song Title:

"I, Hemingway the Great? I Ain’t"

Parody Written by:

John A. Barry

The Lyrics

I, Hemingway the great? I ain’t,
Hemingway the great, I ain’t, I ain’t.
I jot many very drivelish bores—
Sometimes scary, most engender snores.
Not any one is a Hemingway.
The images are silly that I paint. . .
Synesthetic taint, well, anyway,
Hemingway the great I ain’t.

Second verse ain’t like the first.

My hemming way is based on bastes,
Hemming way is based on bastes in haste.
I got married to a witch who excor-
iates should I mar my stitching chores—
The special one is the hemming way.
She says she will kill me if bastes I waste.
Baste-in-haste-but-show-taste hemming way.
“Hemming’s gay!” friends say. . .“pant’waist!”

H-E-M. . . ? No! Yea!
Hemingway, hemming way.
Hemingway the great I ain’t, I ain’t;
Hemming way is baste in haste.

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Patrick - July 06, 2011 - Report this comment
Last weekend one of the news shows did a report on the annual Hemingway festival in Key West, where, it seems, a lot of corpulent gentlemen with white beards may be seen walking about town. I was working at a store the next day when a little boy walked by with his dad. He looked up at me and said "Papa"!. I thought maybe he had seen the Hemingway story. Then I looked at his dad and realised the poor fellow probably couldn't even spell the letter "H". I guess maybe I look like the kid's grandpa, but to paraphrase Michael Jackson, "that man is not my son".
Michael Pacholek - July 06, 2011 - Report this comment
Last week was the 50th Anniversary of Hemingway's suicide. Earlier this year was the 50th Birthday of his granddaughter, actress Mariel Hemingway -- who, by the way, still looks phenomenal. Let's just say that, had Amiright been around 10 years ago when she was starring in "Civil Wars," I would've written a few parodies about her.
Old Man Ribber - July 06, 2011 - Report this comment
A-hem! What's a Hemmingway? About 180 pounds! ;D
aMeriCanTrix - July 06, 2011 - Report this comment
Captain Jack de Barryl, Le Duc au Stroke On Wood, thank you, Sir, for writing about my favorite American author & a GreatLaker from Oak Park, Ill. ! " The Sun Also Rises " was the subject of my thesis, as well. Tally hoe, Sir !
WarrenB - July 06, 2011 - Report this comment
Best of the day, JohnB. Though I would recommend you try to be be more like Hemingway. I'm sure you've heard of the importance of being Earnest....
...just thinking out Wilde, mind you.
John Barry - July 06, 2011 - Report this comment
I read the comments. They are fine. It is a fine day. Thank you.
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