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Song Parodies -> "The Bills Have Arrived"
Original Song Title:
"The Sound of Music"
(MP3)Original Performer:
Julie Andrews
Parody Song Title:
"The Bills Have Arrived"
Parody Written by:
Glynn Leaney
The Lyrics
THE BILLS HAVE ARRIVED
The bills have arrived, for the gown and tunics.
But they won’t get paid; I’ve not worked for years.
I can’t find a job, as I’m bloody useless;
Whatever I try always ends in tears.
My wife tries her best as she takes to the streets,
The kids go and work down the mine.
While I stay in bed as I watch TV,
Well, it passes the time.
The fear that I have is that one day soon
What we have will soon go.
The car then the house;
It’s no wonder I’m feeling so low!
I’ll rip up these bills, as I’ll never pay them.
You’ve heard it before; it’s a sorry tale.
I’ll end up in court then the wife will leave me.
And I’ll go to jail.
The bills have arrived, for the gown and tunics.
But they won’t get paid; I’ve not worked for years.
I can’t find a job, as I’m bloody useless;
Whatever I try always ends in tears.
My wife tries her best as she takes to the streets,
The kids go and work down the mine.
While I stay in bed as I watch TV,
Well, it passes the time.
The fear that I have is that one day soon
What we have will soon go.
The car then the house;
It’s no wonder I’m feeling so low!
I’ll rip up these bills, as I’ll never pay them.
You’ve heard it before; it’s a sorry tale.
I’ll end up in court then the wife will leave me.
And I’ll go to jail.
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Spot-on pacing. Excellent antidote to the treacly original. Would have been even better if it ended in suicide, preferably self-immolation, while pirouetting in hills that have sung for a freaking thousand years. 544.
Mordant? You bet! But it's the soul of parody. Sweet Julie. Counterpoint: Unemployment. Kids in mines. Wife a street walker. It can't get any funnier.
Just to show that I am not an old curmudgeon, here's 555 deserved points.
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