Song Parodies -> A White, Blade-Laden Whale
| Original Song Title: | "A Whiter Shade of Pale" |
| Original Performer: | Procol Harum |
| Parody Song Title: | "A White, Blade-Laden Whale" |
| Parody Written by: | John A. Barry |
I added a verse. . .it's a long novel.
A White, Blade-Laden Whale
The skipper was a psycho,
Dragged pegleg 'cross the floor.
I was feeling kind of seasick,
As we lost sight of shore.
Naught but salt beef in the larder
And the sheeting flailed away.
Once in a while we get grog to drink—
Made our cares sail away.
Now that salty raconteur
Named Ishmael tells his tale:
How our sturdy ship was stove in
By a white, blade-laden whale.
Ahab said, "It be treason
If thou dost not follow me."
Then he nailed a gold coin to the spar—
Incentive all could see.
We had 16 vessel sturgeons
We were cleaning for a roast.
And when the fish guts were opened,
Queequeg gasped and threw his bones.
He's a prognosticator
And the innards told the tale:
That the Pequod would be stove in
By a white, blade-laden whale.
The gold coin, it was sparstuck—
No white whale did we see,
Then the first mate, Mr. Starbuck
And Ahab didn't agree.
But the captain was insistent,
So much so that he did rave.
His Moby monomania
Sent us to a wat'ry grave.
Now that salty raconteur
Named Ishmael tells his tale:
How our sturdy ship was stove in
By a white, blade-laden whale.
The skipper was a psycho,
Dragged pegleg 'cross the floor.
I was feeling kind of seasick,
As we lost sight of shore.
Naught but salt beef in the larder
And the sheeting flailed away.
Once in a while we get grog to drink—
Made our cares sail away.
Now that salty raconteur
Named Ishmael tells his tale:
How our sturdy ship was stove in
By a white, blade-laden whale.
Ahab said, "It be treason
If thou dost not follow me."
Then he nailed a gold coin to the spar—
Incentive all could see.
We had 16 vessel sturgeons
We were cleaning for a roast.
And when the fish guts were opened,
Queequeg gasped and threw his bones.
He's a prognosticator
And the innards told the tale:
That the Pequod would be stove in
By a white, blade-laden whale.
The gold coin, it was sparstuck—
No white whale did we see,
Then the first mate, Mr. Starbuck
And Ahab didn't agree.
But the captain was insistent,
So much so that he did rave.
His Moby monomania
Sent us to a wat'ry grave.
Now that salty raconteur
Named Ishmael tells his tale:
How our sturdy ship was stove in
By a white, blade-laden whale.
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Awesome stuff, JAB :-)
Really good..5's...stopped in here at first because I saw that it was by Procul Harum. You did justice to their song.
DKTOS well enough to vote, but I had to read the rest of today's trilogy. From what I do know of the song you did a great job!
This parody is brilliant stuff
Ahab was quite a fool
And likewise if Moby's Dick is hard
This parody is cool
When Melville met John Barry
Whaling history was made
So we cast our fives so gladly
For the White Whale's Blighted Blade
And so it was
That later
Eating crullers that were stale
That I placed knockwurst more closely
To a white-gloved
Mermaid's tail
Ahab was quite a fool
And likewise if Moby's Dick is hard
This parody is cool
When Melville met John Barry
Whaling history was made
So we cast our fives so gladly
For the White Whale's Blighted Blade
And so it was
That later
Eating crullers that were stale
That I placed knockwurst more closely
To a white-gloved
Mermaid's tail
Excellent work, John. High 5's to nail to the mast
rarely does a parody fit the original tune in spirit so well...great job...5s
Thank you, Phil; Adagio, thanks--I always liked WSOP a lot; Ash, thanks--the original has some hypnotic organ playing; JD, ahoy, mate; Dee, thanks; thanks, Alvin--this seemed to beg for a nautical treatment.
JB - A whale of a job here. 5's. I only wish I had been able to read this parody in high-school English Lit instead of that damned long, boring novel by Melville. It had me wishing that Herman was a Hermit who had never met a publisher.
fabulous John ...
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