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Song Parodies -> "Australia"
Original Song Title:
"Cecelia"
Original Performer:
Simon and Garfunkel
Parody Song Title:
"Australia"
Parody Written by:
Kristof Robertson
The Lyrics
I've just returned to Britain after a few weeks back home in Oz, so I thought I'd write a little tribute to my homeland...hope you like it!
Australia, the place of my birth
Where Vegemite flows like the Ganges
In Australia, the men are are all brave
With sheep, misbehave...it's my home
Australia, it's big and it's brown
It's got a large rock in the middle
In Australia there's spiders and snakes
We eat lots of steaks, those T-bones...it's my home
Waking up (hungover I fear)... in Australia,
Overdosed on beer (Overdosed!)
Think I must've drunk a case
Gonna spew, and a wombat is licking my face
Australia, you go for a swim
With hungry sharks keeping you focussed
In Australia, the crocodiles snack
Don't wander outback on your own...on your own
Big sheep stations, abundance of 'roos
It's waiting for your exploration
Big crustaceans, the barbie's fired up
On shrimp we will sup, what a nation!
Where Vegemite flows like the Ganges
In Australia, the men are are all brave
With sheep, misbehave...it's my home
Australia, it's big and it's brown
It's got a large rock in the middle
In Australia there's spiders and snakes
We eat lots of steaks, those T-bones...it's my home
Waking up (hungover I fear)... in Australia,
Overdosed on beer (Overdosed!)
Think I must've drunk a case
Gonna spew, and a wombat is licking my face
Australia, you go for a swim
With hungry sharks keeping you focussed
In Australia, the crocodiles snack
Don't wander outback on your own...on your own
Big sheep stations, abundance of 'roos
It's waiting for your exploration
Big crustaceans, the barbie's fired up
On shrimp we will sup, what a nation!
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Super, Kristof - You've just made it quite clear to me why Oz produces such strong swimmers :-)
In Australia, where I still abide our sportsmen are our only champions Australia, you'll never describe the sunshine, the blue skies, the ambience (it's our home)
Thanks guys! Phil...yeah, there's nothing like a Great White on your tail to get your times down. Stuart...you've made me go all teary! Cheers...
Even though I'm on the other side of the globe from you, I still appreciate the sentiment behind the lyrics and thought you matched the original pacing/rhymes very well. Three more fives from me--may your talent never go "down under"!
Great parody, Kristof! 5's
Excellent. Keep the barbie warm, I'm on my way. 5 5 5
Awwww...
I SO SO SO want to go visit...dammit. 5s, babe.
Fortunately, a 5 looks roughly the same upside down. And I still think Paul Hogan made a third "Crocodile Dundee" movie because he wanted to get people's minds off that bonehead Steve Irwin (see my parody "Crocodile Shlock")! Oz? Where everyone had a brain, a heart, courage and a home all along! (OK, maybe Irwin doesn't have a brain.)
Fantastic! Loved the wombat line :-) 5's
Ah, a man from the place where they drink Foster's beer. Britain :-)
Great, mate!
Ta very much!! Ingeborg- I'm just down the road in Blighty!...Adagio- cheers, sweetie!...Dee- You bring the beers...Ash- Awwww back atcha!...Arwen- You'd love it: just like Wyoming but flatter...Mike- I'll check yours out...Adam- wombats are amorous little buggers...Steve- Heeheehee!....John- a vegemite sandwich for you, my son! Bye!!!
this has so many great lines i don't know where to start...i laughed from start to finish...nice job
Excellent job, Kristoff...a wonderful tribute to your homeland. You know, it's not true that 'Yanks" think they're the only ones with any National pride...only the stupid ones feel that way (about 51% right now according to the most recent polls...)
Welcome, Kristof. ;)
Hahahaha that was a bloody good one mate, all 5's from this fellow Aussie bloke!!! Been wanting to see an Aussie related parody for a long time, this parody has made my day. Must admit though I'm still yet to see prawns (shrimps) get barbecued as all the family barbies I been to have not once barbecued prawns, but generally barbecued steaks, chops, snags along with onions and maybe a bit of VB poured on top of them occasionally hehehehe. Anyways good onya for writing such a cool Austrhaaaaaalian parody!!!
Heaps of fun. Now do Aussie Osbourne.
I am so ashamed to be Australian.
Wow, how'd I miss this last October? Fantastic! 555 gm of Vegemite ... so, is "Oz" a colloquialism for "Australia"? If it is, very cute!
(ABC-A) You must be the wizard of Oz. Very nice Kristof.
(ABC) There's no place like home, there's no place like home... nice job Kristof!
(ABC) Good job, Kristof! 5's
(ABC) Love the wombat line!
Kristoff - Austrailian for parody writer!
(ABC) - Along with Mr. D, the wombat line left me giggling. Brilliant, Kris.
(ABC05) My favorite part was the "jubilation" rhymes in the last stanza.
(abc) already commented, I mean rhymed, before - Australia, eh? - downunder, right? - with all them koala bears and Greg Norman
Oy oy oy!
(ABC) Great! 555, even though on my recent vacation I had to spend a lot of time with a rather unpleasant girl named 'Cecilia'
(ABC) DKTOS
This totally made me think of an Amazing Race episode where they went to see the big rock! So random I know... I liked it muy much.
Bloody good parody, mate. You might want to look up my dinkum, "Kangaroo". I'm number 30 on the Parody Authors list. -- MM
what is vegemite?? is it the same as marmite???? ... very funny one!!
Morning an exclusive visit of the Jain temples inside the Sonar Kila.. The Janis are a community that respects life and are pure vegetarians by religion. Visit the citadel's palace that houses a museum with a huge collection of robes and artifacts from the royal family of Jaisalmer. Visit the Patwaon ki haveli with intricately designed latticed windows used by the ladies to view the external world. Also see the Gadisar Lake.
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Lord Kristof, many an awesome Aussie Lass will lift a beer with you, if you lift your Kilt, sir !
Ronald Reagan used a teleprompter. The last President who didn't was Richard Nixon -- you want a President who compares to him? Actually, we just got rid of one: Bush used a teleprompter, and he still couldn't speak clear English! But P.I. is right about one thing: HIS kind's future is gone... but America's is assured. ====================================== David110 Homes
Do you remember that song you used to sing when you were a little kid about your boobs and butt and balls and how they all hang low? Well, we just rewrote it. ============================================================== Maddy133 Homes
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