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Song Parodies -> "Leprosy"

Original Song Title:

"Yesterday"

Original Performer:

The Beatles

Parody Song Title:

"Leprosy"

Parody Written by:

Phantom Hitchhiker

The Lyrics

Leprosy.
That old rotten man just touched my knee.
Now my flesh is falling off of me.
Oh, I think I got leprosy.

Suddenly
I'm just half the man I used to be.
There are pieces coming off of me.
Yes, leprosy came suddenly.

Why'd my arm fall off?
I don't know, no one will say.
I know something's wrong,
'cause my leg just walked away (without me.)

Yesterday,
I could always lounge the time away.
Now my bed is in a slimy way,
Oh, leprosy's ruined my day.

Why did I get cursed
with this rot? I need to hide.
I'm sure I'm diseased
for my spleen fell out my side. (ooooohhhh.)

Leprosy
has become a big problem for me.
All my friends now run away from me.
Oh how I hate this leprosy.

Ewwwwwwww, this is gross.

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Pacing: 4.4
How Funny: 4.3
Overall Rating: 4.4

Total Votes: 97

Voting Breakdown

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 7
 
 2   2
 2
 2
 
 3   4
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 5   67
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Jordan - January 29, 2003 - Report this comment
Some might get offended. I didn't think it was that funny... but the pacing was GOOD! so you get a 5/3/5 from me. Great job.
Phil Alexander - January 29, 2003 - Report this comment
I guess it must be a case of convergent evolution, but nearly all of this is in one of a dozen other "leprosy" parodies you might find round the net.
neminem - January 29, 2003 - Report this comment
I agree. Very good pacing, and good lines, too. I don't know about the other leprosy parodies; hopefully you haven't been stealing lines, because that would be really lame. On the assumption that you didn't, I gave you a 5/5/5
Jude - November 21, 2005 - Report this comment
Sorry! I voted before I realized this wasn't the one I thought it was! The first one is MUCH better than this one: Yesterday, piano was an easy game to play Now I have these stubs that still decay Oh I've acquired leprosy... or something like. I'll keep looking!
jason - January 12, 2006 - Report this comment
this is not the "original" (if you will), parody to the song "Yesterday". This is a rip-off of a rip-off parody. The original was done by British radio comics. There was a line that was: "There are buzzards flying over me" "Yes, I've lost my chance for extacy" "oh, leprocy, came suddenly" "Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be" "All my skin is falling off of me" ......or something to that effect. This cheese-dick: "Phantom-HitchHooker" ...is trying to be something he is not. .....funny ......and rythmic Cheeze Dikz R U PhantumHitchHooker
jason - January 12, 2006 - Report this comment
this is not the "original" (if you will), parody to the song "Yesterday". This is a rip-off of a rip-off parody. The original was done by British radio comics. There was a line that was: "There are buzzards flying over me" "Yes, I've lost my chance for extacy" "oh, leprocy, came suddenly" "Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be" "All my skin is falling off of me" ......or something to that effect. This cheese-dick: "Phantom-HitchHooker" ...is trying to be something he is not. .....funny ......and rythmic Cheeze Dikz R U PhantumHitchHooker
yoidy - January 21, 2006 - Report this comment
Yah yah, I believe Tom Lehrer did that song. I believe you are guilty of plagiarism. Please come with me. Come vit me you'll be my little sunshine baby.l
2:49 AM - April 27, 2007 - Report this comment
It's kind of mean, but I loved this song! 555!
TO - November 20, 2007 - Report this comment
i found this very offencive as i have leprosy and my arms have fallen of and my legs have fallen off and my spleen has fallen out of my side and my bed is very slimy i hate my life i hate all of you go away im going to cry byebye
Tony - January 09, 2012 - Report this comment
Was the original not by Jasper Carrott, the Brummie comedian? I have thought for the last 20 years it was......I may have been wrong though.
Chris - May 01, 2012 - Report this comment
Heard this about 30 years ago and remember the following lines: Suddenly, there are pieces falling off of me. Now I've lost my chance for ecstasy, How I despise my leprosy. And there was a line that went something like: Why my tongue had to go, I don't know... I couldn't say. I said nngrh hrmmph, ngerr! How I long for yesterday. And, yes, I think it was Tom Lehrer - a genius - or, wait...was it Firesign Theatre? A whole group of geniuses...Can't quite remember. I am going with Tom Lehrer. Firesign Theater did the Loosner's Castor Oil song. If you want an experience you will always cherish, drop a tab of acid and listen to "How can you be in two places at once when you're not anywhere at all?" - in stereo. Right on! Power to the people!
Dan - September 14, 2012 - Report this comment
It should be "Why, my, tongue fell off I dont know, I couldn't say."
nancy - March 07, 2014 - Report this comment
it was amazing as as i need
SHEEP - May 26, 2014 - Report this comment
It was pretty good. Like my dad's version better tho
Ricky - April 20, 2018 - Report this comment
I saw jasper carrott do this in Cambridge 1980 in a tent. Leprosy I'm not half the man I used to be. ...
Swan - December 29, 2018 - Report this comment
Lol. Some might find it offensive but I find it “meh”. 5/3/4
CML - December 30, 2018 - Report this comment
I remember a scene from the movie "Papillon" where Steve McQueen as Papillon, the escapee from Devil's island, travels to an isolated (is there any other?) leper colony to get a boat. So, the head of the colony's Leper council asks him "Do you like a good cigar?" When Papillon says he does, the dude pulls the one he's smoking out of his mouth and says, "Here ... try THIS one." .............. Best leper line E-VUH!
Ivor - February 27, 2021 - Report this comment
I heard a version of this by a guitarist on the streets of Perth probably 40 years ago. Slight difference it was my left leg lying in front of me (I think) but defs I am not half the man I used to be. I often wonder where he ended up.
C - April 19, 2021 - Report this comment
I recall a line, "Yesterday, I had five fingers now I've only 3...."
Alpha Skua - April 04, 2022 - Report this comment
off to a Colony
Serenity42 - February 28, 2023 - Report this comment
Some of these lyrics are original, or at least new to me, but some match a version of this song I’ve been singing since 1977. I won’t say plagiarized, since it could be crazy random happenstance… but maybe at least a bit derivative … *and* poorly researched, e.g., “slimy,” since afaik, leprosy is a rather “dry” condition.
Agrimorfee - March 01, 2023 - Report this comment
The classic version of this is credited to a vocal quartet credited as Eu4ria. The second stanza here is practically the same as that recording, but I still give this author credit for originality for the resti of their parody, if that wasn't a serendipitous occurrence..

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