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Song Parodies -> "Beverly Hillybilly Gates"

Original Song Title:

"Ballad of Jed Clampett"

Original Performer:

Earl Skruggs

Parody Song Title:

"Beverly Hillybilly Gates"

Parody Written by:

Guy DiRito

The Lyrics

Beverly Hill Billy Gates (Sung to the tune of theBeverly Hillbillies)
Come and listen to a story 'bout a man name Gates
A poor nerdy geek, couldn't get himself no dates
And then one day he was writtin' up some code
And up on his screen came a program called DOS mode

Plain code, Trademark T

Well the first thing you know ol' Gates a millionaire
His geek friends said, Gates you really got one there
They said on the market is the place you wanna be
So he loaded up his code to sell on ever-ry PC

Data pools, Label bars

Well, that ol' DOS was good but it needed an upgrade
Something for the common man so he won't be afraid
So then he looked at Apple and he got himself a clue
He'd make a graphics interface - Yes! that is what
he'd do

Mouse clicks, Pictures too

Out of this was born Windows version three point one
It was better than that good ol' DOS the way it got
things done
But it was just an interim and had a ways to go
Cause the internet was comin' and he had to make a
show

Web Sites, Dot Coms

Well now the internet was born and Billy looked around
His Windows three point one was gettin' less and less
per pound
So he had to meet the market and he had to do this
quick
And Windows ninety five came just in the time of nick

System Registrys, Network Ready

Well ninety five would work ok until it would go bust
He needed stronger OS hosts that were much more robust
He told his staff to write some code that could do
some real browsin'
And from this high paid programming staff came a
Windows called two thousand

Plug and Play, Internet Friendly

Well now it's time to say good bye to Bill and all his
men
And they would like to thank you folks for kindly
loggin' in
You're all invited back next time with your ability
To test the beta version of the next thing that will
be

Holograms, Who Knows? Y'all come back now, ya hear?

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Pacing: 4.4
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Overall Rating: 4.4

Total Votes: 13

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Pat Carrasco - May 26, 2003 - Report this comment
All I can say is hehehe...I loved it! Easy to follow verses, and very funny to boot!
Pat Carrasco - May 26, 2003 - Report this comment
I still think it's funny....you can hear the music!
not going to say - April 03, 2004 - Report this comment
This is not approtpate for children to see!!!
Bill Gates - April 10, 2004 - Report this comment
Microsoft is paying anyone who votes on this song $20.00 and an additional $10.00 for every email sent with the URL to this song. To qualify send one email to anyone with a CC to billgatesparody@microsoft.com. The sender of every email message with a CC to the microsoft.com mailbox will get ten(10) US dollars up to a maximum of 25 emails from any one mailer. A total of 100,000 emails will be paid for in this ad campaign. So hurry and get those emails started while funding is still available.
Meriadoc - April 11, 2004 - Report this comment
Clever as always Guy! :-)
wdh - April 11, 2004 - Report this comment
Clever! It's quite a contrast to go from a hillbilly song to a microsoft song
Mari D - April 11, 2004 - Report this comment
Your lyrics, though very different, have the same kind of feel to them, like what might have happened had the Beverly Hillbillies happened in present day. Nice work.
Adagio - April 12, 2004 - Report this comment
This is as funny as when I first read it...heheheheh!!
Johnny D - April 12, 2004 - Report this comment
A classic, Guy! 5's
Peregrin - April 13, 2004 - Report this comment
Yet another example of an original being incredibly improved upon!
Leo Jay - April 13, 2004 - Report this comment
Brilliant, just brilliant. Even funnier than Bill Gates' offer above. You guys crack me up!
Claude Prez - April 13, 2004 - Report this comment
Musta missed this one; very good Guy
NT Kernel - April 13, 2004 - Report this comment
This parody has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. Press CTRL-ALT-DELETE to restart the parody, or click the fives and wait for the system to restart.
Spaff.com - April 14, 2004 - Report this comment
Nice one, GD'R. The title alone is classic.
Adagio - August 20, 2004 - Report this comment
How could I neglect to revote for my old favorite?
qazwiz - May 08, 2006 - Report this comment
one problem... first verse says writin'... that should be Buyin' since he bought the dos program to sell as MS-DOS
Ken Olsen - August 15, 2008 - Report this comment
Ha! My TOPS-10 operating systems on my DEC-10 mainframes used DOS for way over a decade before Hill Billy Gates first crawled out of a punch card reader.
Guy - June 11, 2014 - Report this comment
@Ken - A bit late but for 6.5 years I operated DEC-10s and PDP-1170's circa 1978 -1984. I was just a kid then.

@qazwiz And Gates didn't buy DOS, he changed it up a bit to avoid copyright issues. The TOPPS 10 operiating system was the evil twin of DOS. So, through the years of running amok with other various and assundry geeks I learned that XEROX was the original developer.
Copyright - June 11, 2014 - Report this comment
I feel so violated. Anyone know how to reach the Special Victims Unit? NO MORE.

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