Song Parodies -> The Cravin' ( Part One )
| Original Song Title: | "The Raven" |
| Original Performer: | Edgar Allen Poe |
| Parody Song Title: | "The Cravin' ( Part One )" |
| Parody Written by: | Dee Range |
I loved Ingebord's Green Eggs And Ham parody so much yesterday that I decided to try my hand at THE RAVEN, my all time favorite poem. I didn't have enough time to finish it last night because it is so long, so part 2 will come out next week. Hope you like it
Once upon a prison kitchen, as I cook for sinners, bitchin'
Over many a pail and tedious volume of half-rotten boar
As they swallowed, nearly choking, suddenly I started hoping
That I hadn't left the cookies, burning in the oven door
This is sinister, I shuddered, burning in my oven door
Eating this but cravin' s'mores
I remember I'd forgotten, guess it shows my brain is rottin'
As each separate burning cookie crumbled down upon the floor
Miserly I eye disaster, somehow I had cooked them faster
From their looks now hard as plaster, plaster what were once s'mores
For right there the furious flaming tomb the oven flamed s'mores
Burning them, I'll make some more
And the milk had sadly curdled, lumpy, it sure needs a girdle
Gagged me, tagged me with bombastic tremors never felt before
"Tis some curlded milk repeating, exiting my stomach door
Just some curdled milk repeating, exiting my stomach door "
Sour it was, and that's fer shore
Hungrily my crave grew stronger, 'gurgitating milk no longer
"Well, said I, can't eat 'em, guess I'll have to make some more
'Cause the first ones were too crunchy, and I madly have the munchies
And so quickly I start mixing, shove them in the oven door
Flaming soon were my s'mores
Weeping at the dark mess, leering, long I stood there weeping, swearing
Pouting, screaming screams no convict ever dared to scream before
Guess the oven must be broken, 'cause the cookies sat there, smokin'
With a spatula I'm pokin' at the blistered, burned s'mores
Nearly bliss, but now no more
Back into the kitchen, churning, in the bowl I hope I'm learning
Soon again I smell the burning, somewhat stronger than before
"Dammit", said I, "Dammit, there is something in my oven that is
Broken, guess the thermostat is causing blistering s'mores
I will fix it in a minute and those blistering s'mores
Threw 'em out and made some more
Open do I fling the oven, then with many a curse I shove in
When in stepped 'ol Martha Stewart, she of saintly days no more
Would the stock malfeasance make her now a self redeeming baker
There the queen of yore, the faker, lurked in front of oven door
Lurched upon the crumbs of cookies littering my kitchen floor
Lurched, and stared, at burning s'mores
Then this old cookin' chick stood frowning at my cookies way past browning
To the trash we chuck and throw them, in the prison garb she wore
"Though your s'mores are black as raisins, I bet that you're still a-cravin'
Watch me work, you will be ravin', cravin' my delicious s'mores
Tell me what your ovens' game is, burning these pedestrian s'mores
You'll be burning nevermore
As I'm waiting this ungodly witch began to curse so loudly
Through the oven peeking little burning lumps of s'more
So I ran for help I'm fleeing, not believing what I'm seeing
Even now old Martha's seething...burned another batch of s'mores
Burned 'em beyond recognition, worse than those I burned before
Black as night, were her s'mores
TO BE CONTINUED
Over many a pail and tedious volume of half-rotten boar
As they swallowed, nearly choking, suddenly I started hoping
That I hadn't left the cookies, burning in the oven door
This is sinister, I shuddered, burning in my oven door
Eating this but cravin' s'mores
I remember I'd forgotten, guess it shows my brain is rottin'
As each separate burning cookie crumbled down upon the floor
Miserly I eye disaster, somehow I had cooked them faster
From their looks now hard as plaster, plaster what were once s'mores
For right there the furious flaming tomb the oven flamed s'mores
Burning them, I'll make some more
And the milk had sadly curdled, lumpy, it sure needs a girdle
Gagged me, tagged me with bombastic tremors never felt before
"Tis some curlded milk repeating, exiting my stomach door
Just some curdled milk repeating, exiting my stomach door "
Sour it was, and that's fer shore
Hungrily my crave grew stronger, 'gurgitating milk no longer
"Well, said I, can't eat 'em, guess I'll have to make some more
'Cause the first ones were too crunchy, and I madly have the munchies
And so quickly I start mixing, shove them in the oven door
Flaming soon were my s'mores
Weeping at the dark mess, leering, long I stood there weeping, swearing
Pouting, screaming screams no convict ever dared to scream before
Guess the oven must be broken, 'cause the cookies sat there, smokin'
With a spatula I'm pokin' at the blistered, burned s'mores
Nearly bliss, but now no more
Back into the kitchen, churning, in the bowl I hope I'm learning
Soon again I smell the burning, somewhat stronger than before
"Dammit", said I, "Dammit, there is something in my oven that is
Broken, guess the thermostat is causing blistering s'mores
I will fix it in a minute and those blistering s'mores
Threw 'em out and made some more
Open do I fling the oven, then with many a curse I shove in
When in stepped 'ol Martha Stewart, she of saintly days no more
Would the stock malfeasance make her now a self redeeming baker
There the queen of yore, the faker, lurked in front of oven door
Lurched upon the crumbs of cookies littering my kitchen floor
Lurched, and stared, at burning s'mores
Then this old cookin' chick stood frowning at my cookies way past browning
To the trash we chuck and throw them, in the prison garb she wore
"Though your s'mores are black as raisins, I bet that you're still a-cravin'
Watch me work, you will be ravin', cravin' my delicious s'mores
Tell me what your ovens' game is, burning these pedestrian s'mores
You'll be burning nevermore
As I'm waiting this ungodly witch began to curse so loudly
Through the oven peeking little burning lumps of s'more
So I ran for help I'm fleeing, not believing what I'm seeing
Even now old Martha's seething...burned another batch of s'mores
Burned 'em beyond recognition, worse than those I burned before
Black as night, were her s'mores
TO BE CONTINUED
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That's Ingeborg, Dee--but my high-school English teacher would have been proud of this parody if you'd been in her class. Great rhymes, vivid imagery, subtle hints at the original text: 5-5-5.
"Rotten boar." Sounds like Poe-pourri. Dee, this is wonderful!
Fantastic! Can't wait for s'mores....It's not Poe!...It's Great!
Ingeborg, sorry I mis-typed your name. And to you, John Barry, and Airfarcewon, many thanks for the kind words. Glad you liked it.
Holy Moly, Dee. I'm SO in awe...great job!
Brilliant..."Would the stock malfeasance make her now a self redeeming baker".....brilliant....555
love the word-play - and so consistent - love the original and you've honoured it - fave line: "Would the stock malfeasance make her now a self redeeming baker" - inspired, sublime - 555
Arwen and Johnny, thanks so much to you both!
Stuart, many thanks. Much appreciated.
snap Johnny! - we must have posted at the same moment
Dee, I read this when you mentioned it was about Martha; while you wrote it so well, my opinion about Martha is expressed in my parodies about her.
Memorize this version for high school English class.
2Eagle, thank you
Look forward to Part 2. Triple 5 so far.
Big Mark, thank you. Part two is finished as of now, and I will post the entire poem on Monday
If I weren't so busy currently, I'd find a copy of the original for comparisons. I get the feeling I'll get a lot more of the cleverness of this parody then. So let me say I will be back ASAP, and here's some pre-emptive 5's, since I've never been very good under peer pressure :c)
I just hope you manage to fit White Castle into the second one. Come on man, "It's What You Crave[in]"
I just hope you manage to fit White Castle into the second one. Come on man, "It's What You Crave[in]"
this is wondrous....made me hungry too....5s
2nz and alvin, my thanks to you. The completed version will be posted Monday
Excellent... quoth the raven "never four" ;-)
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