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Song Parodies -> "The Word to Spell Is 'Through'"

Original Song Title:

"I Put a Spell on You"

 (MP3)
Original Performer:

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Parody Song Title:

"The Word to Spell Is 'Through'"

Parody Written by:

John A. Barry

The Lyrics

Teacher:

The word to spell is "through". . .
"End of the line."

Student:

The next word I come to is "bough."[1]

Teacher:

No, keep tryin',
"Bow"--keep applyin'
Yourself; yule soon grasp it.

Student:

The next word is "rough"?[2]

Teacher:

No, that's "ruff," goddamit.
Pleas cough it up, oar there'll bee a row

Next word to spell is "slough,"
Sew take your time
This thyme.

"Slough" is "slew"
And "sluff" two

Student:

I'm confused,
Not amused. Is "cough" "cow"?

Teacher:

I tare my hare
You're orthography
Through me, and how!

Now here this:

In ESL, yore threw. . .
End of the line.


[1]boo
[2]row, not row

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alvin - December 12, 2007 - Report this comment
a fine example of the screwiness of the english language

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