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Song Parodies -> "Death of the Shinano"

Original Song Title:

"I Put a Spell on You"

 (MP3)
Original Performer:

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Parody Song Title:

"Death of the Shinano"

Parody Written by:

Robert D. Arndt Jr.

The Lyrics

One of the forgotten warships of WW2 was the massive Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano that was originally to be a sister ship to Yamato and Musashi- the Super Battleships. But after losses in 1942, the IJN needed carriers and so Shinano was converted-over to serve as both a carrier with 47 strike aircraft and a floating airfield for rear carriers with a flight deck measuring 840x132 ft! She was 872 ft long and weighed an incredible 72,000 tons loaded (almost equal to a modern US carrier). She was heavily armored and carried an impressive array of defensive guns. But it took a long time to get her converted, so by late 1944 she had become obsolete anyway. On her first and only voyage Shinano was on trials but was caught by the USS Archerfish submarine and took hits. She continued on towards Kure, but the anti-flooding system was not totally installed and so she eventually capsized with the loss of 1400 men. She lasted a mere 10 days...
Death of the Shinano
late war time

Huge Jap carrier was something new
Empire dyin’
Last futile fightin’

Yamato sister ship
Floating airfield sound
They needed her badly
Stood 72,000 tons proud

Death of the Shinano
late war time
End of line

Sub sunk you
Sub sunk you
Sub sunk you
Archerfish fatal blow
Was no repair
To stop the flooding
She went down slow…

Tragedy
Death of the Shinano
late war time
(loss of 1400 souls aboard thee)
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h63000/h63437.jpg http://topmdi.net/flagcarrier/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/shinano.gif

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