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Song Parodies -> "The Greenback Party"
Original Song Title:
"The Folk Song Army"
Original Performer:
Tom Lehrer
Parody Song Title:
"The Greenback Party"
Parody Written by:
Phil Alexander
The Lyrics
For Chucky's Obolete Political Party parody request
We are the Greenback Party
Our aims are old as the hills
We all like liberty, farming and business
But most we like dollar bills
There are political parties
Who try too hard to be flash
The men who're in 'em got no real experience
Why, some of 'em even want to get rid of *cash*
If your party's manifesto
Says money should be specie-based
That simply isn't the best, no
An' these ol' folks are just way too straight-laced
We reckon income tax clever
(and whatever you do don't tell the men, but we are in favour of women's suffrage)
In 100 years, hell, they'll all be doin' it
.and I can't find a rhyme for "suffrage"
..er..what about.. "fridge"?
Remember our National Convention
Way back in '74
With a several-hundred delegation
We had to have quite a few more
So come, back the Greenback Party
'Cause we are the party of "note"
So if you want liberty, farming and business
Ready
Aim
Vote!
Our aims are old as the hills
We all like liberty, farming and business
But most we like dollar bills
There are political parties
Who try too hard to be flash
The men who're in 'em got no real experience
Why, some of 'em even want to get rid of *cash*
If your party's manifesto
Says money should be specie-based
That simply isn't the best, no
An' these ol' folks are just way too straight-laced
We reckon income tax clever
(and whatever you do don't tell the men, but we are in favour of women's suffrage)
In 100 years, hell, they'll all be doin' it
.and I can't find a rhyme for "suffrage"
..er..what about.. "fridge"?
Remember our National Convention
Way back in '74
With a several-hundred delegation
We had to have quite a few more
So come, back the Greenback Party
'Cause we are the party of "note"
So if you want liberty, farming and business
Ready
Aim
Vote!
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LOL, and extra credit for using a Tom Lehrer song.
Using a song that's already funny can be risky, but you pulled it off well. My favorite lines were "butmost we like dollar bills" and "party of note". A little sloppy with the linking though...obolete?
Thanks..
Mason - I like doing Tom Lehrer songs (and probably have a sizeable proportion of the TL parodies on amiright), but there is always the extra frisson that comes from having to try and better.. well, at least come close to matching the lyrical brilliance of the original
Ethan - I'm glad someone noticed the "party of note": I was rather pleased with that one :-) "Obolete"? er.. just trying to make a pun on "obols" being another currency? Oops.
..just thought "hey, there's an error with the security code", then realized that ERR *was* the security code :-D
Mason - I like doing Tom Lehrer songs (and probably have a sizeable proportion of the TL parodies on amiright), but there is always the extra frisson that comes from having to try and better.. well, at least come close to matching the lyrical brilliance of the original
Ethan - I'm glad someone noticed the "party of note": I was rather pleased with that one :-) "Obolete"? er.. just trying to make a pun on "obols" being another currency? Oops.
..just thought "hey, there's an error with the security code", then realized that ERR *was* the security code :-D
2nd place winner of the Obsolete Political Party contest. CONGRATS!!!
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