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Song Parodies -> "Yestergay"

Original Song Title:

"Yesterday"

Original Performer:

Beatles

Parody Song Title:

"Yestergay"

Parody Written by:

John A. Barry

The Lyrics

Yesterday,
There's no double entendre for "gay."
Just meant "acting in a happy way."
No thoughts of queens in yestergay.

Suddenly,
It meant men who sometimes act like she
Or dyke gals—whoa! Mal mot, not PC.
But yesterday, gay meant "carefree."

Then things changed, we know
Why's that so? I cannot say.
The word isn't long,
But now gone is yestergay-ay-ay-ay.

Yesterday,
Love of same sex was not labeled "gay,"
But such thoughts one had to hide away.
So book I cleave, check lex of "gay."

'twasn't always so; it meant 'ho'
For gals astray.
For those who swing schlong,
It meant long-ing for a lay, lady lay. . .

. . .Seventeenth
Century. Then semantic shift, "gay":
Early twentieth until today,
We mostly mean it, sex this way:

Boy and boy or gal and gal.

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Guy - March 21, 2008 - Report this comment
Sir John - you have finally gotten to the number 1 position on the board. I find it amazing that the ad that appears here now on the right is the Beatles 1 Album with a bright red cover and a large yellow 1.. How did they know to put that up for you?

Oh yeah - about the parody. It's gay.
alvin - March 21, 2008 - Report this comment
yes, congrats on climbong to the top of the heap.....interesting journey through the history of a 'word'....i used to have an aunt gay...and her husband's name was 'lynn'
Guy - March 21, 2008 - Report this comment
Alvin - I had a gay aunt and her husband thought it was a sin. =;-)
Carmine (2-LOUD) Boccotesta - March 21, 2008 - Report this comment
HEY-E OVAH 'EAH, HUH? - Giovanni, nowa dat youz iz da top guy wut rites da parroties my sindikit an' me iz takin' an inneress in youz. Wees wud like ta contrak wid youz on da royaldies. Weez gotz owah owned laibel wutz weez cud stick onta yer stuff. Dis iz an offa youz shud nod refuge. Ged on da horn an call 1-800-WIZ-GUYZ 1-800-949-4899 an ax fer Blinky or Sly and tell um 2 Loud tolt youz ta call. 2-LOUD OUTTA 'EAH.
Stan Hall - March 21, 2008 - Report this comment
Congrats on summiting with yet another dandy submission. Interesting, too. I don't recall being aware of "gay" having any sexual orientation-related sense before mid'70s, at least, ans was surprised to read in a Billy Strayhorn bio that it was commonly thus understood in his time, 'tho not so widely as now outside the "homosexual community" itself. Live and learn. Shrug. :-)
Chuckles - March 21, 2008 - Report this comment
Even more interesting, is now Gay seems to be used more a slang word for odd or different, I still think it should mean happy--which in a way describes homosexuals as well (happy) but odd?--how did the word get transformed to odd?
little-SFO-cakes - March 21, 2008 - Report this comment
Oh . . . . around "the Bay" it be so gay ! . . .I remember this term beginning in the early '80's ?
John Barry - March 21, 2008 - Report this comment
Thanks Guy (when I hit 2K, I decided to go for it), Alvin, Carmine, Stan, Chuckles.
AFW - March 21, 2008 - Report this comment
Most entertaining english lesson..
SW - March 23, 2008 - Report this comment
Very smart, funny and true! Great job!
Peregrin - March 23, 2008 - Report this comment
I had a *happy* time reading!

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