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Song Parodies -> "The Night Colonel Angus Went Down"

Original Song Title:

"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"

Original Performer:

Joan Baez ( Originally by The Band )

Parody Song Title:

"The Night Colonel Angus Went Down"

Parody Written by:

The Comedian

The Lyrics

(instrumental intro)

Colonel Angus my name
And I rode on the Amtrak train

To see my lady I came
Then off to Iraq again

In the summer of zero-four
She was lonely
She ran to the door

Into my arms, my lady, she fell
It was a time, I remember, oh, so well


The night
Colonel Angus went down

And all the bells were ringin'

The night
Colonel Angus went down

And Colonel's lady was singin'
She went,

"Ahhh, ah-ah-ah-ah, ah! Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah-ahhhh...."


Back with my wife in Tennessee
And one day she said to me,

"Angus, quick, come see! Martha Stewart's guilty."

Now I don't mind the tabloid news
And I don't care what new diet you choose

Just lay here with me, give me a kiss

And let my clever
Tongue rake-in
Your married bliss


The night
Colonel Angus went down

And all the bells were ringin'

The night
Colonel Angus went down

And Colonel's lady was singin'
She went,

"Ahhh, ah-ah-ah-ah, ah! Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah-ahhhh...."


Like my father before me
I'm an Angus man

And like my mother before me
My wife's an Angus fan

Oh she is just 18, young and bright
And she loves her Colonel Angus all night

I swear by our bed's red satin sheets
Colonel Angus will not stop
'Til his jaw's asleep!


The night
Colonel Angus went down

And all the bells were ringin'

The night
Colonel Angus went down

And Colonel's lady was singin'
She went,

"Ahhh, ah-ah-ah-ah, ah! Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah-ahhhh...."
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Mistress Leona - July 23, 2004 - Report this comment
Loves Colonel Angus! He's such a cunning linguist!
Adagio - July 23, 2004 - Report this comment
This is what I thought it would be. It gets the idea across without being too blatant. 5's
John Barry - July 23, 2004 - Report this comment
A few SNL fans out there, I see. Nice translation of the skit, JD.
alvin rhodes - July 23, 2004 - Report this comment
nice one, you sly dog
Meriadoc - July 23, 2004 - Report this comment
Colonel Angus? Ooooh! :-O (In my best Edith Bunker voice...)
Johnny D - July 23, 2004 - Report this comment
Mistress Leola: He is indeed, isn't he! Thank you, ma'am!

Adagio: Thanks --- I decided to have fun with double-entendre & innuendo again.

JB: That has got to be one of my all-time favorite SNL sketches --- Christopher Walken as "Colonel Angus" comin' home to the plantation! Thanks!

alvin: WOOF! (translation: Thank you!)

Merry: LOL, I can see Edith stroking her chin with a puzzled look on her face just before the lightbulb goes on over her "ding-bat" head! Thanks!
Arwen - July 23, 2004 - Report this comment
I don't know the original, but I'd like to give you 5s just for making me blush at work, Johnny..=)
Johnny D - July 23, 2004 - Report this comment
Wow, thanks, Arwen! Now if you could put one of your famous pouts together with that blush......rrrrowwwrrrr.....heh heh heh!
Ravyn Rant - July 23, 2004 - Report this comment
"I swear by our bed's red satin sheets, Col. Angus will not stop till his jaw's asleep"--MWAH-ha-ha-ha! You know what makes that even funnier? Hearing Joan Baez singing it in my head! Three cheers for Col. Angus! Huzzah!
Paul Robinson - July 23, 2004 - Report this comment
Johnny D - Great work ! 5's - hmmm...just to show you how OLD I am, when your line said "in the summer of zero-four" I was thinking, "Damn, that's nearly 100 years ago, what's he talking about? ". Then the Meds kicked in and I figured it out.
Johnny D - July 23, 2004 - Report this comment
Thanks, Ravyn and Paul! Paul, good to hear the meds kicked in! Did you bring enough for everybody, dude??
The Thought Police - July 23, 2004 - Report this comment
This will go down as one of the funniest parodies,ever! p-> (apparently,I don't speak"emoticon", fluently !) 555 !
Adagio - July 23, 2004 - Report this comment
(lightbulb goes on over MY head) doh!
Johnny D - July 24, 2004 - Report this comment
TTP and (again)Adagio, thanks very much!
Cookie-man - July 24, 2004 - Report this comment
I feel so dirty.........;) Great job Johnny! 555
Johnny D - July 24, 2004 - Report this comment
But it's such a pure, refreshing, clean kind of dirty, isn't it, Cookie-man? LOL, thanks!
Bushman in the Kalahari - July 24, 2004 - Report this comment
I can see clearly now---the rain is gone...
naughty one - August 07, 2004 - Report this comment
but what about angus' cousin, phil a. cheeyo

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