Welcome to AIR! Promising start. Just a few suggestions:

1) The very first line is one syllable too long:

Rain drops on..... ros es ......and whisk-ers on.. ki--- tens
Sta tion... er (y) cup-boards and lat------tes with lids on

The OS (Original Song) runs in groups of three syllables, DA-da-da Da-da-da, ("dactyls", as in "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds") but "Stationery" is four before the next stress, and so the beginning and whole line are off. (OS source: ht*p://kids.niehs.nih.gov/lyrics/favorite.htm)

2) Per the same source and most of the parodies of this song done here (100+), there should be a chorus every three verses, rather than at just the end. Hint: You get bonus points for varying each chorus, even if the OS repeats the same chorus. More jokes, more wit.

Couple of shameless plugs of my own takes on the OS:
http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/julieandrews50.shtml
http://www.amiright.com/parody/60s/julieandrews87.shtml

3) As this parody is obviously written in British English, naturally its title will be as well. However, the OS was from a Broadway (USA) play ("The Sound of Music") written by two Americans, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, and so for proper crediting of the OS, its actual (American English) title should be used, "My Favorite Things".

This isn't as nitty (or jingoistic) as it sounds. Parodies are grouped here in many ways, and one of them is by OS (per decade). If you go to this song's home pages in the "misc" group, http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/m.shtml, there are 27 parodies with the US spelling, then the four with UK spelling are in a separate group at the bottom. In the "1960s" group, there are 70+ US followed at the bottom by 6 UK. You're in some good company there, including Phil Alexander (Brit) and Guy DiRito (Yank), but the OS is what it is, and so it would be easier to search them if everyone (including the highly-esteemed writers mentioned) used the same (original) spelling for the OS. (btw, Broadway musical opened in 1959, and film version was 1965, hence the grouping in two different decades. Rather than take a stand, I cowardly put one in each :-)

Excellent start for a new writer! 555, and looking forward to more.

Hmmm! Strictly speaking TT is right about the first line, however we Brits tend to elide the third syllable of "stationery". Perhaps "station'ry" would have made it clearer. As for the spelling, point taken, although I've lost count of the number of times English spellings are ignored by Americans! And Julie Andrews is a Brit...

Welcome fellow Brit!!! as a veteran here, Tommy is right, and the first entry is awesome. You have talent, and here's a pint to many more. from a guy who has apparently no friends here, you have me as one already. Tommy too, it seems. Heed his advice, he's a great 'un.. welcome John

John, you're spot on -- indicating elisions by apostrophes makes it very clear to the reader. Done that many times, just out of poetic license (to make the scansion/meter/pacing match), e. g., "diff'rent" to emphasize I'm using two syllables, even though (typically lazy) US speakers rarely pronounce the middle syllable either. Good point on Brit elision of "station'ry" -- if I'd thought of "milit'ry" vs. US "mil-i-tar-y", I'd have made the leap. The apostrophe would've been a life-saver here :)

No question about us improperly quoting British sources in US vernacular. Our schools suck so badly, most of us can't even speak or write our own dialect correctly. I had some phone conversations with a Trinidad native with a definite island accent, but when she wrote me a letter, it was so much more polished than what I'm used to receiving that I pointed that out and confirmed, wasn't she an immigrant from Trinidad? As soon as she said, "Yes, I grew up there and attended British schools..." I "Aha!'-ed. Your schools still teach a bit of grammar, I think -- ours don't. (Read the submissions here and see. Who/whom? Forget it! etc.)

I think we're cool, except that I can't refrain from pointing out that a song's title isn't changed by who sings it :-) :-) If you sing one of my parodies (God help you!), would that change the spelling of the writer's (copyrighted) title and song? Enough... have a cold one on me, and Cheers, Mate!

Malcolm Higgins: Yes, John has at least two friends here. I know that you didn't care to read my tribute to TJC, but for the sake of this discussion, if you were to look at the linked parodies where I anal-yzed his early works in the same way, you'd see the same point -- I wouldn't waste my time and suggestions on a writer who wasn't obviously worth it. ... and thanks for the kind words, and again, the same comment to you as to JB: More, please, of the fantastic quality of "Pirates/Snipers"; the count is meaningless. Cheers to you too, Mate!

John, one last thought/old adage: "The best way to have a friend is to be one." I. e., visit other songs that look interesting to you, leave a thoughtful comment ... don't have to kiss arse or be brilliantly witty, just something that shows you took the time to read and consider the parody. Eventually, those writers will wonder who this new person is and start looking at your songs. Not all of them, and no guarantees (can't please everyone). but it's the best way to "get into circulation". It's always tough being the new guy on the block and breaking into an established crowd (read, "clique"). I did it by posting ten (10) songs on my noob day, although not deliberately (I didn't know that they didn't update on Sat. and Sun. most of the time, so there were ten on Monday.) Not recommended:)

btw, did you catch my UK spelling of "arse"? lol. Peace, brother.

Dear friends: I thank you for your kindly words. For a mere fledgling, yet to leave the nest, To offer up advice to you old birds Would, on reflection, not be for the best. We novices have many tricks to learn Before our observations count a jot. Whereas you guys spot gems at every turn; I’m dumb with admiration (no I’m not). Long may you parody (or parodise) The songs of lesser mortals. I can tell You don’t need me to cut you down to size, But they need you. So go on – give ‘em hell!

Hey, this was really good.

John: Wow, that's a parody in itself! Find an OS that fits, finish that up, and post it!