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Song Parodies -> "Crankin' More Out of Five Lines"

Original Song Title:

"Thank the Lord for the Night Time"

 (MP3)
Original Performer:

Neil Diamond

Parody Song Title:

"Crankin' More Out of Five Lines"

Parody Written by:

John A. Barry

The Lyrics

Eight-line turns me off, and I don't mean maybe.
Need just five to be takin' me where I'm bound.
"Paradise Lost" runs on and does dismay me--
Were I John's editor, I'd cut down.

I'm crankin' more out of five lines:
A-A-B-B-A.
I'm thrivin' with five jive lines,
Aimin' for wordplay.
I use redactation
If to six I move.

I'm crankin' more out of five lines;
They're rank and short and rude.

I'll talk about scans now, baby; anapestic
Predominates in terms of the poem's metric foot.
Talk about punny: it's an epidemic--
Any chance I get, one in I'll put.

I'm crankin' more out of five lines
[That's the first line A].
I'm thrivin' with five jive lines,
[Syllable short, you'd say].
I use redactation;
There's an emendation
[The OL removed].
I've cranked past four; no swive lines.

And this one bores; ain't rude.

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alvin - August 10, 2007 - Report this comment
my anxiety level is climbin'....you've another fun tune about rhymin'....now, a limerick, great...guess i'll have to create...cause you've picked on a fella called diamond
Tommy, Tommy - August 10, 2007 - Report this comment
Barry? Love him, yes, yes I do.... Ah, the guy's outta sight, yeah.... No more Prufrock? Well, that I rue.... Anapestic tonight, yeah..... Hey, he's got the way to move me,..... Barry...
John Barry - August 10, 2007 - Report this comment
Thanks, Alvin, TT.
Pergrin - August 10, 2007 - Report this comment
This was a cracklin' par'dy, JB
Meriadoc - August 10, 2007 - Report this comment
There once was a rhymer named Barry..
Whose parody skills were quite scary..
Puts you under his spell..
Eclectic'ly well..
With his prolixy vo-cab-u-lary
Ann Hammond - August 10, 2007 - Report this comment
oh yeah
stuart mcarthur - August 10, 2007 - Report this comment
I watch your obsessions with fascination JAB - I guess with 1700 parodies behind you, your always looking for new topics to put a spell on you - 555

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