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Song Parodies -> "I Fought the Schwa"

Original Song Title:

"I Fought the Law"

 (MP3)
Original Performer:

The Bobby Fuller Four

Parody Song Title:

"I Fought the Schwa"

Parody Written by:

Merry & Pippin

The Lyrics

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A-learnin' phonics is not fun
School taught the schwa but the schwa's dumb
I fought the schwa 'cus the schwa's dumb

That 'e' looks funny - kinda 'updone'
I thought the schwa was-a wrong hung
I thought the schwa bland and not fun

Those apples, elephants reveal sounds and
No less does Indi-an
Ostrich, umbrellas first five vow-els had
Start not with schwas - no they're short ones
Their vow'ls aren't schwas - little short ones

Caught the feel of a dipthong
But not the schwas - I'm a dumb-bum
Mere thoughts of schwas leave my brain numb

It's blissly neutral, kinda naught/none
Phoneme of schwa is an odd one
Morphemes with schwas I can-not plumb

Bereft of toning - it's concealed and hid
I guess it's place is 'duh'
That (e) un-stressed - it stressed me real bad
I fought for schwa ban, it's just 'uh'
I fought for schwa ban, it's just 'uh'

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Jack Wilson - November 03, 2006 - Report this comment
LOL awesome,555!
Paul Robinsoon - November 03, 2006 - Report this comment
Well pschwa, guys - this is pretty good. 5's ~ ~ ~
alvin rhodes - November 03, 2006 - Report this comment
SCHWEET....you guys are brilliant.... to take such a theme and make it funny is amazing...schwa always bothered me too...
Adagio - November 03, 2006 - Report this comment
just uh!! Really liked it here. 5's
mandamoo - November 03, 2006 - Report this comment
A schwa hit ! Very clever.
Jack Wilson - November 03, 2006 - Report this comment
Is it weird that I STILL remember your parodies form back in the "Are Merry and Pippin guys/girls/girl and guy" days? LOL
Susanna Viljanen - November 04, 2006 - Report this comment
Being a multiployglot myself, I love linguistic parodies. A clever choice. Sometimes I feel English should be written in Kanji!
Red Ant - January 08, 2007 - Report this comment
I thought for a second this was going to be about Charles Schwab. Funny work, Merry and Pippin. I'll have to send this to Tommy Turtle and Phil Alexander... I think they'd get a kick out of it.
wandlimb - February 02, 2007 - Report this comment
You've obviously never experienced the pleasure of a menage-a-schwa.

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