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Song Parodies -> "Yankees Got Run Over By the Red Sox"
Original Song Title:
"Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer"
Original Performer:
Elmo & Patsy
Parody Song Title:
"Yankees Got Run Over By the Red Sox"
Parody Written by:
Melanie Lee
The Lyrics
ALCS and World Series 2004: from a bona fide New Yorker.
Yankees got run over by the Red Sox.
All the New York fans now sit and grieve!
You can cite "The Curse of the Bambino",
But Boston fans are saying, "We believe."
They've played in too many series,
So the Yankees had to go.
Watching them was getting boring
Like Ken Jennings on that Jeopardy! game show.
Yankee fans yelled at Martinez
"Who's your Daddy?" as a cuss.
Red Sox fans replied with T-shirts
That were saying "Yankees suck!" and "Why not us?"
Yankees got run over by the Red Sox.
All the New York fans now sit and grieve!
You can cite "The Curse of the Bambino",
But Boston fans are saying, "We believe."
Now we're all so proud of Torre.
He's not acting like a louse.
He's inviting all his players
To a showing of "Damn Yankees" at his house.
It's not just the folks in Boston
Who've been feeling past regrets.
There are bona fide New Yorkers,
And in their hearts they're shouting, "Let's go, Mets!"
("Let's go, Mets!")
Yankees got run over by the Red Sox.
All the New York fans now sit and grieve!
You can cite "The Curse of the Bambino",
But Boston fans are saying, "We believe."
Now it's time for the World Series.
It's the Red Sox and St. Lou's.
But, imagine different players
To reflect the stuff that happ'ning in the news.
Picture Boston versus Houston.
Picture Kerry versus Bush.
See the Red Sox trounce the Astros,
And imagine Kerry kicking Bush's tush.
Yankees got run over by the Red Sox.
All the New York fans now sit and grieve!
You can cite "The Curse of the Bambino",
But Boston fans are saying, "We believe."
(Sing it, Schilling!)
Yankees got run over by the Red Sox.
All the New York fans now sit and grieve!
You can cite "The Curse of the Bambino",
But Boston fans are saying, "We believe."
(Play ball!)
All the New York fans now sit and grieve!
You can cite "The Curse of the Bambino",
But Boston fans are saying, "We believe."
They've played in too many series,
So the Yankees had to go.
Watching them was getting boring
Like Ken Jennings on that Jeopardy! game show.
Yankee fans yelled at Martinez
"Who's your Daddy?" as a cuss.
Red Sox fans replied with T-shirts
That were saying "Yankees suck!" and "Why not us?"
Yankees got run over by the Red Sox.
All the New York fans now sit and grieve!
You can cite "The Curse of the Bambino",
But Boston fans are saying, "We believe."
Now we're all so proud of Torre.
He's not acting like a louse.
He's inviting all his players
To a showing of "Damn Yankees" at his house.
It's not just the folks in Boston
Who've been feeling past regrets.
There are bona fide New Yorkers,
And in their hearts they're shouting, "Let's go, Mets!"
("Let's go, Mets!")
Yankees got run over by the Red Sox.
All the New York fans now sit and grieve!
You can cite "The Curse of the Bambino",
But Boston fans are saying, "We believe."
Now it's time for the World Series.
It's the Red Sox and St. Lou's.
But, imagine different players
To reflect the stuff that happ'ning in the news.
Picture Boston versus Houston.
Picture Kerry versus Bush.
See the Red Sox trounce the Astros,
And imagine Kerry kicking Bush's tush.
Yankees got run over by the Red Sox.
All the New York fans now sit and grieve!
You can cite "The Curse of the Bambino",
But Boston fans are saying, "We believe."
(Sing it, Schilling!)
Yankees got run over by the Red Sox.
All the New York fans now sit and grieve!
You can cite "The Curse of the Bambino",
But Boston fans are saying, "We believe."
(Play ball!)
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GO SOX!
What Johnny said!!! 555
Go, Sox, yes. I loved the comparison of the Yankees to Ken Jennings!
Grumble... gripe... kvetch... but you redeemed it in the last verse. It'll be one week 'til we vote Kerry, four years we had Dubya Bush and we're sorry!
I like it, nice parody! Go Red Sox!!!
Well done, Melanie, particularly the "Damn Yankees" and Jeopardy lines.
Don't know how I missed this one, but I gotta say, it was really great!
Great parody. No offense Mel, I not a big fan of the the red sox.
Now the Yankees have been run over by the Angels!!
The comment about Kerry and Bush just didn't go....and was uncalled for, especially now, since Bush won. GO BUSH! GO SOX!
Loved the "Lets Go Mets!" line!
to Sheryl Wilson: I disagree with your sentiments about Mr Bush.
The Yankees got run over by the Red Sox On their way to the '04 World Series You can say there's no place for them Yankees Because they suck and that's the way it will always be!
SHERYL WILSON YOU ARE MY HERO THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT!!!! And you're absolutely right! Go Bush and Sox!
(Amiright Idol) For a long time participant, we sure don't see you often with new submissions. Glad you stepped up here. This is a prime example of a topical parody that kind of loses its edge with the passing of time (especially with the Kerry/Bush references). I generally don't have affection for sports parodies for that reason, but at least with the verses, you informed me of some important names and situations (and subbing the OS very well at the same time).
Note that higher marks in competition usually come from varied choruses. If this were an elimination round, though, I wouldn't hold that against you--it worked for me, in this case. Good luck!
Note that higher marks in competition usually come from varied choruses. If this were an elimination round, though, I wouldn't hold that against you--it worked for me, in this case. Good luck!
(AmIRight Idol) Well, I have to echo a bit of Agri, at this point Kerry/Bush kinda loses it's effect--and Yankees/Red Sox is more of a narrow appeal topic. I'm all for supporting home teams, I grew up in St. Louis and we all know how it is with intense rivalry. The thing is, songs like that are best as a novelty recording. The good thing about the non-elimination round is we can give you some feedback to help prepare you for the tougher rounds. A song like this OS would be difficult to record because it's just not a song that has year-round appeal. Also, baseball is a summer topic, and to a Christmas song--it may have limited appeal despite being very well written. I think that this was a good write Melanie, but be careful with topic VS OS song choice ;)
(Idol) I could see Red Sox fans singing this one - keeping the same chorus goes to improve easy singability. Changing the verse about Kerry/Bush would make this timeless instead of dated. I enjoyed the read. Like Dave wrote, setting a summer topic to a song only heard in the winter is an odd pairing, but I think I'd sing along with it even in the off season. =)
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