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Song Parodies -> "A Malleable Metrical Mastic"
Original Song Title:
"Popeye the Sailor Man"
Original Performer:
Sammy Lerner
Parody Song Title:
"A Malleable Metrical Mastic"
Parody Written by:
Stan Hall
The Lyrics
No test for the Leary? :-)
“A Malleable Metrical Mastic”
A malleable metrical mastic,
the limerick form’s quite elastic:
iamb, anapest, dactyl,
and trochee in fact’ll
mix well in a flow not too spastic.
(But that isn’t to say "no holds barred,"
for there _is_ a preferred form. Regard:
in lines 1, 2, and 5,
for 3 anapests strive,
3 & 4 get 2 feet, not "a yard."
And the rhyme scheme, moreover, is fixed
such that any divergence is nixed:
Thus "a-a-b-b-a"
it has been and shall stay
‘til all limerick rules be deep-sixed.)
Now it’s your turn, Dear Reader, so grab
Up your pen and for fun take a stab
At some lim'rick rhymes fittable
To this tune (it's hospitable)
And I’m sure the result will be fab.
A malleable metrical mastic,
the limerick form’s quite elastic:
iamb, anapest, dactyl,
and trochee in fact’ll
mix well in a flow not too spastic.
(But that isn’t to say "no holds barred,"
for there _is_ a preferred form. Regard:
in lines 1, 2, and 5,
for 3 anapests strive,
3 & 4 get 2 feet, not "a yard."
And the rhyme scheme, moreover, is fixed
such that any divergence is nixed:
Thus "a-a-b-b-a"
it has been and shall stay
‘til all limerick rules be deep-sixed.)
Now it’s your turn, Dear Reader, so grab
Up your pen and for fun take a stab
At some lim'rick rhymes fittable
To this tune (it's hospitable)
And I’m sure the result will be fab.
© Stan Hall
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Wow. There was a rad author named Stan Hall...
You gain bonus points for using malleable in a song. I haven't heard that word since high school science (although being the nerd I am, it was one of my favorites). This was clever, and one of the first of your songs I've seen. I'm looking forward to seeing more.
Limericks—mainly anapestic.
Authors attempt to do their best shtik.
But the usual theme:
Big, stuffed tw*t; tight-*ss ream,
A f**ked sheep, slurped c**t, and a fressed d*ck.
Authors attempt to do their best shtik.
But the usual theme:
Big, stuffed tw*t; tight-*ss ream,
A f**ked sheep, slurped c**t, and a fressed d*ck.
Aw, JB, limericks may be usually, but surely aren't uniquely good only for a tawdry titter. (Oooooh, he sadi "tit"!) :-) Indeed, I say: "Whoever would call lim’ricks “lowbrow” /
Must himself be the bearer of no brow, /
A Neanderthaler /
Whom I’d tell, with choler, /
“Yo, bro, I’m glad I ain’t got yo’ brow!” :-)
very instructional...lol
555 for words O'Play, Sir.
Nordic homies don't play dat ga_a_ame! Fantastic and hauntingly reminiscent of... hmmmm.... well, some instructatron extrordinaire who shall remain unnamed (No, NOT Valdemort, though lordly he be...)
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