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Song Parodies -> "The Word to Spell Is 'Through'"
Original Song Title:
"I Put a Spell on You"
(MP3)Original Performer:
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Parody Song Title:
"The Word to Spell Is 'Through'"
Parody Written by:
John A. Barry
The Lyrics
Teacher:
The word to spell is "through". . .
"End of the line."
Student:
The next word I come to is "bough."[1]
Teacher:
No, keep tryin',
"Bow"--keep applyin'
Yourself; yule soon grasp it.
Student:
The next word is "rough"?[2]
Teacher:
No, that's "ruff," goddamit.
Pleas cough it up, oar there'll bee a row
Next word to spell is "slough,"
Sew take your time
This thyme.
"Slough" is "slew"
And "sluff" two
Student:
I'm confused,
Not amused. Is "cough" "cow"?
Teacher:
I tare my hare
You're orthography
Through me, and how!
Now here this:
In ESL, yore threw. . .
End of the line.
[1]boo
[2]row, not row
The word to spell is "through". . .
"End of the line."
Student:
The next word I come to is "bough."[1]
Teacher:
No, keep tryin',
"Bow"--keep applyin'
Yourself; yule soon grasp it.
Student:
The next word is "rough"?[2]
Teacher:
No, that's "ruff," goddamit.
Pleas cough it up, oar there'll bee a row
Next word to spell is "slough,"
Sew take your time
This thyme.
"Slough" is "slew"
And "sluff" two
Student:
I'm confused,
Not amused. Is "cough" "cow"?
Teacher:
I tare my hare
You're orthography
Through me, and how!
Now here this:
In ESL, yore threw. . .
End of the line.
[1]boo
[2]row, not row
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a fine example of the screwiness of the english language
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