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Song Parodies -> "Three Deaf Rats"
Original Song Title:
"Three Blind Mice"
Original Performer:
Thomas Ravenscroft
Parody Song Title:
"Three Deaf Rats"
Parody Written by:
Carolynn Cordsen and Thora Rogers
The Lyrics
As a music teacher, I often give my students extra information about the music I am teaching.... who the composers are, when it was written, what it might mean, etc. I have been very disturbed about some of the lyrics of childrens' songs as they are quite frightening to young people, so my co-writer and I decided to change the words, in this case, words that were suggested at the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Performing Arts this past year. The song "Three Blind Mice" was 1st published in 1609 and was written by Thomas Ravenscroft. It is a possible satire of Queen Mary the 1st. There are religious and political overtones, which I do not understand, but they did lead to her nickname of "Bloody Mary". Great. A children’s' song! There were three noblemen who were convicted of plotting against the Queen. She did not cut them or blind them, like in the original song, but she did have them burnt at the stake. Great. A children’s' song! Here is the revised edition, truly meant for children of all ages to enjoy:
One big dog, one big dog,
See how he barks, (woof) see how he barks, (woof)
Some of the children are scared of him
But he just wants to have fun with them
He wouldn’t mind a hug from them
One big dog, one big dog
Two pussy cats, two pussy cats,
Hear how they meow, hear how they meow,
All they want is to sleep all day
On your lap they want to stay
Unless of course it’s time to play
Two pussy cats, two pussy cats
Three deaf rats, three deaf rats,
Listen to them hum, (hmm) listen to them hum, (hmm)
They all went down to the music store
But they can’t hear a thing any more
Not even the sound of a lion’s roar
Three deaf rats, three deaf rats
Four humming birds, four humming birds
Can you hear them buzz? Can you hear them buzz?
They all flew around to find some food
But some of them are very rude
Why are they always in such a bad mood?
Four humming birds, four humming birds
Five bunny rabbits, five bunny rabbits,
Big floppy ears, big floppy ears,
Hopping down to the neighbors’ yard
Stealing some carrots and all of the chard
Eating the veggies life can’t be too hard
Five bunny rabbits, five bunny rabbits
See how he barks, (woof) see how he barks, (woof)
Some of the children are scared of him
But he just wants to have fun with them
He wouldn’t mind a hug from them
One big dog, one big dog
Two pussy cats, two pussy cats,
Hear how they meow, hear how they meow,
All they want is to sleep all day
On your lap they want to stay
Unless of course it’s time to play
Two pussy cats, two pussy cats
Three deaf rats, three deaf rats,
Listen to them hum, (hmm) listen to them hum, (hmm)
They all went down to the music store
But they can’t hear a thing any more
Not even the sound of a lion’s roar
Three deaf rats, three deaf rats
Four humming birds, four humming birds
Can you hear them buzz? Can you hear them buzz?
They all flew around to find some food
But some of them are very rude
Why are they always in such a bad mood?
Four humming birds, four humming birds
Five bunny rabbits, five bunny rabbits,
Big floppy ears, big floppy ears,
Hopping down to the neighbors’ yard
Stealing some carrots and all of the chard
Eating the veggies life can’t be too hard
Five bunny rabbits, five bunny rabbits
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Greetings fellow music teacher (retired middle school bandmaster here). So many nursery rhymes began as political commentary and satire...and like fairy tales often have gruesome content. I use and often write rhymes to get students to recognize and remember classical themes..."Ode To Joy is taken from a symphony by Beethoven" (Beethoven's Ninth), "Joseph Haydn now is gone, but his music lingers on" (Haydn's Surprise Symphony) and some strictly for college kids that are totally inappropriate for school children! Good work here...keep it up! ;D
Like OMR, nice to have a music teacher on this site and you will make a great asset, especially on parody song writing. I've been writing/performing parodies all through preschool to college. The first song I spoofed was "I've Been Working On The Railroad" when I was in kindergarten. Anyways, welcome to the site and here's 3 great 5's for this one!
Come on, there's no deaf people on "American Idol," and only Simon is a rat.
Very good tale. 5's.
You do realize that the 3 deaf mice part is at least mildly offencive. Deaf people can and do listen to music. My friends husband is a deaf music teach. Way to promote stereotypes.
Three Blind Mice was the 3 Stooges theme song
FOUR NEWS NETWORKS FOUR NEWS NEWS NETWORKS,SEE THEM RUN SEE THEM RUN,ALL RUNNING OFF THE CLIFFS,LIKE THE LEMMINGS THEIR AL NOW STIFFS LIKE FLEMMINGS,ITS TRUMP THEIR FOOLISHLY CONDEMING,JUST LIKE HEDLESS LEMMINGS FOUR NEWS NETWORKS FOUR NEWS NETWORKS
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