Song Parodies -> "I've Hedgery That's Shaped, I Have"

Original Song Title:

"I'm Henry the Eighth, I Am"

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"I've Hedgery That's Shaped, I Have"

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The Lyrics

I've hedgery that's shaped I have
Hedgery that's shaped I have, I have
Topiaries by the windows and doors
It's been curried into petit fours
Zoology in a-plenary (plenary!)
Please prune it to a filly or a lamb (or ram!)
I've a hedgerow grand managerie
Hedgery that's shaped I have

Secateurs, tame all the furze!

I've hedgery that's shaped I have
Hedgery that shaped I have, I have
Snipped bits varied: llamas, otters and boars
Cheetahs, parrots, wolverines and more
My a-moure's not for arbories (arbories!)
You couldn't sculpt a willow or an elm (no ma'am!)
I'll not raise houseplants, or fernery
Hedgery that's shaped's my plan

(Buzzing trimmer music)

I've hedgery that's shaped I have
Hedgery that's shaped I have, I have
Visionary is my little copse shorn
See lawn: garish shrubbin' trims adorn
A bevy lush is my greenery (greenery!)
Yew shouldn't shave my holly past a gram (oh damn!)
It's ornate and grand, my hedgery
Hedgery that's shaped I have

HEDGE-Y AIN' AW-RY!

Greenery (Scenery!) Greenery (Orderly!)
Hedgery that's shaped I have, I have
Venerate the hedge's my plan!

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Phil Alexander - November 18, 2004 - Report this comment

You going to follow this with "Living on the hedge"? Very good, M&P :-)

Stuart McArthur - November 18, 2004 - Report this comment

Nice work M and P - you don't "leave" anything for the imagination (well, Phil had already used "hedge") - 555

Johnny D - November 18, 2004 - Report this comment

I've decided that the initials " M. & P. " stand for " Musical Phonememeisters ". Brilliant job, hobbits! Edward Scissorhands would be so proud.

John Barry - November 18, 2004 - Report this comment

This is great! You two are the poets of the site.

alvin rhodes - November 18, 2004 - Report this comment

delightful parody...one of your best

Ashkicksass - November 18, 2004 - Report this comment

A riot, no matter what kind of hedge you envision... ; )

Meriadoc - November 18, 2004 - Report this comment

Thanks so much everyone! We are proud graduates of the Claude/Guy School of Lyrical Loquaciouness.
BR>Can't believe Ash was the only one that found uninteded double-entendres in the last verse tho'! ;-D

Steven Cavanagh - November 18, 2004 - Report this comment

Very ferny.

CeramicsFanatic - November 18, 2004 - Report this comment

Good one, guys!! ;-)

Arwen - November 18, 2004 - Report this comment

Well this shaped up pretty nicely, didn't it? =) 5s, little ones!!

Michael Pacholek - November 18, 2004 - Report this comment

Not very funny, but quite imaginative. Do we have a video... clip?

Meriadoc - November 18, 2004 - Report this comment

Thanks to the latest voters.

And Michael, we are saving the videotape for our fraterne e trois, remember?

Jared - November 18, 2004 - Report this comment

Oh man, this was good.......you two are nuts...I think this is the first time you guys and I have parodied the same song on the same day. That must've been what you meant by on a psychic wavelength...trust me, you did great, glad you liked my Tarzan tune too

John Jenkins - November 18, 2004 - Report this comment

Excellent vocabulary, clever parody.

mandamoo - November 19, 2004 - Report this comment

Trimmed and clipped to perfection as usual !

Airfarcewon - November 19, 2004 - Report this comment

This very funny...very good job...and get's the Green thumb award...plus tree 5's

Jonathan C. - November 23, 2004 - Report this comment

One of your best ever.

BelindaBear - November 26, 2004 - Report this comment

That was great, you two! LOVED this one! I must go now as I believe I hear a rustle in my hedge row.......................

Andy Primus - August 18, 2012 - Report this comment

LOL - great idea for a parody. It reminded me of Hampton Court Palace, which was built for Cardinal Wolsey in about 1514 but was given to Henry VIII in 1528. The intrigue that goes with the story makes an interesting read if you’ve got an interest in English history (Meriadoc) or would bore you senseless if you haven’t (Peregrin). The gardens that came to mind weren’t planted until later though (& I don’t recall there being any wolverine or llama shapes etc).

Meriadoc - August 21, 2012 - Report this comment

Thanks for dropping by this one Andy - it's always been one of my favorites of our parodies, and it's nice to see a new comment.

Re: Hampton Court - I'm familiar with it's basic history as you stated above - and know there is something to do with Anne Boleyn, but I'm better versed with pre-Tudor history. Interestingly enough, there is an old Courthouse in Lelant, Cornwall, also called Hampton Court (it is now a bed & breakfast); it was owned by the Lelant Hampton family as early as the mid-1500s; said Hamptons being my ancestors via my 1865 Cornish immigrant. (How they got such an un-Cornish name eludes me, but I imagine they originally came into Cornwall from some other part of England).

Helene - November 01, 2012 - Report this comment

hysterical!! and Orderly too!! :) "Hedgery that's shaped I have" is going to get stuck in my head now

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