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Song Parodies -> "Of Misused"

Original Song Title:

"Love Me Do"

Original Performer:

The Beatles

Parody Song Title:

"Of Misused"

Parody Written by:

Red Ant

The Lyrics

Since Tommy Turtle has me thinking about (of?) grammar these days, I thought I would attempt a parody about how "of" is incorrectly used. This parody is probably littered with grammatical inconsistencies, but I hope it is somewhat amusing.
[intro]

Of is misused
It's 'of'-ten abused!
Not 'off' man you fool!
I see.....
Of misused
Woe - of misused

Of is misused
I must HAVE it too!
You might BE a fool!
Don't say......
Must of too!
Woe - of's misused

Just what is of?
Belonging to
Use have not of
One's 'half' of two!*

Of is misused
It's 'of'-ten abused!
Not 'off' man you fool!
I see.....
Of misused
Woe - of misused

[harmonica break - which I am fond of
Oops! I meant of which I am fond!]

Of is misused
I must HAVE it too!
You might BE a fool!
Don't say......
Must of too!**
Woe - of's misused
Yeah of's misused

[fade out]
copyright 2006+ Jack "Red Ant" Fletcher.

*In the South, "must have" sounds like "must of", "musta" and occasionally "must half". ** I think I used to, too and two correctly, though I'm not gambling on it. ;-)

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Stephen Harrington - March 30, 2006 - Report this comment
555, I got good grades in English, but I wouldn't know. Heck, I didn't know there were two different spellings of "Stationary".
alvin rhodes - March 30, 2006 - Report this comment
i love the minimilism of it all
Adagio - March 30, 2006 - Report this comment
Ah!! My favorite garbled phrase, 'must of', Even in the South, most at least write it correctly. 5 fingernails on a chalkboard. ; )
Paree Dee - March 30, 2006 - Report this comment
you musta been happy when this all went together.
John Barry - March 30, 2006 - Report this comment
Reminds me of the southern guy who got accepted at Harvard. Freshly arrived on campus, he asked a Boston Brahmin student, "Scuse me, but could y'all tell me where the library's at?" The Brahmin replied: "At Hahvahd, we do not end our sentences with prepositions." To which the guy replied: "Sorry, could y'all tell me where the library's at, asshole?" 15 Smoots, if you get my meaning.
AFW - March 30, 2006 - Report this comment
E and E, here...educational and entertaining
Stuart McArthur - March 30, 2006 - Report this comment
and and is too - eg. try and do some work c/f try to do some work - I like the grammar ones - 555
MrMacphisto - March 30, 2006 - Report this comment
Another good one, Red... :) 5-5-5
Larry Hensley - March 31, 2006 - Report this comment
I could of commented on this before, but of course I waited until the middle of the night to give you 5's which I should of before.
Tommy Turtle - March 31, 2006 - Report this comment
HTF did I miss this one?? (still playing catch-up)... My bad, your/you're good... So, Red Ant has been converted to a grammar stickler, and the Devil is going to church every Sunday? Glory Hallelujah!... "Multum in parvo", taking a simple song and saying so much, including a personal pet peeve, "must of", or other cases where "have" is elided (cool word) to "of". The real trouble is that when it is said that way often enough, people start writing it that way two (lol). You've (you have) reached a new high, Jack (sorry!). Wish there were more than Fives to give to you.

I had some grammar parodies underway at one time, including a clarification of the troublesome "there/their/they're", but abandoned them after the "anal/nitpick" thread. Shall I dust them of? I mean, off?
Peter Andersson a.k.a K1chyd - April 02, 2006 - Report this comment
Tommy Turtle and Red Ant: Here's something to keep you busy for a while: www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html#errors
TT - April 03, 2006 - Report this comment
Peter Andersson K1, cool; I also like "Grammar Slammer" ht*tp://englishplus.com/grammar/.
Red Ant - April 04, 2006 - Report this comment
Thanks Step-chan, Alvin, Pat, Paree Dee, John B, AFW, Stu, MrMac, Larry, Tommy Tutor (Turtle), and Peter. John:

Yep, ending sentences with "at" is something I am guilty of (from time to time). Funny joke.

Tommy Teacher: I would HAVE put more into this, but I couldn't find many ways that of is misused that also scanned to TOS. Grammar stickler? Not yet, though I am getting better at not butchering English. Oh, the Latin is lost on me, I didn't do too well in that subject.
TT, very flattered - April 04, 2006 - Report this comment
"Much in little". There are Latin dictionaries on the Web, but for proverbs or famous quotes, usually just Google will do. Thanks again for prompting me to post the "there/their/they're" one.
Interesting use of this quote: 3w.macomb.com/mcgs/publications/multuminparvo.html
Peregrin - September 09, 2012 - Report this comment
Of course, of and off are of-ten misused, which leads to some of us being pinged off, due to those who veer off course with their oft off-centre use, on and off, of off and of...

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