Song Parodies -> "Rontgen's X-ray Camera"

Original Song Title:

"Maxwell's Silver Hammer"

Original Performer:

"Rontgen's X-ray Camera"

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The Lyrics

will was quizzical...'bout the body, physical
'specially the bones
late nights all alone with lenard tubes...oh...oh oh oh
photos, skeletal, to the masses, medical
ghostly overtones
fingers snaking out in the pictures...whoa..ho ho ho

the plate is getting ready to glow
you know just what's in store

flash...flash...rontgen's x-ray camera
excitement mixed with dread...doot doo doo doo
flash...flash...rontgen's x-ray camera
his apron's made of lead

folks cried, "hooligan...we shall not be fooled again"
some were paranoid
"this we must avoid...an unpleasant sce-ee-ee-ene"
will says, "its OK...radiation fades away
none gets left behind
it won't wreck your mind...it is just not so-o-o-o"

but some were still attacking the ploy
opinions, quite unkind

flash...flash...rontgen's x-ray camera
excitement mixed with dread...doot doo doo doo
flash...flash...rontgen's x-ray camera
his apron's made of lead

though alerts were sung...twas no claims of hurting done
x-rays were condoned
printing up those bony ol' pictures...oh...oh oh oh
raise in salary...nods from nobel's gallery
died in '23 (nineteen twenty-three)
a carcinoma seized his intestines...woe...woe woe woe

remembered still, though long in the crypt
a scientific mind

flash...flash...rontgen's x-ray camera
excitement mixed with dread...doot doo doo doo
flash...flash...rontgen's x-ray camera
his apron's made of lead

rontgen's...x-ray...camera

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McKludge - October 30, 2008 - Report this comment

You forgot the umlaut in Röntgen, but I'll let it slide.

alvin - October 30, 2008 - Report this comment

thanks mckludge....guilty as charged

Lionel Mertens - October 30, 2008 - Report this comment

We don't need to X-ray your funny to see if it's funny. 5's. By the way if they were to X-ray mine they'd find a B.B. where my friend shot me with a C02 pistol on accident he says.

LilGhoulCakes - October 30, 2008 - Report this comment

Sir ALvin, ~ The Duke 0'Dice ~ Ghoulish & CABO-WABO ! Just the right combination!. . . PS: SecurityCode on this was HSS ? ! ?

Andy Primus - October 30, 2008 - Report this comment

Great original idea & especially like how you got the 1923 in there

AFW - October 30, 2008 - Report this comment

I can see right thru this parody...and it's quite funny and unique..

alvin - October 30, 2008 - Report this comment

thanks lionel...ow ! .....thanks LilGhoulCakes...glad this struck your ghoulish fancy....thanks andy....yeah, did my homework....thanks AFW...glad ya enjoyed

Johnny D - October 30, 2008 - Report this comment

555 rems for this brilliantly ionizing parody.

Peregrin - October 31, 2008 - Report this comment

Beautiful! Love a good history lesson in a song! Cracked up at "his apron's made of lead" :)

alvin - October 31, 2008 - Report this comment

thanks johnny and peregrin

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