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Song Parodies -> "I Fought the Schwa"
Original Song Title:
"I Fought the Law"
(MP3)Original Performer:
The Bobby Fuller Four
Parody Song Title:
"I Fought the Schwa"
Parody Written by:
Merry & Pippin
The Lyrics
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A-learnin' phonics is not fun
School taught the schwa but the schwa's dumb
I fought the schwa 'cus the schwa's dumb
That 'e' looks funny - kinda 'updone'
I thought the schwa was-a wrong hung
I thought the schwa bland and not fun
Those apples, elephants reveal sounds and
No less does Indi-an
Ostrich, umbrellas first five vow-els had
Start not with schwas - no they're short ones
Their vow'ls aren't schwas - little short ones
Caught the feel of a dipthong
But not the schwas - I'm a dumb-bum
Mere thoughts of schwas leave my brain numb
It's blissly neutral, kinda naught/none
Phoneme of schwa is an odd one
Morphemes with schwas I can-not plumb
Bereft of toning - it's concealed and hid
I guess it's place is 'duh'
That (e) un-stressed - it stressed me real bad
I fought for schwa ban, it's just 'uh'
I fought for schwa ban, it's just 'uh'
School taught the schwa but the schwa's dumb
I fought the schwa 'cus the schwa's dumb
That 'e' looks funny - kinda 'updone'
I thought the schwa was-a wrong hung
I thought the schwa bland and not fun
Those apples, elephants reveal sounds and
No less does Indi-an
Ostrich, umbrellas first five vow-els had
Start not with schwas - no they're short ones
Their vow'ls aren't schwas - little short ones
Caught the feel of a dipthong
But not the schwas - I'm a dumb-bum
Mere thoughts of schwas leave my brain numb
It's blissly neutral, kinda naught/none
Phoneme of schwa is an odd one
Morphemes with schwas I can-not plumb
Bereft of toning - it's concealed and hid
I guess it's place is 'duh'
That (e) un-stressed - it stressed me real bad
I fought for schwa ban, it's just 'uh'
I fought for schwa ban, it's just 'uh'
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LOL awesome,555!
Well pschwa, guys - this is pretty good. 5's ~ ~ ~
SCHWEET....you guys are brilliant.... to take such a theme and make it funny is amazing...schwa always bothered me too...
just uh!! Really liked it here. 5's
A schwa hit ! Very clever.
Is it weird that I STILL remember your parodies form back in the "Are Merry and Pippin guys/girls/girl and guy" days? LOL
Being a multiployglot myself, I love linguistic parodies. A clever choice. Sometimes I feel English should be written in Kanji!
I thought for a second this was going to be about Charles Schwab. Funny work, Merry and Pippin. I'll have to send this to Tommy Turtle and Phil Alexander... I think they'd get a kick out of it.
You've obviously never experienced the pleasure of a menage-a-schwa.
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