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Song Parodies -> "Ophelia"
Original Song Title:
"Cecilia"
Original Performer:
Simon & Garfunkel
Parody Song Title:
"Ophelia"
Parody Written by:
The Comedian
The Lyrics
Ophelia
Your Hamlet's gone mad
He's faking insanity daily
Oh Ophelia
He's down on his knees
"Count-ry matters" he slyly moans
Ophelia
What will you do now?
You're going mad under the pressure!
Oh Ophelia
Your Hamlet's a tease
"Count-ry matters" he slyly moans
Oh he moans!
Makin' love in the afternoon
With Ophelia
In Hamlet's bedroom (Makin' love!)
Hamlet's father's ghostly eyes!
Next thing O-phelia knows,
Hamlet's sword just won't rise!
Ophelia
What will you do now?
Your Hamlet is acting so strangely!
Oh Ophelia
Your Hamlet's a tease
"Count-ry matters" he slyly moans
Oh he moans!
To be orrrrr not to be!
To be orrrrr-not, not-not, to be!
( instrumental )
Po-lo-niiii-us!
Ophelia's Dad!
That long-winded blabbermouth bought it!
Oh La-errrr-tes!
You're pissed-off and mad!
You poisoned your sword like a bastard!
Alas Yorrrr-ick!
Of infinite jest!
And excellent fancy, Horatio!
Oh oh ohhhh-oh!
Oh oh oh oh oh!
Oh oh oh oh oh, oh-oh, oh, oh!
Your Hamlet's gone mad
He's faking insanity daily
Oh Ophelia
He's down on his knees
"Count-ry matters" he slyly moans
Ophelia
What will you do now?
You're going mad under the pressure!
Oh Ophelia
Your Hamlet's a tease
"Count-ry matters" he slyly moans
Oh he moans!
Makin' love in the afternoon
With Ophelia
In Hamlet's bedroom (Makin' love!)
Hamlet's father's ghostly eyes!
Next thing O-phelia knows,
Hamlet's sword just won't rise!
Ophelia
What will you do now?
Your Hamlet is acting so strangely!
Oh Ophelia
Your Hamlet's a tease
"Count-ry matters" he slyly moans
Oh he moans!
To be orrrrr not to be!
To be orrrrr-not, not-not, to be!
( instrumental )
Po-lo-niiii-us!
Ophelia's Dad!
That long-winded blabbermouth bought it!
Oh La-errrr-tes!
You're pissed-off and mad!
You poisoned your sword like a bastard!
Alas Yorrrr-ick!
Of infinite jest!
And excellent fancy, Horatio!
Oh oh ohhhh-oh!
Oh oh oh oh oh!
Oh oh oh oh oh, oh-oh, oh, oh!
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...it's something like that, anyway ;-)
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous comments
Or to take arms against a sea of 1-votes
And by parodying, mock them
...it's something like that, anyway ;-)
I'll just say that it's good. :D 5's
JD - Well done. Now lets get thee to more funnery.
I thought this was clever as hell. You should be getting a present in the mail today, if you haven't already, on top of your fives.
Imagine Simon and Garfunkel in Shakespearean regalia singing and acting out this scene in Hamlet...hehehehehehhehehehehehe...I crack myself up.
Philbo: Aye, there's the rub o'the magic one-eyed wonder weasel ...
Adagio: And I'll just say....thank you!
Guy: I'll try to make a habit of it, Friar DiRito!
Rick: Thanks, and nothing in the mail yet - still watching & waiting...
Rice Cube: Yeah, imagine "Simonkrantz and Garfunkelstern".... LOL !
And to all of the above, many thanks!
Adagio: And I'll just say....thank you!
Guy: I'll try to make a habit of it, Friar DiRito!
Rick: Thanks, and nothing in the mail yet - still watching & waiting...
Rice Cube: Yeah, imagine "Simonkrantz and Garfunkelstern".... LOL !
And to all of the above, many thanks!
Oh. My. Hell. I LOVE this. Hamlet = my all time favorite piece by the old Bard. Cecelia = my all time favorite Simon & Garfunkle song. This couldn't be better...awesome!!! 5s!
"Though this be madness, yet there is method in't, and a fine parody."
Great one!
Johnny D - I saw someone scored a "4" in pacing and I went back twice to see why. That's how damned good you have gotten! I couldn't really see why and I tried because I wanted to make sure I wasn't just rewarding your well-earned reputation here. No need for concern, again you earn, perhaps I'll learn, we now adjourn...5-5-5
Arwen: You're such a sweet Eldar Aristocrat, thank you!!
Mari D: "Brush up your Shakespeare, start quoting him now!"
Jack: Thanks!
Paul: You are too kind, sir!
Gosh everybody, what can I say, thanks so much!
Mari D: "Brush up your Shakespeare, start quoting him now!"
Jack: Thanks!
Paul: You are too kind, sir!
Gosh everybody, what can I say, thanks so much!
Shakin' the Speare again, eh Johnny? Not bard at all
A hit! A very palpable hit! 555.
Thank you very much, CP and SP !
Johnnie, we're up on Soundclick.
Forsooth? No, FIVE sooth! Phil: I can't believe you didn't think of this one first. Guy: Good call. Cube: Did you ever see Paul Simon singing "Scarborough Fair" in similar garb and playing a lute on the Muppet Show? Let's just say Miss Piggy didn't make it one of her better duets. Claude: You're a bad boy. Don't change.
Thanks, Michael.
All fives for the heavy Freudian undertones and concurrent phallic symbolism.
Thank you, Jay W !
5's (intended ABC)
Thank you, Adagio! :-)
(ABC) A solid parody, not as funny as others you've done but that's probably because I DKTOS and DKTOSP (Shakespearean play)...would seeing the Lion King be enough?
Thanks, Luke, and yes, The Lion King will do just fine! ;-D
Having just read Hamlet last year, I can understand all those nuances you put in. I believe that someone can use this for a report of some kind. All fives. To write, to sleep no more.
Thank you, The Invincible! The parody's the thing, wherein we'll catch the nonsense of the sing!
ABC...555. (everybody else wrote clever comments)
Thanks Agri.
ABC 555 - Very good JD
Thank you, Pippin.
Still masterful
(ABC) Will all these fives string out until the crack of doom? I vow they shall.
abc-Someone order a Hamlet with eggs?
Thanks Claude, Meriadoc, and Jeff.
Oh honey! I love this! I can't abc you or even lmno you for that matter, but I will tell you that I think you're the b e s t...
Thanks, Ashkicksass! My only siblings are two older brothers --- but lemme tell ya, you'd have made a fabulously super sister, woman! ;-)
Well I only have 3 older sisters, so you are more than welcome to be my honorary brother...
thsi is really funny Johhny... I could imagine you performing this one........
Thanks martha, and thanks Ashkicksass (again)!
Wow, someone likes Shakespere... or not, anyway, clever idea, never woulda thought of it
Ha ha, my friend named her cat Ophelia.
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