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Song Parodies -> "How Do I Spell Thee? Let Me Count The Ways"
Original Song Title:
"How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count The Ways"
Original Performer:
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Parody Song Title:
"How Do I Spell Thee? Let Me Count The Ways"
Parody Written by:
Phil Alexander
The Lyrics
I got the idea for this one after trying to spell "Alanis Morissette" on an on-line trivia quiz, and the answer being spelt wrong, so I couldn't get the question right... I thought I might be spelling the thing wrong, so tried google, and found a link which said that there were thirty-four common misspellings of her name.
For anybody who doesn't recognize the original, it's a sonnet rather than a song, written at some point in the mid-nineteenth century
For anybody who doesn't recognize the original, it's a sonnet rather than a song, written at some point in the mid-nineteenth century
How do I spell thee? Let me count the ways
For to misspell a name is impolite
Is a single "l" or a double right
For I know "Alanis" holds but two "a"s
And should I steer through "s"s shifting maze
Is one or two or one then two alright
And "t" for two, or two "t"s blight my sight
Should double "n"s cause me to nnavel-gaze
I know for sure there surely are no "u"s
A double "t" with single "e"s beset
I know she has two eyes: two "i"s I'll use
She also has one nose- one "o" I'll get
One "m", one "r" are all that's left to choose
Here's how I'll spell "Alanis Morissette"
For to misspell a name is impolite
Is a single "l" or a double right
For I know "Alanis" holds but two "a"s
And should I steer through "s"s shifting maze
Is one or two or one then two alright
And "t" for two, or two "t"s blight my sight
Should double "n"s cause me to nnavel-gaze
I know for sure there surely are no "u"s
A double "t" with single "e"s beset
I know she has two eyes: two "i"s I'll use
She also has one nose- one "o" I'll get
One "m", one "r" are all that's left to choose
Here's how I'll spell "Alanis Morissette"
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I shoulda had this on hand when I wrote my parody! 555
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