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Song Parodies -> "Weight Gain"
Original Song Title:
"Freight Train"
Original Performer:
Elizabeth Cotton
Parody Song Title:
"Weight Gain"
Parody Written by:
William Tong
The Lyrics
"Freight Train" was written nearly 100 years ago, when the late Elizabeth Cotton was 12 years old, but was not recorded until 1957.
(instrumental intro)
Weight gain, weight gain, happened so fast.
Weight gain, weight gain, happened so fast.
Please don't tell, I've gained ten pounds,
And you won't know what diet I'm on.
What I do dread is bein' a slave
To those bad times - food I crave.
Bags-of-bones: though they're fed, they're sleek.
Envy them all, 'cause my will is weak.
I'm no cyborg, for I must sleep.
Wake up hungry, must eat cheap.
Order root beer with Number Nine,
And feed hunger, all fat-fried.
Weight gain, weight gain, happened so fast.
Weight gain, weight gain, happened so fast.
Please don't tell, I've gained ten pounds,
And you won't know what diet I'm on.
What I do dread is bein' a slave
To those bad times - food I crave.
Bags-of-bones: though they're fed, they're sleek.
Envy them all, 'cause my will is weak.
I'm no cyborg, for I must sleep.
Wake up hungry, must eat cheap.
Order root beer with Number Nine,
And feed hunger, all fat-fried.
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A great original tune. Chet Atkins did an awesome instrumental version; more recently, Jerry Garcia and David Grisman recorded it. Wow! An apolitical Tong parody!
Since you don't allow comments elsewhere--Vince Vance & the Valiants released "Bomb Iran" as a single in 1980. They remade it as "Bomb Iraq" a few months ago. http://www.dustbury.com/archives/000775.html
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