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Song Parodies -> "Gnat"
Original Song Title:
"Gnu"
Original Performer:
Flanders and Swann
Parody Song Title:
"Gnat"
Parody Written by:
Phil Alexander
The Lyrics
I don't know if anyone else remembers the original, but I've had it on in the car recently...
A year ago, last Thursday I was walking by a pond
The sun was going, and with it was the light
When I noticed on my arm a little insect sort of thing
With his long proboscis aiming for to bite
So I asked him, quite rhetorically: 'What kind of beast are you?
Maybe I should make this little midge go splat!'
But the animal in question did surprise me with a reply
He remarked: 'I ain't a midge. I'm a G-nat!'
'I'm a G-nat, I'm a G-nat
The g-nastiest little g-nasher and that's flat
I'm a G-nat, How about that
You really ought to k-now w-hat's w-hat
I'm a G-nat, Spelt G-N-at
I'm g-not a midge, mosquito or a bat
So let me tell you why
I'm g-neither g-nit or fly
Oh g-no g-no g-no I'm a G-nat'
I had strung mosquito netting nearly all around my tent
Ere I climbed into my sleeping bag to nap
But the sound of whiny buzzing all repose did prevent
I suppose I must have left a little gap
Entangled in my sleeping bag and my mosquito net
I flailed and I swatted, till Howzat!
A midge? u're not a midge...
Anopheles? No, it's not an opheles...
When from underneath my hand: 'I'm a G-nat!'
I'm a G-nat, a g-nother g-nat
What kind of g-nitwit don't know that?
I'm a G-nat, How about that
You really ought to k-now w-hat's w-hat
I'm a G-nat, Spelt G-N-at
Not a g-nopheles, or a g-natterjack
G-nor am I the least
A g-nasty g-naughty beast
Oh, g-no, g-no, g-no,
G-no g-no g-no I'm a G-nat
G-no g-no g-no I'm a Gnat
The sun was going, and with it was the light
When I noticed on my arm a little insect sort of thing
With his long proboscis aiming for to bite
So I asked him, quite rhetorically: 'What kind of beast are you?
Maybe I should make this little midge go splat!'
But the animal in question did surprise me with a reply
He remarked: 'I ain't a midge. I'm a G-nat!'
'I'm a G-nat, I'm a G-nat
The g-nastiest little g-nasher and that's flat
I'm a G-nat, How about that
You really ought to k-now w-hat's w-hat
I'm a G-nat, Spelt G-N-at
I'm g-not a midge, mosquito or a bat
So let me tell you why
I'm g-neither g-nit or fly
Oh g-no g-no g-no I'm a G-nat'
I had strung mosquito netting nearly all around my tent
Ere I climbed into my sleeping bag to nap
But the sound of whiny buzzing all repose did prevent
I suppose I must have left a little gap
Entangled in my sleeping bag and my mosquito net
I flailed and I swatted, till Howzat!
A midge? u're not a midge...
Anopheles? No, it's not an opheles...
When from underneath my hand: 'I'm a G-nat!'
I'm a G-nat, a g-nother g-nat
What kind of g-nitwit don't know that?
I'm a G-nat, How about that
You really ought to k-now w-hat's w-hat
I'm a G-nat, Spelt G-N-at
Not a g-nopheles, or a g-natterjack
G-nor am I the least
A g-nasty g-naughty beast
Oh, g-no, g-no, g-no,
G-no g-no g-no I'm a G-nat
G-no g-no g-no I'm a Gnat
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DKTOS...but good writing...I'm bugs about it
I Do Know The Original Song, and this was very well done.
What...this isn't about the new DC baseball team?
Peek-a-boo, fives for you. (Only a Flanders & Swann fan would get that.)
Thanks, all :-) I was actually trying to write one about gneiss, when this pretty much wrote itself. Don't know if I'll get round to finishing the other, but must admit that I wasn't expecting many people to know this one. But I like it :-)
Another great piece of work. We're trying to work one up from the Bestiary. Steve
Steve - If you're back to see if your comment's been remarked upon, do you mean you're looking to do a F&S parody yourselves? If so, do please post it here: I love their use of words, and it does lend itself to parody. The only downside is that there are so few people around to appreciate it :-)
I liked this--first heard the song covered on The Muppet Show--but my only problem was trying to rhyme the schwa 'a' of "what" with the short 'a' sound in the rest of the chorus.
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