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Song Parodies -> "Femur"

Original Song Title:

"Fever"

 (MP3)
Original Performer:

Peggy Lee

Parody Song Title:

"Femur"

Parody Written by:

John A. Barry

The Lyrics

I'm an anthropologist who's
On a dig in Delaware.
There's a hind leg in front of me--
I've got a femur from a hardened bear:

A fossil femur. The ministry
Hates it when these come to light.
Femurs--date with carbon,
Femurs cause them a plight.

Intelligent Design
Says Darwin's not prized,
"Creationism" by 'nother name,
All dolled up, with a new-name disguised.

Where's the body to this femur--
Swept away in a silt flow?
Femur prob'ly pre-Pleistocene,
Femur hardened long time ago.

Borneo to Joliet--
There's signs of ancient game
That escaped from its predators.
We find it, give it a Latin name,

Or Greek, such as brontosaurus,
With its head up in the air.
Maybe an asteroid killed him;
The ID folks don't really care--

They've got the fever
For dismissin'
Femurs that have come to light.
Fever, so they're dissin'
Science, just a "fad" they don't like.

Fever has gripped Kansas;
Femurs in that state are spurned.
Teachers will spout drivel--
Nothing since Scopes has been learned.

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Pacing: 4.2
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Overall Rating: 4.0

Total Votes: 8

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Tim Mayfield - October 13, 2005 - Report this comment
John, I thought the brontosaurus was really an Apatosaurus?? Boy am I getting behind in dinosaurs...
Kristof Robertson - October 13, 2005 - Report this comment
"Borneo to Joliet"...you clever bass turd! 555
alvin rhodes - October 13, 2005 - Report this comment
love the "hardened bear" line....5s
John Barry - October 13, 2005 - Report this comment
Tim, Kristof, Alvin--thanks.
Phil Alexander - February 18, 2007 - Report this comment
Super, JB - say, did you have to bone up on your fossils for this one?

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