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Song Parodies -> "If Screamin' Jay Hawkins Wrote Edmund Fitzgerald"
Original Song Title:
"I Put a Spell on You"
(MP3)Original Performer:
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Parody Song Title:
"If Screamin' Jay Hawkins Wrote Edmund Fitzgerald"
Parody Written by:
John A. Barry
The Lyrics
There were huge swells that grew,
Which wasn’t fine.
They tried to stop the ship, the crew,
From side-lying,
Or they’d be dyin’.
They couldn’t handle it
(The wind howled its sound);
Things were going badly.
Each admitted, sadly—going down.
They knew full well, the crew:
End of the line,
Goodbye.
The gale blew,
The crew knew
They were screwed
The holds blew. Then the scow
Was gone from there,
Lake “Gitche Gumee,”
And it lies now,
A ghostly
Skeleton shell with crew
’neath water line.
Which wasn’t fine.
They tried to stop the ship, the crew,
From side-lying,
Or they’d be dyin’.
They couldn’t handle it
(The wind howled its sound);
Things were going badly.
Each admitted, sadly—going down.
They knew full well, the crew:
End of the line,
Goodbye.
The gale blew,
The crew knew
They were screwed
The holds blew. Then the scow
Was gone from there,
Lake “Gitche Gumee,”
And it lies now,
A ghostly
Skeleton shell with crew
’neath water line.
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I knew this was coming. Very well done. Looks like we've got a new member in the crew.
JAB - I had a premonition that you'd use this song. ;D
I am more familiar with the CCR version, but well done!
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