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Song Parodies -> "Hey, Lawrence Welk Was Cool"
Original Song Title:
"I Put a Spell on You"
(MP3)Original Performer:
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Parody Song Title:
"Hey, Lawrence Welk Was Cool"
Parody Written by:
John A. Barry
The Lyrics
Welk Wiki: Lawrence Welk was born in Strasburg, North Dakota, as one of eight children to German Catholic immigrants from Czarist Russia. Welk is said to have learned English only when he was already an adult because he always spoke German at home. When he was asked about his ancestry, he replied always with "Alsace-Lorraine, Germany"; although not strictly correct, many German-Russian and German-Ukrainian Roman Catholics have roots or links to Alsace-Lorraine, and identify themselves as such.
Hey, Lawrence Welk was cool;
Came on at 9,
He then said, "A one and a two."
Hands were flyin',
And baton flyin'.
Some couldn't stand him.
And they put him down. . .
Geriatrics dancin'. . .
Accent: Alsace; accordion clown.
But Lawrence Welk was cool
And kept good time.
Good times.
Tango tune,
Dancin', croon:
Moon-June-spoon,
Tanzen tun, so, mein' frau,
[So, my lady, let's do some dancing!]
Get off your chair
And come waltz with me--
Pop champagne now!
You hear him?
That Lawrence Welk was cool--
Ahead 'f his time.
Came on at 9,
He then said, "A one and a two."
Hands were flyin',
And baton flyin'.
Some couldn't stand him.
And they put him down. . .
Geriatrics dancin'. . .
Accent: Alsace; accordion clown.
But Lawrence Welk was cool
And kept good time.
Good times.
Tango tune,
Dancin', croon:
Moon-June-spoon,
Tanzen tun, so, mein' frau,
[So, my lady, let's do some dancing!]
Get off your chair
And come waltz with me--
Pop champagne now!
You hear him?
That Lawrence Welk was cool--
Ahead 'f his time.
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watched a lot of LW growing up...didn't kill me...been to his grave
Hey, ya' squeeze-boxed Lawrence in there...good job..
A one on the sentiment... but a five on the execution thereof.
What are you up to now, 70 or so of these? Liked this one, and I hope to see the few titles I suggested a while back get done.
You would never have heard the OS on the Lawrence Welk show. It was totally out of it to watch him, so to avoid getting into trouble I got my own TV and shut myself in my room.
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