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Song Parodies -> "Randolph the Four-Legged Cowboy"
Original Song Title:
"Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer"
Original Performer:
Tradiotional
Parody Song Title:
"Randolph the Four-Legged Cowboy"
Parody Written by:
DragonGirl7566
The Lyrics
my friends Beca, Catherine and Erin helped me with this so I'll give them some credit. Thanks guys!
Randolph the four-legged cowboy
Had a very shiny gun
And if you ever saw it
It would even make you run
All of the other cowboys
Used to laugh and call him names
They never let poor Randolph
Join in any cowboy games (like poker)
Then one foggy Easter night
Sheriff came to say
Randolph with your gun so bright
Won't you shoot my wife tonight?
Then all the cowboys loved him
As they shouted out with glee
Randolph the four-legged cowboy
You'll go down in history
Had a very shiny gun
And if you ever saw it
It would even make you run
All of the other cowboys
Used to laugh and call him names
They never let poor Randolph
Join in any cowboy games (like poker)
Then one foggy Easter night
Sheriff came to say
Randolph with your gun so bright
Won't you shoot my wife tonight?
Then all the cowboys loved him
As they shouted out with glee
Randolph the four-legged cowboy
You'll go down in history
copyrighted by Beca, Catherine, Erin, and me. © Don't steal it!
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It's a good thing you copyrighted this, I was planning to steal it and use it on my next album
Your friends might not want to claim credit. This one's foggier than that legendary Christmas Eve.
To the first commenter: you spelled Weird wrong. The real Weird Al Yankovic would not misspell his own pseudonym.
To the parody author: you spelled Traditional wrong...tisk tisk. :-\\
To the parody author: you spelled Traditional wrong...tisk tisk. :-\\
spelling cop?? tsk tsk, not tisk tisk, if you're going to correct someone's spelling, use good spelling yourself...
DragonGirl, I think there's too much of the original song left in this. Plus, foggy Easter night seems lame, why is he a four-legged cowboy, etc. Details help sell the parody. You may even consider spelling "legged" as "leg'd" to emphasize the single syllable it gets.
DragonGirl, I think there's too much of the original song left in this. Plus, foggy Easter night seems lame, why is he a four-legged cowboy, etc. Details help sell the parody. You may even consider spelling "legged" as "leg'd" to emphasize the single syllable it gets.
Good thing you copyrighted it. Someone else might easily record the same idea, because it's basically something I did back in 1983 or so.
Pull up your pants and run one foggy western eve
Great sppof on Rudolph and anything about cowboys is always tops in my book!, as I recall my days in the arms of the Jolly Rancher!
I learned this song in 1968. The only differance was, we sang it as One foggy christmas eve. I have sang this song to many friends over the years including my own children, who are now teaching it to their children.
The original "Randolf the Bow Legged Cowboy " was written in 1962 by a very smart 5th grader ,I sat next to her on the back row and watched her write the verses sometimes laughing out loud .During the recess we all learned it . I loved it and sang it every where. The author is Cindy Heil , 5th grade, at the time, in Buffalo Texas
My grandfather sang this song to me in 1970. He used the words bow legged cowboy and a few other different words. Sorry to say that you are the ones breaking copyright laws. I know it was a hit in the 60's.
My siblings and I have been singing this silly song since about 1961 or 1962. Nothing about "Easter" in it; our version used "one foggy Christmas Eve."
Randolph the flat footed cowboy, was the way my Dad sang the song to me in the early 1950's, nothing about Easter, but a foggy Christmas Eve, it was Santa that wanted his wife shot, instead of you'll go down in history, it was "you'll go to the penitentiary.
This came out early 60's I believe. My dAd was a ham radio operator and it was sung to him over the ham set. A few differently said words. We lived in Tucson and his name was Rudolph. A play on words.
a kid from my cub scout pack taught a few other cubs "maverick the bow-legged cowboy" which we sang at some xmas event ca 1959-60. the version I learned ended "You'll be hangin' from a tree" though I vaguely recall a non-cub using the "penitentiary" ending. the above comments from others indicate anonymous parodies of this song have been floating around since the hit record of 1949.
This song has been all over the place and around for about 60 years (or more). My older brother taught it to me in the mid 60s in Virginia. It was "Rudolf", "skinny-legged cowboy", "you had better turn and run", foggy "New Years Eve" "poker games"; "laughed and shouted out ...". This is too old and has too many variations for anyone to claim copyrights. These people would have to be at least in their 70s. My brother also taught me a variation of O Beautiful for smoggy skies in the 60s before George Carlin sang his version in 1971 on the Ed Sullivan show.
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