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Song Parodies -> "Homophones Are Strange"
Original Song Title:
"Home, Home on the Range"
Original Performer:
Traditional
Parody Song Title:
"Homophones Are Strange"
Parody Written by:
John A. Barry
The Lyrics
In addition to those called out in the song, there are 12 other discrete homophones. Can you spot them all?
Lend your ear to roam--
Cell phone or Peter's dome?
Then there's "deer,"
Which can be wrote two ways.
Say welcome to "heard,"
Don't be deterred by "burred."
Is "good buy" what you purchase or say?
Homophones are strange
There's a "bier" that I won't drink,
No way!
There's acronym GERD
And "curd" from a Kurd's herd.
Also, there's "bi," which can go three ways.
Cell phone or Peter's dome?
Then there's "deer,"
Which can be wrote two ways.
Say welcome to "heard,"
Don't be deterred by "burred."
Is "good buy" what you purchase or say?
Homophones are strange
There's a "bier" that I won't drink,
No way!
There's acronym GERD
And "curd" from a Kurd's herd.
Also, there's "bi," which can go three ways.
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Ooh brilliant, I love it, especially ' "bi," which can go three ways' :D
555 Damn, man, Home On Dee Range of greatness is where you reside on the parody address list :-)
Thanks, Sweet, and Dee, LOL at your comment.
12 others? I haven't heard this in a while, but the only ones I saw was " roam " vs " Rome " , "which" vs "witch" ( 2 cases ) and "two" vs "to". PS- Do you know the "special homphones" ( my word for them )- words pronounced the same but have no letters in common? I and aye ( or ) eye, ewe and you, eh and A, etc. Good word play. Phives.
Thanks, Red Ant: you're/your, cell/sell, or/oar, there's/theirs, wrote/rote, bee/be, ways/weighs, way/weigh, know/no are the rest
so you're not counting buy/bye? Great novelty parody idea, John - well done - 555
Clever idea, John...=)
Ewe get 5's!!!
Keep 'em coming, JB...with all this Edgy-cajun you're providing, I might even become literate! 555
I especially liked that three way reference. Very high marks for real.
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