Song Parodies (ish)

[RatDog8o8]

There's days when I let my mind out to play....this is a few of the "seasonal" song parodies that I've come up with over the years.

This one's called "Lawn Mower Roundup".....hopefully Spring will arrive before long?


(With sincere apologies to the memory of Frankie Laine)

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Mowin’, mowin’, mowin’
Mowin’, mowin’, mowin’
Mowin’, mowin’, mowin’
Mowin’, mowin’, mowin’
The lawn!

Hah! Hah!

Keep mowin’, mowin’, mowin’
See the grass is growin’
Keep that mower mowin’ the lawn

Through heat and haze I’m sweatin’
Each step I’m frettin’
More yard is just around the bend

All the weeds I’m whackin’
Dead limbs I’m a-stackin’
Wishin’ that my day was at an end


Mow it down, rake it up
Rake it up, bag it all
Mow it down, rake it up
The lawn!

Cut it off, trim it back
Trim it back, cut it off
Cut it off, trim it back
The lawn!

Hah! Hah!

(..to the tune of "Rawhide!" by the aforementioned Frankie Laine..)

[RatDog8o8]

This one's about winter. Specifically, that acky white stuff that one has to clear from sidewalks, driveways, etc. It was "written" several years ago when we had a pretty decent pileup of snow one season.

(With apologies to Paul Stanley; this one's to the tune of "Tomorrow And Tonight" from the Love Gun album.)

OOOOOwwwww!

Ev'rybody's tired when the work week's through......
Kick back and enjoy a brew.
Listen to the weather, hoping it gets better;
Sounds like there's more work to do!

Are you tired?
(Man, my chest is heavin')
Are you ready?
(To shovel again.....)
Are you done yet?
(Now, don't be hesitating.......cuz you know the snow is never gonna end!)

Tomorrow and tonight, tomorrow and tonight.....
Gonna snow all day; gonna snow all night!
Tomorrow and tonight, tomorrow and tonight.....
Oh, no! No way! It ain't right!!!!

Shovel off the walk,
Man, it takes too long!

Tell ya what I'm gonna do.....

Get the snow blower,
or the lawn mower....
Teach that snow a thing or two!

Are you tired?
(Man, my chest is heavin')
Are you ready?
(To shovel again.....)
Are you done yet?
(Now, don't be hesitating.......cuz you know the snow is never gonna end!)

Tomorrow and tonight, tomorrow and tonight.....
Gonna snow all day; gonna snow all night!
Tomorrow and tonight, tomorrow and tonight.....
Oh, no! No way! It ain't right!!!!

(Fade off to mumbled curses and swearing.........)

[RatDog8o8]

Another one; this one's suited for Autumn. To the tune of "Tears Are Falling" from the Asylum album, with further apologies to Paul Stanley.


Summer is fading from memory
Winter will soon fill our days
Orange and red color ev'ry tree...
and then it happens.....
it starts to happen.....

Oh, no...leaves are falling....
Oh, no...leaves are falling....
Oh, no...leaves are falling....

I rake and rake but they fall too fast
You hold the bag open wide (yeah)
Before too long they obscure the grass.....
and then it happens...
it starts to happen...

Oh, no...leaves are falling....
Oh, no...leaves are falling....whoo oh
Oh, no...leaves are falling....whoo oh

(I see them fall....)

And then it happens....
it starts to happen... (someone hold the bag)
And then it happens...
it starts to happen....

Oh no...leaves are falling.....
Oh no...leaves are falling.....whoo oh
Oh no...leaves are falling.....(someone hold the bag)
Oh no...leaves are falling.....(someone hold the bag)
Oh no...leaves are falling.....(falling from the trees.....)