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    From Arthur T.@21:1/5 to All on Tue Apr 5 21:00:41 2022
    Title: Parity Of Parody
    ttto: Children's Marching Song

    I use yours; they use mine
    That means everything is fine

    (Chorus after each verse:)
    And it goes 'round; think it's fair
    'Long as we know there's...
    Parity of parody

    Take his words; use her tune
    Anything that's opportune

    Build from mine; that's sublime
    Even if it just half-rhymes

    Yours is mine; mine is yours
    What gets filked is what endures


    My lyrics copyright 2022 by Arthur Tansky. License granted for
    non-commercial, non-political archiving and performance as long as:
    1. copyright notice is maintained, and
    2. no money changes hands.

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    Arthur T. - ar23hur "at" pobox "dot" com

    Guessing a lyricist's opinions from his songs is as futile as
    guessing an author's opinions from his novels.

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  • From Gary McGath@21:1/5 to Arthur T. on Wed Apr 6 06:40:57 2022
    On 4/5/22 9:00 PM, Arthur T. wrote:
    Title: Parity Of Parody
    ttto: Children's Marching Song

    I use yours; they use mine
    That means everything is fine

    (Chorus after each verse:)
    And it goes 'round; think it's fair
    'Long as we know there's...
    Parity of parody

    Somehow my mind instantly turned it into this:

    I own yours; I own mine;
    That means everything is fine

    And I get it all; think it's fair
    'Cause we know there's...
    Parody of parity


    --
    Gary McGath http://www.mcgath.com

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  • From Arthur T.@21:1/5 to Gary McGath on Wed Apr 6 09:54:55 2022
    In Message-ID:<t2jqnr$bk3$[email protected]>,
    Gary McGath <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 4/5/22 9:00 PM, Arthur T. wrote:
    Title: Parity Of Parody
    ttto: Children's Marching Song

    I use yours; they use mine
    That means everything is fine

    (Chorus after each verse:)
    And it goes 'round; think it's fair
    'Long as we know there's...
    Parity of parody

    Somehow my mind instantly turned it into this:

    I own yours; I own mine;
    That means everything is fine

    And I get it all; think it's fair
    'Cause we know there's...
    Parody of parity

    And somehow your version is so much more believable.

    --
    Arthur T. - ar23hur "at" pobox "dot" com

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  • From Mark Mandel@21:1/5 to Arthur T. on Wed Apr 6 11:12:34 2022
    I didn't recognize the tune name "Children's Marching Song", so I googled it. The first hit, this Mitch Miller arrangement <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mc90gdV4fcQ>, made it very clear. It gives the alternate title of "Nick Nack Paddy Wack", which my
    mind instantly follows with "Give a dog a bone, This old man came rolling home." Also the Flanders and Swann version from, I believe, the '50s, which parodies Charles deGaulle.

    Mark

    On Wednesday, April 6, 2022 at 9:54:16 AM UTC-4, Arthur T. wrote:
    In Message-ID:<t2jqnr$bk3$[email protected]>,
    Gary McGath <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 4/5/22 9:00 PM, Arthur T. wrote:
    Title: Parity Of Parody
    ttto: Children's Marching Song

    I use yours; they use mine
    That means everything is fine

    (Chorus after each verse:)
    And it goes 'round; think it's fair
    'Long as we know there's...
    Parity of parody

    Somehow my mind instantly turned it into this:

    I own yours; I own mine;
    That means everything is fine

    And I get it all; think it's fair
    'Cause we know there's...
    Parody of parity
    And somehow your version is so much more believable.
    --
    Arthur T. - ar23hur "at" pobox "dot" com

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  • From Arthur T.@21:1/5 to Mark Mandel on Wed Apr 6 14:20:53 2022
    In
    Message-ID:<[email protected]>,
    Mark Mandel <[email protected]> wrote:

    I didn't recognize the tune name "Children's Marching Song", so I googled it.

    Wiki has much more detail about it than I ever wanted. In fact, I
    skimmed and stopped. But I gathered that it's very old with no
    composer I should cite, and that was good enough for me.

    Apparently, the name I'm used to was attached to it in the 50s.

    --
    Arthur T. - ar23hur "at" pobox "dot" com

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  • From Gary McGath@21:1/5 to Arthur T. on Thu Apr 7 05:55:43 2022
    On 4/6/22 2:20 PM, Arthur T. wrote:
    In
    Message-ID:<[email protected]>,
    Mark Mandel <[email protected]> wrote:

    I didn't recognize the tune name "Children's Marching Song", so I googled it.

    Wiki has much more detail about it than I ever wanted. In fact, I
    skimmed and stopped. But I gathered that it's very old with no
    composer I should cite, and that was good enough for me.

    Apparently, the name I'm used to was attached to it in the 50s.


    I'd always thought of the tune as "This Old Man." I didn't recognize the
    title "Children's Marching Song," but I figured out from the content
    which tune you were using.

    --
    Gary McGath http://www.mcgath.com

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  • From Tim Merrigan@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu Apr 7 04:54:06 2022
    On Wed, 6 Apr 2022 11:12:34 -0700 (PDT), Mark Mandel
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    I didn't recognize the tune name "Children's Marching Song", so I googled it. The first hit, this Mitch Miller arrangement <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mc90gdV4fcQ>, made it very clear. It gives the alternate title of "Nick Nack Paddy Wack", which
    my mind instantly follows with "Give a dog a bone, This old man came rolling home." Also the Flanders and Swann version from, I believe, the '50s, which parodies Charles deGaulle.

    Mark

    As I learned/remember that (This Old Man, never heard of The
    Children's Marching Song) at least one rhyme is different. "Three"
    with "knee", rather than "tree".

    Also, "Give the dog a bone" rather than "Give a dog a bone".

    I don't know if that's a mondegreen, or I learned a slightly different
    version.

    Also, in the Mitch Miller recording above, I heard "six" rhymed with
    "sticks", rather than the "stick" in the written version I found.
    --

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    Tim Merrigan

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  • From Jeff Urs@21:1/5 to Mark Mandel on Fri Apr 8 11:49:57 2022
    Mark Mandel <[email protected]> wrote:
    I didn't recognize the tune name "Children's Marching Song", so I googled
    it. The first hit, this Mitch Miller arrangement <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mc90gdV4fcQ>, made it very clear. It
    gives the alternate title of "Nick Nack Paddy Wack", which my mind
    instantly follows with "Give a dog a bone, This old man came rolling
    home." Also the Flanders and Swann version from, I believe, the '50s,
    which parodies Charles deGaulle.

    And my mind went to an old joke, the punch line of which is

    "It's a knick-knack, Patty Wack; give the frog a loan."

    --
    Jeff

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  • From Gary McGath@21:1/5 to Jeff Urs on Fri Apr 8 10:03:34 2022
    On 4/8/22 7:49 AM, Jeff Urs wrote:
    Mark Mandel <[email protected]> wrote:
    I didn't recognize the tune name "Children's Marching Song", so I googled
    it. The first hit, this Mitch Miller arrangement
    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mc90gdV4fcQ>, made it very clear. It
    gives the alternate title of "Nick Nack Paddy Wack", which my mind
    instantly follows with "Give a dog a bone, This old man came rolling
    home." Also the Flanders and Swann version from, I believe, the '50s,
    which parodies Charles deGaulle.

    And my mind went to an old joke, the punch line of which is

    "It's a knick-knack, Patty Wack; give the frog a loan."

    There's also this parody, from a Beany and Cecil cartoon:

    https://youtu.be/qbDZBpK-0E0?t=115


    --
    Gary McGath http://www.mcgath.com

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  • From Arthur T.@21:1/5 to Jeff Urs on Fri Apr 8 13:43:18 2022
    In Message-ID:<t2p7h4$kg7$[email protected]>,
    Jeff Urs <[email protected]> wrote:

    And my mind went to an old joke, the punch line of which is

    "It's a knick-knack, Patty Wack; give the frog a loan."
    His old man's a Rolling Stone.

    --
    Arthur T. - ar23hur "at" pobox "dot" com

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