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Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

futzle@old.mermaid.town ("Deborah Pickett") wrote:

@yayKM @ThermiteBeGiants 🎵
I've written a self-referential Major-Gen'ral parody
Though several other versions bear a striking similarity
Before you go complaining that it sounds like every other one
It barely was original when Gilbert wrote for Sullivan
To many other songs it will indubitably share a note
It doesn't list the elements, not like the one Tom Lehrer wrote
In fact you'll find this song is suited less to operetta than
A segment shown on Denton or on Carson or on Letterman

In all of God's creation nothing's quite so overkillable
As G&S's patter song in lines of 16 syllables
And so in my conclusion I'll reiterate for clarity
I've written a self-referential Major-Gen'ral parody
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