Parody of “The Lady”, words and music by
Jodi Krangle
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Parody lyrics ©2004-09-08 by Bob Kanefsky. All rights reserved. The copyright of the original lyrics and music remain with the holder(s) of the original copyright.
Inspired by a coincidental similarity to the first few notes of The Wild Geese by Kathy Mar.
The wild geese are flying out on a bright wind.
Every winter, they leave from our shore.
Many a gander and many a goose
Have assembled the vee-shape before.
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But the goslings are restless as they join the vee. Their honking is breathless with indignity. They speed toward the south with the wind at their backs Toward a goal that they don't understand. |
Their landings are hundreds of miles apart,
As the continent's coastlines unfold.
The parents press on without voicing complaint,
But the little ones' tails are ice cold.
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The goslings are restless, and make themselves heard. But rest stops are useless when you are a bird. When nature calls, they heed their instincts at last, And they do just as nature demands. |
Watch out below
When geese got to go...
The ship is far cleaner than ever before,
For the crew have just swabbed all the decks.
A vee-shaped formation flaps by overhead,
And the crew are soon up to their necks.
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Still the goslings are restless. Not one downy child Has ceased its complaining for two thousand miles. They speed 'cross the waves, their moms urging them on, As their fathers aim straight for the land. |
Watch out below
When geese got to go...
The wild geese fly over our cities and fields,
Though their wings are exhausted and sore.
By ones and by twos, something slips from their tails
And blends with the human decor.
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But the goslings are restless and cranky and young, Though the annual migration has barely begun. And what do they wail in their avian tongue That no human can quite understand? |
"Are we there yet?" is what they demand.