Put to mind by the recent bad rhymes thread. And of course all the threads that came before it.
I thought of one but is was far too good to put in a bad rhyme thread…how about rhymes that are so bad they’re brilliant:
Oh Jonah, he lived in de whale,
Oh Jonah, he lived in de whale,
Fo’ he made his home in
Dat fish’s abdomen.
Oh Jonah, he lived in de whale.
As I mentioned in the other thread, Cole Porter and Tom Lehrer were masters at this.
In addition to the lyrics I mentioned in the other thread, Cole Porter also wrote:
If she says your behavior is heinous
Kick her right in the Coriolanus
or
I’m just in the way, as the French would say ‘de trop’
But if, baby, I’m the bottom, You’re the top.
or
Where is Rebecca, my Becki-weckio,
Again is she cruising that amusing Ponte Vecchio?
For Tom Lehrer:
Make a cross on your abdomen,
When in rome do like a roman,
Ave maria,
Gee it’s good to see ya,
Gettin’ ecstatic an’
Sorta dramatic an’
Doin’ the vatican rag!
Turn on the spigot,
Pour the beer and swig it,
And gaudeamus igit-ur.
While we’re attacking frontally,
Watch Brinkally and Huntally,
Describing contrapuntally
The cities we have lost.
No need for you to miss a minute
Of the agonizing holocaust.
From “Weird Al” Yankovic’s All About the Pentiums:
I was just thinking of this today, when XM played Dylan’s “Hurricane.”
You’ll be doin’ society a favor.
That sonofabitch is brave and gettin’ braver.
We want to put his ass in stir
We want to pin this triple mur-
der on him
He ain’t no “Gentleman Jim.”