These are all mine. The first two were written when I was in college about (*&^ years ago:
CRAM-A-LOT
(Sung to the tune of “Camelot”)
You’ve been attending classes since September,
But studies occupied the second slot.
Important notes from class you can’t remember,
So you Cram-a-lot.
You slept in class right up until the bell rang,
And friends said “here” for you when you were not.
But friends won’t study for you, such a swell gang,
So you Cram-a-lot.
Cram-a-lot,
Cram-a-lot,
Till you can pass the test, and then…
If you Cram-a-lot,
Cram-a-lot,
You’ll do it all again.
If your teeth ever had a skin upon them,
By summer they assuredly will not.
If you resolve today,
To study hard, then play,
By next term’s finals week you will not have to Cram-a-lot!
CRAM
(Sung to the tune of “Mame”)
Exam week’s here and what do you do?
Cram!
You missed class notes because of the “flu,”
Cram!
You’ve been pro-cras-ti-nating,
And putting off your study till the last.
Now your heart’s pal-pi-tating,
‘Cause Western Civ’s tomorrow, and you’re gassed!
The loss of sleep is making you sick.
Cram!
If you pass this time, it’s a good trick.
Cram!
It’s just like last semester,
Ac-ti-vi-ties kept getting in the way.
If you get through it this time you’ll
Work hard next term and breeze right through.
But now you must continue to CRAM!
I wrote a bit called “Yoda” which is sung to the tune of “Venus” (with apologies to Paul Anka). This travesty follows now Vader you like it or not:
YODA
(To the tune of “Venus”)
O, Yoda
O, Yoda
Yoda, if you will,
I need to learn how Vader I can kill.
I want you to impart your force-ful skill
So I can end his evil reign.
Yoda, don’t you mind
If I seem callow, wimpy, disinclined,
To follow teaching of a stricter kind,
I’m just a kid, I’m kind of lame.
Yoda,
Master of force that you are,
Forgive my bending rules a bit.
Just help me work the tools a bit.
Yoda, I’ll be gone
To finish work begun by Obie Wan.
Darth Vader’s days are numbered by his son.
The empire will go down in flames.
I also started something called “Jabbawockey.” It’s a jab ::snicker! snort!:: at Jabba the Hut sung to the tune of “Jabberwockey” from Disney’s version of “Alice In Wonderland.”
JABBAWOCKEY
(To the tune of “Jabberwockey”)
T’was thrilling when the Jedi knight
Came striding into Jabba’s lair,
Where Leia, in a costume tight,
waited, breathless, for Luke.
Skywalker, and his flashlight stick,
He challenged Jabba with a stare.
And Jabba, with a hut-like drool,
Nearly made the knight puke.
Pretty classy stuff, no?