[lit-ideas] Re: Meta-odic
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 18:36:23 -0400 (EDT)
Yet another dimension of the meta-odic is the song parody. Take "Casey
Jones" -- yet known to the "Tommies" during the Great War in the form of a
parody:
old Joe Whip mounted on the parapet
old Joe Whip a Mills bomb in his hand
old Joe Whip he stopped a blooming whizz bang
now he's a bomber in the promised land.
It should not surprise us if some parodies are/were better known than their
original. "My girl from Tennessee", for example, parodied as "My girl from
Battersea". And there may be other cases.
Cheers,
Speranza
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