Renned Songs (might have been posted in the wrong section)

[Henri De Ceredigion]

I posted a few days ago (clearly in the wrong part) the fact that I would like to have a go at renning modern day songs for any groups who might be interested (no charge at all for these just my way of contributing as I am unlikely to attend any) and thought that I should offer one to see what people made of it

Orginal Version
Song: Backstreet's Back (Alright)
Sung by: The Backstreet Boys
Released: 1996

Renned Version
Song: The King is Back
Sung by: Charles I
Release: 1645

Lyrics

Everybody, Are you ready?
Everybody, Are you ready now?
The King is Back, that's right!

Yes, by God, I'm back again!
Brothers, sisters, everybody sing!
Going to tell you now, so listen now!
Gotta question for you better answer now!

Am I original?
Yeah
Am I the only one?
Yeah
Am I called Cromwell?
No Way!
Am I everything that this country needs to survive?

Everybody, Are you ready?
Everybody, Are you ready now?
The King is Back, that's right!

Now throw your pikes up in the air
Wave them around like you just don't care
If you wanna battle let me hear you yell
We're going to beat those Roundhead "swear"*
Yeah

Am I original?
Yeah
Am I the only one?
Yeah
Am I called Cromwell?
No Way!
Am I everything this country needs to survive?

Everybody, Are you ready?
Everybody, Are you ready now?
The King is Back, that's right!

So everybody, everywhere
Don't be afraid, don't have no fear
I'm gonna tell the world, make you understand
As long as there's an England, we'll be coming back for more!

Everybody, Are you ready?
Everybody, Are you ready now?
The King is Back, that's right!
Everybody, Are you ready?
Everybody, Are you ready now?
The King is Back, that's right!

* I cannot think of a 17th century swear word that rhymes with yell, so am hoping that members might be able to fill in the blank.

[Welsh Wench]

Porter and Stout have done a ren-version of Free Bird for me.

If I leave tomorrow,
Wouldst thou still remember me?....

I think they are still working on that guitar solo though..

[GirlChris]

There's the Brobdignagian Bards' version of If I Had a Million Dollars, called "If I Had a Million Ducats"

If I had a million ducats
I'd by you a wool dress
But not a real wool dress 'cause that's crewel...

[Terry Griffith]

I wrote a parody of Bob Seegar's "Turn the Page"  to be sung by the King at pub sing at PRF.  Morelandshire is the name of the shire at PRF.  The Pirate Pub is our new (2007) pub.  The chorus uses the royal "We" since it is sung by King Henry VII.

Long Live Me
Parody words by Terry Griffith

On a long and lonely highway, East of Morelandshire
You can listen to the horses plodding through the muck and mire.
You think about the Queen (or the wench you knew the night before).
Your thoughts will soon be wondering, the way they always do,
When you ride behind 6 white horses and all you smell is .... poo
You do not feel like traveling but what is a King to do.

Here We are.  On the throne again.
Here We are.  Ruling by decree.
Here We go wearing the crown again.
Here We go, long live me.

You walk into the Pirate's Pub, dusty from the road.
You feel the eyes upon you as you shed your ermine coat.
You pretend it does not bother you but the wenches in the shire are hot.
Sometimes you can hear them talking, as the peasants gather nigh.
The same old cliché, the taxes are too high.
But you order a round of ale and everyone is happy again.

Here We are.  On the throne again.
Here We are.  Ruling by decree.
Here We go wearing the crown again.
Here We go, long live me.

Out there in the kingdom, you are a million leagues away.
But visiting the country gives us all a chance to play.
With old friends and companions who dance the night away.
Later in the evening as you lie awake in bed,
The giggles of the wenches still ringing in your head
You drain the days last goblet, remembering what you said.

Here We are.  On the throne again.
Here We are.  Ruling by decree.
Here We go wearing the crown again.
Here We go, long live me.

Here We are.  On the throne again.
Here We are.  Ruling by decree.
Here We go wearing the crown again.
Here We go, long live me.

[Lady Aldyth]

Anyone that heard it at VARF this year will always remember Her Grace being serenaded with...

"I Like Big Bumrolls!"

It was just TOO funny!

[tigrlily64]

Anyone that heard it at VARF this year will always remember Her Grace being serenaded with...

"I Like Big Bumrolls!"

It was just TOO funny!

Man, I wish I'd seen that!

[Lady Nicolette]

This is sort of backwards from that idea, taking an old tune and updating it.  This one is by Holly Tannen, it's sung to the tune of "The Lily of the West," which I remember Joan Baez doing.  However, many people around here may know the tune of "Tom of Bedlam," which is the same one using different lyrics:

The Lily of the Net

When first I cruised the Internet
Some pleasure there to find
A damsel there from AOL
Was pleasing to my mind
Her polished prose, her flashing wit
I never will forget
The name she bore was Flora
The Lily of the Net.

When I first cruised the Internet
'Twas as a kind of joke
I posted to the Ballad List
And to rec.music.folk
The answers she wrote back to me
They do torment me yet
I fell in love with Flora
The Lily of the Net.

So I accessed her Web page
My heart's delight to see
And there I spied a dazzling girl
A-smiling up at me
Her rosy cheeks, her ruby lips
They sore did me beset
I was bewitched by Flora
The Lily of the Net.

So next I got my courage up
And called her on the phone
She turned the television down
And said she was alone
Her voice was so melodious
I broke out in a sweat
I scarce could speak to Flora
The Lily of the Net.

For nine long months we e-mailed
Till we resolved to meet
In San Francisco in a pub
Way out on Geary Street
I used my frequent flyer miles
And swore I'd ne'er regret
My plans to meet my Flora
The Lily of the Net.

For courting this fair maid
I greatly did prepare
I bought a suit and got a trim
Of my remaining hair.
My mother oft had told me
What you see is what you get
And what I saw was Flora
The Lily of the Net.

She wore a purple leisure suit
All stained with coffee grounds
Her hair was bleached, her skin was grey
She weighed two hundred pounds
Between her flaccid lips she held
A hand-rolled cigarette
Was this my faithless Flora?
The Lily of the Net.

And when she saw my stricken face
A sigh escaped her breast
She took my trembling hand in hers
And tearfully confessed
The picture was her daughter
A twelve-year old nymphet
I was betrayed by Flora
The Lily of the Net.

Come all you ramblin gamblin men
Who lurk both night and day
Don't trust a gal from AOL
Whatever she may say
I'd rather have my fantasies
I wish I'd never met
That false deluding Flora
The Lily of the Net.

[Terry Griffith]

Brilliant!!

[Lady Nicolette]

Brilliant!!

Glad you enjoyed it...she's got lots of great witty songs.

[DonaCatalina]

This past season we ate in the Italian section at TRF. The pasta was really watered down and fairly tasteless. Then I had a very good boudain sausage in the French section.
So quality seems to vary from spot to spot.

[Elinor Hakebourne]

There's the Brobdignagian Bards' version of If I Had a Million Dollars, called "If I Had a Million Ducats"

If I had a million ducats
I'd by you a wool dress
But not a real wool dress 'cause that's crewel...

I LOVE that version!