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Lyrics, Please

For the fifth edition of my infamous songbook, Listen to the Mockingbird, I am seeking contributions from others besides my egomaniacal self. I want “parasongs” (see definition below) on any subject. Parasongs tend to be parodic and/or humorous but need not be and do not have to follow the original lyrics at all. Parasong: a song using new and original lyrics set to an older (generally a popular) melody. Martin Luther set many of his religious hymns to the popular songs of that period. His reasoning: “Why should the devil have the best of tunes?” And in our time, the Wobblies repaid the compliment by resetting many old hymns to new radical labor anthems. Please send lyrics to: Tuli Kupferberg, 160 Sixth Ave., New York, NY 10013. Multithanks.

—Tuli Kupferberg, New York City