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Song Parodies -> "If We Fly"

Original Song Title:

"If We Try"

 (MP3)
Original Performer:

Don McLean

Parody Song Title:

"If We Fly"

Parody Written by:

Merry & Pippin

The Lyrics

M&P would like to announce their 300th parody has just taken to the air :)
Will and Orv began petite:
A cycle shop in Dayton
Brothers thought that fame they'd meet
(Ambition escalatin')

Let us move away from this O-hi-o
To a Dixieland where the wind does blow
'Cus we've been innovatin' with toys and kites
We're gonna go craft little quirk of flight
We can show that Icarus was right
If we fly

Pistons gun, propellers go
In circular rotation
Now on this land where yuccas grow
We'll con-coct aviation

It's nineteen-o-three, time has come, you know
In the skies we'll play, reach a new plateau
Well we've got a somewhat deft device
Naught does she hover but gives great arise
And dunes under us become pint-size
If we fly

We'd taken a different direction than most people had yet
Our faulty designs we rejected, why, 'cus they weren't perfect
We came through this devoid of sutures
We nurture thoughts of air-lift
Just spent our time Kitty Hawkin' and gave the world a beaut gift

'Cus if we'd failed, were bound to meet
Kill Devil Hill frustration
But we succeeded, found replete
Airborne exhilaration

Won't you wish us luck, because here we go
For the wild blue yonder, it beckons so
Well, we've been singing of how with gay delight
We all got pitch and bank and yaw just right
Don't look down but now just hang on tight
If we fly
Some pow'r we thought we'd add to glide, worth a try
Yes somehow I think we may be Wright
If we fly

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mandamoo - August 19, 2006 - Report this comment
A lovely tribute set to a lovely OS. Congratulations on your 300th. And they said it wouldn't last ;)
alvin rhodes - August 19, 2006 - Report this comment
very quaint...i like it.....congrats on the nice round number
Meriadoc - August 19, 2006 - Report this comment
Thanks Moo and Alvin - I knew I could count on at least the two of you to know the OS.... :-)
Peter Andersson a.k.a K1chyd - August 20, 2006 - Report this comment
DKTOS but I figure this parody is fly...
Meriadoc - August 21, 2006 - Report this comment
Thank you Peter - it's a wonderful OS - you should try and find a copy.
wandlimb - August 24, 2006 - Report this comment
And dunes under us become pint-size If we fly Ah, how poetic.

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