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Song Parodies -> "The Whiff Song"
Original Song Title:
"The Riff Song"
Original Performer:
Gordon MacRae
Parody Song Title:
"The Whiff Song"
Parody Written by:
Ralph Shaffer
The Lyrics
The Riff Song was written for Sigmund Romberg's 1926 operetta, The Desert Song. Most people associate it with Gordon MacRae in the 1953 film of The Desert Song.
From off the mound
There comes a sound
It is an awful, roaring fastball from his hand
Livid with fear
Here's what you hear
A pitch from Nolan Ryan fastest in the land
And
All who wonder quickly understand
The cry of
Strike!
As you swing at one straight down the
Pike
One, two, three and you can take a
Hike
It means that you have struck out
Yike!
Your lucky you're still about
Psych
Ryan makes you think this one you'll
Like
You'll miss and sound like Alibi
Ike
So batters dig in each spike
He'll make you whiff like a tyke
With every
Strike
.
There comes a sound
It is an awful, roaring fastball from his hand
Livid with fear
Here's what you hear
A pitch from Nolan Ryan fastest in the land
And
All who wonder quickly understand
The cry of
Strike!
As you swing at one straight down the
Pike
One, two, three and you can take a
Hike
It means that you have struck out
Yike!
Your lucky you're still about
Psych
Ryan makes you think this one you'll
Like
You'll miss and sound like Alibi
Ike
So batters dig in each spike
He'll make you whiff like a tyke
With every
Strike
.
This is one in a series of Romberg parodies, intended for an "Evening with Romberg," and consisting of the rendition of his original song followed by the parody.
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