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Song Parodies -> "Novgorod Ironclad Screwed"
Original Song Title:
"I Put a Spell on You"
(MP3)Original Performer:
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Parody Song Title:
"Novgorod Ironclad Screwed"
Parody Written by:
Robert D. Arndt Jr.
The Lyrics
The Russian 1871 Novgorad was a coastal ironclad that used a circular hull and took it to the extreme. On the positive side it had a circular 9" armor belt, formidible armament of 2x 11" cannons, 2x 4 pdrs, and 2x 37mm guns. But it took 8 boilers to run 6 engines driving 6 separate shafts all to the rear with a small rudder crammed in the middle. The two smoke stacks impeded the cannons field of fire and when they did fire it caused the ship to rotate out of control! Even in calm seas the vessel tended to pitch violently and after testing two of them, the project was wisely abandoned in favor of more conventional ships.
Novgorod ironclad screwed
spin-out time
The circular ship was doomed
Cannon firin’
Tough re-alignin’
Round ship as they planned it
Armored belt surrounds
11” guns deadly
8 boilers, 6 shafts, did confound
[Poor control in all seas it was found]
Novgorod ironclad screwed
spin-out time
Was declined
They built two
They built two
They built two
Unsatisfactory
Fire was impaired
Instability
Extreme oddity
[Or Russian folly]
Failed at sea
Novgorod ironclad screwed
spin-out time
(No controllability)
spin-out time
The circular ship was doomed
Cannon firin’
Tough re-alignin’
Round ship as they planned it
Armored belt surrounds
11” guns deadly
8 boilers, 6 shafts, did confound
[Poor control in all seas it was found]
Novgorod ironclad screwed
spin-out time
Was declined
They built two
They built two
They built two
Unsatisfactory
Fire was impaired
Instability
Extreme oddity
[Or Russian folly]
Failed at sea
Novgorod ironclad screwed
spin-out time
(No controllability)
http://m.cdn.blog.hu/am/amindenit/image/novgorod_ship.jpg http://www.militaryimages.net/imagehost/images/dronepilot/novgorod1.jpg
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