davidl@mako.UUCP (David Levine) (04/03/84)
According to some Readers' Digest songbook my parents have, EVERY SINGLE LINE
of the popular song "Yes, We Have No Bananas" was stolen from somewhere else.
If you put the original words back into the tune, you get:
Hallelujah, Bananas! Yes, we have no bananas!
O bring back my bonnie to me. We have no bananas today.
I dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls We've got apples, and peaches, (etc.)
The king that you seldom see. ?????
I was seeing Nellie home An old-fashioned tomato,
To an old-fashioned garden. A Long Island potato,
But, Hallelujah, Bananas! But, yes, we have no bananas,
O bring back my bonnie to me! We have no bananas today!
(I'm afraid I don't know all the words to the song, but I've gotten a great
reaction by singing the one on the left...)
Another modern Just-So Story from
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David D. Levine (...decvax!tektronix!tekecs!davidl) [UUCP]
(...tekecs!davidl.tektronix@rand-relay) [ARPA]ron@brl-vgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (04/05/84)
Cabbages and scallions (pronounced KAH-BAAHJ-ES) and all kinds of fruit, and Say!
bet@ecsvax.UUCP (04/06/84)
If "Yes, We Have No Bananas" is a ripoff on The Messiah, then I would
love to hold the copyright on "How Dry I Am", as would anyone else
who has heard Alan Sherman's humorous piece of that name.
Bennett Todd
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