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MASHUP — While all of my parodies use the tune of one other song and follow its rhyme scheme and structure to tell some related or unrelated story, sometimes the unrelated story is taken from another song. I find the term “mash-up” “mashup,” suggested by Tony Fabris in 2007, handy to describe this technique. (The usualy definition of “mash-up” is something done with two recordings, whereas this is something done in songwriting.

econd-and rose
econd and ose

he lewife
he ntwife

he ort of rgo
he ells of orwich (ulian of orwich)

andy’s ament (he ree of orted ewdrops)
rafel's ament

aper lates
aper orlds

ggravated asalt
elva's ong

t'll ever ast
o etweens

ree rial, ancel nytime
econd-and eaven

ark and nowy ashup
et t o

oncurrent entences
et t o

olden ubmarine
ellow ubmarine

on't nock athematics
on't top elievin'

'm sing his une gain
or mily, henever ay ind er

eartrending
eartwarming

owan emonade
owan ree

elta eta
itch of the estmorland

elvet ide
till atch the ide

ive er hildren ings
ike heir eet ave ings

-ymmetry
ear ina

he ultitasking eader huffle
l aso

urried eal ith ce ream
rthur urry

he hild of rthur urry
ule kerrie

al, djusted
al's ong

ew ersey leeps
anhattan leeps

atcall
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amn the irens
ycamore ree

nethirdless?
oundless?

he irl ho ad ever een ...
he irl hat's ever een

rossed ver
ings

ase oat
ith er ead ucked nderneath er rm

ood hing ou an't ead y ind
f ou ould ead y ind

ortality ong
urvivor's ong

altzing with ums
altzing with ears

ribble umbo
ouseguests

ross ertilization
ever reams

air evenge
emper of evenge

apor ction
apor ngels

reen yed omez
ittle reen yes

ashing the alrog
ane-eld

obody's oggy ands
o an's and

lies and ther iet ids
wa agicians

ilksingers, ilksingers
erryman

aking ove eighing othing t ll
aking ove ut of othing t ll