_Co^{me Y}e _Mu_ppets

Reprinted from Songworm 2

Parody of “Come Ye Knights”, words and music by Sheila Willis

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Parody lyrics ©1988-07-24 by Bob Kanefsky. All rights reserved. The copyright of the original lyrics and music remain with the holder(s) of the original copyright.

Let’s hear it for the real heroes of that blockbuster SF movie trilogy. Thanks to whoever it was, years ago, who first speculated on the parentage of the little green guru.

Chorus:

Am Come  ye droids and come ye muppets, G Eight -foot suits and hand-held puppets, Am Wield ing guns and  F blow ing trumpets, Am Come  play on the  G sil ver  Am screen ! Am Come  play heroes, rogues, and liars, G Fur ry natives, fearless fliers. Am No  one sees the  F hid den wires. Am Come  play on the  G sil ver  Am screen !

Am As

a young naive new actor,

G thought

that muppets all were

Am cute

,

Am Kind

and sweet of

F dis

position;

Am this

idea they’d

G soon

re

Am fute

.

Am They’re

adept at stealing spotlights,

G worst

of all an actor’s

Am fears

.

Am They

don’t even

F need

good lines;

Am all

they do is

G twitch

their

Am ears

.

Am Nev

er yield to your temptation:

G do

not smash your faithful

Am droid

.

Am Aud

iences

F will

not like it;

Am your

rapport will

G be

de

Am stroyed

.

(Chorus)

Am On

a small and swampy planet,

G clean

ing up my master’s

Am lawn

,

Am Looked

into his

F green

ish features,

Am felt

new under

G stand

ing

Am dawn

.

Am For

the first time since I landed

G in

that moist and muddy

Am bog

,

Am Saw

what my new

F ma

ster must be:

Am off

spring of a

G pig

and

Am frog

.

Am From

that oddest of romances,

G long

ago and far a

Am way

,

Am By

the most bi

F zarre

of chances,

Am he

had lived to

G see

this

Am day

.

(Chorus)

Am In

a hideout, closely guarded,

G lives

a ruthless pirate

Am chief

.

Am Ug

ly as he’s

F e

vil-hearted,

Am cor

pulent bey

G ond

be

Am lief

.

Am Odd

est taste in decorations:

G freeze

-dried men and dancing

Am girls

.

Am With

a swinish

F fas

cination,

Am he

likes grabbing

G pret

ty

Am pearls

.

Am Ne

ver ask embarrassing questions,

G such

as what he does with

Am them

.

Am That’s

left to i

F ma

gination.

Am Cen

sors win out

G once

a

Am gain

.

(Chorus)

Am Land

ing on an unknown planet,

G saw

a bug-eyed monster

Am there

.

Am He

was big and

F blue

and shaggy;

Am I

had walked right

G in

his

Am lair

.

Am Saw

no chance of my escaping;

G quick

ly got down on my

Am knees

.

Am He

approached with jaws a-

F gap

ing.

Am All

he said was

G Cook

ie,

Am please

!

Am Worked

with muppets for so long now,

G I’d

forgotten whence they

Am came

.

Am Nice

to know, with

F all

the mutants,

Am some

old friends are

G still

the

Am same

.

(Chorus)