Date: 27 Feb 1997 13:29:16 GMT



There's also the TTTO I performed at Conterpoint Too and LACon3:
Allan Sherman's "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh" to Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen
Spirit."  I had to wrestle with the words a little bit, but it worked.

I described it as "a collaboration between two dead artists who never had
the chance to work together," saying "these were the original lyrics to
'Smells Like Teen Spirit' from an earlier part of Kurt Cobain's life before
he learned about thing like scansion."

		Camp Nirvana (to "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
			 Copyright 1996 Lynn Gold

Hello Muddah, hello Fadduh,
Here I am at Camp Granada.
Camp is very entertaining,
They say it's fun when it stops raining...raining...raining...raining...oh
Not snow, not snow, not snow, not snow
Hello hello Muddah hello
Hello Fadduh hello

I went hiking with Joe Spivy.
He developed poison ivy.
You remember Leonard Skinner.
He got ptomaine after dinner.
All the couns'lors hate the waiters,
And the lake has alligators.
Eeek! [insert grunge guitars] Ouch! [insert grunge guitars]

The head coach wants no sissies,
So he reads to us from Ulysses.
I don't want this should scare ya,
But my bunk mate has malaria...ria...ria...ria...you know
You get it from a mosquito
Hello hello Muddah hello
Hello Fadduh hello

You remember Jeffrey Hardy.
They're sent out a searching party.
Take me home, oh Muddah, Fadduh,
Take me home, I hate Granada,
Don't leave me out here in the forest, where
I might get eaten by a bear.
Hey! [insert grunge guitars] Help? [insert grunge guitars]

Take me home, I will not make noise,
Or mess the house with other boys.
Oh Muddah, Fadduh don't make me stay,
I've been at camp for one whole day...whole day...whole day...whole day...
    whole day...
Away, away, take me away...

Dearest Fadduh, darling Muddah,
How's my precious little Bruddah?
Let me come home if you miss me.
I'll even let Aunt Bertha hug and kiss me...kiss me...kiss me...kiss me...oh
Oh no, oh no, how gross, oh no
Hello hello Muddah hello
Hello Fadduh hello

Wait a minute, it stopped hailing.
Guys are swimming, guys are sailing.
Playing baseball, gee that's better.
Kindly disregard this letter!
Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh
Now I like it...Camp Granada
No mosquitos...gee that's neato
Camp Granada...now I wanna...
Camp Granada...now I wanna...
Camp Granada...now I wanna...
Camp Granada...now I wanna...
Camp Granada...now I wanna...
Camp Granada...now I wanna...
Camp Granada...




--Lynn
-- 
Lynn Gold                   "net.fogey"           figmo@rahul.net,
  Senior Technical Writer, TCSI (weekdays)           l.gold1@genie.geis.com,
  News Anchor, KLIV & KARA News (weekends)            or lgold@tcsi.com


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