by Marc Gunn, June 16, 2003 A few days ago I got a reminder email. A woman had emailed me “a year and a day ago” about how she heard a fun song called “The Pheasant Plucking Song”. She thought it’d be cool for us to have a “Pleasant Peasant Pheasant Plucking Song”. Okay, I […]
Category Archives: Song Lyrics & Poetry
Lyrics by Marc Gunn and of songs he plays as well as chords as played on the autoharp.
O Susanna (Lyrics, Firefly parody: “O Susanna”)
by Marc Gunn, June 16, 2009 Firefly is still one of my all-time favorite TV shows ever. After writing “Monahan’s Mudder’s Milk”, I wondered what other songs might be heard in the Firefly verse? What traditional folk songs might’ve survived in the future and how might they’ve changed? That was the basis for this parody […]
Lounging in La La Land (Lyrics)
Lyrics and music by Marc Gunn, around 1997 Performed by Marc Gunn From CD: Ichabod’s Geography Cross the Rainbow Bridge The Valkyries await Your sapphire visage Don’t be late Resist the phage La la la, la la la, lounging in La La Land Lyse the lullaby As it lofts away Your sapphire syllabai Don’t be late Lounging […]
Christmas Elf Conscription Song (Lyrics)
“Celtic Christmas Elf” lyrics and music by Marc Gunn, December 16, 2008, also known as the “Celtic Christmas Elf Conscription Song” Performed by Marc Gunn From Celtic Christmas Greetings Ho ho! Merry Christmas with a rat-ta-ta-tum, The presents we make will bring joy to children. Santa’s smiling and stroking his beard with his thumb Come […]
Free Brains! (Lyrics, Shawn of the Dead parody: “Freebird”)
by Marc Gunn, Aug 12, 2009 After years of being asked to play “Freebird”… and playing it, I decided it was time to write my own version. I did just that in the middle of a house concert in Kentucky. It was about zombies so I had to write about my favorite zombie movie, Shawn […]
Twist or Dunk (parody: Twist and Shout)
by Marc Gunn, 1993 It was so long ago, I can only imagine I had bought a box of Oreos and was dunking them in milk while watching Ferris Bueller. But who knows where this parody idea came from. It’s an Oreo cookie, now (Oreo cookie)Should I twist or dunk? (twist or dunk)C’mon, c’mon where’s […]
I’m the Phone Caller (Lyrics, parody: The Wanderer)
by Marc Gunn, 1993 I was digging through a bunch of old lyrics and poetry I wrote from many moons ago, and I found this parody of “The Wanderer” by Dion. It was written in ’93, and it’s still relevant today. Times don’t change that much, huh? I’m the type of guy Who’s transferred all […]
A Lil’ Bit of Love (Lyrics)
by Marc Gunn, Dec 5, 2007 Every year, I visit a house near the Louisiana Renaissance Festival and spend a few weeks. In the house lives a meowy black cat named Lil’ Bit. This is the same home where I fell in love with Evan Williams bourbon. The Mews… I mean Muse struck while staying […]
St. Patrick Never Drank (Lyrics)
by M. Spaff Sumsion, 2008 Isn’t it kinda funny how St. Patrick’s Day is now synonymous with getting plastered on March 17th? What a shame! There’s so much more to the Irish than getting drunk. Listen to the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast, and you’ll know what I mean. Now in all historical honesty, St. […]
A Drop of Vulcan Blood (Lyrics)
by Marc Gunn, Oct 16, 2008 I wanted a new song for my Elysium Space Madness show, and I wanted it to be about Star Trek. So I threw together this parody the night before the show. It’s based on the song “A Drop of Nelson’s Blood“. A drop of Vulcan blood wouldn’t do us […]
