About 10 years ago I made up a great song. It was an instant hit and was, for a time, banned by my mom. It was about a missionary monkey named Buddy. Buddy went from door to door looking for people to teach, but everyone said that they weren't interested. Finally, in the last verse, Buddy finds someone to teach. I'm not really sure why it switched from "missionary" to "nissionary." Maybe David sang it that way or something.
It was banned by my mom because she said the verses of rejection shouldn't be included. However, popular demand vetoed that ban and all verses were included. Here are the lyrics:
"I'm a nissionary nunkey
My name's Buddy
I'm a nissionary nunkey
My name's Buddy
I'm a nissionary nunkey
My name's Buddy
Hey! Get out of here! We don't wantcha!
REPEAT 3 times
Well, come on in!"
You get the point. It's pretty repetitive.
6 comments:
I remember the last verse going something like:
Hey, I like your song. Come on in!
I had forgotten that it was banned! Haha!
It has a catchy tune, but I still cringe whenever someone sings it!
p.s. Thanks for the nice post on Sunday...
Ummm...the rest of the world is waiting for the video so we can hear the tune...
You're right, Lisa. That's how it goes. Man, I can't believe I forgot how it goes.
You need to take a video of you singing it, so we can hear how catchy the tune is. Because that's not going to catch on with our kids the way it's written. If it's going to be banned at our house they're going to have to hear it from you...and you know all the greatest works of literature are on the banned books lists.
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