UPDATE: Hmm. No takers? Okay, the spelling is below the fold. 10 points to anyone who can identify the title of the song after these hints.
Regarding question #10 here, can anyone out there spell "mother"?
Well, the classic version, as written by Ray Wylie Hubbard and performed by several people such as Jerry Jeff Walker and Hank Williams, Jr., spells it this way:
M is for the mudflaps she gave me for my pickup truck
O is for the oil I put on my hair
T is for T-bird
H is for Haggard
E is for eggs, and
R is for REDNECK.
Now, there have been a few other versions. I hesitate to call them exactly parodies because that implies complete trashing of the lyrics, but they are a wee bit different. One I used to have on tape was by Chuck Wagon and the Wheels, recorded live at the "Fat Fry" at the Keystone club in Palo Alto (scroll in the above links for details), and went, to the best of my recollection:
M is for marijuana (Band: "Yay!")
O is for the oil I put all over my girl
T is for tequila
H is for Haggard
E is for eggs,
What's R for? (Band: "REDI-WHIP!")
And finally, there's another version I used to have on tape, which the female disk jockey on KFAT swore never to play again (alas, I can't remember which DJ it was) performed by Steven Fromholz. I'm not familiar with any of his other works, and I'm not sure I want to be, but here is his spelling in all its FAT glory:
M is for the mudflaps she me for my pickup truck*
O is for the oil I put in my very, very dry Tanqueray gin martini on the rocks
T is for titty
H is for hemorrhoid
E is for enema, and
R is for REDNECK.
*Actually, I think he sang something else but danged if I can remember what.
Damn, I wish I still had those old tapes.
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