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I heard a snippet of a parody that sounded pretty good: "(You Can't Hide) Your Bulging Thighs," based on the Eagles' "Your Lying Eyes." The competition could be tough.

I think "The Man Who Caught Sandy Berger" could be a winner but it might be tough to come up with the right lyrics for that tune. The stanza I provided was the easiest.

"Danny Boy" is a fairly easy tune to improvise lyrics for. BTW, I have a really FUnnie "Danny Boy" story. Years ago I was watching a morning interview with the Irish guy who played the lead singer of "The Commitments" in the movie of that name. He decided to try singing jazz for real in America. Anyway, he told the interviewer that he wanted to stick with jazz and had NO intention of singing traditional Irish songs. He said his worst nightmare would be to end up performing at Irish festivals here in the states and then have some drunk yell at him to sing "Danny Boy."

Well, a few years go by and his jazz singing career bombed. I didn't know that until later but what happened is that a friend of mine (the infamous Purple-Haired Lady) was working as a vendor at an Irish Festival at nearby Mullins Park here in Coral Springs. I stopped by there to say hello to the Purple-Haired Lady and to try out some Irish brew (the food stunk). Well, I bought a bottle of beer and sat down to watch the music being performed and GUESS who was on the stage singing Irish songs? Yup! That SAME guy from The Committments. I know I shouldn't have done the following but I just couldn't help myself....

I stood up and acted very drunk. Then I yelled out: "SING 'DANNY BOY!!!'"

The look that The Commitments guy gave me was incredible. It was a mixture of anger and sorrow combined in one. Yeah, I know it was cruel to do that but, like I said, I just couldn't help myself after that TV interview came to mind.