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Old 02-05-2020, 06:57 AM
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I'll second anyone who recommended Tom Lehrer and Jake Thackray.

Here's my favourites of both:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6npVZoke66s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE-BKrAAZGc

Great documentary on Thackray, a true comic genius and sadly missed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEkKwYUDPwY
My band supported him once in the mid-70s and I havent laughed so much in my life (before or since). People were literally rolling on the floor, and at one point he had to say "settle down now", it was getting out of hand.

Mind you, pretty difficult to cover his songs without that characteristic delivery. That's the issue with comedy songs - you need to have the skills of a comic to deliver them properly.
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Old 02-05-2020, 08:08 AM
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A couple sung for the Irish crowd, although instruments not required.
The Spoons Murder (Hammy Hamilton · Seamus Creagh · Con O'driscoll)



The Bodhran Song (Colm O'Donnell)
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Wow! I don't believe the amount of responses and great help I've received from this thread. Thank you all soooo much. It's really appreciated.
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I haven't read the entire thread so pardon me if this one has been mentioned. John Denver's "Saturday Night In Toledo Ohio" is pretty amusing and can be "hammed up" a little
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Old 02-06-2020, 04:01 PM
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I mixed FOH for a Dean Friedman show the other night. He's got quite a few clever/funny songs.
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Old 02-06-2020, 10:35 PM
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One Meatball
Shaving Cream
The Girl Is Your Sister (but your mama don’t know)
You are my kind of man (or maybe woman... tho I doubt it).

The last one is actually named "Ah Woe, Ah Me".

Also: "The Scotsman", "Why Paddy's Not at Work Today" ("The Sick Excuse"), "I'm My Own Grandpa", "To Morrow", "Life is Hard (But It's Hardest When You're Dumb), "Pat & Mikes Fight", "The Strip Joint", "Talking Hard Luck Blues", "Mississippi Squirrel", "The Ballad of Jake & Two Ton Molly", "The Ballad of Shapes", "You're Always Welcome at Our House", "Rickety Tickety Tin", "Foolish Questions"........

There are so many.
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Old 02-07-2020, 12:07 AM
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Shel Silverstein has so many good tunes! Here's my favorite; Stacy Brown Got Two:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6-zTy6DZ3E
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Old 02-07-2020, 08:47 PM
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The Ballad of the Shape of Things - Kingston Trio
Dancing With A Man - Rodney Carrington
You Can't Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd - Roger Miller
My Face - John Hartford
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Check out the Corb Lund catalog
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Joe Walsh - It's Hard to Say I Love You...

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If you want to get crude, look up The Nyphomaniac song by Pat Dailey. I think the actual title might be Rich Dumb Young Nymphomaniac.

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Fron 1925 - "I Wish't I Was In Peoria". Tommy Thompson (Red Clay Ramblers) version: https://www.mikecraver.com/Peoria.mp3.
Also Tommy's "Merchant's Lunch" https://youtu.be/Iv77-qpc3Rk
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Old 02-22-2020, 12:25 PM
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I compose songs and tunes, and a few years back I wrote "Bernie Made Off With The Money Blues". I performed it many times with my old band and it always got very good audience response. It's free to use if you like, do copy down the lyrics because the final verse isn't recorded in the mp3.

https://www.banjohangout.org/myhango...ic.asp?id=3035

I think that will get you there...
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Old 02-22-2020, 04:00 PM
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Used to go see John Valby. He had a lot of amusing songs, but they were likely too far on the dirty side for the gig.

Edit: appears to be still alive and performing. Have not seen him advertised since the 70s.
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