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|singers = [[Yeardley Smith]]<br>[[Harry Shearer]]<br>[[Hank Azaria]]<br>[[Dan Castellaneta]]<br>[[Tress MacNeille]]<br>[[Pamela Hayden]]<br>[[Edie Lehmann-Boddicker]]<br>[[Sally Stevens]] | |singers = [[Yeardley Smith]]<br>[[Harry Shearer]]<br>[[Hank Azaria]]<br>[[Dan Castellaneta]]<br>[[Tress MacNeille]]<br>[[Pamela Hayden]]<br>[[Edie Lehmann-Boddicker]]<br>[[Sally Stevens]] | ||
| − | |characters = [[Lisa Simpson]]<br>[[Principal Skinner]]<br>[[Superintendent Chalmers]]<br>Teachers<br>[[Cletus Spuckler]]<br>[[Jitney Spuckler]]<br>[[Incest Spuckler]]<br>[[Whitney Spuckler]]<br>[[Dubya Spuckler]]<br>[[Crystal Meth Spuckler]]<br>[[Birthday Spuckler]]<br>[[ | + | |characters = [[Lisa Simpson]]<br>[[Principal Skinner]]<br>[[Superintendent Chalmers]]<br>Teachers<br>[[Cletus Spuckler]]<br>[[Jitney Spuckler]]<br>[[Incest Spuckler]]<br>[[Whitney Spuckler]]<br>[[Dubya Spuckler]]<br>[[Crystal Meth Spuckler]]<br>[[Birthday Spuckler]]<br>[[Dubya Spuckler]]<br>[[Krusty the Clown]] |
|length = 3:55 | |length = 3:55 | ||
|writer = '''Music:''' [[Alf Clausen]]<br>'''Lyrics:''' [[Michael Price]] | |writer = '''Music:''' [[Alf Clausen]]<br>'''Lyrics:''' [[Michael Price]] | ||
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=== Oh, How Do We? === | === Oh, How Do We? === | ||
:'''[[Lisa]]:''' | :'''[[Lisa]]:''' | ||
| − | :''Excuse me? Lisa Simpson with the school paper. | + | :''Excuse me? Lisa Simpson with the school paper. Am I to understand you're purposely denying education to these children?'' |
| − | :'''[[ | + | :'''[[Principal Skinner]] and [[Chalmers]]:''' |
:''Well I-- / That is to say-- / You see the thing is--'' | :''Well I-- / That is to say-- / You see the thing is--'' | ||
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:''Me? A tutor.'' | :''Me? A tutor.'' | ||
| − | :The hillbilly tykes | + | :The hillbilly tykes, |
:Will become my tutees. | :Will become my tutees. | ||
:''[slips and falls]'' | :''[slips and falls]'' | ||
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:Eating tapas, | :Eating tapas, | ||
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:Freestyle rap-as. | :Freestyle rap-as. | ||
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== Behind the Laughter == | == Behind the Laughter == | ||
| − | The songs are all parodies of songs from ''[[The Sound of Music]]''. "Oh, How Do We?" is a parody of "{{ | + | The songs are all parodies of songs from ''[[The Sound of Music]]''. "Oh, How Do We?" is a parody of "{{W2|Maria|Rodgers and Hammerstein song}}", "Motivate Them" is a parody of "{{W2|The Sound of Music|song}}", "Cultural Things Experience" is a parody of "{{W2|My Favorite Things|song}}" and "Moonshine Drinkers" is a parody of "{{W|Sixteen Going on Seventeen}}". |
== Appearances == | == Appearances == | ||
Latest revision as of 14:41, March 13, 2022
| "Yokel Chords (Medley)" |
| Song Information |
"Yokel Chords (Medley)" is a track from The Simpsons: Testify. It is the thirty-seventh track on the album and consists of the songs "Oh, How Do We?", "Motivate Them", "Cultural Things Experience" and "Moonshine Drinkers" from the episode "Yokel Chords".
Contents
Lyrics[edit]
Oh, How Do We?[edit]
- Lisa:
- Excuse me? Lisa Simpson with the school paper. Am I to understand you're purposely denying education to these children?
- Principal Skinner and Chalmers:
- Well I-- / That is to say-- / You see the thing is--
- Superintendent Chalmers:
- I warn you, young lady, we can fumfur all day.
- Skinner and Chalmers:
- We uh-- / You see-- / About that--
- Lisa:
- You haven't heard the last of this!
- Superintendent Chalmers:
- [thinking she left the room] Well, I think we've heard the last of this.
- Lisa:
- No, you haven't!
- Seymour Skinner:
- We're gonna have to give this some thought.
- Superintendent Chalmers:
- Let's sing while we think. It'll make it more fun for everyone.
- Seymour Skinner:
- How do we gag a blabbermouth like Lisa?
- Superintendent Chalmers:
- How do we crush her First Amendment rights?
- Seymour Skinner:
- How do we stop her writing up what she saw?
- Superintendent Chalmers:
- Would she shut her trap?
- Seymour Skinner:
- For a gift card from the Gap?
- Skinner and Chalmers:
- She might.
- Teachers:
- Oh how do we stop a royal pain like Lisa?
- How do we make this righteous less uptight?
- Seymour Skinner:
- You have a lovely voice, sir.
- Superintendent Chalmers:
- [sighs] Why do you have to make everything weird?
Motivate Them[edit]
- Lisa:
- You asked to see me?
- Seymour Skinner:
- Lisa, would you consider tutoring Cletus's children?
- Superintendent Chalmers:
- You'll be happy, they'll be happy, and I can go home and enjoy some delicious fondue.
- Seymour Skinner:
- Made with the... fondue set I bought you for Christmas?
- Superintendent Chalmers:
- No. So what do you say, Lisa?
- Lisa:
- Me? A tutor.
- The hillbilly tykes,
- Will become my tutees.
- [slips and falls]
- Cletus:
- Hey, kids, the plow mule done burst a girl critter!
Cultural Things Experience[edit]
- Kid:
- These colorful bumps is funny.
- Lisa:
- And guess what? Ben and Ken the Street Magic Men are only the beginning. The city is a treasure trove of culture and multiculture.
- Mistos and lattes and grandes and ventis,
- Browsing at bookstores with fat cognoscentis.
- Comic Book Guy:
- Books about Dali, Degas, and Miro,
- Those are the folks that you yokels should know.
- Lisa:
- Pretentious laughs at Bunuel retrospectives,
- Outsider art made by mental defectives.
- Jitney Spuckler:
- Enjoying opry that ain't grand or ole.
- Birthday Spuckler:
- Comparing Jim Carrey to Dario Fo!
- Lisa:
- Your minds are opening! Take it home!
- Incest Spuckler:
- Eating tapas,
- Dubya Spuckler:
- Freestyle rap-as.
- Lisa:
- Mrs. Skinner is Mame.
- Agnes Skinner:
- I'll charm the husk right off of your corn!
- Lisa and Kids:
- We finally experienced cultural things,
- And now they don't seem,
- So lame!
- Krusty:
- What a number! You kids got talent! And I should know, I used to have it.
Moonshine Drinkers[edit]
- Whitney Spuckler:
- I have eight teeth goin' on seven teeth.
- Jitney Spuckler:
- I have a curvy spine.
- Dubya Spuckler:
- We live on landfill...
- Crystal Meth Spuckler:
- And feast on roadkill...
- Birthday Spuckler:
- While we all drink moonshine.
- [whistling]
Behind the Laughter[edit]
The songs are all parodies of songs from The Sound of Music. "Oh, How Do We?" is a parody of "Maria", "Motivate Them" is a parody of "The Sound of Music", "Cultural Things Experience" is a parody of "My Favorite Things" and "Moonshine Drinkers" is a parody of "Sixteen Going on Seventeen".
Appearances[edit]
