Song of Shelbyville

"Song of Shelbyville"

Song Information Singers: Dan Castellaneta Harry Shearer Hank Azaria Pamela Hayden Tress MacNeille Amick Byram Characters: Theater cast Writer(s): Music: Alf Clausen Lyrics: Bill Odenkirk Album: The Simpsons: Testify Appearance(s): "The Seven-Beer Snitch"

"Song of Shelbyville" is a song from the fictional musical of the same name.

Lyrics

Episode version

Cast:

From the schoolhouse where our grandparents learnt

To the bad zoo where all the animals burnt,

We're home to Christian, Muslim and Jew

Although not many of the last two.

Male Soloist:

There's a girl for every guy

Female Soloist:

Birthplace of the button fly.

Cast:

In good ol' Shelbyville!

Album version

Marge:

You know, we should visit Shelbyville more often. They have a store that just sells shoes. I feel like I'm in Paris!

Lisa:

Oh! The famous Shelbyville theater district! Can we see a play?

Bart:

Play? All plays suck, all the time and always will and everyone knows it.

Homer:

Look, we'll compromise. We'll go see a play (Lisa gasps) that Lisa doesn't want to see.

Lisa:

Huh?

Marge:

Let's see...there's Equus starring Sideshow Mel, The Three Dollar Bills in Gay Gay Gay. Ooh! Song of Shelbyville!

Cast:

From the schoolhouse where our grandparents learnt

To the bad zoo where all the animals burnt,

We're home to Christian, Muslim and Jew

Although not many of the last two.

Male Soloist:

There's a girl for every guy

Female Soloist:

Birthplace of the button fly.

Cast:

In good ol' Shelbyville!

Behind the Laughter

It is the twenty-seventh track on the album The Simpsons: Testify. Amick Byram was the Shelbyvillians in the album version.

Appearances

• Episode – "The Seven-Beer Snitch"
• Album – The Simpsons: Testify