Yokel Chords (Medley)
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"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
Oh, How Do We?
- Lisa:
- Excuse me? Lisa Simpson with the school paper. Am I to understand you're purposely denying education to these children?
- 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
- 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
- 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,
- International Harvester 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
- 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
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".
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