TUNESWAPPING™ EXPLAINED!
TUNESWAPPING™
H O W I T W O R K S. -- W H Y I T W O R K S.
Tuneswapping is easy. Rule #1: Actually know the song you’re borrowing the melody from. Even with the simple “My Darling Clementine,” sing the original a few times before you put our new words on it. Now try the tune with the new words. Easy? Sure, but with all songs, you might have to speed up or slow down some of the words to make things fit. Let’s begin with the first verse of “School Bathroom,” but any of the Crazy Campsongs! would work just fine.
“School Bathroom” (sung to “My Darling Clementine”)
In a cavern, in a canyon,
There’s one place I hate to go,
ex-ca-va---ting for a mine...
Even though I’ve gotta go!
Dwelt a min-er, Forty--Niner...
An odor wafts—it ain’t perfume...
and his daughter, C le m e n t i n e
coming from the school bathroom!
Now, let's try something different, putting the new words to the familiar “Deck the Halls.” For extra fun, try adding the traditional “Fa la la la la, la la la la” to the end of each line!
“School Bathroom” (sung to “Deck the Halls”)
Deck the halls with boughs of holly.
There’s one place I hate to go,
‘Tis the s e a s o n to be jolly.
Even though I’ve gotta go!
Don we now our gay a p p a r e l...
An o d o r wafts—it ain’t perfume...
Troll the ancient yule-tide c a r o l !
coming from the school bathroom!
There are always a few places where you might have to squeeze or stretch the melody to fit. But make it work, and you'll reach the exalted title of “Tuneswapper Apprentice” in no time!
H O W I T W O R K S. -- W H Y I T W O R K S.
Tuneswapping is easy. Rule #1: Actually know the song you’re borrowing the melody from. Even with the simple “My Darling Clementine,” sing the original a few times before you put our new words on it. Now try the tune with the new words. Easy? Sure, but with all songs, you might have to speed up or slow down some of the words to make things fit. Let’s begin with the first verse of “School Bathroom,” but any of the Crazy Campsongs! would work just fine.
“School Bathroom” (sung to “My Darling Clementine”)
In a cavern, in a canyon,
There’s one place I hate to go,
ex-ca-va---ting for a mine...
Even though I’ve gotta go!
Dwelt a min-er, Forty--Niner...
An odor wafts—it ain’t perfume...
and his daughter, C le m e n t i n e
coming from the school bathroom!
Now, let's try something different, putting the new words to the familiar “Deck the Halls.” For extra fun, try adding the traditional “Fa la la la la, la la la la” to the end of each line!
“School Bathroom” (sung to “Deck the Halls”)
Deck the halls with boughs of holly.
There’s one place I hate to go,
‘Tis the s e a s o n to be jolly.
Even though I’ve gotta go!
Don we now our gay a p p a r e l...
An o d o r wafts—it ain’t perfume...
Troll the ancient yule-tide c a r o l !
coming from the school bathroom!
There are always a few places where you might have to squeeze or stretch the melody to fit. But make it work, and you'll reach the exalted title of “Tuneswapper Apprentice” in no time!
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