Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Fragment of a Song Parody: "Send in the Cats"

You may be aware of "Send in the Clowns," the old Stephen Sondheim standard from the show A Little Night Music, which was popularized in a recording by Judy Collins in the mid-1970s.

The song is the lament of one of the female characters, an aging actress now reduced to the small town touring circuit, for all her missed opportunities at having a successful relationship with an old flame. The "bridge" of the song goes:

Just when I'd stopped opening doors
Finally knowing the one that I wanted was yours
Making my entrance again with my usual flair
Sure of my lines. . .

No one is there.

Some years ago, I came up with the following bridge for a parody I like to call "Send in the Cats":

Why won't they just open the door
So I can go in and out, like I used to, before?

Making my entrance again with my tail in the air,
Knowing it's time
To hork up some hair. . . .

You be the judge. . . .

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