None of the alt lyrics for Wellerman are anywhere near as strong. Even if they get the prosody right the mood is way weaker. Mainly because they try to work a message in instead of just luxuriating in the fatalism of larger cosmic forces.
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I’ve heard several “soon may the vaccine come” type versions for Covid that just don’t work
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I think the cultural illegibility of the original (tonguin? Wellerman? Huh?) is a big part of its charm, and that makes it extremely difficult to parody. You can’t write an English-language parody of Gangnam Style, and while this isn’t quite that bad, it’s tough.
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