Melody Pirates

Filk Songbook
Title:	Melody Pirates
Publisher:	Unlikely Publications
Editor(s):	Cynthia McQuillan and "Dr. Jane" Robinson
Date(s):	1991
Medium:	print
Size:	38 pages
Subject:	science fiction and fantasy filksongs
Language:	English
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Melody Pirates: Parodies by Cynthia McQuillin and ‘Dr. Jane’ Robinson Filk Songbook is a filk songbook from 1991, collecting a number of science fiction and fantasy filk songs by Cynthia McQuillin and ‘Dr. Jane’ Robinson. Cynthia also provided the art. The filks are based on a combination of popular songs and other fansongs, including by Leslie Fish.

Contents

• "Ridinghood's Cares" - Cynthia McQuillin (lyricist) Based on: "Kerowyn's Ride" by Mercedes Lackey (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "Come All Ye Spaceships" - Cynthia McQuillin (lyricist) Based on: "O Come All Ye Faithful" (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "Quetzalcoatylus' Hymn" - Jane Robinson (lyricist) Based on: "Moon River" by Henry Mancini (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "Kathleen" - Cynthia McQuillin (lyricist) Based on: "Greensleeves" (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "Solitary Yeoman" - Cynthia McQuillin (lyricist) Based on: "Solitary Man" by Neil Diamond (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "What Is Filking Now" - Cynthia McQuillin (lyricist) Based on: "Fellowship Going South" by Leslie Fish (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "Drivel" - Jane Robinson (lyricist) Based on: "Bamboo" by Dave Van Ronk (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "I'm in Love With Attila the Hun" - Jane Robinson (lyricist)
• "They Don't Give a Damn for Subpoenas" - Cynthia McQuillin (lyricist) - Based on: "Banks of Sicily" by Hamish Henderson (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "A Technical Question" - Cynthia McQuillin (lyricist) Based on: "Streets of Laredo" (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "At the Loch" - Jane Robinson (lyricist) Based on: "At the Hop" (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "Tully Time" - Cynthia McQuillin (lyricist) Based on: ""Miller Time" commercial theme" (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "Here's to You, Signy Mallory" - Cynthia McQuillin (lyricist) Based on: "Mrs. Robinson" by Paul Simon (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "Bella Chow Chow Chow" - Cynthia McQuillin (lyricist) Based on: "Bella Ciao" (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "Bedlam Cats "- Cynthia McQuillin (lyricist) Based on: "Bedlam Boys" (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "The Muscles of the Kittycat" - Jane Robinson (lyricist) Based on: "Major General's Song" by Arthur Sullivan (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "Why Do I Watch Horror Movies?" - Cynthia McQuillin (lyricist) Based on: "Banks of Sicily" by Hamish Henderson (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "Vampire Carol" - Cynthia McQuillin (lyricist) Based on: "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire" by Nat King Cole (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "If The Sound of Music were done to Paint Your Wagon" - Cynthia McQuillin (lyricist) Based on: "They Call the Wind Maria" (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "Nowhere Band" - Cynthia McQuillin (lyricist) Based on: "Nowhere Man" by The Beatles (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "I Am True-Fen" - Cynthia McQuillin (lyricist) Based on: "Kraken" by Leslie Fish (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "Big Name Filker" - Cynthia McQuillin (lyricist) Based on: "Big Spender" by Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields (Tune suggested or parodied)
• ""Diet" Tribe" - Cynthia McQuillin (lyricist) Based on: "When Armageddon Comes" by Cynthia McQuillin (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "Pound Foolish" - Jane Robinson (lyricist) Based on: "The Empirical Strikes Back" by Jane Robinson (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "Alterations" - Cynthia McQuillin (lyricist) Based on: "One Size Fits All" by Cynthia McQuillin (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "You're Mundane" - Cynthia McQuillin (lyricist) Based on: "You're So Vain" by Carly Simon (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "Joy to the World" - Jane Robinson (lyricist) Based on: "Joy to the World" (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "Old Santa's Hideaway" - Jane Robinson (lyricist) Based on: "Hernando's Hideaway" by Jerry Ross and Richard Adler (Tune suggested or parodied)
• "There's the Rub" - Cynthia McQuillin (lyricist) Based on: "Love Potion No. 9" by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller (Tune suggested or parodied)