Trek Hillbillies
| Filksong | |
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| Song Title: | Trek Hillbillies (not the name of the filk song, used only on Fanlore) |
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| Lyrics: | |
| Melody: | Theme songs to the TV shows "Beverly Hillbillies" and "Green Acres" |
| Date: | 1980s |
| Subject: | Star Trek TOS |
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Trek Hillbillies is a filk song, authors unknown. A handwritten version of the filk song was found among Katharine Scarritt's papers after she passed. The song riffs on the 1960s TV shows, The Beverly Hillbillies (page one), and Green Acres (page two).
page 1 of the handwritten filk, click to see larger version
page 2
[Narrator]
Come listen to a story about a man named Spock
His physical appearance gave the network quite a shock
Slanted eyebrows had him looking pretty mean
And the jolly green giant was never so green
- Vulcan that is
- Logical
- Get the airbrush...
Come listen to a story ‘bout a man named KirkHe lived on a farm so he did a farmer’s work
Then one day he was hackin' at some wheat
He said "Heck with this I'm joining Starfleet"
- Federation, that is
- Uniforms
- Roasting Klingons
So he went downtown, filled out a questionnaireAnd Starfleet said, "Jim move away from there”
They said "California is the place you ought to be "
So he packed up his bag and went to the Academy
San Francisco, that is
- Street cars
- Rice-A-Roni
- Dry docks
[Kirk]
Federation is the place to be
Star trekkin' is the life for me
Star spreadin' out across the skies
Keep your desk job, give me the Enterprise
[Dr McCoy]Atlanta's where I'd rather stay
There's no mint julips in the damn Sickbay
I just adore a front porch view
Beam me up home I’ll leave the Trekkin' to you
[Kirk and Dr McCoy alternating]The stars!
- The bars!
Long hauls!
- House calls!
I need a doc!
Get ready for free fall
- 5 more years of Spock!