http://www.amiright.com/parody/60s/napoleanxiv0.shtml

funny poem about a dog based on "They're coming to take me away"

Napoleon XIV did a sequel, "Coming to take me away again".

And Josephine XV did a response: "I'm happy they took you away!"

Happy searching :)


I love the song too but how do you know THIS???? Man and I thought my brain was crammed with (so-called) useless crap.... then again if the topics crop up on boards and you know the answers I guess the useless information in your head suddenly becomes useful

:D WHAT TILL I TELL MY MOM ALL THOSE YEARS OF TV AND MOVIES AND STUFF ARE NOW USEFULL!!!!

BTW  DEAD PUPPIES is still tops on my list for whacky songs!!!!

I love the song too but how do you know THIS???? Man and I thought my brain was crammed with (so-called) useless crap.... then again if the topics crop up on boards and you know the answers I guess the useless information in your head suddenly becomes useful

:D WHAT TILL I TELL MY MOM ALL THOSE YEARS OF TV AND MOVIES AND STUFF ARE NOW USEFULL!!!!

BTW  DEAD PUPPIES is still tops on my list for whacky songs!!!!

Vinyl, Google, and synchronicity are a scary combination.  (Curse you, now I have to find the The Ogden Edsl Wahalia Blues Ensemble Mondo Bizzario Band.)

But thanks to the liberal reciprocity laws here, let me direct you to some fellow geeks who know everything you wanted to know about Napoleon XIV.  (Not my website, but it's a definitive review of the vinyl LP)

http://powersalad.com/music/napoleon.htm

And here's something that looks like it includes 21 parodies of the original, including Josephine XV's "I'm Happy They Took You Away", and Napoleon XIV's "!Aaah Ah Yawa Em Ekat Ot Gnimoc Eryeht".  (Not my 'blog either - I wonder if it belongs to someone on this site - but whoever's blog it is, those MP3 links look promising, and they were just posted today.)

http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2005/09/21_variations_o.html

And last but not least, I also managed to scrounge a 1976 single that Napoleon XIV released, entitled "They're Coming To Get Me Again!", which I'll transcribe here...

Remember when they took me to the
Funny farm for acting like a lunatic,
Because you ran away?  HUH?
Well, that was many years ago
And now at last they've let me out
I finally made them think I'm perfectly sane - BUT!

They're coming to get me again, ha ha!
They're coming to take me away again,
Hee hee, ho ho, to the looney bin,
Where life was ludicrous all the time,
And I'm just crazy about those big strong goons
With their clean white nets
'Cause they're coming to get me again, ha haaaaaa!

I thought you were my friend,
And so I trusted you - believed in you,
The day you swore you'd always be my pet - bah...

I trusted you , you know I did
I did, I really did, but then you hid
And I'm not really totally cured.  SO...

They're coming to get me again, ha ha
They're going to put me away again,
Hoo hoo, hey hey, in the rubber room,
With fleas and towers and burping nerds
And pimple-poppers who sweat and smear
And squiggle and squeeze and squirt and
They're coming to get me again, ha ha...

I scrubbed your toes, I cleaned your cage,
But all you ever did was pay me back
With cruel unloving selfish deeds - YESss..
Well now I'm free, so just you wait!
I'll find you soon and when I do,
I'll swing you by your tail, you hairy ape!  AND!

They're coming to get me again, ha ha
... repeat chorus until demented ...

Remember whe. you ran away, and i got on my knees, and begged you not to leave for i would go bezerk? Well you left me anyhow and the days got worse and worse and now you see i've gone completely out of my mind.

and they're coming to take me away ha ha
they're coming to take me away ho ho he he ha ha
to the funny farm where life is beautiful all the time
and i'll be happy to see those nice young men in their clean white coats
and they're coming to take me away ha ha


you thought is was a joke and so you laughed you laughed when i had said that losing you would make me flip my lid right?
you know you laughed i heard you laugh
you laughed and laughed and laughed

A parody of "They're Coming To Take Me Away".  Probably only of relevance to people who played SWG (Star Wars Galaxies), but as someone who spent far too much time in that game, I was LMAO. 

For anyone who didn't play the game - for the better part of two years, SOE (Sony Online Entertainment) had created a game called Star Wars Galaxies.  In an ideal universe, you'd become a Jedi by acting like one.  In the SWG universe, you became a Jedi by getting lots of experience points - and you got those experience points by killing random wild creatures.  The easiest of such creatures to kill was the "Bol".  You'd log in, spend three (or six, or nine) hours straight, slaughtering these things.  You'd do this - and nothing else - for 3-6 hours a day, 7 days a week, the weeks would add up into months, and several hundred million XP later, you'd be awarded with your Jedi. 

Your reward as a Jedi was to... well, if someone has spent 4 months (at $15/month) proving he was willing to mindlessly slay bols for 6 hours a day, I'll give you three guesses what he got to do for advancement after he was awarded his Jedi...

And thus - Jakin's "Song of the Aurillians" (aka "The Bol Song"):

http://www.fragglerockforever.com/swg/SongOfTheAurillians(TheBolSong)-ByJakin.mp3

I swear to God I didn't write this.  But if I ever meet the guy who did, I'll buy him a beer.  Hell, I'll buy him a beer for every bol he killed.

Remember when you ran away and I got on my knees and begged you not to leave because I'd go berzerk?
Well, you left me anyhow and every day got worse and worse and now you see I've gone completely out of my mind.

CHORUS:
And They're coming to take me away Ha Ha
They're coming to take me away ho ho he he ha ha
the funny farm where life is beautiful all the time, and I'll be happy to see those nice young men in their clean white coats
They're coming to take me away ha ha

You thought it was joke and so you laughed when I had said that losing you would make me flip my lid, right? You know you laughed, I heard you laugh, you laughed and laughedand laughed and then you left, but now you know I'm utterly mad

CHORUS:
And They're coming to take me away Ha Ha
They're coming to take me away ho ho he he ha ha
To the happy home with trees and flowers and chirping birds and basket weavers who sit and smile and twiddle their thumbs and toes
They're coming to take me away ha ha...

I cooked your food, I cleaned your house, so this is how you paid me back for all my kind unselfish loving deeds. Huh? Well you just wait they'll find you yet, and when they do they'll put you in the ASPCA you mangy mutt.

CHORUS:
And They're coming to take me away Ha Ha
They're coming to take me away ho ho he he ha ha
To the funny farm where life is beautiful all the time and I'll be happy to see those nice men in their clean white coats
They're coming to take me away Ha Ha
And They're coming to take me away Ha Ha
They're coming to take me away ho ho he he ha ha
To the happy home with trees and flowers and chirping birds and basket weavers who sit and smile and twiddle thier thumbs and toes
They're coming to take me away Ha Ha

Your home the one the bank foreclosed, You cried to me Monogamy is the way we both must live or you'll feel hurt. But, I see, I see there's someone new, your anxious poly-pure-bred coat was even gone at our place while I paid the rent, thanks!

CHORUS:
And They're coming to take me away Ha Ha
They're coming to take me away ho ho he he ha ha
To the loony bin with all you can eat perscription drugs like torizine, and lithium, and electric shock eels
They're coming to take me away Ha Ha

Oh Yeah, the B side played it backwards.

Does anyone know the words to THEY'RE COMING TO TAKE ME AWAY? I only know 'they're coming to take me away to the funny farm' any help with the rest of the song is welcome!


All I can remember is "They're coming to take me away, ha ha, they're coming to take me away, ho ho, he he, ha ha, to the happy home, where life is beautiful all the time and I'll be happy to see those fine young men in their clean white coats and they're coming to take me away, ha ha".

I'm a Mental Health Consumer and I always thought that song was funny.  ;D

Doesn't rhyme, but can still carry itself.  :D ;D :D ;D :D ;D :D ;D

I have the tune on Dr. Demento's 20th Anniversary CD set and the Napoleon XIV: The Second Coming CD.

uhm...isn't the line " I'll be happy to see those nice young men  white coats" not gorillas???? like...yeah. ;)