Yokel Chords (Medley) - Revision history

SolarBot: /* Oh, How Do We? */replaced: Skinner → Principal Skinner

2022-03-13T19:41:53Z

‎Oh, How Do We?: replaced: Skinner → Principal Skinner

SolarBot: /* Oh, How Do We? */removing unneded spaces, replaced: →

2021-08-04T04:47:46Z

‎Oh, How Do We?: removing unneded spaces, replaced: →

SolarBot: /* Behind the Laughter */replaced: {{W|Maria (Rodgers and Hammerstein song)|Maria}} → {{W2|Maria|Rodgers and Hammerstein song}} (3)

2020-12-13T15:59:35Z

‎Behind the Laughter: replaced: {{W|Maria (Rodgers and Hammerstein song)|Maria}} → {{W2|Maria|Rodgers and Hammerstein song}} (3)

Solar Dragon at 13:20, October 23, 2019

2019-10-23T13:20:50Z

Solar Dragon at 17:05, October 22, 2019

2019-10-22T17:05:47Z

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Harry Shearer
Hank Azaria
Dan Castellaneta
Tress MacNeille
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2019-10-22T16:59:13Z

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{{Song
|name = "Yokel Chords (Medley)"
|image =
|singers = [[Yeardley Smith]] [[Harry Shearer]] [[Hank Azaria]] [[Dan Castellaneta]] [[Tress MacNeille]] [[Pamela Hayden]] [[Edie Lehmann-Boddicker]] [[Sally Stevens]]
|characters = [[Lisa Simpson]] [[Principal Skinner]] [[Superintendent Chalmers]] Teachers [[Cletus Spuckler]] [[Jitney Spuckler]] [[Incest Spuckler]] [[Whitney Spuckler]] [[Dubya Spuckler]] [[Crystal Meth Spuckler]] [[Birthday Spuckler]] [[International Harvester Spuckler]] [[Krusty the Clown]]
|length = 3:55
|writer = '''Music:''' [[Alf Clausen]] '''Lyrics:''' [[Michael Price]]
|album = ''[[The Simpsons: Testify]]''
|appearance =
}}

'''"Yokel Chords (Medley)"''' is a track from ''[[The Simpsons: Testify]]''. It is the thirty-seventh track on the album and consists of the songs "[[Oh, How Do We?]]", "[[Motivate Them]]", "[[Cultural Things Experience]]" and "[[Moonshine Drinkers]]" from the episode "[[Yokel Chords]]".

== Lyrics ==
=== Oh, How Do We? ===
:'''[[Lisa]]:'''
:''Excuse me? Lisa Simpson with the school paper. Am I to understand you're purposely denying education to these children?''

:'''[[Seymour Skinner|Skinner]] and [[Gary Chalmers|Chalmers]]:'''
:''Well I-- / That is to say-- / You see the thing is--''

:'''Superintendent Chalmers:'''
:''I warn you, young lady, we can fumfur all day.''

:'''Skinner and Chalmers:'''
:''We uh-- / You see-- / About that--''

:'''Lisa:'''
:''You haven't heard the last of this!''

:'''[[Superintendent Chalmers]]:'''
:''[thinking she left the room] Well, I think we've heard the last of this.''

:'''Lisa:'''
:''No, you haven't!''

:'''Seymour Skinner:'''
:''We're gonna have to give this some thought.''

:'''Superintendent Chalmers:'''
:''Let's sing while we think. It'll make it more fun for everyone.''

:'''Seymour Skinner:'''
:How do we gag a blabbermouth like Lisa?

:'''Superintendent Chalmers:'''
:How do we crush her First Amendment rights?

:'''Seymour Skinner:'''
:How do we stop her writing up what she saw?

:'''Superintendent Chalmers:'''
:Would she shut her trap?

:'''Seymour Skinner:'''
:For a gift card from the Gap?

:'''Skinner and Chalmers:'''
:She might.

:'''Teachers:'''
:Oh how do we stop a royal pain like Lisa?
:How do we make this righteous less uptight?

:'''Seymour Skinner:'''
:''You have a lovely voice, sir.''

:'''Superintendent Chalmers:'''
:''[sighs] Why do you have to make everything weird?''

=== Motivate Them ===
:'''Lisa:'''
:''You asked to see me?''

:'''Seymour Skinner:'''
:''Lisa, would you consider tutoring [[Cletus]]'s children?''

:'''Superintendent Chalmers:'''
:''You'll be happy, they'll be happy, and I can go home and enjoy some delicious fondue.''

:'''Seymour Skinner:'''
:''Made with the... fondue set I bought you for Christmas?''

:'''Superintendent Chalmers:'''
:''No. So what do you say, Lisa?''

:'''Lisa:'''
:''Me? A tutor.''

:The hillbilly tykes
:Will become my tutees.
:''[slips and falls]''

:'''Cletus:'''
:''Hey, kids, the plow mule done burst a girl critter!''

=== Cultural Things Experience ===
:'''Kid:'''
:''These colorful bumps is funny.''

:'''Lisa:'''
:''And guess what? Ben and Ken the Street Magic Men are only the beginning. The city is a treasure trove of culture and multiculture.''

:Mistos and lattes and grandes and ventis,
:Browsing at bookstores with fat cognoscentis.

:'''[[Comic Book Guy]]:'''
:Books about Dali, Degas, and Miro,
:Those are the folks that you yokels should know.

:'''Lisa:'''
:Pretentious laughs at Bunuel retrospectives,
:Outsider art made by mental defectives.

:'''[[Jitney Spuckler]]:'''
:Enjoying opry that ain't grand or ole.

:'''[[Birthday Spuckler]]:'''
:Comparing [[Jim Carrey]] to [[Dario Fo]]!

:'''Lisa:'''
:''Your minds are opening! Take it home!''

:'''[[Incest Spuckler]]:'''
:Eating tapas,

:'''[[International Harvester Spuckler]]:'''
:Freestyle rap-as.

:'''Lisa:'''
:Mrs. Skinner is Mame.

:'''[[Agnes Skinner]]:'''
:''I'll charm the husk right off of your corn!''

:'''Lisa and Kids:'''
:We finally experienced cultural things,
:And now they don't seem,
:So lame!

:'''[[Krusty]]:'''
:''What a number! You kids got talent! And I should know, I used to have it.''

=== Moonshine Drinkers ===
:'''[[Whitney Spuckler]]:'''
:I have eight teeth goin' on seven teeth.

:'''Jitney Spuckler:'''
:I have a curvy spine.

:'''[[Dubya Spuckler]]:'''
:We live on landfill...

:'''[[Crystal Meth Spuckler]]:'''
:And feast on roadkill...

:'''Birthday Spuckler:'''
:While we all drink moonshine.

:''[whistling]''

== Behind the Laughter ==
The songs are all parodies of songs from ''[[The Sound of Music]]''. "Oh, How Do We?" is a parody of "{{W|Maria (Rodgers and Hammerstein song)|Maria}}", "Motivate Them" is a parody of "{{W|The Sound of Music (song)|The Sound of Music}}", "Cultural Things Experience" is a parody of "{{W|My Favorite Things (song)|My Favorite Things}}" and "Moonshine Drinkers" is a parody of "{{W|Sixteen Going on Seventeen}}".

== Appearances ==
*{{alb|The Simpsons: Testify}}

{{The Simpsons Testify}}

[[Category:Medleys]]
[[Category:Parody songs]]
[[Category:Songs by Lisa]]
[[Category:Songs by Seymour Skinner]]
[[Category:Songs by Krusty]]
[[Category:Songs by Yeardley Smith]]
[[Category:Songs by Harry Shearer]]
[[Category:Songs by Hank Azaria]]
[[Category:Songs by Dan Castellaneta]]
[[Category:Songs by Tress MacNeille]]
[[Category:Songs by Pamela Hayden]]
[[Category:Songs by Edie Lehmann-Boddicker]]
[[Category:Songs by Sally Stevens]]

@@ Line 17: / Line 17: @@
 :''Excuse me? Lisa Simpson with the school paper. Am I to understand you're purposely denying education to these children?''
-:'''[[Seymour Skinner|Skinner]] and [[Gary Chalmers|Chalmers]]:'''
+:'''[[Principal Skinner]] and [[Chalmers]]:'''
 :''Well I-- / That is to say-- / You see the thing is--''

@@ Line 161: / Line 161: @@
 == Behind the Laughter ==
-The songs are all parodies of songs from ''[[The Sound of Music]]''. "Oh, How Do We?" is a parody of "{{W|Maria (Rodgers and Hammerstein song)|Maria}}", "Motivate Them" is a parody of "{{W|The Sound of Music (song)|The Sound of Music}}", "Cultural Things Experience" is a parody of "{{W|My Favorite Things (song)|My Favorite Things}}" and "Moonshine Drinkers" is a parody of "{{W|Sixteen Going on Seventeen}}".
+The songs are all parodies of songs from ''[[The Sound of Music]]''. "Oh, How Do We?" is a parody of "{{W2|Maria|Rodgers and Hammerstein song}}", "Motivate Them" is a parody of "{{W2|The Sound of Music|song}}", "Cultural Things Experience" is a parody of "{{W2|My Favorite Things|song}}" and "Moonshine Drinkers" is a parody of "{{W|Sixteen Going on Seventeen}}".
 == Appearances ==

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 |image =
 |singers = [[Yeardley Smith]]<br>[[Harry Shearer]]<br>[[Hank Azaria]]<br>[[Dan Castellaneta]]<br>[[Tress MacNeille]]<br>[[Pamela Hayden]]<br>[[Edie Lehmann-Boddicker]]<br>[[Sally Stevens]]
-|characters = [[Lisa Simpson]]<br>[[Principal Skinner]]<br>[[Superintendent Chalmers]]<br>Teachers<br>[[Cletus Spuckler]]<br>[[Jitney Spuckler]]<br>[[Incest Spuckler]]<br>[[Whitney Spuckler]]<br>[[Dubya Spuckler]]<br>[[Crystal Meth Spuckler]]<br>[[Birthday Spuckler]]<br>[[International Harvester Spuckler]]<br>[[Krusty the Clown]]
+|characters = [[Lisa Simpson]]<br>[[Principal Skinner]]<br>[[Superintendent Chalmers]]<br>Teachers<br>[[Cletus Spuckler]]<br>[[Jitney Spuckler]]<br>[[Incest Spuckler]]<br>[[Whitney Spuckler]]<br>[[Dubya Spuckler]]<br>[[Crystal Meth Spuckler]]<br>[[Birthday Spuckler]]<br>[[Dubya Spuckler]]<br>[[Krusty the Clown]]
 |length = 3:55
 |writer = '''Music:''' [[Alf Clausen]]<br>'''Lyrics:''' [[Michael Price]]
@@ Line 125: / Line 125: @@
 :Eating tapas,
-:'''[[International Harvester Spuckler]]:'''
+:'''[[Dubya Spuckler]]:'''
 :Freestyle rap-as.

@@ Line 88: / Line 88: @@
 :''Me? A tutor.''
-:The hillbilly tykes
+:The hillbilly tykes,
 :Will become my tutees.
 :''[slips and falls]''