previous: Hymn #5: The Tracting Song You wanna sing something really scary . . . .? This one’s a parody I wrote myself back in my missionary days, though it’s not quite as incisive as Brother Smith’s efforts. Sung to the tune of Michael Jackson's “Thriller” It’s close
previous: Hymn #4: The Famous Dr. Hugh Something for the elders to hum as they march across the world in the lockstep of righteousness . . . Sung to the tune of “The Caisson Song” Grab your whites, put them on, Read your fiancée’s Dear John, As the elders go tracting along.
previous: Hymn #3: Those Were the Days Brother Smith writes: “I’ve never heard the redoubtable Dr. Hugh Nibley speak, but I always picture him with a deep, rumbling bass voice . . . sorta like a beloved TV character . . .” Sung to the tune of the “Mr. Ed” theme Oh, a horse is
previous: Hymn #2: Come Join the One True Church Brother Smith was commissioned to write the following theme song for the pilot of the failed television sitcom “All in the L.D.S. Family.” Fortunately for us, the lyrics have survived. Sung to the tune of the “All in the
previous: Hymn #1: Give Up the Rod Brother Smith writes: "I've been working on a few other parodies, of which I offer one here. It's a possible door approach for musically inclined elders." Sung to the tune of “Cabaret” Fed up with watching football
previous: Overture Here we present the hymn wherein Smith’s parodic brilliance first made itself manifest. It concerned an exchange with a “conserned” reader in Voices from the Dust. Sung to the tune of “The Iron Rod” (a.k.a. “To Nephi, Seer of Olden Time”) To William Shunn, the
Welcome to the Nauvoo Cabaret, a parody review featuring the hilarious lyrics of Stephen Sondheim Smith! I first encountered Smith's delightfully wry versifying in a bit of email he sent me in 1996. I'm pleased to reproduce those lyrics here, along with one modest effort from
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