Tim-oBedlam t1_it5ia8g wrote on October 21, 2022 at 2:04 AM

If you like musicals, the canonical example might be "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General". Tom Lehrer borrowed the tune for his "Elements SOng" which is the name of all 102 elements then known to science rattled off to the same tune.

BrassOwlRing t1_it5wv6p wrote on October 21, 2022 at 4:02 AM

I love both these tunes. Lehrer was an absolute genius; a true pioneer of the musical comedy genre. Listening to him as a kid was my first clue that music could be funny, but only if done at an extremely high level.