[Sca-cooks] Food Songs: The FIlk

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Also sprach Ann Sasahara:
>On Sat, 4 May 2002, Philip & Susan Troy wrote:
>>  Also sprach ariann:
>>  >There are many SCA and SF & F food songs, such as <snip> "Fish Heads"
>>
>>  How did a song from Barnes and Barnes' album, "Voobaha" become a filk
>>  song? Or is this something else?
>>
>>  Adamantius
>
>"Fish heads, fish heads, roly-poly fish heads.
>Fish heads, fish heads, eat them up, Yum!"

Yesyesyes,
rolypolyfishheadsareneverseendrinkingcappucinoinitalianrestaurantswithorientalwomen.
I guess I was asking whether, if, or how this song became adopted by
the fandom community and whether its actual origins as a regular,
commercially published piece of music (such as it is) had been
forgotten. It seems that filk songs, by definition, are essentially
stolen songs with new lyrics; "Fish Heads" doesn't seem to fit the
mold. To be honest, I was completely unaware of any involvement Mumy
may have had with Babylon 5. But then a lot of people have probably
forgotten "Lost In Space". And rightly so. ;-)

Adamantius