Extra Credit!!!! Our First Ever Creative Writing Contest!!!!–Mary Had a Leg of Lamb
I’m always looking for new types of posts on the blog. Last year, when we read “Lamb to the Slaughter” we had a blog post where we wrote parodies of “Mary Had a Little Lamb” using the plot of “Lamb to the Slaughter”. I’ve decided to take that one step further this year. We are going to have a creative writing contest using this same concept. Write a parody of a song or poem in which to tell the story of “Lamb to the Slaughter”. You could use Mary Had a Little Lamb or something else (Perhaps “The Lamb Not Bakin’” instead of “The Road Not Taken”). I know you guys are creative enough to do this. If I get at least 10 submissions, I will pick the best three (I may even get another teacher to help me judge so it will be fair.) If I get less than 10 I’ll only pick the top two. The winners will get a GREAT reward–on the upcoming Short Story Essay Test there are three questions. You will only have to do two! That’s only the winning three parodies. Contest ends Thursday night so that I can announce the winners in class on Friday so you know if you have to do two or three essay questions. Have fun and be creative!
BTW, this will NOT count as a regular post for the week. This is for extra credit.
“Mary Had a Leg of Lamb”
Mary had a leg of lamb,
Leg of lamb, leg of lamb,
Mary had a leg of lamb,
It’s stregth like a hammer.
And anywhere that Mary went,
Mary went, Mary went,
Anywhere that Mary went,
Guilt was not to come.
She murdered her spouse one day,
Spouse one day, spouse one day,
She murdered her spouse one day,
Which was her reaction to “bad news”.
It made the cops curious and suspicious,
Curious and suspicious, curious and suspicious,
It made the cops curious and suspicious
of Ms. Mary’s alibi.
hi5
Mary had a leg of lamb
its force like steel, force like steel
Mary had a leg of lamb
with which she killed him with
Anywhere that Mary went
Mary went, Mary went
Anywhere that Mary went
the saddness was plastered on
And as the suspision grew smaller
the saddness faded, sadness faded
as the suspision grew smaller
the giggles showed themselves
Mary had a leg of lamb
which became the murder weapon, murder weapon
Mary had a leg of lamb
With which the officers so kindly ate
~corgilover5
“Lambinian Rhapsody”
Is it the real life?
Or just my fantasy?
Whacked with a lamb’s leg
He got what he deserved from me
He closed his eyes
Wasn’t lookin’ and did not see
I was a good wife
How could you leave me?
I didn’t want you to go
Wasn’t thinking, did not know
He was felled with one blow
felled like a tree, Like a tree
Baby, I just killed your dad
Hit him over the head,
With a lamb’s leg, now he’s dead
Baby, your life hadn’t quite begun
I wasn’t sure if they would throw it away
Baby, oooh
Didn’t want you to die
That’s why I have to still be here tomorrow
and carry on, carry on, like nothing really mattered
It was late, when that time had come
What he said was just so bad
I was in shock, but wasn’t mad
Went down, to the grocer’s
To buy some food
So I could take a lie and turn it into the truth
Baby, oooh
I don’t want you to die
Or worse to not be born at all
(Guitar solo with sheep Baaaaaa’s in the background)
I see a silhouette of a lamb
Delisciously Cooked, Would you like to have some?
With some potatoes and some peas?
Mary Maloney, Mary Maloney, Mary Mary Maloney
Very taaaaaaasssssssttttttttttttyyyyyyyyyyy……
I am a murderer, who needed an alibi
What better one than a grieving wife?
Husband taken away, what a sad life for she?
You must be hungry, would you like some lamb?
No thanks… it would not seem right
But you must! (No it would not seem right)
But you must! (No it would not seem right)
But you muuuuuuuusssssssssttttttttttt!!!!!!
Mama mia, Mama mia, Mama mia this is good!
It’s like there’s a party in my tummy, tummy
So he thought he could love me and leave me to die
So he didn’t think I could kill, or even try
Oh, baby, can’t do this to us, baby
Just gotta get it, gotta get it right out of here
(Guitar solo with more sheep noises)
They did not catch me
I got off Scot free!
They did not catch me
They could never catch me!
bookworm6
Ha, Ha Mr. Maloney
Ha, Ha Mr. Maloney
Have you any clue?
No sir, No sir
She acted cold-blooded and blue.
One with the leg of lamb
One with the grocers trip
And one with the deadly weapon
Which disappeared through their lips!
-jellybean6
@bookworm
As a Queen fan, I persnally give you all 3 extra credit slots.
I will take a stab at this in the future. This was absoloutely epic in every way
“Lambs Eat Bacon” (in the tune of “Wonderwall” by Oasis)
Today was gunna be the day
That I went out to eat with you
By now you kinda somehow
Told me devestating news
I don’t believe that anybody
Killed someone the way I did to you now
You’re beat, had to get onto the street
To throw my suspicion out
I had heard it all before
My plan would work without a doubt
I don’t believe that anybody
Killed someone the way I did to you now
All it took was the thought of you leaving
I just had to force you to stop from breathing
There are many things I’d like to do to you
But I don’t know how
Because maybe
I was gonna have your friggen baby
And through it all
I was your downfall
Today was gonna be the day
But you won’t live it up again
Right now, I’m cooking it up
The muderous leg of lamb
I don’t believe that anybody
Had so many police friends
Like you did
(Extra Verse in the tune of the second verse)
Right now, they’re questioning me
But I’ll never give it out
They think they’ve heard it all before
But never a crime about
A wife murdering a husband with
A large hunk of meat
Like I did
All it took was the thought of you leaving
I just had to force you to stop from breathing
There are many things I would like to do to you
But I don’t know how
Because maybe
I was gonna have your friggen baby
And through it all
I was your downfall
My baby
I was about to have the baby
I served the lamb
The fuzz was shammed.
My baby
I just saved the life of my baby
I just saved the life of my baby
I just saved the life of my baby
GirlsNotGrey(Wonderwall is beautiful)
“big girls dont cry”
The smell of your skin lingers on me now
they’ll probably find out it was me how?
I need some shelter of my own protection, baby
To be with myself and center
Clarity, peace, serenity
I hope you know, I hope you know
that this lamb is frozen through
It’s personal, myself and you
We’ve got some straightenin’ out to do
And I’m gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket
But I’ve got to get a move on with my life
It’s time to be a big girl now
And big girls don’t cry
Don’t cry, don’t cry, don’t cry
The path that I’m walkin’, you must die alone
I must take the baby steps ’til the lambs full thrown, full thrown
Fairy tales don’t always have a happy ending, do they?
And I foresee the dark ahead if I stay
I hope you know, I hope you know
that this lamb is frozen though
It’s personal, myself and you
We’ve got some straightenin’ out to do
And I’m gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket
But I’ve got to get a move on with my life
It’s time to be a big girl now
And big girls don’t cry
Like the little school mate in the school yard
We’ll play tag and i’m it
and you’ll be dead for the rest of time
no you can’t leave the house if you want to
‘Cause I will kill you if you do
you’ll be dead and unmoving
and keep my little secret
But it’s time to eat the lamb
It’s getting late, dark outside
I need to be with myself, and center
Clarity, peace, serenity
I hope you know, I hope you know
That this lamb is frozen through
It’s personal, myself and you
We’ve got some straightenin’ out to do
And I’m gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket
But I’ve got to get a move on with my life
It’s time to be a big girl now
And big girls don’t cry
Don’t cry, don’t cry, don’t cry