(well the LYRICS are my original work!)
Inspiration from Cornish comedian, Steve Heller! (he’s brilliant and I so see him singing this song!)
Original piece this is based on: Pretty Fly For a White Guy by The Offspring, Americana, 1998
Karaoke version from Sing Karaoke Youtube channel
(https://www.youtube.com/user/phoenixreborn28)
I wrote this because it reminds me of when I spent time in Cornwall, UK back in 2009-2011. Of course, the Yank Lass (me) in the song is heavily exaggerated...I fit in just a bit better than that! And I never drove a Robin Reliant (I just watch too much Only Fools and Horses...)
I do hope anyone from Cornwall isn’t offended by this: I only made this in good fun and the song actually is about an American woman who tries too hard to fit in. Locals are nice, but they just think she tries too hard not to make herself look American.
I felt like I was trying too hard. Just like I did singing this song...I did try recording a natural, US-accented version, but you just cannot sing Cornish slang with a US Accent! Impossible!
Again: I apologise if anyone from Cornwall(or the UK in general!) is offended by my awful accent (and of course singing! I’m pants at singing!)...that was not the intention.
Quite splann for a yank lass! (Pretty Fly for a White Guy Parody)
BLOKES: Alright, me ansum?
BLOKES: Alright, me ansum?
BLOKES: Alright, me ansum?
US GIRL: An' all the gents say I'm quite splann for a yank lass!
US GIRL: Oggy oggy oggy oggy oi oi oi !
You know it's a bit hard
Just to get across the sea
Our emmet isn't brill
But she thinks so, let 'er be!
She may not have an accent
She may not be a Brit
But everything she lacks she jus won't admit!
So dearover...a proper bird
You know she don' understand it, anyway
Gotta play the pitch do it dreckly!
For you: no way, just no bleddy way!
So if you can't cope, then you got no hope!
And you know you can always go on Graham Norton!
The World needs chuckle heads, now!
Oi! Oi! Do that Kernow thing!
BLOKES: Alright, me ansum?
BLOKES: Alright, me ansum?
BLOKES: Alright, me ansum?
US GIRL: An' all the gents say I'm quite splan...
BLOKES:...for a yank lass!
She needs some proper music
Not just any from Britain!
She couldn't find Steve Heller
So she bought Lily Allen!
Now driving her reliant
She sees blokes as she pass
If she looks again, they're gonna thrash her yankee ass!
So dearover...a proper bird
You know she don' understand it, anyway
Gotta play the pitch do it dreckly!
For you: no way, just no bleddy way!
So if you can't cope, then you got no hope!
And you know you can always go on Graham Norton!
The World needs chuckle heads, now!
Oi! Oi! Do that Kernow thing!
She's getting a pint yeah
She's going to the pub
She asked for a Tribute but they served her Heineken
Mates say she's trying too hard and to shut her gob!
But in her own head she's, she's the proper job!
BLOKES: Alright, me ansum?
BLOKES: Alright, me ansum?
BLOKES: Alright, me ansum?
Oggy oggy oggy oggy oi oi oi !
So dearover...a proper bird
You know she don' understand it, anyway
Gotta play the pitch do it dreckly!
For you: no way, just no bleddy way!
So if you can't cope, then you got no hope!
And you know you can always go on Graham Norton!
The World needs chuckle heads, now!
The World needs chuckle heads, now!
Let's get some more chuckle heads, now!
Oi! Oi! Do that Kernow thing!