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Hi! I'm Dave Draper and in the spirit of Spike Jones, who is my cousin, and Weird Al Yankovic, who is not my cousin, this site is where you can find some comic relief with song parodies that focus on "Welcome to the Weekend Chat" or "WikiTree" themes!

What is a "song parody'? A parody is a creative work designed to imitate, comment on, and/or mock its subject by means of satiric or ironic imitation. Often its subject is an original work or some aspect of it, but a parody can also be about a real-life person, event, or movement.

Disclaimer

All of these song parodies are unauthorized works by Dave Draper
Wikitree or related entities did not sanction or authorize the writing or collection of these song parodies.
These song parodies are just for fun, not for profit, for Dave Draper's personal use and are not distributed anywhere other than this site.
You are at your own risk if you copy and distribute.

1 Original Music
2 New Releases
- 2.1 Nice Time If you Can Get it
3 Dave's Weekend Chat Parodies Album 5
4 Dave's SONG PARODIES Album 5
5 Dave's SONG PARODIES Album 4
6 Dave's SONG PARODIES Album 3
7 Dave's SONG PARODIES Album 2
8 Dave's SONG PARODIES Album 1
9 LINKS

Original Music

This song, believe or not, was AI GENERATED! Not only the lyrics, but also the music and singing!

My son, Jason, challenged me to make a song on his SUNO account. I wanted a Gradians Of The Galaxy genre. He typed in: symphonic rock / art rock / electric rock Next, I told him to type in: Family, Ancestry, Family Stories, Family Tree, and Contributions points (just to be funny) ! SUNO generated EVERYTHING in about 10 seconds.

On the link, not all the lyrics are shown. On the version below, I added in the extra lyrics and made edits where needed. I could have done this in the SUNO program, but it is on my son's computer, and I am on my computer at home, and it costs $$ to start tweaking and saving changes. I asked my son not to delete this off his SUNO account just yet so enjoy this while it lasts. It will be temporarily added to my free space Song Parodies, but not for long.

Family Roots Original Music AI Generated by Dave and Jason Draper
Using SUNO
Created September 3, 2024 by Dave and Jason Draper
The version below has the entire lyrics that have been edited

Here is the music: https://suno.com/song/45b098f5-481a-4d0e-88c7-68059c9e6d8c

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Family Roots
[Verse 1]
Tracing lines in history
Finding roots in mystery
Names and faces lost in time
Puzzle pieces we combine
[Verse 2]
Old records and photographs
Stories told in faded drafts
Bringing past lives into light
See their eyes in black and white
[Chorus]
Family trees we grow and grow
Where we came from now we know
Generations in the branches
(Edit:) For accuracy we can't take chances
Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh
Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh
[Verse 3]
Ancestors in distant lands
Working hard with worn out hands
From the past we learn anew
Their courage is inside of you
[Bridge]
Contribution points we earn
As we dig and as we learn
Filling gaps in family lore
Every name unlocks a door
[Verse 4]
Great grandmothers - great grandfathers
Stories bind us all together
Ancestry a living thread
All the journeys that they led
Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh
Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh OH
Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh
Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh OH
[Chorus]
(Edit) WikiTree tree we grow and grow
Where we came from now we know
Generations in the branches
(Edit:) For accuracy we can't take chances
[Verse 5]
Ancestors in distant lands
Working hard with worn out hands
(Edit) From the past we learn anew
Edit) For accuracy we can't take chances
(Edit) We can't take chances
(Edit) We don't take chances
(Edit) For accuracy we can't take chances
(Edit) Ya know we don't take chances
Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh
pause
Ancestors in distant lands
Working hard with worn out hands
From the past we learn anew
Their courage is inside of you
Contribution points we earn
As we dig and as we learn
Filling gaps in family lore
Every name unlocks a door
Every name unlocks a door
Every name unlocks a door
(Edit) As our Family Roots we learn!

New Releases

Nice Time If you Can Get it

Sung to the tune of Nice Work If You Can Get It cover by Tony Bennett and Dianna Krall

Composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin
It began life in 1930 as "There's No Stopping Me Now".
Its title phrase "Nice work if you can get it" came from an English magazine.
It was one of nine songs the Gershwin brothers wrote for the movie A Damsel in Distress performed by Fred Astaire with The Stafford Sisters.
The song was published in 1937
- Parody by Dave Draper

Here is the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDq2JVqKys8

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Nice Time If You Can Get It
Making profiles at midnight;
Sources passing you by
A nice source if you can get it,
And you can get it if you try
Chattin' with those chatters,
On Weekend Chat all night!
It's nice time if you can get it,
And you can get it if you try
Just imagine your CC7
At 4,000 or more
Where our family becomes one
Who could ask for anything more?
The 1K badge is waiting,
If you take that vow
A nice badge if you can get it
And if you get it, won't you tell me how?
Music
Just imagine your flying; 900,000 or more
Astronauts await you!
The Space Station will open it's door!
Connect-A-Thonin' at midnight,
Winning Firt Place! WOW!
It's so nice if you can do it,
And if you do it,
Won't you tell me how?

Dave's Weekend Chat Parodies Album 5

Chat Time

Sung to the tune of Good Times by Chic

Released June 1979 and by August had reached #1 on Billboard's Hot 100
It sold 5 million copies making it the best selling song ever for Atlantic Records
Good Times named#1 song in 1979; ranks 68 in the best 500 songs ever!
The best song ever to roller skate to!
- Parody by Dave Draper

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Chat Time
Chat Time
It is now Chat Time
Leave your fears behind
This is now Chat Time
Chat Time
Friday starts Chat Time
It will blow your mind
Leave your stress behind
Weekend Chat is here again
The time is right for makin' friends
Let's get together, on Friday morning then
Come Saturday, will do it all again
Boys will be boys, they will chat about their toys
Girls will be girls, they'll chat about the world
We've had enough of this stress and strife
Weekend Chat brightens up our life
Chat Time
It is now Chat Time
Leave your fears behind
This is now Chat Time
Chat Time
Friday starts Chat Time
It will blow your mind
Leave your stress behind
Friday morning comes, it won't be late
We're all ready, we just can't wait
Chatters start posting, why hesitate?
You'll find out what we share is really great
You'll get the bug, come in and share your love
We want the best, we won't settle for less
Don't be a drag; participate
All weekend long! It's really great! It's really great!
Chat Time
It is now Chat Time
Leave your fears behind
This is now Chat Time
Chat Time
Friday starts Chat Time
It will blow your mind
Leave your stress behind

Everybody Loves The Weekend Chat

Sung to the tune of Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears

Written by Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley, and Chris Hughes
Released on 22 March 1985, it became an international hit topping all charts.
The song was featured in the moive Real Genius staring Val Kilmer
- Parody by Dave Draper

Here is the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGCdLKXNF3w

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The song starts 35 seconds into the video, opening scene: a kid on a trike.

Everybody Loves The Weekend Chat
Welcome to the Chat
There's no turning back
You know we can't sleep
We will love you
Chattin' with your best behavior
Sharin' love is second nature
Everybody loves the Weekend Chat!
Its our own free time
I don't feel remorse
Help me find the joy
Help me make the
Weekeend Chat better and better
You know this wont last forever
Everybody loves the Weekend Chat
There's a room where the love will find you
Sharin' joy when the brick walls tumble down
When they do, we'll be there to guide you
We're so glad you joined and made it
The best chat we will strive to make it
Everybody loves the Weekend Chat
Music
I can't stand anticipation
Chattin' with a voice and vision
Everybody loves the Weekend Chat
Say that you'll always, always, always need it
Our lovin': you'll believe it
Everybody loves the Weekend Chat
We chat freely and for pleasure
You know this won't last forever
Everybody loves the Weekend Chat

Weekend Chat Was Made for Chattin'

Sung to the tune of These Boots Were Made For Walking by Nancy Sinatra

Written by Lee Hazlewood (1929-2007)
Reached Number 1 in 1966 in the USA on the Billboard Hot 100 and in the UK
Lyrics inspired by a line spoken by Frank Sinatra in the movie 4 for Texas
- Parody by Dave Draper (who was 14 in 1966)

Here is the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM1kzbAgo_E

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Weekend Chat Was Made for Chattin'
I keep sayin' I've got somethin' for you
Somethin' I call love, but confess
You've been a-chattin' where you shouldn't have been a-chattin'
And all you got was a viorus from that place!
Weekend Chat was made for chattin'
And that's what you should do
One of these days you'll log on and I'll chat right back to you
Yeah
You keep sighin' when you ought to be chattin'
And Weekend Chat is where you never will fret
You keep gamein' when you ought to be a-postin'
Weekend Chat is great! You ain't been here yet
Weekend Chat was made for chattin'
And that's what you should do
One of these days you'll log on and I'll chat right back to you
Weekend Chat is where we all will be playin'
And you keep thinkin' that you got nothin' to learn, ha!
Weekemd Chats a sandbox full of chatters
And what they know, you ain't had time to learn
Weekend Chat was made for chattin'
And that's what you should do
One of these days you'll log on and I'll chat right back to you
Are you ready, chatters?
Start chatin'

You Make Me Feel Like Chattin'

Sung to the tune of You Make me Feel Like Chatting by Leo Sayer

Ray Parker Jr. claims that he wrote the song, presented it as a demo, was stolen from him after he played it in a studio for an executive who promised he would get credit. Parker received no royalties and no credit for that song.
The song was instead credited to Leo Sayer!
It reached No. 1 in 1977 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it Sayer's first top single in the United States and won a Grammy Award for the year's best Rhythm and Blues Song.
Leo Sayer is still preforming as of this writing.
- Parody by Dave Draper

Here is the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDlvPD9qCao

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You Make Me Feel Like Chattin'
You've got a cute way of chattin'
Here on the 'ole G2G
Just post a comment and I'm loving
Your presence here on WikiTree
I love the things you share
Laugh so hard, fell off my chair!
You make me feel like chattin'
I wanna love the night away
You make me feel like chattin'
Friday morning thru Sunday
You make feel like chattin'
I feel like chattin', chattin'
Love the night away
I feel like chattin', chattin'
Ahhhahhhhh
Quarter to four in the morning'
I ain't feeling tired, no, no, no, no, no
Just keep it light and I'll be here thru the night
'Cause I don't want to log off
You put the love on me
I'm right here chattin', can't you see?
You make me feel like chattin'
I wanna love the night away
You make me feel like chattin'
Friday morning thru Sunday
You make feel like chattin'
I feel like chattin', chattin'
Love the night away
I feel like chattin', chattin'
Friday thru Sunday
I feel like chattin', chattin'
Love the night away,
I feel like chattin', chattin'
Ahhhahhhh
Music
And if you wanna stay
We'll be here everyday!
You make me feel like chattn'
I wanna chat here everyday
You make me feel like chattin'
Friday morning thru Sunday
You make feel like chattin'
I wanna chat here everyday
You make feel like chattin'
I wanna chat here everyday
Repete and fade out

A Dame With No Name

Sung to the tune of Horse With No Name by America

Released 1972 in the USA. it was written by Dewey Bunnell
It topped the charts reaching number 1 on Billboard's Hot 100
Released as a single, first in England, in 1971
- Parody by Dave Draper

Here is the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na47wMFfQCo

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A Dame With No Name
On the first part of the profile, I was looking at all her life
There were 4 spouses, kids, her Church and friends
There were clubs and bills and rings
The first thing I saw was her heart like a dove
And a life with no clouds
The love was hot, but it made her cry
In the air was angered sounds
I've been through the research for a dame with no name
The family didn't know her name
In the research they can't remember her name
Cause their ain't no record that shows her birth name
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,
After two days searchin' for her name, my eyes began to turn red
After three days in the research fun, I was looking at a rusty bed
And the story it told of the life that flowed
Made me sad to think they're all dead
You see I've been through the research for a dame with no name
I can't find her maiden name
And the family can 't remember her name
'Cause there ain't no record that shows her birth name
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,
Music
After nine days I let the profile go free
'Cause the research had brick walled me
There were 4 spouses, kids, her Church and friends,
There were clubs and bills and rings
The research is a desert with its life underground
And a gravestone poised above
Under cemeteries lie hearts turned to dust
Above, taphophiles show no love
You see, I've been through
The research for a dame with no name
I can't find her maiden name
And the family can 't remember her name
'Cause there ain't no record that shows her birth name
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,

Chat Room Aint Empty

Sung to the tune of Running On Empty by Jackson Browne

Released February 11, 1978 and reached position 72.
A number 11 hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 and 2 weeks at nuber 4 in Canada
Released as a single, it spent seventeen weeks on the chart
Ranks 496 on Rolling Stone's The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
- Parody by Dave Draper

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Chat Room Aint Empty

Looking here on my screen scrolling down with the wheel
Looking back at the profile's circle indicator fields
My Watchlist was at 17; its now four thousand and one
I don't know how I'll get 'em down, but Weekend Chat's on
Chattin' on! Chat room ain't empty!
Chattin' on! It's so fine!
Chattin' on! Chattin' into the night!
But I'm so far behind
Gotta do what you can just to keep the chat alive
Trying love to infuse it, with what you do to get high
Source-A-Thon was here one week, and the Weekend Chat wasn't on!
Don't know what I did to survive while the Chat was gone!
Chattin' on! Chat room ain't empty!
Chattin' on! It's so fine!
Chattin' on! Chattin' into the night,
But I'm so far behind
Music
Everyone's a glow, chattin' here, ya know!
Chatter's need some reason to believe
I know all my wikipeep friends and me
We'll be here all night, that'll be all right
If we can get you to smile before we leave
Lookin' down through the chat, schrolling down with the wheel
I don't know how to tell you all just how crazy this love feels
Look around for the friends that we used to turn to pull us through
Lookin' at their replies, I see them chattin' too!
Chattin' on! Chat room ain't empty!
Chattin' on! It's so fine!
Chattin' on! Chattin' into the night,
But I'm so far behind
Chatters, you really tempt me
You know the way you are so kind
I'm going to stick around, but I'm running behind
Chattin' on! You know I don't even know what I'm hoping to find
Speak your mind! Chattin' into the night, but I'm running behind

Come Chat With Me

Sung to the tune of Come Go With Me by the Del-Vikings

Written by Clarence Quick (C.E. Quick) bass vocalist of the Del-Vikings
Released July 1957 reaching No. 5 on US Billboard and No. 2 on the R&B chart
Ranks No. 449 on the list of 500 Greatest Songs of All Times!
The Beach Boys version rose to No. 18 in 1982
- Parody by Dave Draper

Here is the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_phM-h7fYo

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Come Chat With Me
Chat, chat, chat, chat, chat,on the Weekend
Chat, chat, chat, chat chat, on the Weekend
Chat, chat, chat, chat, chat, on the Weekend Chat
Weekend Chat

I love, love the Forum
Come and chat with me
Come chat with me
Up on the WikiTree
I need your lovin
Weekend Chat with me
Come, chat, come, chat
On the Weekend Chat
Tell me chatters
This is where it's at
I need your lovin'
So come chat with me
Yes, I see you
Yes, I really love you
Here on the Weekend Chat, yeah
I'll say you're clever
Yes, you'er really clever
I wanna get up and dance
Come, chat, come, chat
On the Weekend chat
Tell me chatters
This is where it's at
I need you're lovin'
So come chat with me
Music ( I wanna get up and dance)
Come, chat, come, chat
On the Weekend chat
Tell me chatters
This is where it's at
I need you're lovin'
So come chat with me
Come on, chat with me
Come on, chat with me
Come on, chat with me

Weekend Chat Guy

Sung to the tune of Mister Blue Sky

Written and produced by ELO's frontman Jeff Lynne
"Mr. Blue Sky" is a song taken from the studio album Out of the Blue!
It peaked at number 6 in the UK and number 35 in the US.
Due to its popularity and frequent use in multiple television shows and movies, it has sometimes been described as the band's signature song.
- Parody by Dave Draper

Here is the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQUlA8Hcv4s

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Weekend Chat Guy
Weekend Chat is on today
My cousins all shine bright
They're not complaining
Wikipeeps are gonna say
And don't you know
Weekend chatting makes my day!
Hey, hey
Talking 'bout what happened to
Their fam-i-ly that lived here in the city
Homeless, on the streets, such pity
Mister Chat Guy is chatting here today
Hey, hey
Mister Chat Guy, please tell us why
You had to live in pain for so long (so long)
Where did it go wrong?
Mister Chat Guy, please tell us why
You had to live in pain for so long (so long)
Where did it go wrong?
Music
Hey, you all come on embrace
The chatting in this place
A celebration, Mister Chat Guy's, on here waiting
And today is the day we've waited for
Mister Chat Guy, please tell us why
You had to live in pain for so long (so long)
Where did it go wrong?
Hey there, all of you
We're so pleased to chat with you
Look around see what we do
Everybody chats with you
Hey there, all of you
We're so pleased to chat with you
Look around see what we do
Everybody chats with you
Weekend Chat Guy
Weekend Chat Guy
Weekend Chat Guy
Wikipeeps, you all are right
And pain comes in the night creeping over
Now the pain is in his shoulder
Never mind I'll remember you this
I'll remember you this
I'll remember you today
Mister Chat Guy, please tell us why
You had to live in pain for so long (so long)
Where did it go wrong?
Hey there All of you
We're so pleased to chat with you
Look around see what we do
Everybody chats with you
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
Music

Weekend Chattin' Love

Weekend Chatt'n Love Sung to the tune of Come and Get Your Love by Redbone

Written by Redbone band members Pat and Lolly Vegas
Reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on April 13, 1974.
Redbone was the first Native American band to have a song reach #5!
- Parody by Dave Draper

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Weekend Chatt'n Love'
Hey y'all (hey y'all)
Weekend Chat is in your head! Yeah
Hey y'all (hey y'all)
Weekend Chat is in your mind and you sign on and-, OH
Hey y'all (hey y'all)
Nothing the matter with your head, baby, find it
Come on and join in!
Hey y'all
Chat on, baby, 'cause it's fine and it's time
And you chat so divine
Weekend Chatin' love
Weekend Chatin' love
Weekend Chatin' love
Weekend Chatin' love
Hey y'all (hey y'all)
What's the matter? Chattin' feels right!
We all feel right, baby!
Hey y'all, oh yeah
Post it on the "Chat Line", all right
I said post it, post it
Go on and tell us if you like it, yeah
Hey y'all (hey y'all)
Post your business, if you want some, take some
We're all together, baby
Weekend Chattin' love
Weekend Chattin' love
Weekend Chattin' love
Weekend Chattin' love
Come and Weekend Chat, come and Weekend Chat
Come and Weekend Chat now
Come and Weekend Chat, come and Weekend Chat
Come and Weekend Chat now
Come and Weekend Chat, come and Weekend Chat
Come and Weekend Chat now
Come and Weekend Chat, come and Weekend Chat
Come and Weekend Chat now
Weekend Chattin' love
Weekend Chattin' love
Weekend Chattin' love
Weekend Chattin' love
Hey y'all, (hey y'all)
What's the matter? Chattin' feels right!
We all feel right, baby!
Hey y'all, oh yeah
Post it on the "Chat Line", all right
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
Weekend Chattin' Love
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, whoo-hoo
Weekend Chattin' Love
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
Weekend Chattin' Love
La-la-la-la-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta, boom
Weekend Chattin' Love
La-ta-ta, boom, boom, boom, ta-ba, boom, boom
Weekend Chattin' Love

Weekend Chat Girl

Weekend Chat Girl Sung to the tune of Material Girl by Madonna!

Written by Peter Brown and Robert Rans, and produced by Nile Rodgers
Recorded by American singer Madonna
Released on January 23, 1985
Reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100
- Parody by Dave Draper

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Weekend Chat Girl
Wikipeeps love 'em, Some will hug 'em
I think that's okay
They always give them proper credit
They never walk away
Newts will beg and they will plead
They can't seem to get it right (that's right)
Wikipeeps that can answer fast
Are always "Mister Right"
'Cause we're all working on a Wikitree world
And I am a Weekend Chat girl
You know that we're all working on a WikiTtree world
And I am a Weekend Chat girl
Wikipeeps know that helping goes slow
That's all right with me
They will always take an interest
Because it helps grow the Tree
Wikipeeps try to help those guys
Cross words they'll never say (no way)
And those that use the Sourcer
Make my happy day
'Cause we're all working on a WikiTree world
And I am a Weekend Chat girl
You know that we're all working on a WikiTree world
And I am a Weekend Chat girl

Working on a WikiTree world
And I am a Weekend Chat girl
You know that we're all working on a WikiTree world
And I am a Weekend Chat girl
Working on a WikiTree world (WikiTree)
Working on a WikiTree world (ah-ah)
Working on a WikiTree world (WikiTree)
Working on a WikiTree world (ah-ah)
Newts may come, and Newts may go
And that's all right, you see
Experience has made me rich
Helping others on WikiTree

'Cause everybody's working on a WikiTree world
'And I am a Weekend Chat girl
'You know that we're all working on a WikiTree world
'And I am a Weekend Chat girl (ah-ah)
'Working on a WikiTree world
'And I am a Weekemd Chat girl
'You know that we're working on a WikiTree world
'And I am a Weekend Chat girl
'A WikiTree, a WikiTree, a WikiTree, a WikiTree world
'Workng on a WikiTree world (WikiTree)
'Working on a WikiTree world (ah)
'Work on a WikiTree world (WikiTree)
'Working on a WikiTree world (ah-ah)
'Workng on a WikiTree world (WikiTree)
'Working on a WikiTree world (ah)
'Work on a WikiTree world (WikiTree)
'Working on a WikiTree world (ah-ah)

Chattin' In the Dark

Sung to the Tune of Fishin' In The Dark by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Written by Wendy Waldman and Jim Photoglo
Released on June 7, 1987
It reached number-one on the U.S. and Canadian country charts.
It was certified Platinum by the RIAA on September 12, 2014.
- Parody by Dave Draper

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Chattin' In The Dark
Weekend Chat coming up this Friday morn
In WikiTree Forum
Wikipeeps are chattin about software bugs
And profiles on the "Big Tree", baby get ready
We talk about our cares on the Weekend Chat
And we all a glow
Some are gonna chat about a special place
That nobody knows, baby get ready
OH, Oh Oh!
Chorus
You and me are chattin' in the dark
Countin' family members like they were stars
While the "Big Tree" grows
We'll keep on chattin in the full moon light
We'll be sharing our love in the middle of the night
Just movin' slow
Chatin' the whole night through
It feels so good to chat with you
Connect-A Thon is over and the boredom comes
And the days are gettin' long
Waited all weekend for the time to be right
Just to parody this song, baby get ready
And it don't matter if we sit forever
And don't eat a bite
Jump in the chat and cool ourselves
From the heat of the night, baby get ready
OH, Oh Oh!
Chorus
You and me are chattin' in the dark
Countin' family members like they were stars
While the "Big Tree" grows
We'll keep on chattin in the full moon light
We'll be sharing our love in the middle of the night
Just movin' slow
Chatin' the whole night through
It feels so good to chat with you
Repeat Chorus

Chattin' Man

Sung to the tune of Piano Man by Billy Joel

Released as a single on November 2, 1973
It was Joel's first major hit and became his signature song
It peaked at 25 on Billboard's Hot 100 in April 1974
The Library of Congress selected Piano Man in 2015 for preservation
- Song parody by Dave Draper

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Chattin' Man
It's nine o'clock on a Friday morn
The Weekend Chat has begun
My dog is sitting here next to me
Licking on me with his tongue
I chat: "Found a friend who has family
He told me that he doesn't know
So I started a search on the WikiTree
Found their graves in old Idaho" (USA)
La, la-la, di-di-da
La-la di-di-da da-dum
Tell us your story on the Weekend Chat
We will be chattin' all night
Well, we're all in the mood for your company
Anything that you post is alright!
Now I know Pip is a cousin of mine
He lets me do "Song Parodies"
And he tells me: "You're going to get Down Votes my friend
If you poke fun at Ancestry"
He chats: "Friends, my shoulder is killing me"
But he always has a smile on his face
"Well, I worked on some profiles of movie stars,
And astronauts that went up in space"
Oh, la, la-la, di-di-da
La-la di-di-da da-dum
Now "Professor" lives in old Germany
Chats about some famous dates
And we're chattin' about gravy, meatballs and maybe
We'll be on here chattin' 'till late!
And some Wikipeeps talk of politics
And some chat about a gravestone
Yes, we all share our stories about loneliness
But it's better than chattin' alone
Tell us your story on the Weekend Chat
We will be chattin' all night
Well, we're all in the mood for your company
Anything that you post is alright!
It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday
All the chattin' gives me a smile
We've been waiting to see pictures of old Germany
To forget about life for a while
And a thousand people are looking in
To what we are chatin' 'bout here
But they will not post a thought or a joke
And wonder what we're doing here!
Oh, la, la-la, di-di-da
La-la di-di-da da-dum
Tell us your story on the Weekend Chat
We will be chattin' all night
Well, we're all in the mood for your company
Anything that you post is alright!

Dave's SONG PARODIES Album 5

We Didn't Start The Forum

Sung to the of We Didn't Start the Fire

Written by American musician Billy Joel.
Released as a single on September 18, 1989
Billy Joel's third single to reach #1 on Billboard's Hot 100.
Nominated for Record of the Year in 1989

**Parody by Dave Draper

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We Didn't Start The Forum
We are here on WikiTree, in the Weekend Chat today
Yes Pip Sheppard starts the "Chat", we tell him where our aches are at!
This is where we like to play! We stay here to the break of day!
We talk of things like dogs and cats! We're happily replying back
We are from the world around, but right here we can all be found!
Chattin' 'bout this and that! Weekend Chat is where it's at!
Postin' pictures, posting blogs, so many topics going 'round
"We can't get gas!" "The yard is brown!" "My dog is crazy!" "Tires are flat"!
We didn't start the forum
It's been up and running, 15 years or something
We didn't start the forum
Mr. Whitten lit it and we're glad he did it!
Connection Finder is a blast! It finds our cousins really fast!
We can find all source now! Sourcer through all records plows!
Ancestry and Family Search, Find-A-Grave and Find My Past
Then we all have D-N-A. We now can find our family
Connect-A Thon, the Checkers Game! We play until we go insane!
Meet Our Members, Date Night too! BioBuilders all want you!
Wiki Help and Wiki Tech keep us riding on this train!
Appreciation, Photos too! There's really too much stuff to do!
We didn't start the forum
It's been up and running, 15 years or something
We didn't start the forum
Chistopher lit it and we're glad he did it!
Help with genealogy, Newts are lost, they just can't see
Post questions here for all to see! We all help on the G2G
Posting pictures: "I can't do! Will you please help me through!
"I need help, can't you see with learning curves on WikiTree?
Notables, Kings and Queens, and profiles of some bad Drag Queens
Presidents and Movie Stars and passengers on "thee" Mayflower
Break through a wall, so fun it seems! We all just want to say "Kewl Beans"!
Deep dark holes tall as a tower! Dark rabbit holes: no light or power!
We didn't start the forum
It's been up and running, 15 years or something
We didn't start the forum
Mr. Whitten lit it and we're glad he did it!
Contributions, badges too! "I'm in the K Club! How 'bout you"?
Profiles that look down and gritty! Made my home page nice and pretty!
My Watchlist down, my CC up, I think I'm doing good too!
Helped someone; Showed ones some pity! Down votes come for being witty!
Source-A Thon is coming on! I'm up until the break of dawn
Web Browser, blown away, what else do I have to say?
We didn't start the forum
It's been up and running, 15 years or something
We didn't start the forum
Mr. Whitten lit it and we're glad he did it!
Need help to merge with cousin Paul. He won't answer me at all.
Sent messages and e-mails too, no replies he gone AWOL
Cemetery Apps! Amazing ! Categories drive me crazy!
The Pilots and Astronauts! We all are racing to the top!
Thanks to all the Wikipeeps; all those graveyard searching geeks
Thanks to all who photos share! Thanks to all who really care!
Thanks to all for being kind! Finding records; spending time
Thanks to all the Volunteers! Some have been here many years!
We didn't start the forum
It's been up and running, 15 years or something
We didn't start the forum
Mr. Whitten lit it! It will still go on and on and on and on
And on and on and on and on...
Repeat chorus

Somewhere Over Chicago

Somewhere Over Chicago

Sung to the tune of Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Somewhere Over the Rainbow", is a ballad by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Yip Harburg.
It was written for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, in which it was sung by actress Judy Garland in her starring role as Dorothy Gale.
It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and became Garland's signature song.
Josh Gorban's version is featured here. 5M views
- Parody by Dave Draper

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Josh Groban version 5M views

Somewhere Over Chicago
Somewhere over Chicago
Jet planes fly
Over Mt. Carmel graveyard
In the city of old Hillside
Somewhere over in Carmel
Gansters lie
They all killed one another
Catholics resting side-by-side
Someday I'll jump into my car
And drive to where the mobsters are
So far from me
Where they all dropped from machine gun shots
From bombs and killed by dirty cops
That's where you'll find me
Somewhere over on Wiki-
Tree you'll find
Profiles of all the bad guys
Now resting side-by-side
O'banion and the Genna brothers
Al Capone and many others, lie resting
Frank Nitty's grave and Joe Giunta's
Are nearby Sam Giancana's
Vault behind me
Oh, somewhere over 20 gangsters
Lie side-by-side
In Mt. Carmel graveyard
In the city of old Hillside
If Wikipeeps can profile creeps
On WikiTree so
Why, oh why, can't I

Laughter In The Room

Sung to the Tune of Laughter In The Rain by Neil Sedaka

Composed and recorded by Neil Sedaka, with lyrics by Phil Cody.
The song hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1975.
Cody recalled experiencing writer's block when initially attempting to write the lyrics at first, but after a two-hour outdoor nap aided by a small amount of marijuana, the lyrics came to him, allowing him to finish the song in about five minutes!
- Parody by Dave Draper

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Laughter In the Room
Strolling along graveyard paths with my baby
We find grandpa, tears begin to pour
Then we see grandma lying right next to him
I feel a shiver run up my spine
I remember her hand in mine
Ooh, I feel joy with the pain
Remembering back to the ones I loved
Ooh, I remember happy days
And the happy way I felt inside
When I got home I got on WikiTree
Then Weekend Chat on the G2G
We shared our stories and just couldn't leave
Softly I breath and can't believe my eyes
Seeing my cousins and all the "guys"
Ooh, I feel the laughter in the room
Chatting back to my cousins who I love
Ooh, how I love the Weekend Chat
And the happiness I feel inside
Music
I feel the warmth in the "Chat" all the time
Ooh, I feel the laughter in the room
Chatting back to cousins who I love
Ooh, how I love the Weekend Chat
And the happiness I feel inside

Lost In a Merge Today

Lost in a Merge Today

Sung to the tune of Masquerade

Written by American singer and musician Leon Russell.
Coverd by Helen Ready in 1972 and the Carpenters in 1973
George Benson's 1976 cover was a top ten hit on the R&B charts
- Parody by Dave Draper

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Lost in a Merge Today
I was really happy here with the profile I made today!
Adding sources along the way
Duplications made with no sources anywhere
I'm lost in a merge today
I'm afraid to say his sources are at bay
Trouble with this PM from the start
We tried to talk it over but his family's in the way
We're scheduled for mediation today!
Thoughts of merging disappear every time I see the lies
No matter how hard I try
To understand the reasons why he wont yeild my way!
I'm lost in a merge today
Music
I'm afraid to say his sources are at bay
We disagreed on sources from the start
We tried to talk it over but his family's in the way
We're scheduled for mediation today!
Thoughts of merging disappear every time I see the lies
No matter how hard I try
To understand the reasons why he yeild my way!
I'm lost in a merge today
Wohoho, mediations today

The Things Of Weekend Chat Love

Sung to the tune of The Things We Do For Love by 10cc

Released as a single in 1976 by 10 CC
The song reached # 1 in Canada, # in Ireland and #5 in the US
Band member Kevin Godley stated "he didn't want to do any more crap like this"
Record World called it a "well crafted tune with a crisp, pop sound". Cash Box *called it a "pop record that combines the best of a strong Beatles influence with solid rock ’n’ roll and the luxuriant harmonies that characterized [10cc's] past efforts".
- Parody by Dave Draper

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The Things of Weekend Chat Love
Too many profiles have no bio or real sources
Too many Gedcom junk for all of us to see
You join a site and then you pay a price
The things we do for love (Genealogy love)
Communication with a PM is the answer
You've got their email and your going to let them know
The weather's turned and the Internet 's down
The things we do for love (The Weekend Chat Love)
Like racking up your brain and your soul
When the "Brick Wall's" the show
When you're feeling like their memory is dying
And you looking for the answer on those sites
You think you're gonna crack up
When the "Brick Wall" starts to break up
Ooh, you make me love you
Ooh, you've got a way
Ooh, you got me chattin' ...
'bout "Brick Wall"
- Music
Like racking up your brain and your soul
When the "Brick Wall's" the show
When you're feeling like their memory is dying
And you looking for the answer on those sites
You think you're gonna crack up
When the (Brick) "Wall" starts to break up
Ooh, you make me love you
Ooh, you've got a way
Ooh, you got me chattin' ...
'bout the (Brick) "Wall"
You think a merge might surely help the situation
Agree to disagree, but then agree to start
When after all it's just a compromise
Of the things we do for love (The Weekend Chat Love)
The things we do for love (The Weekend Chat Love)
Repeat

I Can See Family Now

I Can See Family Now

Sung the tune of I Can See Clearly Now

Written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Johnny Nash WikiTree: John Lester Nash Jr. (1940-2020) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree
Released in 1972 reaching #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box charts
- Parody by Dave Draper

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I Can See Family Now

I see my family now, on WikiTree
I found my cousins here while on the way
Gone are the brick walls that had me blind
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
Bright (bright) Weekend Chat day
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
Bright (bright) G2G day!
Oh, yes I can make it now, questions are gone
All of the "unknowns" have disappeared
I found my family I've been praying for
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
Bright (bright) Weekend Chat day
Look all around, there's nothing but family
Look straight ahead, there's nothing but cousins
I can see family now, confusions' gone
I can hear all my cousins saying, "Hey!"
I found the sources I've been praying for
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
Bright (bright) WikiTree Day
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
Bright (bright) Weekend Chat day
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
Bright (bright) WikiTreeday
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
Bright (bright) G2Gday, yeah, na
Fade out

For We All Know

Sung to the tune of For All We Know

Written by Fred Karlin and lyrics by Robb Wilson Royer and Jimmy Griffin
Royer and Griffin were the founding members of the the soft-rock band BREAD
The Carpenter's version reached #1 on the Charts!
It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1971
- Parody by Dave Draper

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For We All Know
Well, now look at all of us
Related in many ways
We've got our stories to share
On Chat today
And as we find from day to day
Your family's close to me
And time alone will tell
Let's take a moment to say
Our "CC" is well
And in time, will surely grow
And family love
Is all we know
Music
Well, now look at all of us
Related in many ways
Let's take a moment to say
Our love is well
And in time, will surely grow
"Weekend Chat" love
Forever know

Spooky

Sung to the tune of Spooky by the Classics IV

Spooky, was originally instrumental, by Harry Middlebrooks, Mike Shapiro and James B. Cobb Jr.
Its best-known version was created by James Cobb and producer Buddy Buie for the group Classics IV
In 1968, the vocal version reached No. 3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100
This version is by the Atlanta Rhythm Section
- Parody by Dave Draper

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Spooky
On Weekend Chat one evenin'
When Wikipeeps were gettin' kind of groovy
I chatted up to ask you
"Have you ever made profile of a 'boo-gie
First they said "No"
But then the very next night
Some Wikipeeps spoke up and said, "Yeah right"
"Got a crazy profile with a spooky little girl to view"
She seems to be a cousin
And you'll never figure out what she is thinkin'
And if this cousin looks at you,
It's for sure your house lights will be a-blinking
You'll get confused, 'cause on air you will stand
And through the wall will come her hand
Cousin love is crazy with a spooky little girl like you
Spooky! Spooky!
Music
If you decide someday to stop by the house
where she is a-stayin'
I'm gonna tell you all
That this girl is really dead and just a playin'
She is a ghost,
And she laugh at your screams!
Then he back at night in your dreams
Cousin love is kinda crazy
With a spooky little girl like you
Music

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https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Skipwith-134 Payton Skipworth https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Miller-32389 Anne SkipWorth https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Shelton-118 Sarah Henry https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/White-33809 Grace Sherwood

Wikipeeps: Biggest Part of Me!

Sung to the tune of Biggest Part of Me by Ambrosia

Written by band member David Pack.
Released as in 1980,
It reached number one on the Radio & Records chart and number 3 on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts. The song was
- Parody by Dave Draper

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(Sunrise) Friday's sun a-risin'
(Weekend Chat) my happiness is spikin'
(Wikipeeps) They keep me realizin'
You're the biggest part of me
(Through the night) my monitor beside me
(Shines a light) your chattin' so enlightening
(All my life) I've been searching for WikiPeeps
You're the biggest part of me
Well, post a comment, baby
And we will chat replies right back to you!
Post a list, baby
Of the things we need to do
Ain't no risk, now
In lettin' my love rain down on you
So we'll search and find our past
Profiles we may start a new
(Discord) You know we're getting boulder
(Zoom's on) Gettin' better as we're older
(All I know) All I wanna do is be here
You're the life that breathes in me
(Forever) Got a feelin' that whatever
(Together) We built a "Tree" together
(Cousins) For me, there's nothin' better
You're biggest part of me
Well, post a comment, baby
And we will chat replies right back to you!
Post a list, baby
Of the things we need to do
Ain't no risk, now
In lettin' my love rain down on you
So we'll search and find our past
Profiles we may start a new
Music
More than an easy feelin'
For my cousins and me
How can I tell you
What it means to me?
Connectin' ones together
Here in the WikiTree
I've finally found someone
Who relates to me (relates to me)
And I'll never leave (now I've found all I need)
Oh, not to doubt now
Mmm, make life grand
Well, post a comment, baby
And we will chat replies right back to you!
Post a list, baby
Of the things we need to do
Ain't no risk, now
In lettin' my love rain down on you
So we'll search and find our past
Profiles we may start a new
(Beside me) I have cousins here beside me
(To help me) To give help to find our family
(Inside of me) Total happiness inside of me
You're the biggest part of me
(Forever) Got a feeling that whatever
(Together) We'll find family together
(Forever) From now until forever
You're the biggest part of me
You're the life that breathes in me
You're the biggest part of me, mmm
You changed my life
You made it right
And I'll be a servant to you
For the rest of my life
You're the biggest part of me

Top of the Tree

Sung to the tune of 'Top of the World by the Carpenters

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Carpenter-7448
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Carpenter-7912
Written by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis
Reached #1 in the US chart in January 1973.
Recorded by AVRO Television 15 Feb. 1974 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- Parody by Dave Draper

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Top of the Tree

Such a feelin's comin' over me
Since I found and joined up with WikiTree
Every Source that I find, puts a gleam in my eyes
Findin' my family is a dream
Everything genealogy should be
Is found right here in profiles on WikiTree
And the reason is clear, because Wikipeeps are here
You're the nearest thing to family that I've seen
I'm on the top of the "Big Tree," lookin' down on creation
And the only explanation I can find
Is the love that I've found, ever since I've been around
Your love's put me at the top of the "Tree"
Distant cousins taught me 'bout my name
And they're telling me we're family just the same
In the leaves on the tree, are my family and me
It's a pleasing sense of happiness for me
There is only one wish on my mind
That our heritage my fam-i-ly will find
That my grandkids will see, that they came from you and me
All I need is to help them find us here
I'm on the top of the "Big Tree", lookin' down on creation
And the only explanation I can find
Is the love that I've found, ever since I've been around
Your love's put me at the top of the "Tree"
I'm on the top of the "Big Tree", lookin' down on creation
And the only explanation I can find
Is the love that I've found, ever since I've been around
Your love's put me at the top of the "Tree"

WikiTree Bound

Sung to the tune of East Bound and Down by American Country Songwriter Jerry Reed https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hubbard-6765

Songwriters: Jerry Hubbard Reed / Dick Feller
Released in August 1977 as a single on RCA Records.
Recorded for the film Smokey and the Bandit
The song spent 16 weeks on the country charts peeking at #2.
- - - Parody By Dave Draper

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WikiTree Bound

WikiTree bound, logging in an lookin'
We're gonna do what some sites can't get done
That "Big Tree's" got to grow and we're all gonna be there
Come' on Wikipeeps, let's have some fun!
Keep your mind on the hard sources
Son, never mind those fakes
Let's all hang out 'cause we got a Tree to make
There's Peeps down in Atlanta
And more in Texarkana
And we'll grow that "Tree" no matter what it takes
WikiTree bound, logging in an lookin'
We're gonna do what some sites can't get done
That "Big Tree's" got to grow and we're all gonna be there
Come' on Wikipeeps, let's have some fun!
Music Notice in the video that Jerry only has socks on!
WikiTree bound, logging in an lookin'
We're gonna do what some sites can't get done
That "Big Tree's" got to grow and we're all gonna be there
Come' on Wikipeeps, let's have some fun!
Ol' Sourcer's got them ears on
It's sourcing down the trail
And we ain't gonna' rest 'till we turn pale
So you got to source 'em and you got to merge 'em
You got to keep those profiles comin'
Just click those indicator fields as well!
WikiTree bound, logging in an lookin'
We're gonna do what Ancestry can't get done
That "Big Tree's" got to grow and we're all gonna be there
Come' on Wikipeeps, let's have some fun!
Watch us have some Fun!
Watch us all have fun!
Son!

WikiTree Pie

Sung to the tune of American Pie by Don McLean https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/McLean-10799

Recorded and released in 1971 on the album of the same name
The single was the number-one US hit for four weeks in 1972
The song also topped the charts in the UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.
The song was listed as the No. 5 song on the RIAA project Songs of the Century.
A truncated version of the song by Madonna in 2000 and reached No. 1
- Parody By Dave Draper

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WikiTree Pie
It was 15 years ago
I can still remember
As WikiTree grew,
Used to make me smile
And I knew if I had my chance
I'd profile all the dead in France
And us newbies would happy for a while
But genealogy made me shiver
With no sources to deliver
Brick walls on my doorstep
I couldn't take one more step
I can't remember if I cried
When I profiled 'bout his widowed bride
Something touched me deep inside
The day that brick wall died
So, bye-bye, genealogy sites
Joined Wikitree, and told each one a happy "GOOD-BYE"
And all "Wikipeeps" were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin', "This'll be the new site to try!"
This'll be the new site to try"
Did you write a Bio of love
Do you have faith in the Tree above
If Connection Finder tells you so?
Now, do you believe in the Indian rolls?
Can Wiki save your mortal soul
And can you teach me how to Source real slow?
Well, I know that you'll be on again
'Cause I saw your profile about Jim
You started to come unglued
Man, I hate those brick wall blues
I was a lonely middle age widowed buck
With an old laptop and a pickup truck
But I knew it was the best of luck
The day that brick wall died
I started singin', HI! Hi!, All you Wikipeep guys!
I finally stopped crying 'cause my heart was on fire
And all Wikipeeps were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin', "This'll be the new site to try!
This'll be the new site to try!"
Now, fifteen years we've been on our own
And moss grows thick on a graveyard stone
But that's not how it used to be
I'm related to the King and Queen
I'm also a cousin to James Dean
And a profile that was made by you and me
Oh, and while the search was going down
The Sourcer found his old hometown
The graveyard was adjourned
No photos were returned
And while Leon made a profile on Marx
We newbies practiced making charts
And we found sources in the dark
The day that brick wall died
We started singin', HI! Hi!, All you Wikipeep guys!
We finally stopped crying 'cause our hearts were on fire
And all Wikipeeps were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin', "Sorucer is the FREE app to try!
Sourcer is the FREE app to try!"
Helter skelter: Connect-A-Thon swelter
WikiTree tree grew big and provided shelter
Eight miles high and growing fast
It kicked others sites in the ass
They tried to stop our forward pass
With the Sourcer finding records in the past
Now, Wikipeeps' love is sweet perfume
While Date Night plays a marching tune
We all got up to dance
And at RootsTech we set up a stand
'Cause the players tried to take the field
They won't keep up; they'll have to yield
Do you recall what was revealed
The day that brick wall died?
We started singin', HI! Hi!, All you Wikipeep guys!
We finally stoped crying 'cause our hearts were on fire
And all Wikipeeps were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin', "Sorucer is the FREE app to try!
Sourcer is the FREE app to try!"
Oh, and there we were in the G2G place
Pilots made it into Outer Space
Giving their time to help again
So, come on, Jack B. Nimble is Jack B. Quick
Run Sourcer to reveal and fix
Cause confusion is Ancestry's only friend
Oh, and as I watched them on the stage
And I ran Sourcer in a fit of rage
No dead restin' in hell
We'll resurrect them as well!
And as the sources came into light
The profiles were now lookin' bright
I saw Wikipees laughing with delight
The day that brick wall died
We started singin', HI! Hi!, All you Wikipeep guys!
We finally stoped crying 'cause our hearts were on fire
And all Wikipeeps were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin', "Sorucer is the FREE app to try!
Sourcer is the FREE app to try!"
I met a Wikipeep who sang the blues
And I asked her for some happy news
But she just smiled and turned away
I went to the download store
Where I'd found Sourcer years before
But the man there said it was down for the day
And on the forum the "children" screamed
We all cried, and we all dreamed
But not a word was spoken
Our Sourcer had been broken
And the one man that I admire most
Yes, our host who lives on the Eastern Coast
Stayed up all night; kicked out that hacker ghost!
The day that Sourcer died
We started singin', HI! Hi!, All you Wikipeep guys!
We finally stoped crying 'cause our hearts were on fire
And all Wikipeeps were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin', "Sorucer is UP and ALIVE!
Sourcer is UP and ALIVE!"
We started singin', HI! Hi!, All you Wikipeep guys!
We finally stoped crying 'cause our hearts were on fire
And all Wikipeeps were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin', "WIKITREE HAS FREED UP OUR LIVES

Dave's SONG PARODIES Album 4

Chattin' With The Peeps

Sung to the Tune of Cheek to Cheek written by Irving Berlin in 1934–35 specifically for Fred Astaire. The song was nominated for the Best Song Oscar for 1936! The song spent five weeks at #1 on Your Hit Parade and was named the #1 song of 1935

Here is the music by Frank Sinatra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCPs8bZ-KhE

Frank Sinatra: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sinatra-1

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Chatt'n' With The Peeps"
Chattin'
Weekend Chattn'
And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak
And on Weekend Chat I'm seein' all the "Peeps"
When we're all together chattin' 'bout the week
Chattin'
Weekend Chattn'
And the cares that hung around me through the week
Seem to vanish when I see the Wikipeeps
When we're all together chattin' 'bout the week
Oh, I love to break a brick wall
And my CC7 to peak
But it doesn't boot me half as much
As chattin' with the "Peeps"
Oh, I love to go out searching
In a graveyard by a creek
But I don't enjoy it half as much
As chattin' with the "Peeps"
Chat with me
I want to hear about you
That charm about you
Will carry me through to more...
Chattin'
Weekend Chattn'
And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak
And on Weekend Chat I'm seein' all the "Peeps"
When we're all together chattin' 'bout the week
Music
Come on and chat with me
I want to hear about you
That charm about you
It will carry me through
To see you Chattin
Yes, I'm Chattin'
And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak
And I seem to find that happiness I seek
When we're all together chattin
All together chattin'
All together chattin' 'bout the week!

Weekend Chat Breeze

Sung to the Tune of Summer Breeze by Seals and Croft

Summer Breeze is a song written and recorded by American soft rock duo Seals and Crofts.
It is the title track of their fourth studio album, and was released as the album's lead single in August 1972.
The song reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US.
In 2013, it was ranked No. 13 in Rolling Stone′s "Best Summer Songs of All Time"
The song also became a hit for the Isley Brothers in 1974
- Parody by Dave Draper

Here is the music: https://www.youtube.com//watch?v=GQQbjpomexo

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Weekend Chat Breeze
See the Wikipeeps hanging in the "Chat" room
Every weekend at Friday first light
A little light a-shinin' through my desktop
Let's me know the Peeps are all right
Weekend Chat make me feel fine
Readin all the comments blows my mind
WikiTree is where I find
All the living cousins in my line
See the Chat room filled with happy people
Miles away, but they all seem right next door
So I type thoughts on my keboard
Hit return, send them to the board
Weekend Chat make me feel fine
Readin all the comments blows my mind
WikiTree is where I find
All the living cousins in my line
Sweet days of Chattin', the Peeps fill the room
Telling their stories like singin' a tune
And I come home from a hard day's work
And You're waiting there
To share your whole world
See the smiles a-waitin in the Chat room
Through posting comments from all you
Feel the love that reaches to hold you
In the evening when the day is through
Weekend Chat make me feel fine
Readin all the comments blows my mind
WikiTree is where I find
All the living cousins in my line

Cousin Connection

Sung to the Tune of Rainbow Connection

Released 1979 in The Muppet Movie'
Written by: Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher
Performed by: Kemit The Frog AKA Jim Henson
Reach 25 on Billboard Hot 100 and remaining in the top 40 for 7 weeks
Best Original Song Nomination to writers in the 52nd Academy Awards
In 2020, Rainbow Connection was recognized by the Library Of Congress and now preserved in the National Recording Registry
- Parody by Dave Draper

Here is the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awhyiBv-oQc

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Cousin Connection

Why are the so many posts about people
On WikiTree G2G
Family and mem'ries
With the conclusion
With sources we all can see
"Not True!" we're told
And some choose to believe it
I know they're wrong, wait and see
Some day we'll find them
Our cousin connections
Right here on this WikiTree
Not every Member
Can be seen or featured
In M.O.M. on the WikiTree
Somebody thought of that
And the "Forest Elf" believed it
That's why there's a G2G
What's so amazing
That keeps us source grazing
And who do we think we might see
Someday we'll find them
The cousin connections
And build up our 7-C-C
All of us under its spell
We know that we'll find all the sources
Have you made profiles?
And have you heard voices?
Ancestors calling your name?
They need remembered
And they need connected
Our DNA is all the same
I've been discouraged; I try to ignore it
Genealogist: what I'm supposed to be
Someday we'll find them
The cousin connections
Because we are all family
La da da di da da dum da duh da da dum di da ohhh

Every Kind Of WikiPeep

First released in 1978 reaching No. 16
Re-mixed and re-released in 1992 reaching No. 8
Robert Allen Palmer (1949 - 2003)
Robert Allen Palmer https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Palmer-12324
- Parody by Dave Draper

Here is the Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R686uRAzwIk

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Every Kind Of WikiPeep
To be the first to post each week
Keeps a "Peep" up on his feet
Postin' all his thoughts
Postin' pics of what he bought

Ooh, it takes every kinda WikiPeep
To make what Chat's about, yeah
Every kinda Wikipeep
From all the world around
Someone's looking for a lead
For his sources to a king or Stanley Sneed
Profilein' what he feels is right
Fights against wrong 'bout his life
There's no purpose to decieve
Honest Peeps know that'
Brick walls do not taste sweet
Whether yellow, black, or white
Each and every profile's the same inside
Ooh, it takes every kinda WikiPeep
To make what Chat's about, yeah
Every kinda Wikipeep
From all the world around
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
D-doo, doo, doo, doo, dum, dum, dum, ooh-ooh
You know that love's our only goal
That could bring some peace to any soul, ooh
Hey, and every Peeps the same
Weekend Chat's the only game
Ooh, it takes every kinda WikiPeep
To make what Chat's about, yeah
Takes every kinda Wikipeep
From all the world around
Ooh, every kinda WikiPeep
To make what Chat's about, yeah
Takes every kinda Wikipeep
From all the world around
Takes every kinda Wikipeep

Should've Have Been On WikiTree

Written and Recorder by Toby Keith

AKA Toby Keith Covel (July 8, 1961 – February 5, 2024)
Released on February 12, 1993, as his debut single
On June 5, 1993, the song reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs
“This highway patrolman who I had met on the trip, his name was John, he jumps up. He was probably 45 or 50 back then, and he runs over to this 25-year-old cowgirl. He was going to show that he could bust a move. She turns him down. He comes over, and said, ‘She says she doesn’t dance.’ About 15 minutes later, a young cowboy comes in — and off they go on the dance floor. Everybody was making fun of him, and one of the guys said, ‘John, I guess you should have been a cowboy.’ ”
- Parody by Dave Draper

Here is the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIq1LvzSLsk

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I Should've Been On WikiTree
I bet you never heard of Dillon Marshall till today
Miss Kitty, he married, but not until they ran away!
Settling down in Smith County,Tennessee
Yeah, I profiled both of them on WikiTree
Using Sourcer, only took a minute!
But, they never tied the knot! His heart wasn't in it,
He just stole a kiss as he rode away
He never hung his hat up at Kitty's place
I should've been on WikiTree, I should've learned to source and write
Back years ago when these folks were around and were still alive
Profilin' from the start, profilin' Gene and Roy
Helping new members along. Oh I should've been on WikiTree
I might've had a profile with a funny name
Looking wild through the forum at all the names
Ending up on the brink of danger
Making profiles of the Texas Rangers
Get sources young man, haven't you been told?
Genealogy's full of stories to be told
Make profiles all night of the Movie Stars
With a mouse in my hand and a hot Pop Tart
I should've been on WikiTree, I should've learned to source and write
Back years ago when these folks were around and were still alive
Profilin' from the start, profilin' Gene and Roy
Helping new members along. Oh, I should've been on WikiTree
I should've been on WikiTree, I should've learned to source and write
Back years ago when these folks were around and were still alive
Profilin' from the start, profilin' Gene and Roy
Helping new members along. Oh, I should've been on WikiTree
Yeah, I was on Ancestry
Yeah, I should've been on WikiTree

You Make Weekend Chat Fun

Sung to the Tune of You Make Loving Fun by Fleetwood Mac

Written and sung by Christine McVie.
Released as the fourth and final 45 rpm single from the band's 1977 album Rumours.
It peaked at No. 9 on the US Billboard Hot 100

*It was inspired by Christine McVie's affair with the band's lighting director, Curry Grant. She told her then-husband and fellow band member, John McVie, that the song was about her dog. Christine McVie: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Perfect-250

**Song Parody by Dave Draper

Here is the music:

https://www.google.com/search?q=YouTube+You+Make+Living+fun&sca_esv=3cfb034d87db37ea&sxsrf=ACQVn0-KtwlJzHezRFP_OECQJ27UUXbL1Q%3A1706803407462&source=hp&ei=z8C7Zbm3GaGN0PEP6LidgA0&iflsig=ANes7DEAAAAAZbvO3__kX5p-UTm5AVAAFnyeIjEm1QXX&ved=0ahUKEwj52rOWwoqEAxWhBjQIHWhcB9AQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=YouTube+You+Make+Living+fun&gs_lp=Egdnd3Mtd2l6IhtZb3VUdWJlIFlvdSBNYWtlIExpdmluZyBmdW4yBxAAGIAEGA0yBxAAGIAEGA0yBxAAGIAEGA0yCBAAGAgYHhgNMggQABgIGB4YDUj4ZFAAWPFecAB4AJABAJgB1QGgAYwSqgEGMjMuMy4xuAEDyAEA-AEBwgIEECMYJ8ICChAjGIAEGIoFGCfCAhEQABiABBiKBRiRAhixAxiDAcICERAuGIMBGMcBGLEDGNEDGIAEwgIREC4YgAQYsQMYgwEYxwEY0QPCAgsQABiABBixAxiDAcICDhAAGIAEGIoFGJECGLEDwgILEC4YgAQYsQMYgwHCAgsQLhiABBjHARivAcICDhAuGIAEGMcBGK8BGI4FwgIIEAAYgAQYsQPCAgUQABiABMICBxAAGIAEGArCAg4QABiABBiKBRixAxiDAcICBRAuGIAEwgIIEAAYFhgeGArCAgYQABgWGB7CAgsQABiABBiKBRiGA8ICBRAhGKAB&sclient=gws-wiz#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:2f141b72,vid:863PwjoYhZI,st:0

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You Make Weekend Chat Fun

Sweet Wikipeeps, you
You make me happy what you say and do
Oh, I want you to know
I'm thinking about you wherever I go
I never did believe you are my cousins
But I've a feeling it's not a lie
I never did believe in genealogy
But I'm beginning to wonder why
I never did believe you are my cousins
But I've a feeling it's not a lie
I never did believe in genealogy
But I'm beginning to wonder why
Don't, don't have to yell
It makes no difference, I'll love you still
You, make Weekend Chat fun
And I don't have to tell you Weekend Chat's the one
You, make Weekend Chat fun
Chattins' all I want to do
You, make Weekend Chat fun
Chattins' all I want to do
You, make Weekend Chat fun
Chattins' all I want to do
You, Make Weekend Chat fun
Chattins' all I want to do

Chat With Me

Sung to the tune of Dance With Me

Released 1974, became a hit single in 1975
Wtitten by group member John and Johanna Hall (wife). John hated her lyrics, but was finally one over when she sang it to him while out driving one day.
It only reached No.5 & 6 on the charts, but was the group's 1st hit

Here is the Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZpFoleSJ78

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Chat with Me

Chat with me
I want to be your partner
In WikiTree
The Weekend Chat is starting
Peeps are posting and Pip is hosting
Chat with me
WikiTree
Could never be so thrilling
It's all free
I hope that you are willing
Sign the code and get in the mode
Chat with me
Get your CC7 off the ground
Starry eyes and cousins all around us
We can show you what you want to know
Oh, oh
Chat with me
I want to be your partner
In WikiTree
The Weekend is starting
Peeps are posting and Pip is hosting
Chat with me
Get your CC7 off the ground
Starry eyes and cousins all around us
We can show you what you want to know
Oh, oh
Chat with me
I want to be your partner
In WikiTree
The Weekend chat starting
Peeps are posting and Pip is Hosting
Chat with me

All Night Thon

Sung to the tune of All Night Long (All Night)

All Night Long (All Night) Released 1983
Written by American singer/songwriter Lionel Richie
Richie admitted that the "African" lyrics in the song, were gibberish
The single reached number one on three Billboard charts
The music video was produced by former Monkee, Michael Nesmith
Directed by Bob Rafelson.
- Parody by Dave Draper

Here is the Music: https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=nqAvFx3NxUM

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Da Da
Oo-o-oh-oh
Well, Wikipeeps, the time has come
Raise our CC7 and have some fun
There is plenty work to be done
Let the Thonin' go on (go on, go on, go on...)
Everybody source. That's the goals!
Lose yourself down rabbit holes
We're going to: Party, Discord, Fiesta, forever
Come on and Thon along!
We're going to: Party, Discord, Fiesta, forever
Come on and Thon along!
Connect-A-Thon! All night
All Weekend Long! All night
All night Thon! All night
Connect-A-Thon!
Yeah, once you get started,
You can't slow down
Come join the Thon
It's merry n' profound
Everyone's sourcing
Those GEDCOMS away
Come join our Thonin'
And see how we play!
Music
Wikipeeps, they say: "We love ya""!
Yeah, Jambo Jumbo
Way to Thonin' o we goin'
Oh, jambali
Wikipeeps, they say: "We love ya"!
Yeah, Jambo, jumbo
Oh, O, O, O, yes!
We're going to have a party!
Connect-A-Thon, all night
All Weekend long, yeaz,
All night Thon, all night
Connect-A-Thon! Whoa!
Everyone you meet
They're jammin' on their keys
All night Thon!
Yeah! I said:
Everyone you meet
They're jammin' on their keys
All night Thon!
Feel good! Feel good!
All night! All night!
All night! All night!
Repeat over and over and fade out

Thon Ride

Sung to the tune of "Sleigh Ride"

Sleigh Ride was an instrumental song composed by Leroy Anderson. who formed the original idea for the piece during a heat wave in July 1946, and he finished the work in February 1948.
Its first performance was by the Boston Pops, Arthur Fiedler conducting, on May 4, 1948. reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Pop Music chart.
Lyrics were added by Mitchell Parish, a Jewish lyricist who intended the lyrics of the song to describe a winter event, not Christmas. Mitchell Parish was chosen by Leroy Anderson to write lyrics for 7 of his compositions.

This song was chosen as this week's parody as was originally intended by the writer to be a sleighing song for everyone, whenever and wherever it snows. This makes parody makes a nice addition to the "Thon Songs". Enjoy!

(Boston Pops Instrumental Recording conducted by John Williams https://www.youtube.com//watch?v=EDRFmn_KqfA.)

Here is the music with lyrics: The Ronettes Official Music Video. Release November 22, 1963, which has been the biggest selling hit of this song!

https://www.youtube.com//watch?v=DkXIJe8CaIc

Just hear those Wikipeeps chatting in the Tree House
And on Weekend Chat too!
Come on were longing to be Thonin'
And be addin' some sources with you!
We'll be a-Discord-in'
And the friends will be yellin' YOO HOO!
Come on were longing to be Thonin'
and be addin' some sources with you!
Our 'Peeps are nice and friendly
And willing to help us, you'll see!
We'll all add sources to the profiles
And strengthen our family TREE!
We'll take the course before us
And source our family with you!
Come on were longing to be Thonin'
And be addin' some sources with you!
Our 'Peeps are nice and friendly
And willing to help us, you'll see!
We'll all add sources to the profiles
And strengthen our family TREE!
We'll take the course before us
And source our family with you!
Come on were longing to be Thonin'
And be addin' some sources with you!
Note: There are additional lyrics not included in the Ronettes version.

Don't Hurry, Be Chatty

Sung to the tune of Don't Worry! Be Happy!

Written by Bobby McFerrin
Released in 1988
It was the first a cappella song to reach No. 1 in several countries.
- Parody by Dave Draper

Here is the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsvkZ5r0jis

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Don't Hurry, Be Chatty!
Here's a Weekend Chat song to quote
You might want to sing it note for note
Don't hurry, be chatty!
In every life we hurry to trouble
But when you hurry, you make it double
Don't hurry! Be chatty
Don't hurry, be chatty now
Don't hurry! Be chatty
Don't hurry, be chatty
Don't hurry! Be chatty
Don't hurry, be chatty
Ain't got no sources for the dead
Your cousin screwed up Uncle Fred!
Don't hurry, be chatty
Ancestry says your fees are late
They may have to litigate
Don't hurry, ha ha ha be chatty (look at me, I'm chatty)
Don't hurry! Be chatty
Hey I give you my profile number,
Don't you hurry, log on, we'll make you happy
Don't hurry! Be chatty
Don't need no cash, WikiTree has style
They don't have fees, so stay awhile
But don't hurry, be chatty
'Cause when you hurry we know you're down
Everybody here will erase your frown!
So don't hurry! Be chatty
Don't hurry, be chatty now
Don't hurry! Be chatty
Don't hurry, be chatty
Don't hurry! Be chatty
Don't hurry, be chatty
Don't hurry! Don't hurry! Just chat!
Be chatty! We'll put a smile on your face!
We'll get rid of that frown
Don't hurry! Don't go fast! Chat whatever it is!
Don't hurry, be chatty

Chatty

Sung to the tune of Happy written and performed by Pharrell Williams

Released 2013 as the only single from the soundtrack album of Despicable Me 2
It reached No. 1 in 24 countries becoming the best-selling song of 2014.
- Parody by Dave Draper

Here is the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbZSe6N_BXs

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CHATTY
It might seem crazy what I am 'bout to say
Weekend Chat is here, you can take a break
I'm a ... so full of hot air; I could float to space
With a flair, like I don't care, baby it's my way
Huh (Because we're chatty)
Chat along if you're feelin' you're down and you need some love
(Because we're chatty)
Chat along even if you make a comment to those above
(Because we're chatty)
Chat along because you know what happiness is to you
(Because we're chatty)
Chat along if you feel that we all love you too!
Here come the bad, dissen' this and that (Yeah)
They give "Down Votes" out, and they don't hold back (Yeah)
Well I should probably warn you, you'll be just fine (Yeah)
Voting Wikipeeps "Down" is a waste-a-time
Here's why:
(Because we're chatty)
Chat along if you're feelin' you're down and you need some love
(Because we're chatty)
Chat along even if you make a comment to those above
(Because we're chatty)
Chat along because you know what happiness is to you
(Because we're chatty)
Chat along if you feel that we all love you too! Hey! Go!
Uh, vote me down
Can't nothing, bring me down
My love is too high to bring me down
Can't nothing, bring me down, I said think 'bout
Uh, Vote me down, can't nothing
Bring me down
My love is too high to bring me down
Can't nothing, bring me down, I said
(Because we're chatty)
Chat along if you're feelin' you're down and you need some love
(Because we're chatty)
Chat along even if you make a comment to those above
(Because we're chatty)
Chat along because you know what happiness is to you
(Because we're chatty)
Chat along if you feel that we all love you too!
(Because we're chatty)
Chat along if you're feelin' you're down and you need some love
(Because we're chatty)
Chat along even if you make a comment to those above
(Because we're chatty)
Chat along because you know what happiness is to you
(Because we're chatty)
Chat along if you feel that we all love you too! Hey!
Uh, vote me down
Can't nothing, bring me down
My love is too high to bring me down
Can't nothing, bring me down... I say
(Because we're chatty)
Chat along if you're feelin' you're down and you need some love
(Because we're chatty)
Chat along even if you make a comment to those above
(Because we're chatty)
Chat along because you know what happiness is to you, hey, hey, hey!
(Because we're chatty)
Chat along if you feel that we all love you too!
(Because we're chatty)
Chat along if you're feelin' you're down and you need some love
(Because we're chatty)
Chat along even if you make a comment to those above
(Because we're chatty)
Chat along because you know what happiness is to you, hey. hey!
(Because we're chatty)
Chat along if you feel that we all love you too!
- Come on!
Abrupt stop

Data Doctor

Sung to the tune of Witch Doctor

Released 1958
Written and performed by Ross Bagdasarian AKA David Seville.
It became a number one hit and held the number 1 spot for 3 weeks!
The song's sales rescued Liberty Records from near-bankruptcy.
WikiTree profile: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bagdasarian-1 AKA David Seville
- Parody by Dave Draper

Here is the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmjrTcYMqBM

WITCH DOCTOR (David Seville) 1958 original version - YouTube
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*Data Doctor

I told the Data Doctors I’d join up with you
I told the Data Doctors I didn’t know what to do
And then the Data Doctors, told me what to do
They said to:
Ooo eee, WikiTree ting tang
Find A Grave bing bang
Ooo eee, WikiTree ting tang
Wiki WikiTree bang
Ooo eee, WikiTree ting tang
Family Search, bing bang
Ooo eee, WikiTree ting tang
Wiki WikiTree bang
I told the Data Doctors there’s a lot to do
I told the Data Doctors sources were not right
And then the Data Doctors gave me this advice
They said to
Ooo eee, WikiTree ting tang
Find A Grave bing bang
Ooo eee, WikiTree ting tang
Wiki WikiTree bang
Ooo eee, WikiTree ting tang
Family Search, bing bang
Ooo eee, WikiTree ting tang
Wiki WikiTree bang
Ancestry kept facts from me
Just like they were a miser
And I’ll admit I wasn’t very smart
So I went out and found myself a group that’s so much wiser
And they taught me a way to have a part
My friends the Data Doctors taught me what to say
My friends the Data Doctors taught me what to do
I know that you’ll will join when I say this to you
Ooo eee, WikiTree ting tang
Find A Grave bing bang
Ooo eee, WikiTree ting tang
Wiki WikiTree bang
Ooo eee, WikiTree ting tang
Family Search, bing bang
Ooo eee, WikiTree ting tang
Wiki WikiTree bang
Ancestry kept facts from me
Just like they were a miser
And I’ll admit I wasn’t very smart
So I went out and found myself a group that’s so much wiser
And they taught me a way to have a part
My friends the Data Doctors taught me what to say
My friends the Data Doctors taught me what to do
I know that you’ll will join when I say this to you
Oh baby,
Ooo eee, WikiTree ting tang
Find A Grave bing bang
Ooo eee, WikiTree ting tang
Wiki WikiTree bang
Ooo eee, WikiTree ting tang
Family Search, bing bang
Ooo eee, WikiTree ting tang
Wiki WikiTree bang
Ooo eee, WikiTree ting tang
Find A Grave bing bang
Ooo eee, WikiTree ting tang
Wiki WikiTree bang
Ooo eee, WikiTree ting tang
Family Search, bing bang
Ooo eee, WikiTree ting tang
Wiki WikiTree bang

Dave's SONG PARODIES Album 3

Mr. Whitten

Sung to the tune of Mr. Sandman

1954 First recored by Vaughn Monroe on the B side of "They Were Doing the Mambo"
The Chordettes' version was a single that reached No. 1 on all three of Billboard's popular music charts, and was ranked No. 9 in Cash Box's ranking of "1955's Top Pop Records as Voted in the Cash Box Poll".[13]
In 2002, the 1954 recording of the song by The Chordettes on Cadence Records was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bleyer-57 Archie Bleyer
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Buschmann-230 Jeanette Bleyer
Written by Pat Ballard
- Parody by Dave Draper

Here is the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX45pYvxDiA

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Mr. Whitten

Mr. Whitten, you made WikiTree
Made it the best site that I’ve ever seen
You gave it style and worked it over
On Weekend Chat my lonesome nights are over
Whitten, I’m not alone
Wikipeeps are a singing along
Thank you for the WikiTree
Mr. Whitten, you brought us a dream
Music
Mr. Whitten, you made WikiTree
Made it the best site that I’ve ever seen
I give you my word, I’m not a rover
On Weekend Chat my lonely nights are over
Whitten, I’m not alone
Wikipeeps are singing along
Thank you for the WikiTree
Mr. Whitten, you brought us a dream
Music
Mr. Whitten (yes) you brought us a dream
We’ve been able to document our families
We made a profile of Pagliacci
And Notables like Liberace
Mr. Whitten, may I be bold?
I’m your cousin, that’s what I’m told
So thank you for your WikiTree
Mr. Whitten, thank you, thank thank you
Mr. Whitten, you brought us a dream!

Ancestry Put The WikiTree Back In Me

Sung to the tune of The City Put the Country Back in Me

Released in 1994. Written by Mike Geiger, Woody Mullis and Michael Huffman and recorded by American country music artist Neal McCoy.
It reached number 5 on US Hot Country Songs!
The music video was directed by Martin Kahan and premiered in late 1994. It was filmed in New York City and New Jersey and features a prominent display of the former World Trade Center Towers.
- Parody by Dave Draper

Here is the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6qI_UoG0vw

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Ancestry Put the WikiTree Back In Me
I joined Wikitree but I thought it was a dead-end road.
My every dream was to just find folks of old;
Like a siren Ancestry called out my name!
I started a tree! Turned it into memory lane!
Well I made my profiles! Yeah, they looked like gold!
But then I realized my sources stunk ya know
I started missing things, my sources couldn’t find
I re-found WikiTree shining like a big neon sign
Wikipeeps had sources and bios that were best by far
They showed how their kin folk drank from a mason jar
I think I found what genealogy should be
Ancestry put the WikiTree back in me!
Music
When you go on the forum you don’t have to leave your room
Just ask for help, Wikipeeps help you find your roots
Now it’s the best in the world of genealogy
Ancestry put the WikiTree back in me!
Wikipeeps had sources and bios that were best by far
They showed how their kin folk drank from a mason jar
I think I found what genealogy should be
Ancestry put the WikiTree back in me!
Yeah, Ancestry put the WikiTree back in me!

Chit Chat!

Sung to the tune of Splish Splash by Bobby Darin

Released in 1958, Bobby Darin co-wrote the song with DJ Murray Kaufman, who bet that Darin could not write a song that began with the words, “Splish splash, I was takin’ a bath”, as suggested by Murray’s mother, Jean Kaufman! The Song Soared to #3!

Bobby Darin WikiTree: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cassotto-1
Bobby Darin and Dave Draper are 17th Cousins
- Parody by Dave Draper

Here is the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSA-yHzkvP8

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Chit Chat
Chit Chat, I was on Weekend Chat
Long about a Saturday night, yeah
A sandwich Club, I was eating some grub
Thinking everything was alright
Well, I posted my chat, then I posted some more
Nobody replied
So I posted once more, and then
Well, Chit Chat, I had to walk it back!
Well how I was I to know a Source-A-Thon was goin’ on!
There was NO chitin’ and a chattin’, reeling with some feeling
Moving and a-grooving, rocking and a rolling, yeah
Next week I saw the whole gang
Posting ‘bout their prescription drugs, yeah
Flip flop their temps were over the top
Wikipeeps were sick with the bug
There was Lollipop with-a Peggy Sue
Good Golly, Miss Anonymous was even there too
A-well-a Chit Chat, I forgot to feed my brats
I went and chatted all the night long, yeah
I was a rolling and a-strolling, reeling with the feeling
Moving and a grooving, chittin’ and a chattin’, yeah
Yes, I was chittin’ and a chattin’
I was a-rolling and a strolling
Yeah, I was a-moving and a grooving, whoo
We was a-reeling with the feeling, ha
We was a-rolling and a-strolling, moving with the grooving
Chit – Chat, yeah
Chittin’ and a Chattin’ (one time)
I was a chittin’ and a chattin’ (Whoo, Whee)
I was a-moving and a grooving
Yeah, I was a chittin’ and a chatting

I Chat For A Good Time

Sung to the tune of I'm Here For A Good Time by American Country Music legend George Strait!

Written by George Strait, his son Bubba and Dean Dillon
Released June 13, 2011, as the 92nd single of his career and it shot to #1 bringing the number to 59 of #1 hits!
*George Straight and Dave Draper are cousins! 18th 1xR
- His profile on WikiTree is private, but his father's profile is here: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Strait-246
- Parody by Dave Draper (George is 26 days older than Dave Draper, just saying!)

Here is the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl3lcTZN7fI

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I Chat For A Good Time

I can’t wait for Friday morn’
I whine and moan for Weekend Chat ‘till it comes on
Don’t think for a minute
That I’m gonna sit around and watch! I’ll play along
I believe it’s full of joy! And I have a blast!
Friday morn I wake up knowing this could be my last
I ain't here for a long time
I chat for a good time
So bring on the sunshine! Know well this is MY time
Post me your good times!
When I’m gone, carve in my stone: “He chatted all the time!”
I ain't here for a long time
I chat for a good time
Wikipeeps are posting about what they like to do
But I like to post just what I like
I'll take the chance, dance the dance
It might be wrong but then again it might be right
There’s no way of knowing all the kind of things
Wikipeeps will post up just about everything!
I ain't here for a long time
I chat for a good time
So bring on the sunshine! Know well this is MY time
Post me your good times!
When I’m gone, carve in my stone: “He chatted all the time!”
I ain't here for a long time
I chat for a good time
I ain't here for a long time
I chat for a good time

Everybody’s Chatting on the Weekend

Sung to the tune of Working for the Weekend by Canadian rock band Loverboy,
Written by guitarist Paul Dean, vocalist Mike Reno and drummer Matt Frenette
The song was released in October 1981 and reached number two on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart in January 1982.
- Parody by Dave Draper

Here is the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsgBpsNPQ50

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Everybody’s Chatting on the Weekend
Everyone's watchin' to see what you will post
Everyone's lookin' at you, oh
Everyone's wonderin' will you reach out tonight?
Everyone’s chattin. They’re not uptight (not uptight)
Everybody's chattin' on the weekend
Everybody wants to take a stance
Everybody's goin' Wikipeepin’
Everybody takes a second glance, oh
You wanna piece of my heart?
We love the thoughts you impart
You wanna be in the show?
Come on baby, let's go!
Music
Everyone's lookin' to see just what you do
Everyone wants you to come through
Everyone's hopin' it'll all work out
Everyone's chattin’. They're shouting out
Everybody's chattin' on the weekend
Everybody wants to take a stance, hey yeah, hey-hey
Everybody's goin' Wikipeepin’
Everybody takes a second glance, oh
You wanna piece of my heart?
We love the thoughts you impart
You wanna be in the show?
Come on baby, let's go!
Hey!
You wanna piece of my heart?
We love the thoughts you impart
You wanna be in the show?
Come on baby, let's go!
You wanna piece of my heart?
We love the thoughts you impart
You wanna be in the show?
Come on baby, let's go!

If You're Gonna Play In WikiTree (You Gotta Have Your Sources In Hand)

Sung to the tune of: If You Want To Play In Texas
Written by Murry Kellum and Dan Mitchell
Released in 1984 by American Country Music Band, Alabama, as a “B” rated song on the flip side of "I'm Not That Way Anymore" but the radio programmers preferred the flipside recording.
It became Alabama’s 14th consecutive number-one single!
- Parody by Dave Draper

Here is the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6r4E514nJg

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If You Wanna Play In WikiTree (You Got To Have Your Sources At Hand)
If you’re gonna play in WikiTree
You gotta have your sources at hand
That leading Bio is hot
But not for a Wikipeeping man
So dig a little deeper for sources
And let’s all merge
If your gonna play in WikiTree
You gotta have your sources at hand
I remember down in Houston
A “genealogist” was at a show
When Wikipeep in the back stood up and yelled
Who’s "Cotton-Eyed Joe"
He said, "We love what you're doin'
Boys don't get us wrong
There’s just somethin’ missin
And it’s wrong!
If you’re gonna play in WikiTree
You gotta have your sources at hand
That leading Bio is hot
But not for a Wikipeeping man
So dig a little deeper for sources
And let’s all merge
If your gonna play in WikiTree
You gotta have your sources at hand
So that Wikipeep got his laptop, to set all matters straight
Them Texans raised the roof when Pip opened up his case
You say y’all want sources, birth and death records, just say so
I’ll include some Census docs before I go
If you’re gonna play in WikiTree
You gotta have your sources at hand
That leading Bio is hot
But not for a Wikipeeping man
So dig a little deeper for sources
And let’s all merge
If your gonna play in WikiTree
You gotta have your sources at hand
Repeat Chorus

Source Busters

Sung to the tune of:
Ghostbusters
Songwriter: Ray Parker Jr.
In August 1984, the song peaked at No. 1
A lawsuit accusing Parker of basing the song's melody on Huey Lewis and the News's song "I Want a New Drug" resulted in Lewis receiving a settlement.
- Parody by Dave Draper

Here is the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgNWyBXBC0E

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SOURCE BUSTERS
Source Busters (background singers
If there's something strange
On a profile page
Who you gonna call?
Source Busters (background singers
If there's something weird
And it don't look good
Who you gonna call?
Source Busters (background singers
No source? Well he’s just a ghost
I ain't afraid of no ghost
You're NOT seeing things
That need to be read
Who can you call?
Source Busters (background singers
An invisible man
No graveyard bed
Oh, who you gonna call?
Source Busters (background singers
I ain't afraid of no ghost
I ain't afraid of no ghost
Who you gonna call?
Source Busters (background singers
Well you're not alone
There’s Source-A-Thon
and ya call
Source Busters (background singers
I ain't afraid of no ghost*
I ain't afraid of no ghost*
I ain't afraid of no ghost*
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Who you gonna call?
Source Busters (background singers
Mmm, if you've had a dose
of an unsourced ghost, baby
You better call
Source Busters (background singers
Lemme tell ya something
Sourcing makes me feel good
I ain't afraid of no ghost
I ain't afraid of no ghost
Don't get caught alone oh, no
Source Busters (background singers
When you finish your source
You’ll just wanna do more
I think you better call
Source Busters (background singers
Who you gonna call?
Source Busters (background singers
Who you gonna call?
Source Busters (background singers
Uh, think you better call
Source Busters (background singers
Ha ha, who you gonna call?
Source Busters (background singers
I can't hear you
Who you gonna call?
Source Busters (background singers
Louder
Source Busters (background singers
Who you gonna call?
Source Busters (background singers
Who can you call?
Source Busters (background singers

It's Weekend Chat Somewhere

Sung to the tune of:
It's Five O' Clock Somewhere
Written by Jim "Moose" Brown and Don Rollins
Released in June 2003 and performed by Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffet
- Parody by Dave Draper

Here is the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPCjC543llU

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It's Weekend Chat Somewhere
The sun is up and that old clock
Says 8 am, Friday morn
Work week passes like molasses
‘Till weekend time, and Chat arrives
Chat comes on this hour
Can’t wait another minute
Anxiety pushed me
Over the limit
Can’t wait to post something
I wanna be the first one to say:
Post me something short or long
About anything, before I go insane
It's now just half past twelve. But I don't care
It’s Weekend Chat somewhere
This Chat break is gonna take
All afternoon, half the night
Tomorrow morning I know there'll be plenty to say
But, hey, that's all right
I ain't missed a Chat now, in over a year
Got lots to say, gonna start right here
If the phone's for me you can tell 'em
I just can’t get away!
Post me something short or long
About anything, before I go insane
It's now just half past twelve. But I don't care
It’s Weekend Chat somewhere
I could go take a nap, or pour a concrete slab
And be back on Chat before two
At a moment like this, I can't help but wonder
What would Pip Sheppard do?
Funny you should ask that!
Post me something short or long
About anything, before I go insane
It's now just half past twelve. But I don't care
Post me something short or long
About anything, before I go insane
It's now just half past twelve. But I don't care
I don't care
It’s Weekend Chat somewhere

I've Got Family In Low Places

Sung to the tune of:
I’ve Got Friends in Low Places
Written by Dewayne Blackwell and Earl Bud Lee
This #1 Country song was released August 6, 1990
Sung by American Country Artist Garth Brooks
- Parody by Dave Draper

Here is the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0_der_5hRM

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I’ve Got FAMILY in Low Places
Blame it all on our roots, we wear cowboy boots
We’ll ruin your hacking affair
You hacked in our "Tree"; endangered my friends an me!
We’ll be the last ones you thought you'd see here
And we’ll see the surprise and the fear in your eyes
When we take your glass of champagne
And we’ll roast you, and say "Buddy, you’re through
You'll never hear members complain
'Cause we’ve got family in low places
When you hack our "Tree" and our Free Space pages. We’ll blow you away!
And you wont be OK
Yeah, we’re not big on legal graces
We’ll all slip on down to your home location
Oh, we've got family in low places
Well, I guess we were wrong, you just don't belong
But then we’ve been there before
Everything's all right, better just say good night
When we all show up at your door
Hey, if you know what we mean, we might cause a big scene
Just give us an hour and then
Well, you’ll be as high as that computer tower
That you're hackin’ on
'Cause we’ve got family in low places
When you hack our "Tree" and our Free Space pages. We’ll blow you away!
And you wont be OK
Yeah, we’re not big on legal graces
We’ll all slip on down to your home location
Oh, We’ve got family in low places
Oh, we've got family in low places
When you hack our "Tree" and our Free Space pages. We’ll blow you away!
And you wont be OK
Yeah, we’re not big on legal graces
We’ll all slip on down to your home location
Oh, We’ve got family in low places
Repeat Chorus 3 more times, slow fade out

The Thonler

Sung to the tune of The Gambler
Written by Don Schlitz in August of 1976
After two years of searching, the song was picked up, several artists covered it, but flopped.
When Kenny Rogers covered it, it went to Number 1
- Parody by Dave Draper
Here's the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hx4gdlfamo
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The Thonler
On a warm Friday morning, on a search getting nowhere
I met up with a Wikipeep, we were both to tired to sleep
So we took turns a searching for records in the “darkness”
‘Til boredom overtook us and we got on Weekend Chat
He chats: “Son, I’ve spent a lifetime, reading obituaries
And knowin’ where their homes were, and where they’re laid to rest!
So, if you don’t mind my saying, I can see you’re out of sources
I’m gonna drink some coffee, then I’ll give you some advice
So we went and both got coffee, we drank down our last swallow
Then he looked at my sources, and said, Well this ain’t right”!
Then he got deathly quiet, and later made this confession:
Said, “if you’re gonna play on WikiGames
You gotta learn to play it right”
You got to know how to source ‘em, and add templates to ‘em
Know how to merge some one when there’s duplications
You never count your points when you’re sitting at your table
There’ll be time enough for countin’ when the “Games” are done!
Every “Thonler” knows that the secret to survivin’
Is knowin’ when to play hard, and knowing when to sleep!
‘Cause everyone’s a winner and everyone‘s a loser
And the best you can hope for, when it’s over, get some sleep
And when he finished chatin’
I just stared out my window
My eyes got heavy and I faded off to sleep
And sometime in my dreaming, I finally got the meaning!
But in his final words, I found advice that I could keep
You got to know how to source ‘em, and add templates to ‘em
Know how to merge someone when there’s duplications
You never count your points when you’re sitting at your table
There’ll be time enough for countin’ when the “Games” are done!
Repeat chorus 2 more times

The Wiki Wiki Weekend Chat Song

Sung to the Tune of The Kiffness x Ginger the Cockatiel - Kookee Kookee (CLUB ANTHEM)
6.3M views 4 months ago #TheKiffness #Cockatiel
- Parody by Dave Draper

Here is the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ElihbSM6ic

Open the link in a new window
46 seconds of weirdness then:
One Time on Weekend Chat-O
I sang Wiki Wiki
Wikipeeps then posted
This is not a normal thing to see
The Chat had a supernatural ability
To cure any sadness
For you and me!
Oh baby why don’t we go
And post on Weekend Chat-O
And post about what we know!
And then we’ll feel alright!
Oh baby why don’t we show
Everybody how we go
On the WikiTree-O
And source a profile right!
1, 2, 1, 2, 3, GO!
Music
Wiki Wiki, Wiki Wiki
Wiki Wiki, Wiki Wiki
CHAT CHAT CHAT CHAT CHAT
CHAT CHAT CHAT CHAT CHAT
Music
Weekend Chaters singing
‘Bout the WikiTree
Restoring our faith
In genealogy
Once I was blind
Being on Ancestry
We all depend on a
Weekend Chat Party!
Oh baby why don’t we go
And post on Weekend Chat-O
And post about what we know!
And then we’ll feel alright!
Oh baby why don’t we show
Everybody how we go
On the WikiTree-O
And source a profile right!
1, 2, 1, 2, 3, GO!
Music fades

We're On Weekend Chat (and we want to say: "HEY"

Sung to the tune of: I’m From The Country

Written by Marty Brown, Stan Webb and Richard Young,
Recorded by the American country music artist Tracy Byrd.
Released in February 1998
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_from_the_Country_(song)
- Parody by Dave Draper
Here is the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av659aawOsE
Open the link in a new window, then click back here!
I'm on Weekend Chat and I wanna say: Hey!
Way back up in the country, back in the hills
Down in the hollows where this guy was real
He lived with the crazies and the old wildcats
Had sawed off shotguns and coon skin caps
That's who I profiled! I finished today!
I'm on Weekend Chat, and I wanna say "HEY":
Everybody knows everybody
Everybody calls you friend
You don't need an invitation
Click on the link and come on it
Yeah, we know how to source, but we wanna play
We’re all on Weekend Chat ‘til the end of Sunday!
All Weekend long, our lives will spill
And we chat back to bring the joy others feel
We chat ‘till Sunday, but we start on Friday first light
And when the chats are too long we just start a new page (hey)
We’re all on Weekend Chat and we wanna say, ”HEY”!
Everybody knows everybody
Everybody calls you friend
You don't need an invitation
Click on the link, come on in!
Yeah, we know how to profile, but we wanna play
We’re all on Weekend Chat,
It’s the Wikipeep way!
Everybody knows everybody
Everybody calls you friend
You don't need an invitation
Click on the link, come on in! (come on in!)
Yeah we know how to merge, but we wanna play
We’re on Weekend Chat! (Yeah!) We’re on Weekend Chat! (Lordy)
We’re on Weekend Chat, and we like what you say!

Dave's SONG PARODIES Album 2

Ain't Shutting Down ('til the sun comes up)

Sung to the tune of Ain't Going Down

Written by Garth Brooks, Kent Blazy and Kim Williams
Recorded by American Country Artist Garth Brooks
Released in July 1993 and peaked at number 1 for a week in the USA and 16 in the UK
- Parody by Dave Draper

Here’s the Music"' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAdOM3xfmTo

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Ain't Going Down ('Til The Sun Comes Up)
Six o’clock on Friday morning
Hubby (Tom) doesn’t know she’s “Thonning”
‘Til he hears the bed door slamming
Music squealing, fingers jamming
Local country station just a-blaring on the radio.
Connections stand at seven and she’s headed for a thousand more!
Husband (Tom) on the front porch
screamin' out his warning:
"Girl, you better get your red head
Back in bed before the morning!
Nine o’clock and she’s not ending
But the fun is just beginning
She’s behind but calculating
But she’s still participating
Grab a bite to eat and heading back in to Connect-a-Thon
But Mighty Oaks a leadin’'; just ain’t what she really wants
Dive back into the boondocks
And Family Search a sheet
And where it's George Strait 'til real late,
And connecting gals and geeks
Ain't shutting down 'til the sun comes up.
Ain't givin' in 'til she gets enough.
And one more connected ain’t gonna be enough
Ain't shutting down 'til the sun comes up.
Ten ‘til twelve it’s graveyard searching
Midnight starts with coffee drinking
One o’clock her farts are stinking
Two is coming, still no stopping.
Break to check the clock at three.
She’s right on where she wants to be
Four o'clock get up and going.
Five o'clock that rooster's crowing.
Ain't shutting down 'til the sun comes up.
Ain't givin' in 'til she gets enough.
And one more connected ain’t gonna be enough
Ain't shutting down 'til the sun comes up.
Six o'clock on Saturday.
Her spouse don’t know she’s in a daze
The stall ain’t clean, the horse ain’t fed
They say she’s frazzled, looks half dead!
But here she comes around the bend
Not Slowing down! She jumped back in!
Sorry, Tom, (husband) its Connect-A-Thon
And here she goes again!
Ain't shutting down 'til the sun comes up.
Ain't givin' in 'til she gets enough.
And one more connected ain’t gonna be enough
Ain't shutting down 'til the sun comes up.

Down On The Forum

Sung to the tune of Down on the Farm

Written by Jerry Laseter and Kerry Kurt Phillips
Recorded by American Country Artist Tim McGraw
Released in July 1994 and peaked at number 2 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles
- Parody by Dave Draper

Here is the Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YFCZb3rLb8

Click on the link then come back here, the music should play, and try to sing along!
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Down on the Forum (pronounced “form")
12 seconds (of red necks talkin’) then…
Every Friday morning we kick up lots of dust
Posting ‘bout our lives and our pick up trucks
Got some music crankin’ way up loud
Got coffee brewed here, drinking it down
They’re posting bout a fire. But don’t be alarmed
It’s just good ‘ole Wikipeeps getting down on the forum! (pronounced "form")
Ed’s been on a chatin’, ain’t seen his wife all week!
He’s posting up some pictures of a beautiful creek
Farmer Johnson’s daughter shows a pic of her Jeep
Man, she knows how to drive it if ya know what I mean
Old Dave’s (Draper) getting’ loud, but he don’t mean no harm
We’re just good ‘ole Wikipeeps getting down on the forum! (pronounced "form")
You can have a lot of fun when you click on in it.
But there’s a lot of things that’s posted, and there’s no limits!
Ain't no closing time, ain't no cover charge
Just good ‘ole Wikipeeps getting down on the forum! (pronounced "form")
Well, you can come as you are, there ain't no dress code
Just some Weekend Chat rules that you need to know
Don’t post no bull crap! Don’t post nothin’ mean!
Always say “Thank You!” Just say “”Kewl Beans!”
If the wife catches me, I might get just harmed!
We’re just good ‘ole Wikipeeps getting down on the forum!(pronounced "form")
You can have a lot of fun when you click on in it.
But there’s a lot of things that's posted, and there’s no limits!
Ain't no closing time, ain't no cover charge
Just good ‘ole Wikipeeps getting down on the forum! (pronounced "form")
Ain't no closing time, ain't no cover charge
Just good ‘ole Wikipeeps getting down on the forum! (pronounced "form")
Ah, let's get down y'all
Come in: Say “Hey”

WIKI

Sung to the tune of Sunny (performance by Boney M)

Boney M was a fabricated/created group by Frank Farian with transient artists coming and going!
- Their on stage performances were lip-syncing to pre-recorded music (like Milli Vanilli)
  - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boney_M.

Written by Bobby Hebb released in 1966 WikiTree Profile: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hebb-393
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_(Bobby_Hebb_song)
  - Parody by Dave Draper

Here is the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-u6qdeaPoE

Click on the link then come back here, the music should play, and try to sing along!
Or Open the link in a new window

WIKI!

Wiki---(Tree), Yesterday my tree was filled with nothing
Wiki---(Tree), you smiled at me and really eased the pain
The confusion is gone
And the sources are here
My profiles shine so very clear!
Wikipeeps so true, I thank you!
Wiki---(Tree), Thank you for the Free Space pa--a--ges
Wiki---(Tree), thank you for the “Thons” your brought my way!
The Weekend Chat fills me with awe!
Date Night makes me 10 feet tall!
Wiki..peeps so true, I love you
Wiki---(Tree), thank you for the profiles I can see!*
Wiki---(Tree), thank you for the help from A to Z*
My sources were wrong, did not understand
And a bond was formed when I found this clan
Wikipeeps so true, I thank you!
Wiki……
Music
Wiki (peeps), Thank for the smiles on your face
Wiki (Peeps), thank you for the gleam that shows it’s grace
You’re my spark of creative fire
Profiles look so much brighter
Wikipeeps so true. I thank YOU!
Wiki--(Tree), Yesterday my tree was filled with nothing
Wiki--(Tree), you smiled at me and really eased the pain
The confusion is gone
And Weekend Chat’s here
My Wikipeeps are so sincere!
Wikipeeps so true. I LOVE you! (yeah-ay-ay)
I thank you (hey, baby)
I thank you (hey, hey)
I thank you (oh, yeah yeah)
I thank you
I thank you

I'm still Alive!

Sung to the tune of Staying Alive

Written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb
1977
Placed at No.189 on the list Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
- Parody by Dave Draper

Here is the Music Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNFzfwLM72c

Click on the link then come back here, the music should play, and try to sing along!
Or Open the link in a new window

I'm still Alive!

Well, it’s on Weekend Chat you can see me stalk
Yeah, I’m so engaged no time to talk
Wikipeeps are friendly warm
Been posting here since Friday morn
And now it's alright, it's okay
I’m on here each and ev’ry day
We can try to understand
The Weekend Chat’s effect on man!
Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother
You’re stayin’ alive! You’re stayin’ alive
Feel the place shaking and Wkipeeps saying
We're stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive
Oh, when you Chat!
Well when I wake up and come alive
I see a sad post, It'll make me cry
Got the dog laying on my feet and shoes
If I get excited he is gonna lose
You know it's alright, it's okay
I’ll post ‘bout it another day
We can try to understand
Weekend Chat’s effect on man
Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother
You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Feel the place shakin’ and Wikipeeps saying
We’re stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive (oh)
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive (oh)
Life’s goin' on here, you all helped me
You have all helped me, yeah
Life’s goin' on here, you all helped me, yeah
I'm stayin' alive
Well, it’s on Weekend Chat you can see me stalk
Yeah, I’m so engaged no time to talk
Wikipeeps are friendly warm
Been posting here since Friday morn!
And now it's alright, it's okay
I’m on here each and ev’ry day
We can try to understand
The Weekend Chat’s effect on man!
Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother
You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Feel the place shakin’ Wikipeeps saying”
And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive (hey)
Life’s goin' on here, you all helped me
You have all helped me, yeah
Life’s goin' on here, you all helped me, yeah
I'm stayin' alive
Life’s goin' on here, you all helped me
You have all helped me, yeah
Life’s goin' on here, you all helped me, yeah
I'm stayin' alive
Life’s goin' on here, you all helped me
You have all helped me, yeah
Music fades out

The Gibb family are my 20th cousins through their mother Barbara Mary (Pass) Gibb

My wife shares a closer connection, being 16th cousin to the Gibb family

How close are YOU related to the Bee Gees?

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pass-138 Barbara Gibb (mother)
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gibb-531 Hugh Leslie Gibb (father)

You Can Call Me "Pal"

Sung to the tune of Call Me Al

Written by Paul Simon
Released August 1986
Studio: The Hit Factory, New York City
- Parody by Dave Draper

Here is the music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq-gYOrU8bA

Click on the link then come back here, the music should play, and try to sing along!
Or Open the link in a new window

You Can Call Me "Pal"

A man on Weekend Chat
He says, “Why am I on short on sources now?
Why am I short on the sources?
The rest of this profile is hard
I need some photo continuity
He was shot in Redemption (a town in the USA)
Don’t want to end up with nothing
In a canyon graveyard
Bonedigger, Bonedigger
Graves in the moonlight
Far away from my well-lit door
Mr. Beerbelly, Beerbelly
Get these nuts away from me
You know, I don-t find this man amusing anymore
If you’ll post on Weekend Chat
I can be your long lost pal
I can call you Betty
And Betty, when you call me, you can call me Pal
A man on Weekend Chat
He says. I’m getting down vote attention
Got a run of some down vote attention
And, whoa, musta said something wrong
Where's my wife and family?
What if I die here?
Who’ll adopt my profile
Now that my profile is wrong, wrong?
Lost my phone down the alley
Picked up by a creepy little bat-faced girl
All along, along
There were incidents and accidents
There were hints and allegations
If you’ll post on Weekend Chat
I can be your long lost pal
I can call you Betty
And Betty, when you call me...
Call me Pal
Music
A man on Weekend Chat
Posts pictures of a strange world
Maybe it’s the third world
Maybe it’s his own family town
Doesn’t use foul language
Hasn’t posted currently
He is a foreign man
He is surrounded by the sound, the sound
Pictures of the marketplace
Scatterings and orphanages
He looks around, around
He sees angels in the architecture
Spinning in infinity
He says, "Amen and Hallelujah!"
If you'll post on Weekend Chat
I can be your long lost pal
I can call you Betty
And Betty, when you call me...
Call me Pal
Na na na na, na na na na
Na na na na, na na na-na na-na
Na na na na, na-na na-na na na
Na na na na, na na na na
Music
If you'll post on Weekend Chat
I can call you Betty
If you'll post on Weekend Chat
I can call you Betty
If you'll post on Weekend Chat
Music fades out

Hip To Be Here

Sung to the tine of: Hip To Be Square

Song by Huey Lewis and the News
Written by Bill Gibson, Sean Hopper, and Huey Lewis
Released in 1986
- Parody by Dave Draper

Here is the Music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Lz-qrpg79M

Click on the link then come back here, the music should play, and try to sing along!
Or Open the link in a new window

Hip To Be Here!

I used to be on Ancestry
And Family Search around
But I couldn’t take the annoyance
And had to shut it down
Now I’m sourcing it real straight
And yes I post it here
You might think I'm crazy
But I don’t even care
'Cause I can tell what's going on
It’s hip to be here!
Weekend Chat's here
I like my files all business like
I use the WikiTree
I’m profiling most every day
And watching other trees
They tell me that it's not good for me
But I don't even care
I know that it's crazy
I know that they’re nowhere
But there is no denying that
Weekend Chat’s here
It's hip to be here
Weekend Chat’s here
So hip to be here
Music
WikiTree ain't hard to figure out
I profile every day
Ancestors who are farthest out
Are cousins anyway
You see them in the graveyard
And Searching is a lot of fun
But don't you try to fight it
An idea whose time has come
Don't tell me that I'm crazy
Don't tell me I'm nowhere
Take it from me
Weekend Chat’s here
It’s hip to be here!
Weekend Chat’s Here!
So hip to be here
Tell 'em, boys
Weekend Chat’s here!
(Hip, hip)
Music continues

Power of Chat

Sung to the tune of "The Power Of Love"
By Huey Lewis & The News -
Written by Huey Lewis, and band members Johnny Colla and Chris Hayes
Released June 1985
This was featured in the movie Back to the Future.
More about the song here:
- https://www.songfacts.com/facts/huey-lewis-the-news/the-power-of-love Song Facts
- Parody by Dave Draper

Here is the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UQFBtHEFJ8

Click on the link then come back here, the music should play, and try to sing along!
Or Open the link in a new window

The Power of Chat!

The Weekend Chat is a curious thing
Make a one man weep, make another man sing
Posts of hawks and a little white dove
More than a feeling, that’s the Weekend Chat love
Wikipeeps are diamonds, rich like cream
They post their heartaches, and all their dreams
Post about good ones! Post a wrong turned right!
Weekend Chat will keep you going all night
You don't need money, don't take fame
Don't need no credit card to ride this train
It’s strong and amazing and it’s “Kewl” sometimes
But it might just change your life
That’s the Weekend Chat love
That’s the Weekend Chat love
First time you feel it, it will make you glad
Next time you feel it, it might made you sad
But do be glad, Wikis, when you’ve found
That’s the power makes the chattin’ go ‘round
And it don't take money, don't take fame
Don't need no credit card to ride this train
It’s strong and amazing and it’s “Kewl” sometimes
But it might just change your life
They say that all in Chat is fair
Yeah but Wikipeeps care
But you know what to do (to do)
When it gets hold of you
And with a little post with some love
You feel the Weekend Chat love
You feel the Weekend Chat love
Can you feel it? Mmm-hmmm
Music
It don't take money and it don't take fame
Don't need no credit card to ride this train
Wikipeeps are diamonds and stronger than steel
You won't feel nothin' till you feel
You feel the power
Just feel the Weekend Chat love
That's the power
That's the Weekend Chat love
You feel the Weekend Chat love
You feel the Weekend Chat love

You Made Duplications

Sung to the tune of Walk Like an Egyptian

Written by Liam Sternberg
Released in 1986
Billboard’s 1987 Number-One song of the year
Million-selling single by The Bangles
- Parody by Dave Draper

Here is the Music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv6tuzHUuuk

Click on the link in a new window then come back here and try to sing along!
Or Open the link in a new window

You Made Duplications!

(pronounce it du-pla- Kay-Ay-shuns)
Okay! We're gonna do one more! Yeah!
All the old profiles with the tombs *
They got the sources don’t you know?
If you save to quick (oh whey oh)
You’ll get kicked out like some spam-e-o
To get back in may take a while
Not to worry, and do not fret
They’ll let you in (oh whey oh)
When they stop smoking cigarettes
… Foreign types with the hookah pipes say
(Whey oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh)
You made duplications! (du-pla-K-A-shuns)
The great profiles take many days
You come back in and you edit more
They're looking good (oh way oh)
You drop your mouse, retrieve it off the floor
They got school kids, so take a look
They like the punk and the metal band
When the cell phone rings (oh whey oh)
You edit the description (de-script-she-an)
Wikipeeps on your Free Space page say
(Whey oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh)
You made duplications (dupla-K-A-shuns)
Music
Slide your mouse to the top, click and clack
Shift your arm then you pull it back
It's not hard you know (oh whey oh)
So post a pic of a Cadillac
If you wanna profile cops
Search the owners of the donut shops
Then include their dance (oh whey oh)
How they cruise squad cars down the block
All Japanese with names of Yen
Will drive you nuts, do it all again
And the Chinese, whoa! (oh whey oh)
You’re gonna make duplications (dupla-K-A-shuns)
Hang your head at the donut shop, say:
Oh no, Oh no, Oh no, I know
I made duplications (dupla-K-A-shuns)
I made duplications (dupla-K-A-shuns)

The Girl From Weekend Chat

Written by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes,

With English lyrics by Norman Gimbel,
Sung by Astrud Gilberto
With the American jazz saxophonist Stan Getz 1964
Parody by Dave Draper

'Here is the music:;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw_a9LuWvE8

Open the link in a new window then come back here and try to sing along!
Or Click on the link then click back here and try to sing along! Enjoy

Tall and tan and
Young and Lovely
The girl on Weekend Chat
Is posting and
But when she answers
Each one she answers
Goes WOW!
When she chats
About the summer
It seems so cool
She speaks so gently
That when she answers
Each one she answers
Goes WOW!
Ooohhh but I watch her so sadly
How can I message I love her?
Yes I would chat with her gladly
But each chat that she answers
You see
She never chats back love to me
Tall and tan and
Young and Lovely
The girl on Weekend Chat
Is posting and
When she answers I smile
but she never sees
Music
Ooohhh but I watch her so sadly
How can I message I love her?
Yes I would chat with her gladly
But each time that I type on the keys
My hands float right through to my knees
Tall and tan and
Young and Lovely
The girl on Weekend Chat
Is posting and
Said she's making a profile,
And its about me!
A profile of me.!
I’m a ghost, you cant see!
My daughter is profiling me!

Love Chat

Sung to the tune of Love Shack
Songwriters: Kate Pierson, Fred Schneider, Keith Strickland & Cindy Wilson
Performed by the B-52s Released June 20, 1989
Ranks 246th on the 500 Greatest Hits of All Times
Unauthorized Parody by Dave Draper

Here is the music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SOryJvTAGs
- Open the link in a new window then come back here and try to sing along!

LOVE CHAT

If you see a cheery post on the G2G forum that says
Welcome all to the ….Weekend Chat,
Love chat, yeah
I’m scrolling down the forum posts today
Lookin' for the love getaway
Headed for the love getaway….
I got me a monitor, it’s big as a whale
And I’m scrolling down to the Weekend Chat
I posted a post: up votes about twenty
So come and post your Weekend Chat funny!
Weekend Chat is a little ‘ole place where
We can get together
Love chat baby
A love chat baby!
Love chat, baby, love chat
Love chat, baby love chat
Post says, “woo, this is so KEWL”
('Cause love rules at the love chat)
Well it says “I got stuck in the middle of a field”
“Found a funky old grave and I gotta get back”
Picture of his mistress
Picture of the old grave
Picture of his front porch
Picture of the fam’ly
Weekend Chat is a little old place where
We can get together
Love chat, baby
Love chat, baby!
Weekend Chat, that's where it's at
Weekend Chat, that's where it's at
Clickin' and a-posting, clickin' and a-chattin’
Wearin' next to nothing 'cause it's hot as an oven
The whole chat shimmies
The whole chat shimmies when our chattin' abounds
And around and around and around
Everybody's movin', everybody's groovin' baby
Folks siginn' up in stried just to get down
Everybody's postin', everybody's groovin' baby
Funky little chat
Funky little chat
I got me a monitor, it’s big as a whale
And I’m scrolling down to the Weekend Chat
I posted a post: up votes about twenty
So come on and post your love chat funny!
Weekend Chat is a little ‘ole place where
We can get together
Love chat baby
A love chat baby!
Love chat, baby love chat
Love chat, baby love chat
Music
Post, Post, Post on the Chat baby!
Post a little chowder, sugar
Post, Post, Post on the Chat baby!
I can't see you
Post Post! ...On the chat baby,
Post Post! ...On the chat,
Post Post! ...On the chat baby,
Post Post!...
You're what? abrupt stop!
Wife’s Home!
I’m BUSTED!
Love chat, baby love chat!
Love chat, baby love chat!
Love chat, baby love chat!
Love chat, baby love chat!

Simply Irresistible

Sung to the tune of Simply Irresistable

Sung by Robert Palmer
Unauthorized Parody by Dave Draper

Here is the Music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrGw_cOgwa8
Open the link in a new window then come back here and try to sing along!

How can it be permissible?
It’s works well with my principles, yeah yeah
Weekend Chat is mythical
It’s anything but typical
It’s a craze you’d endourse, It’s powerful force
You’re obliged to conform when there’s no other course
Weekend Chat looked good to me, but now I find it:
Simply irresistible
Simply irresistible
Our Weekend Chats so powerful, huh
It’s simply unavoidable
The trend irreversible
The Wikipeeps invincible!
There is no flaw at all, and it leaves me in awe
It deserves the applause, I endorse it because
Weekend Chat looked good to me, but now I find it
Simply irresistible
Simply irresistible
Simply irresistible
It’s so fine! There’s no tellin’ how much time I’ve spent!
Simple irresistible
It’s so fine, there’s no other way to go
It’s unavoidable, I chat and spill it all!
Wikipeep friendships, like I never felt before
I’m keeping promises, should be against laws
Weekend Chat looked good to me, but now I find it
Simply irresistible
It’s so fine! There’s no tellin’ how much time I’ve spent!
Simple irresistible
Its so fine, there’s no other way to go
Music guitar solo
Chat methods are inscrutable
The proof is irrefutable, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
It’s so completely loveable, huh
Our joy is indispensable , yeah, yeah
It’s a craze you’d endorse, It’s powerful force
You’re obliged to conform when there’s no other course
Weekend Chat looked good to me, but now I find it:
Simply irresistible
It’s so fine! There’s no tellin’ how much time I’ve spent!
Simple irresistible
Wiki Chats’ fine, there’s no other way to go
Simply irresisitible
It’s so fine! There’s no tellin’ how much time I’ve spent
Simple irresistible
Simple irresistible (abrupt stop)

WikiTree Boogie

Sung to the tune of: Mercury Blues (originally Mercury Boogie)

Written by K. C. Douglas and Robert Geddins in 1948.
Recorded by Alan Jackson, American Country Music Artist
Considered a “B” grade song that became a big hit!
Ford Motor Co. purchased the rights; changed it to “Ford Truck”
Unauthorized Parody by Dave Draper

Here is the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T3MgIRUwj0

Open the link in a new window then come back here and try to sing along!

Music - 15 seconds then:
Well, If I had time,
I’d tell you what I’d do
I’d go on WikiTree;
Add a movie star or two
Crazy ‘bout the WikiTree
Lord, I’m crazy ‘bout the WikiTree
I’m going on the Weekend Chat
And tell ‘em what I’m gonna do
Well, the girl I love
She joined the WikiTree
She found out
She’s a cousin to me
She’s crazy ‘bout the WikiTree
Well, then she said goodbye to me
And she’s going on the G2G
And tell ‘em what she’s gonna do
Oh’ let’s climb! ( guitar solo music)
Hey now mama,
Your profiles look so fine
Actually they’re lookin’
Better than mine!
Crazy ‘bout Wikitree
Lord, we’re crazy ‘bout the WikiTree
We’re going on the Weekend Chat
And tell ‘em what we’re gonna do
Climb that tree now! (violin solo music)
Well, my baby went out
She didn’t stay long
Got her friends to join,
And now they’re having fun
They’re crazy ‘bout the WikiTree
Yeah, they’re crazy ‘bout the WikiTree
They’re going on the G2G
And tell ‘em what they’re gonna do
Oh, keep climbing! (piano solo music)
Well, If I had time,
I’d tell you what I’d do
Go on WikiTree
Maybe add my family too!
Crazy ‘bout the WikiTree
Lord, I’m crazy ‘bout the WikiTree
I’m going on the Weekend Chat
And tell ‘em what I’m gonna do
I’m going on the G2G
And tell ‘em what I’m gonna do
Yeah, I’m going on the Weekend Chat
And tell "Pip" what I’m gonna do
Oh, let's climb! (guitar solo outro music)

Dave's SONG PARODIES Album 1

The Heart of WikiTree (is still beating)

Sung to the tune of:

The Heart Of Rock & Roll
- By Huey Lewis and the News; Recorded 1983
  - Unauthorized parody by Dave Draper

Here’s the music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7JVlpm0eRs
- Copy and paste link in a new window, then come back and try to sing along!

Music Intro: (heart beating) 34 seconds then:
New York, New York, is everything they say
And no place that I'd rather be
Where else can you find a million members
At the HQ of WikiTree
When they make their profiles, ooh those modern profiles
They like it with a lot of style
But it’s still those same old record sources
That really, really drives ‘em wild
They say the heart of WikiTree is still beating
And from what I’ve seen I believe ‘em
Now the old sites may be barely breathing
But the heart of WikiTree, heart of WikiTree is still beating
LA, Hollywood, the cem-e-ter-ies
Is something everyone should see
Walk of Fame, and the buried movies stars
Profiled so perfectly
When they show their profiles
Their hard sourced profiles
They like it with a lot of flash
But it’s still those same old record sources
That really kicks the others in the...
They say the heart of WikiTree is still beating
And from what I’ve seen I believe ‘em
Now the old sites may be barely breathing
But the heart of WikiTree, heart of WikiTree is still beating
Senora! Ow! (Music)
DC, San Antone and the Liberty Town
Boston and Baton Rouge
Tulsa, Austin, Oklahoma City
Seattle, San Francisco, too
Everywhere there’s graveyards, lovely graveyards
Stones with a million styles
But it’s still those same old record sources
That really, really drives ‘em wild
They say the heart of WikiTree is still beating
And from what I’ve seen I believe ‘em
Now the old sites may be barely breathing
But the heart of WikiTree, heart of WikiTree is still beating
Not Cleveland!
New York
The heart of WikiTree

Our Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)

Song by Chilliwack - My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone) (1981)

Written by Bill Henderson & Brian Macleod

Unauthorized parody by Dave Draper

Here is the music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMf4NapohUQ

Copy and paste link in a new window, then come back and try to sing along!

Gone, gone, gone, she’s been gone so long
She’s been gone, gone, gone so long
(Repeat 4x)
Ever since she left us
On the Connect-A-Thon
A little misunderstanding?
On a profile that went wrong?
Hanging out on the G2G
Looking for that little girl
I’m hanging out on the Weekend Chat
Talking about this girl
Our girl, she was on WikiTree
She’s gone, no see on G2G
Our girl might be a memory
She's been so long away
Gone, gone, gone, she’s been gone so long
She’s been gone, gone, gone so long
(Repeat 3x)
She didn’t have to leave us
She didn’t have to run
She didn't have to go
Without a word to anyone
I hope she’s doing alright
There was an F-5 tornado
That took her whole community
I heard it on the radio
Our girl, she was on WikiTree
She’s gone, it was a tragedy
Our girl, may be a memory
She's been so long away
Music (then abrupt stop)
Gone, gone, gone, she’s been gone so long
She’s been gone, gone, gone so long
(Repeat) add: Well I ever wonder if I’m ever gonna see that girl
She will not get our message
She has no Internet
She might just be in heaven right now
Or living in a make shift tent
Put the word on the forum
Spread it all around the world
Sooner or later I know we’re gonna find her
I’m talking about our girl
Our girl
Music
Our girl [Repeat x12] (gone, gone, gone, she’s been gone so long)

Add To The Line

'"Add To The Line"'

Sung to the tune of Jump In the LIne

Composed by Lord Kitchener
- AKA Aldwyn Roberts (1922 - 2000)
  - WikiTree profile: Roberts-28601

Sung by Harry Belafonte, Originally recorded 1961

Unauthorized Parody by Dave Draper

Here is the music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgWXF32nxLs
Copy and paste link in a new window, then come back and try to sing along!

Add, Add, Add, Senora
To your family line
Merge, merge, merge Senora
Duplicates you find
Work, work, work, Senora
Add your family line
Work, work, work, Senora
Then help me with mine!
A Wiki girl named Senora
All the members adore her
When she contributes, oh brother
She finds the facts so hard to uncover
Add to the line
Further back into time!
OK, I believe you!
Add to the line
Further back into time!
Ok, I believe you!
Add to the line
Further back into time!
OK, I believe you!
Add to the line
Further back into time!
Add, Add. Add, Senora
To your family line, whoa
Merge, merge, merge Senora
Duplicates you find
Work, work, work, Senora
Work your family line
Work, work, work, Senora
Then help me with mine!
You can talk about searches
In Ancestry or the counties
Senora finds all the titles
She jumps right in and adds to the profiles
Work on the line
Further back into time!
OK, I believe you!
Work on the line
Further back into time!
Rock that profile, child!
Add to the line
Further back into time!
Somebody, help me!
Add to the line
Further back into time! Whoa
Add, add, add, Senora
To your family line
Take, take, take-it, Senora
Then help me with mine! Whoa
Work, work, work, Senora
On your family line, Yep
Work, work, work, Senora
Work it back in time
Senora, she's a sensation
In G2G aviation
And members, you got to watch it
She’s an “Astronaut”, flies like a rocket
Work on the line
Further back into time!
OK, I believe you!
Work on the line
Further back into time!
Hoist that source a little higher!
Add to the line
Further back into time!
Up the quality!
Add to the line
Further back into time! Whoa
Music
Add, add, add, Senora
Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap!
To your family line
Merge, merge, merge Senora
Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap!
Duplicates you find!
Source, source, source, Senora
Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap!
Source it all the time
Merge, merge, merge, Senora
Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap!
Duplicates you find!
Senora searches the grave stones
Left to right from the tombstones
And when she gets the sensation
She go up on the forum with investigations
Add to the line
Further back into time!
Ok, I believe you!
Add to the line
Further back into time!
Somebody, help me!
Add to the line
Further back into time!
Ok, I believe you!
Add to the line
Further back into time! Whoa
Add, add, add, Senora
To your family line
Merge, merge, merge, Senora
Then help me with mine
Work, work work, Senora! (Abrupt End)

WikiTree Directions

Sung to the tune of ‘’Good Directions’’

Written by Luke Bryan and Rachel Thibodeau
Rcorded by American Country Music Artist Billy Currington
- Parody by Dave Draper

Here is the music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myr5JxC4b_I

Click on the link, then come back here
Copy and paste link in a new window, then come back and try to sing along!

WikiTree Directions

I was sitting here
Working on the Wikitree
Creating profiles when she messaged me
She had to be thinkin’ this guy must know everything
She had “Hollywood” written on her profile page
And didn’t know how to make a “Free Space” page
Needin’ directions
And I was the man for the job
I told her: Up on the menu if you look to the right
There’s a little “ADD” button that you might not find
Click and scroll down to the "New Free Space Page", you’ll see
Then click on that and you’ll be just great
But if you get confused, come right back here to me
I was sittin’ there
Thinkin’ ‘bout what I just done
Kickin’ myself for having so much fun
And I threw my mouse, and thought you fool; It coulda been love
I left for work, I couldn’t run her down
She probably didn’t like me anyhow
Yeah, on the Internet there isn’t so much of trust
I told her: Up on the menu if you look to your right
There’s a little “ADD” button that you might not find
Click and scroll down to the "New Free Space Page", you’ll see
Then click on that and you’ll be just great
But if you get confused, come right back here to me
Is this Georgia heat playin’ tricks on me
Or am I really seein’ what I think I see
The woman of my dreams messaged back to me
She went up on the menu and saw to the right
She clicked on the “ADD” button that’s easy to find
She scrolled right down to the “Free Space”, we all see
But she really got confused and came right back here to me
Thank God, we’ll try “MERGING”
I Love WikiTree

Weekend Chat Rules

Sung to the tune of "Summertime Blues" by Alan Jackson

Here is the music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9x0wbKHos0

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Original Song: co-written and recorded by Eddie Cochran in 1958

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAM1k9vEVqg (Stage performance)

Unauthorized Parody by Dave Draper (Alan Jackson's version)

Weekend Chat Rules!

Well, she’s a gonna raise a fuss, she’s gonna raise a holler
‘Cause I’m not finding work; going out to make a dollar
Every time I call my baby, to try to get a date
WikiChat distracts me, and I stay on it late
Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do
'Cause there ain't no cure 'cause the Weekend Chat rules!
Well, my mom an papa told me, son, you gotta make some money
If you want a new lap top for Weekend Chat next Sunday
Well I didn't go to work, told the boss I was sick
Now you wont get a lap top 'cause you didn't work a lick
Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do
'Cause there ain't no cure 'cause the Weekend Chat rules!!
Ow (music - solos)
Was Connect-A-Thonin', gonna need a vacation
I'm gonna take my problem to the Weekend Chat nation
Well I got on the G2G and they said quote:
“We’d like to help you son, but you're getting DOWN votes"
Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do
'Cause there ain't no cure 'cause the Weekend Chat rules!
(music – solos)
Well, I'm a gonna raise a fuss, I'm gonna raise a holler
‘Cause I got to go out and try an' earn a dollar
Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do
'Cause there ain't no cure 'cause the Weekend Chat rules!
Yeah, sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do
'Cause there ain't no cure 'cause the Weekend Chat rules
No, there ain't no cure cause the Weekend Chat rules!

Sister Goldern Hair

Sung to the tune of "Sister Golden Hair" by America.

Unauthorized Parody by Dave Draper

Here is the song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gibSb1_GGw

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Well I WikiTreed on Sunday,
And your profile was so depressed.
That I spent some time on Monday
And I cleaned up all the mess!
I ain't ready for another, but I do agree there's times
When those Wikipeeps are sure a friend of mine!

Well I keep on adding info
Sister Golden Hair surprise
And I’m finding more about you,
And it’s tearing up my eyes!
You were one great correspondent,
And died way before your time.
But it doesn't mean you ain't been on my mind!

Will you meet me in the middle, will you help add more here?
Will you source her just a little, just enough to show you care?
Well I tried to fake it, I don't mind sayin', I just can't make it!

Well I keep on thinkin' 'bout you
Sister Golden Hair surprise
And I’m finding more about you,
And it’s tearing up my eyes!
You were one great correspondent,
And died way before your time.
But it doesn't mean you ain't been on my mind!

Will you meet me in the middle, will you help add more here?
Will you source her just a little, just enough to show you care?
Well I tried to fake it, I don't mind sayin', I just can't make it

Doo wop doo wop, whoa Doo wop doo wop, whoa. (repeat)

WikiTree In Cincinnati

Unauthorized Parody by Dave Draper

Sung to the tune of WKRP IN CINCINNATI theme song
composed by Tom Wells & Jim Ellis
sung by Steve Carlisle

Here is the music"'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgrVP_J0BHk

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Baby, if you've ever wondered,
Wondered whatever became of me,
I'm on Weekend Chat in Cincinnati,
Cincinnati, on the WikiTree

Got tired of seeing profiles without sources,
Site to site, tired of free trials
I guess that them and me were never meant to be,
Thought I try out WikiTree for a while.

Heading in that rabbit hole and trying to find
Your family was really hard to do
Broke my heart in two, but baby, pay no mind
I found I’m a 2nd cousin to you!

Memories help me hide my lonesome feelin'
Far away from you and feelin' low
It's gettin' late my friend, my love, I miss you so
I’m on Weekend Chat, really have to go!

Baby, if you've ever wondered
Wondered whatever became of me
I'm on Weekend Chat in Cincinnati,
Cincinnati, on the WikiTree

Got tired of seeing profiles without sources,
Site to site, tired of free trials
I guess that them and me were never meant to be,
Thought I try out WikiTree for a while.

I'm on the WikiTree in Cincinnati

Whatcha Gonna Do?

Unauthorized Parody by Dave Draper

Sung to the tune of Whatcha Gonna Do? written by Lerios Jenkins and performed by Pablo Cruise

Here is the music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBaS5ovFaBk

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Whatcha gonna do when you find she's your cousin?
Should have checked that before you wed!
Whatcha gonna do when you find she's your cousin?
Now the kids are saying, "WE'RE INBRED!

So you're having trouble with your romance,
Should have checked out that fact before she goes!
And you might not be seeing what everybody knows:
You look like your wife with same hair, eyes and nose!

Whatcha gonna do when you find she's your cousin?
Should have checked that before you wed!
Whatcha gonna do when you find she's your cousin?
Now that she's saying "YOU ARE DEAD!

And all at once you're thinking: it's all bad!
'Cause ancestors you didn't know you had!
When all your friends are calling you a fool
Just look 'em in the eye and say "YOU'RE MY COUSIN TOO!

Whatcha gonna do when you find she's your cousin?
Should have checked that before you wed!
Whatcha gonna do when you find she's your cousin?
Now that she's saying "YOU ARE DEAD!

Whatcha gonna do when you find she's your cousin?
Should have checked that before you wed!
Whatcha gonna do when you find she's your cousin?
Now the kids are saying, "WE'RE INBRED!

I'm Alright

Unauthorized Parody by Dave Draper

Sung to the tune of I'm Alright by Kenny Loggins

Here is the music:

YouTube I'm Alright Kenny Logins

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I'm alright
Don't need to worry 'bout me
'Cause I spend all day
In my genealogy
I'm alright
Go away and let me be
I'd rather spend my whole life
Working on the WikiTree
I do what I like
Doing genealogy
But it ain't so easy
The web sites disagree

Somebody's life
Is really a mystery
I make it my business
It isn't everybody's thing

Got to catch you later
No, no: profile it right away (some 1890's kid)
I should get up; get a job (dip dip dip dip dip dip dip dip

I'm alright
Don't need to worry 'bout me
'Cause I spend all day
In my genealogy
I'm alright
Go away and let me be
I'd rather spend my whole life
Working on the WikiTree

Who did you find?
Profiling who today?
And who is it really?
Related to the line?
You wanna bio up the man?
Pay attention to the wife and kids
Adding sources while I'm in the mood

Click on status indicators
indicators
indicators
indi...

Don't it get you movin'?
(Mmmmm-man, you make it look good
Wow, 1890's kid
Then profile it and do a good job (Dip dip dip dip dip dip dip dip)

I'm (Boom, boom, boom)

I'm alright
Don't need to worry 'bout me
'Cause I spend all day
In my genealogy
I'm alright
Go away and let me be
I'd rather spend my whole life
Working on the WikiTree

Wasting Away Again In Wikitree

Unauthorized Parody by Dave Draper

Sung to the the tune of Margaritaville by Jimmy Buffett

Here is the music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohDqjRGqpIU

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Nibblin' on sponge cake
Feeling my butt ache
Sitting here working on WikiTree
My wife’s on the porch swing
Doing her own thing
While I’m doing my own ancestry!

Wasting away again in the Wikitree
Searching for that lost cousin of mine!
Some people say he’s on Find a Grave
But I know, he ain’t on that tree!

Don’t know the reason
I sat here all season
Profiling 3000 and two
Profiled some beauties,
Movie Star cuties
What to do next, I haven’t a clue

Wasting away again in the Wikitree
Searching for that lost cousin of mine!
Some people say he’s on Find a Grave
But I know, he might in be that tree!

I blew out my lap top
Profiling a bad cop
Went to Best Buy, and then I came home
Brand new computer
Finished profiling that loser!
Found a new profile to help me hang on!

Wasting away again in the Wikitree
Searching for that lost cousin of mine!
Some people say he’s on Find a Grave
But I know, he IS ON THAT TREE!

Taking It To The Tree

Taking It to WikiTree

Unauthorized Parody by Dave Draper

Sung to the tune of: Taking it the Streets by the Doobie Brothers

Here is the music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o_umKOTXIs

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You don't know me but I'm your cousin
I was raised not knowing very well
Who my kin was in this world
Fairly soon, the time will tell

You,
Telling me the things you're gonna do for me
I ain't blind and I think I love this WikiTree

Taking it to the Tree
(I’m on the G2G)
Taking it to the Tree
No more need for searching
(Taking it to the Tree)
Oh, na, na

Take this message to my cousins
You will find them everywhere
Wherever people work together
WikiTree will be right there

Oh You,
Telling me the things you're gonna do for me
I ain't blind and I think I love this WikiTree

Taking it to the Tree
(I’m on the G2G)
Takin it to the Tree
No more need for searching
(Taking it to the Tree)
Oh, Yeah
Takin it to the Tree
Takin' it, takin' it
(Takin' it to the Tree)
No more need for searching
(Takin' it to the Tree)
Oh, Lord
(Takin' it to the Tree)
Takin' it to the Tree
(Takin' it to the )

Oh You,
Telling me the things you're gonna do for me
Yeah, na
I ain't blind and I think I love this WikiTree

Taking it to the Tree
(I’m on the G2G)
Taking it to the Tree
No more need for searching
(Taking it to the Tree)
Oh, yeah

Taking it to the Tree
(I’m on the G2G)
Before we search farther
(Taking it to the Tree)
Oh, Lord

Takin' it, takin' it
(Takin' it to the Tree)
Hey, yeah, ha
Takin' it to the Tree
(Takin' it to the Tree)
No more need for searching
(Takin' it to the Tree)
No more need for searching
(Takin' it to the Tree)
Hey, yeah, yeah

No more
(Takin' it to the Tree)
Yeah, yeah
(Takin' it to the Tree)
Takin' it, takin' it
(To WikiTree)

O. C. California

(Note FYI: O. C. California is "Orange County", California)

Unauthorized parody by Dave Draper

Sung to the tune of "Hotel California" by the Eagles

Here is the music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BciS5krYL80

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I was heading down the highway
In the cool County air
Looking at all the buildings
Rising up in the air

Up ahead in the distance
I turned right at the light
I had to park the car and run inside
Before they closed for the night

At a desk near the doorway
I rang the desk top bell
And I was thinking to myself
"This could be Heaven or this could be Hell"

Then she came I asked her
I asked her, “Show me the way”
There were voices down the corridor
They yelled out, “Come this way!"

Welcome to the O. C . California
In the records place
(in the records place)
Such a lovely place

Plenty of records in the O. C. California
Any Time of year
(any time of year)
You can find them here!

Sat at a table that listed
It’s got a leg that’s been bent
In here are lots of little noisy boys
They’re just demons

I wished they go in the courtyard
I’m starting to sweat
Found records to remember
Found some to forget

So I called up the desk clerk
Are the Census to find?”
She said, “We haven’t those records here
Since 1969”

And still those voices are calling from far away
Sat my lap top on the table to the right
Then I heard them say:

Welcome to the O. C . California
In the records place
(in the records place)
Such a lovely place

Plenty of records in the O. C. California
Any Time of year
(any time of year)
You can find them here!

Bars on the Windows
Something don’t look right
Lady said there’s a problem here, no
Internet tonight

And in the managers office
They gathered for a meet
They came; said, “You can’t do that!”
“Get off that WikiTreee!"

Last thing I remember, I was
Running for the door,
Grabbed my lap top away from me
And smashed it on the floor

“Relax,” said the night man
“The program is Ancestry
You can only search on Find A Gave
But never on WikiTree!”

Dave Draper visiting with Volunteer pianist, Ardeath, at Carle Hospital in the surgical waiting area. Dave use to play this piano as a volunteer a few years back in 2017

Dave Draper's WikiTree Song Parodys-1

Contents

Original Music

New Releases

Nice Time If you Can Get it

Dave's Weekend Chat Parodies Album 5

Chat Time

Everybody Loves The Weekend Chat

Weekend Chat Was Made for Chattin'

You Make Me Feel Like Chattin'

A Dame With No Name

Chat Room Aint Empty

Come Chat With Me

Weekend Chat Guy

Weekend Chattin' Love

Weekend Chat Girl

Chattin' In the Dark

Chattin' Man

Dave's SONG PARODIES Album 5

We Didn't Start The Forum

Somewhere Over Chicago

Laughter In The Room

Lost In a Merge Today

The Things Of Weekend Chat Love

I Can See Family Now

For We All Know

Spooky

Wikipeeps: Biggest Part of Me!

Top of the Tree

WikiTree Bound

WikiTree Pie

Dave's SONG PARODIES Album 4

Chattin' With The Peeps

Weekend Chat Breeze

Cousin Connection

Every Kind Of WikiPeep

Should've Have Been On WikiTree

You Make Weekend Chat Fun

Chat With Me

All Night Thon

Thon Ride

Don't Hurry, Be Chatty

Chatty

Data Doctor

Dave's SONG PARODIES Album 3

Mr. Whitten

Ancestry Put The WikiTree Back In Me

Chit Chat!

I Chat For A Good Time

Everybody’s Chatting on the Weekend

If You're Gonna Play In WikiTree (You Gotta Have Your Sources In Hand)

Source Busters

It's Weekend Chat Somewhere

I've Got Family In Low Places

The Thonler

The Wiki Wiki Weekend Chat Song

We're On Weekend Chat (and we want to say: "HEY"

Dave's SONG PARODIES Album 2

Ain't Shutting Down ('til the sun comes up)

Down On The Forum

WIKI

I'm still Alive!

You Can Call Me "Pal"

Hip To Be Here

Power of Chat

You Made Duplications

The Girl From Weekend Chat

Love Chat

Simply Irresistible

WikiTree Boogie

Dave's SONG PARODIES Album 1

The Heart of WikiTree (is still beating)

Our Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)

Add To The Line

WikiTree Directions

Weekend Chat Rules

Sister Goldern Hair

WikiTree In Cincinnati

Whatcha Gonna Do?

I'm Alright