Usual disclaimers apply: I don't own 'Hogan's Heroes' and am only borrowing them for fun, not profit. I also don't own anything having to do with 'The Beverly Hillbillies', and am only borrowing their song for fun, not profit.
With apologies to Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, I give you...
The Ballad of Hogan's
Heroes
(To the tune of 'The
Beverly Hillbillies' TV show theme)
Come and listen to my
story 'bout a man named Jed
A young mountaineer who
loved the life he led.
Until one day came
Hitler and his crew
And Jed knew just, what
he had to do.
Enlist, that is. Join up. Go fight the war.
Next thing you know
Jed's gone and been shot down
Landin' near the
woods in Nazi Germany.
Ends up on a mission
with Hogan and his men
He blew up a bridge
t'help defeat the enemy.
Krauts, that is. Axis powers. The Berlin crowd.
Now it's time to say
goodbye to Hogan and his men
They would like to
thank you folks for kindly dropping in
You're all invited
back right now to watch 'em on TV
Be that on a broadcast,
a tape or on a DVD.
Hogan's Heroes, that is. Klink and Schultz. Hochstetter, too.
Y'all are dismissed now, y'hear?
Author's Note: This is in response to the Flattery Challenge, and dedicated to Jeff Agroovie1's short story, "The Hammelburg Hillbilly", and is posted here with his kind permission.