History YMMV / TheWurzels

** "Farmer Bill's Cowman" adds rustic lyrics to Whistling Jack Smith's instrumental novelty record "I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman", which got to #5 in the charts in 1967. Although the parody didn't chart as highly as the original (released a year after "The Combine Harvester" and "I Am a Cider Drinker", it peaked at #32), it is still better known than said original today.

** "I Am a Cider Drinker" is a pastiche of the George Baker Selection's 1975 hit "Paloma Blanca". The original peaked at #10 in the British charts, while The Wurzels' version got to #3.
** "Farmer Bill's Cowman" adds rustic lyrics to Whistling Jack Smith's instrumental novelty record "I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman", which got to #5 in the charts in 1967. Although the parody didn't chart as highly as the original (released a year after "The Combine Harvester" and "I Am a Cider Drinker", it peaked at #32), it's still better known than said original today.

** "I Am a Cider Drinker" is a pastiche of the George Baker Sensation's 1975 hit "Paloma Blanca". The original peaked at #10 in the British charts, while The Wurzels' version got to #3.

** As well as being a cover (see above), "The Combine Harvester" is a rustic pastiche of Melanie Safka's 1971 hit "Brand New Key". It is the most famous Wurzels song by some considerable distance, (providing them with their only #1 hit) and is ''much'' better known in Britain than Melanie's original (which got to #4 in the British charts). The titular brand new combine harvester is used in an attempt to impress the narrator's love interest, just like the brand new pair of roller skates in the original song.

** As well as being a cover (see above), "The Combine Harvester" is a rustic pastiche of Melanie Safka's 1971 hit "Brand New Key", which got to #4 in the British charts. Then in 1976, the parody version famously gave The Wurzels their only #1 hit. The titular brand new combine harvester is used in an attempt to impress the narrator's love interest, just like the brand new pair of roller skates in the original song.

** "Farmer Bill's Cowman" adds rustic lyrics to Whistling Jack Smith's ''instrumental'' novelty hit "I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman", which got to #5 in the charts in 1967. Although the parody didn't chart as highly as the original (released a year after "The Combine Harvester" and "I Am a Cider Drinker", it peaked at #32), it's still better known than said original today.

** "Farmer Bill's Cowman" adds rustic lyrics to Whistling Jack Smith's ''instrumental'' novelty hit "I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman", which got to #5 in the charts. Although the parody didn't chart as highly as the original (released a year after "The Combine Harvester" and "I Am a Cider Drinker", it peaked at #32), it's still better known than said original today.

** "Farmer Bill's Cowman" adds rustic lyrics to Whistling Jack Smith's 1967 ''instrumental'' novelty hit "I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman".

* HilariousInHindsight: In 1995, they appeared [[AsHimself as themselves]] in an episode of ''Series/CoogansRun'' in which they were plugging a new, slightly rewritten version of "The Combine Harvester". Six years later, a remixed version of that very song was released, and got to #39 in the charts.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Originally written and recorded in 1967, "Pill, Pill" contains several references to the ferry service over the Avon that (at the time) operated between Pill (in Somerset) and Shirehampton (in Gloucestershire). Within a few years, the ferry service was rendered obsolete by the construction of the Avonmouth Bridge, which opened to traffic in 1974.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Originally recorded in 1967, "Pill, Pill" contains several references to the ferry service over the Avon that (at the time) operated between Pill (in Somerset) and Shirehampton (in Gloucestershire). Within a few years, the ferry service was rendered obsolete by the construction of the Avonmouth Bridge, which opened to traffic in 1974.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Originally recorded in 1967, "Pill, Pill" contains several references to the ferry service over the Avon that (at the time) operated between Pill (in Somerset) and Shirehampton (in Gloucestershire). The ferry service was rendered obsolete by the Avonmouth Bridge, which opened to traffic in 1974.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Originally recorded in 1967, "Pill, Pill" contains several references to the ferry service over the Avon that used to run between Pill (in Somerset) and Shirehampton (in Gloucestershire). The ferry service was rendered obsolete by the Avonmouth Bridge, which opened to traffic in 1974.

** "Farmer Bill's Cowman" adds rustic lyrics to Whistling Jack Smith's 1967 ''instrumental'' novelty hit "I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman".

* CoveredUp: Few people are aware that, in addition to it being a parody (see below) "The Combine Harvester" is actually a cover of a song by Irish comedian Brendan Grace which got to #1 in the Irish charts in 1975. The Wurzels' version, released a year later, is now much better known.

** As well as being a cover (see above), "The Combine Harvester" is a rustic pastiche of Melanie Safka's 1971 hit "Brand New Key", which got to #4 in the British charts. Then in 1976, the parody version famously gave The Wurzels their only #1 hit. The titular brand new combine harvester is used in an attempt to impress the narrator's love interest, rather like the brand new pair of roller skates in the original song.

** As well as being a cover (see above), "The Combine Harvester" is a rustic pastiche of Melanie Safka's 1971 hit "Brand New Key", which got to #4 in the British charts. Then in 1976, the parody version famously gave The Wurzels their only #1 hit. The titular brand new combine harvester is used to impress the narrator's love interest, rather like the brand new pair of roller skates in the original song.

* ParodyDisplacement: A few of their songs are now arguably better known -- in Britain at least -- than the songs they were originally parodying.
** As well as being a cover version of a song released by Brendan Grace the year before it became the Wurzels' only number one hit, "The Combine Harvester" is a rustic pastiche of Melanie Safka's 1971 hit "Brand New Key", with the emphasis on the titular brand new combine harvester which is referred to in an attempt to impress the narrator's love interest, rather like the brand new pair of roller skates in the original song.
** "I Am a Cider Drinker" is a pastiche of the George Baker Sensation's 1975 hit "Paloma Blanca".

** As well as being a cover version of a song released by Brendan Grace the year before it became the Wurzels' only number one hit, "The Combine Harvester" is a rustic pastiche of Melanie Safka's 1971 hit "Brand New Key".

** "Farmer Bill's Cowman" adds rustic lyrics to Whistling Jack Smith's 1967 ''instrumental'' novelty 1967 hit "I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman".

** As well as being a cover version of song released by Brendan Grace the year before it became the Wurzels' only number one hit, "The Combine Harvester" is a rustic pastiche of Melanie Safka's 1971 hit "Brand New Key".

* ParodyDisplacement: A few of their songs are now better known -- in Britain at least -- than the songs they were originally parodying. Classic examples are:

** "Farmer Bill's Cowman" adds rustic lyrics to Whistling Jack Smith's 1967 ''instrumental'' 1967 hit "I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman".

* ParodyDisplacement: A few of their songs are now better known -- in Britain at least -- than the songs they were originally parodying. The classic example is "The Combine Harvester" which is actually a pastiche of Melanie Safka's 1971 hit "Brand New Key".