The Latin words to “Ave Maria” work VERY nicely to the Melody, though.
I write political parodies, and the BEST melodies for this activity are Classical.
A sample from 2005:
(Polovetzian Dance #1)
(Sopranos) Ignore me,
I’m a barking moonbat
A throwback to ‘63,
a liberal democrat
Don’t know left from right,
even if you just told me that
my bark is worse than my bite
I wear a tin foil hat
(altos) How ‘bout me? I love the environment
So much I’ll spike a tree
Or blow up an SUV
Or—maybe— set a torch
to a new development
Or raid a research lab
and set all the rats free!
(All)Take my name off your email mailing list
You guys are all the same
So I’m voting socialist
I’m calling good things “bad”
And I’m calling evil “good”
I get all my wisdom from
the weirdos in Hollywood.
I have also written silly words to Beethoven’s 7th Symphony 2nd Movement that sounds like the labyrinth of a telephone answering device.
I am the Political Weird Al of Classical Music.
Here's an exercise for you.
In 1826, when he was reaching the peak of his powers, Schubert set a number of poems by Ernst Schulze, an insane poet, to music. This one is rock and roll, and it's Schubert's "Born to Run". It's the story of a man riding his horse through the woods on the way to his girlfriend. Change the words to a man riding his Harley down the two-lane blacktop, and you have a song for Springsteen. Just add guitar and drums.
Graham Johnson's liner notes are on the left side here.
You can find the words in English and German here.