They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!  

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They're coming to take me away,
Haha, they're coming to take me away,
Ho ho, hee hee, ha ha,
To the funny farm

--"They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" (1966)

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"They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" (1966) is a record by Jerry Samuels, recorded under the name Napoleon XIV. Released on Warner Bros. Records. It was covered several times, by Amanda Lear for example.

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Story

The lyrics describe the effect on the mental health of an individual after a break-up. His paranoid thinking makes him believe that he is about to be transported to the "funny farm" (referring to a mental hospital), and he welcomes them as an end to his misery. The main character seems to be addressing an ex-girlfriend or wife, and describes his descent into madness after she has left him. However, the last verse of the song finishes: "They'll find you yet and when they do, they'll put you in the ASPCA, you mangy mutt", which was intended to imply that the singer is actually referring to a runaway dog.

Answer song

In the same year of its release came an answer song by 'Josephine XV': I'm Happy They Took You Away, Ha-Haa!.

In the Neerlandosphere

There were two translations "Ze Nemen Me Eindelijk Mee, Ha-Haaa!" by Tineke de Nooij, performed by Floris VI (Dick Rienstra), and under the same title, but with different lyrics, by Hugo de Groot (Cees De Man).

There was a reinterpretation by Bob Bouber under the title Ik wil me Donaldukkie terug (1968).

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