I was thinking back to parodied songs I remember from childhood, like On Top of Old Smokey and Battle Hymn of the Republic. It seems that most, if not all, of them have ¾ tempo. Is there something inherently funnier about 1–2–3, 1–2–3 than 1–2–3–4, 1–2–3–4? Is it easier to come up with lyrics?