Saturday 9 March 2024

Uke-Song: "REFLUX ROMP", decaffeinated version


PARODY-LYRICS

ORIGINAL SONG: "Java Jive" The Ink Spots 1940. 
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, January 2014, originally posted on this blogsite January 10, 2014 as post #12. Thanks to Steve McNie of Corktown Ukulele Jam / Toronto Ukes for providing chord charts and other help!




REFLUX ROMP

(to the tune of "Java Jive")





UKULELE-FRIENDLY FORMAT


(Click on any chord-chart slide to move to 'song-presentation mode'; then navigate through thumbnails at bottom of page.)


 F#dim7 = 2323;  Fdim7 =1212;  Gm7 = 0211;  E6 = 4444;  F6= 5555
Bb6 = 0211;  Bbm6 = 0111;  C5+7 = 1001;  Bb7 = 1211;  Bb9 =1213 




















Related Palindromes:

Decaf-level faced.

Deficit-song. Aid diagnostic. I fed.


Lived on Decaf, faced no Devil.


ORIGINAL SONG-LYRICS: JAVA JIVE




























Monday 19 February 2024

Uke-Song: "NO ELEMENTS", a Latin listing, imaginatively attributed to Tom Lehrer


PARODY-LYRICS

ORIGINAL SONG: "The Elements", Tom Lehrer, 1959.
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, 2013. A decade later, it might be worthwhile to review these once more!
Please note that T.L.'s genius has provided inspiration for a handful of other parody patter-songs; these are summarized at the bottom of this post. 

EXPLANATION: Lehrer had adapted the tune from "The Major General's Song" from Gilbert and Sullivan's "Pirates of Penzance". There are 3 somewhat different melodies/chord-sequences used in alteration through the GandS song, and in Lehrer's derived take-off.

PARODY-LYRICS LINK: The lyrics for this song constituted one of Giorgio's  earliest submissions to the online parody-lyrics website at AmIRight.com. And, should you prefer, they are displayed without the chord-indications on our blogsite "Daily Illustrated Nonsense"; click HERE.




NO ELEMENTS

(to the tune of "The Elements")

Singable Introduction:
Tom [G]Lehrer became a legend with his scientific patter-song,
More [D7]popular and loved than his unpublished “Anti-Matter Song”;
En[G]hancing humdrum discourse, just to quote his ode lends elegance
To [D]conversation thrumming with the [A7]spectrum of the [D]elements.
  
We [D7]face this glum conundrum as alumni of Phi[Gm]lology -
Lay-[F7]folk would like a list replete with Latin ety[Bb]mology
The [D7]possibilities for neutral nouns in -U-M [Gm]loom awesome;
No [Eb7]need to invoke hokum terms like tantrum or o[D7]possum, chum.


Most names for elements are
 neutral Latin nouns


The Roman empire included England


  
A famous building in Rome


      




 












The Patter-Song Lyrics:
There’s [G]atrium, asylum, arboretum, auditorium
Com[D7]pendium and modicum and rostrum, crematorium
And [G]coliseum, quantum, condominium, euphonium
And [D]album, acetabulum, mu[A7]seum, pande[D]monium.
           
There’s [D7]maximum and minimum and optimum and [Gm]medium
And [F7]opium, opprobrium, colloquium and [Bb]tedium
Col[D7]ostrum, serum, sputum, sebum, nostrum and me[Gm]conium
And [Eb7]sternum, talcum, labium, ovum, spermato[D7]gonium.  

Ca[G]ladium, nasturtium and laburnum and geranium
And [D7]sacrum, cecum, ischium and tympanum and cranium
Con[G]sortium, memo[D7]randum, and sym[G]posium and [D7]podium
De[G]sideratum, [C]datum, vacuum, [G]ulti[D7]matum, [G]odium.

There’s [G]pablum, perineum, paramecium, petroleum
And [D7]locum and inoculum, lyceum and linoleum
A few English words ending in -UM
 are not of Latin origin
And [G]tritium, deuterium, trapezium and trillium
My[D]celium, flagellum, endo[A7]thelium and [D]cilium.

There’s [D7]quorum and decorum, mausoleum, mora[Gm]torium
And [F7]premium, per-annum, honorarium, em[Bb]porium
And [D7]pendulum and forum, fulcrum, speculum, bac[Gm]terium
And [Eb7]cerebellum, plenum, sum, curriculum, de[D7]lirium.

Gym[G]nasium and stadium and magnum and terrarium
So[D7]larium, momentum, myocardium, aquarium
And [G]scrotum and fac[D7]totum and post[G]partum and con[D7]tinuum
And [G]duodenum, [C]referendum, [G]rectum [D7]and re[G]siduum.

Addendum #1
There's [G]stratum, alum, [D7]allium, al[G]luvium et [D7]alia,
And [G]mom's pouch called mar[C]supium, but [G]mostly [D7]in Aus[G]tralia.

Addendum #2
To [G]plural them, heads [D7]swirling them, “What [G]single rule? - please [D7]answer, Pa”.
My [G]dictum, “Don’t in[C]flict ‘em with [G]erratums [D7]or chry[G]santhema !” 
et cetera!


(My suggestion for the first 3 verses of the patter-list portion of this parody are shown here, but adapt them as you like! Incidentally, the Eb7 chord may look formidable to some - just use the barred version of D7 one fret higher, than slide back for the D7 that follows!)

You crave more patter-songs in the style of Tom Lehrer???
T.L. inspired a significant platterful of songs related to our interest in grammatically paired words, including binomials and reduplications. And, you should have your foot in the door, having mastered the complexities of singing and playing our above offering "No Elements".  So, enjoy trying these as well !!!     
1a. "Alliterative Binomials, part#1"
3.  "A Lesson about Reduplications" (not a patter-song)
5.  "No Elements", 3rd declension Latin nouns
6.  "The Uniqueness of Nuclear", Latin adjectival listing, scheduled for April 2024.



Related Palindromes:  (Latin examples found at Auxilium: Palindroma

There seem to be no published examples of phrases based on the  neutral nouns !!! 

Ave, Eva.  (Hail, Eve !)

Sum summus mus. (I am the top mouse)

Et tiger non regit te.  (And the tiger doesn't rule thee).

Aures serua.  (Safeguard your ears).

Sator Arepo Tenet Opera Rotas. (The famous  "Sator Square" - can be read either horizontally or vertically 

Roma tibi subito motibus ibit amor. (In Rome, love will go to you suddenly)



Friday 9 February 2024

Uke-Song: "BROKEN ARROW", reminiscence of cold-war near-catastrophes

SAD ANTI-WAR SATIRE:

ORIGINAL SONG:  "Desperado", The Eagles, 1973. "Desperado" is also the name of the second studio album recorded by the band. 
SATIRE COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, March 2018.
SONGLINK: The same tune was used as the vehicle for a parody song posted in 2014 entitled "Macadamias".
WORDPLAY LINK: A related post showing the song-lyrics only (without the chord indications) has just become available  on our sister blog "Daily Illustrated Nonsense". See this post.



BROKEN ARROW

(to the tune of "Desperado")



UKULELE-FRIENDLY VERSION (and guitar, too!)

(Click on any chord-chart slide to move to 'song-presentation mode'; then navigate through thumbnails at bottom of page.)

Specifics for C-tuned ukulele:
Am7 = 0000 (or 0030);  Gm6 = 0201;  Bm7 = 2222;  E7sus = E11= 2202; A7 = 0100;  F#m = 2120; A7sus = 2230














ORIGINAL SONG-LYRICS


















Monday 29 January 2024

Uke-Song: "WHILE MY UKE WORDLESSLY SINGS", a tribute to Jake

SONG with UKULELE-CHORDS
                       
ORIGINAL SONG: "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" written by George Harrison, and recorded by the Beatles for their 1968 album "The Beatles". 






JAKE'S RENDITION: Jake Shimabukuro had started playing instrumental ukulele as a band member, but in 2002 broke into a solo career. In 2006, a video of Jake's virtuoso rendition of the Beatles song became one of the first to 'go viral' on that site, and has accumulated 16 million hits. The author of this blog has been privileged to attend three Jake concerts in the last 5 years; recently these have included guitar collaborators and a few vocals, but the emphasis remains on instrumental ukulele. 
PARODY COMPOSED: Dr. G.H. and Giorgio Coniglio, January 2019, as "While My Uke Wordlessly Sings".

WORDPLAY LINK: See further discussion on our sister blogsite "EDIFYING NONSENSE", You can  find a simpler version of the parody-lyrics displayed without the chord-indications, should you desire. Click HERE.

WHILE MY UKE WORDLESSLY SINGS

George Harrison
(to the tune of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps")  

UKULELE-FRIENDLY FORMAT (and guitar, too!)


Ukulele(C-tuned) specifics:


AM7 = 0030 (or 0000);  Am6 = 2020;  FM7 = 5500;  D = 2220;  E = 4442;

E7 = 1202;  C#m7 = 4444;  Fm = 2120;  C#m = 6444;   Bbm = 4222.






















ORIGINAL SONG-LYRICS































Friday 19 January 2024

Uke-Song: "ROBBIE BURNS' DAY", as might be sung by Dean Martin

 

PARODY-SONG: "Dean Martin Sings Robbie Burns Day" 2024, a parody pastiche with lyrics by Giorgio Coniglio, substituted to "That's Amore", the Dean Martin 1953 classic.   
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, December, 2018, updated from earlier blogposts, and with improved verse-charts. 



Explanatory Notes: Robert Burns, born 1759, became Scotland’s "national poet", and a cultural icon at home and among Scottish diaspora around the world. In his short life - he died at age 37 -  he wrote hundreds of well-loved poems and songs; the most famous is Auld Lang Syne, traditionally sung on Hogmanay (New Year's Eve). Robbie Burns Day is celebrated on his birthday, January 25, often with a Burns Night supper
Burns' best-loved poems include "To a Mouse", "To a Louse", "Tam o' Shanter", "Parcel o' Rogues", and "Address to a Haggis".

PARODY-LYRICS LINK: If you are primarily interested in the lyrics (without the chord indications) click HERE



ROBBIE BURNS DAY

(to the tune of "That's Amore")



C-tuned ukulele specifics:
Fm = 1013;  Bbm = 3111;  Bbm7 = 1111;  Bdim7 = 1212;  A7 = 0100  





















ORIGINAL SONG
(click on any slide to enlarge and arrive in thumbnail mode for singalongs on your computer or phone!)