Return to "Surrender": Stuck on Elvis

POST #13
PARODY-LYRICS

ORIGINAL SONG: "Torna a Surriento"; E. DeCurtis(music), G. DeCurtis(lyrics), 1902 

PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, February, 2013.

KEYWORDS: classicsong, multicultural

The wonderful original song, written in Neapolitan, has been recorded by Caruso, Lanza, Pavarotti, and Bocelli among others. Its famous English knock-off, "Surrender" written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman in 1961 was widely popularized by Elvis Presley.
For this parody, the difficult words in Neapolitan have been replaced by names of Presley songs and movies.
The few remaining words are similar to modern Italian and readily understood. 
e = and
guarda = see
io = I

ma = but
'o = the 
tu dice = you say

STUCK ON ELVIS

(to the tune of "Torna A Surriento" - Return to Sorrento)

Vide ‘o movie Blue Hawaii 

Moonlight Swim e Aloha ‘Oe….

One Night, e Hawaiian Wedding

Io Can’t Help Falling In Love

Guarda, gua’ Viva Las Vegas:

Santa Lucia, Tutti Frutti,
Bello Yellow Rose of Texas,

I Need Somebody to Lean On

E tu dice ‘Please Sur-render ’
Stuck on You e Love Me Tender,(ma)

Girls, Girls, Girls, It's Now or Never

 You Gotta Stop  Your Cheating Heart

  

Ma Don’t  Be Cruel
All Shook Up  Cryin’ in the Chapel !

Return To Se-e-ender……

Heartbreak Ho-tel !

Performing Notes

[Gm] Vide ‘o movie Blue Hawaii 

[Cm] Moonlight Swim e Aloha [Gm] ‘Oe….

One [Cm] Night, e Hawaiian [Gm] Wedding

[D] Io Can’t  Help [D7] Falling In [Gm] Love

[G] Guarda, gua’ Viva Las [Am] Vegas:

[D] Santa Lucia, Tutti [G6] Frutti,

[G] Bello Yellow Rose of [Am] Texas,

I [D] Need Somebody to Lean [G] On

[G] E tu dice ‘Please Sur-[Am]-render ’
[B7] Stuck on You e Love Me [Em] Tender,(ma)

Girls, Girls, [Cm] Girls, It's Now or [G] Never

You [D] Gotta [D7] Stop  Your  Cheating [G] Heart

  

Ma [GM7] Don’t [G6] Be [Am7] Cruel [Am]
[D] All  Shook Up  [D7] Cryin’ in the [G6] Chapel !

Re[Cm]turn To [G5+7] Se-e-en[Gm]der……

[D] Heart[D7]break  Ho-[Gm]-tel !

Surrender

Gm
When we kiss my heart's on fire
Cm                                        Gm
Burning with a strange desire, 

          Cm                          Gm
And I know each time I kiss you

D                D7                     Gm
That your heart's on fire too.

G                                          Am

So, my darling please surrender............

Torna a Surriento

Gm
Vide ‘o mare quant’è bello
Cm                       Gm

Spira tantu sentimento, 
              Cm                  Gm

Comme tu a chi tiene mente
D         D7                    Gm

Ca scetato ‘o faje sunà. 

G                                       Am
Guarda, gua’ chistu ciardino.

D                                    G6
Siente, sie’ sti sciure arance:
G                                 Am
Nu profumo accussi fino
D                                  G

Dinto ‘o core e se ne va.

G                                  Am   
E tu dice “I’ parto, addio!”
B7                            Em

T’alluntane da stu core
     Cm                        G

De sta terra de l’ammore,
D             D7                   G

Tiene ‘o core e nun turnà?

     Gmaj7         G6    Am7  Am
Ma nun  me lassà !
D           D7                 G6       G

Nun darme stu turmiento 
Cm                G5+7  Gm

Torna  a  Sur-rien-to,
D           D7    Gm
Famme cam-pà !