o) Uke-Song: "CAROLINA -- A REDAWNING" (parody medley)

POST #60
PASTICHE with PARODY-LYRICS

ORIGINAL SONG#1: "Buona Sera", Louis Prima
ORIGINAL SONG#2: "Carolina in the Morning", Al Jolson
ORIGINAL SONG#3: "Mona Lisa", Nat King Cole

PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, December 2014.

To return to the related post on "Daily Illustrated Nonsense" (and to see the lyrics without the chord-chart indications) click HERE. 

NOTES 

1) This trio of substituted parody lyrics can be thought of as a parody-medley or parodley 

2) The pacing for the first song works much better when "Capri" is pronounced Italian style with the accent on the first syllable. 

Performing Notes

GM7 = 0222; G6 = 0202; G#dim7; E5+7 = 1203; Am7 = 0000; Am6 = 2423;
C#dim7 = 0101/3434; D7+5 = 3223; Dm7 = 2213 


BUONA SERA  

(to the tune of "CAROLINA IN THE MORNING")

[G] What could make me [GM7] keener than to [G6] kiss you, signo[G#dim7] rina, ‘Buona [Am7] se[D7]ra’ ?

[Am] Say goodbyes to [E7+5] Napoli and [Am7] magic Isle of [Am6] Capri, ‘Buona [C#dim7] se[G]ra’

[C] Where the mist-clad [G] mountains [C] wrap around the [G] shore, [E7]

[A7] Sheltering village [D] fountains [B7] we [Em] snap as [Am7] we ex[D7]plore. [D7+5]

[G] Strolling with my [Gm7] ‘bella’, I’m a [G6] hell’va lucky [G#dim7] 
fella, signo[Am7]ri[D7]na

But [Am] jewellery shops are [E7+5] tourist traps, and [Am7] credit card got stuck [Am6] in bank ma[C#dim7]chi[G]n'a 
[G] If I had a stash of cash – a [Dm7] lot more eu[G7]ros,

We’d [C] linger over dinner, and here’s [A7] what I’d pro[D7]pose:

Let's [G] spring'a for that [Em] wedding ring'a, [G] after doing [Em] travelling, signo[A7]ri-[D7]i-i[G]na. 

MONA LISA

 (to the tune of "BUONA SERA")  

              G                         G6                  G        G6           

Are you snickering? Mona Lisa, men are asking -

          G                       G6                D    D7

La Gioconda – playful name for family;

            D                     D7                  D      D7

But it’s hard for us to question L. da Vinci,

                 D                       D7               G  G6      

When that old guy died so long ago in Italy.

             G                    G6                  G          G6

Are you smiling, Mona Lisa, to tempt lovers?

                  G                               G7                    C

Or are you puffed with child and have your little laugh?

                    Cm                                   G          G6

But from art critics we get speculating theory;

      D                        D7                         G           G6  

Leonardo’s face and yours – please, I get weary!

           G                              G7                    C         A7

In the meantime, we’ll just view you in the Louvre,

              G                      D7                       G    G6

Hang on in there, Mona Lisa, keep up the smile.

              D                     D7                       G    

Hang on in there, Mona Lisa, keep up the smile!

CAROLINA IN THE MORNING 

(to the tune of "MONA LISA")

        G                     GM7             G6         GM7
Carolina - it's much finer, in the morning,

             G                                                 D7 
Like my sweetie when I greet her before noon;

                 Am                     E7+5                   Am7       D7
Where the vines so fine entwine around her doorstep,

        Am                D7               G      G6   
I'd prefer to slide inside into her room.

         G                   GM7                   G6      GM7
I feel butterflies all flutter up, can’t ask her,

              G                          G7                 C      
Shall we stay and kiss your buttercup at dawn?

       Cm                              G
If I just had the lamp of Aladdin,

 G#dim      D7                          G           G7 
   I would stay there, and just play there.
              C               C#dim            G       G#dim

Are you wanting to stroll, whirly girlie,

                             Am7             D7                  G     G7 
Out where there’s pearly early dew upon the lawn?

              C               C#dim        G       G#dim
Are you wanting to stroll, whirly girlie,

                             Am7             D7                 G    G7 
Out where there’s pearly early dew upon the lawn?

               Cm D7  Am        D7 G

Squirrelly girlie, squirrelly gir-lie.