Hallowe'en Lullaby from Guest-Parodist Al Silver: "ZOMBIES"

POST #102 

PARODY-LYRICS: GUEST-ARTIST

ORIGINAL SONG: "People" 1964, Styne and Merrill for the 1964 musical "Funny Girl"; Barbra Streisand's signature song. 

PARODY-LYRICS COMPOSED: Al Silver, 2014, copied here with permission. Al has been a frequent contributor to the AmIRight song-parody website.

You can view Al's delightful lyrics along with some commentary (without images or chords)  displayed on that website at AmIRight.com Post "Zombies"

Check out post #25, Feb 2014  and post #100 for other great parody-lyrics by Al Silver.

KEYWORDS: guestartist, goldenoldy, showtune 

from "The Cafepress Blog"

ZOMBIES

(to the tune of "People")

People
Rotting, undead people
Are the hungriest people one can meet,
Expression, lacking all expression
As their stiff and lumbering stride
Hide all feelings inside,
Leaving blank expressions
On Haitians.

“Zombies” are what we call these people,
They’re the hungriest people
One can meet.
The right zombie,
That one “Mr. Right” zombie
Bites deeply into your brain
What once was whole,
Now is twain.
No more affect for you
You’re expressionless, too
You’re a zombie –
Stupid, stinking zombie
You’re the silliest zombie
One can meet!

When Possession
Becomes a world obsession
Zombie Apocalypse comes
Once we were good,
Now we’re bums.
And the virus will spread
Till the whole world’s undead,
Filled with zombies –
Suppurating zombies
Are the peskiest zombies
One can meet!

Bob Dylan Sings Cole Porter.

POST #101

PASTICHE with parody-lyrics: parodysitism?

RECIPIENT SONG (music): "Let's Do It" 1928, Cole Porter 

INVADING SONG  (lyrics):  "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight"1967, Bob Dylan.
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, October, 2015.

KEYWORDS: goldenoldy, classicsong, showtune, mishmash, palindromes

BOB DYLAN SINGS "Let's Do It"

(to the tune of "Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love")

Close your eyes, close the door,
You don't have to worry anymore;
I'll be your baby tonight.
Well now, let's shut the light, shut the shade
You really don't have to be afraid
I'll be your baby tonight.

That mockingbird's gonna sail away
And that big fat old moon
It won't be pale, it's gonna 
Shine just like a spoon.
So no regrets, we'll forget our fear
Fling your shoes and bring that bottle over here.
I'll be your baby tonight. 

Performing Notes

F6 = 2213; Gm7 = Bb6 = 0211; C+5 = 1003; Bbm6 = 0111; A7+5 = 0110;
Am7 = 0000; Eb7 = 3334; Ab = 5343; F7 = 2310 or 5556; Bb* = 7565 

INTRO: 

[F6] Close [F] your eyes, [Gm7] close [C7] the door;

[F]    You don't [F7] have to worry [Bb6] a[Bbm6]nymore;

[F6] I'll [F] be your [Gm7] ba[C7]by to[F]night. [Dm] [Gm7] 

Well [C+5] now let's [F6] shut [F] the light, [Gm7] shut [C7] the shade;
[F]    You really [F7] don't have to be [Bb6] be [Bbm6] afraid;

[F6] I'll [F] be your [Gm7] ba[C7]by to[F]night. [Gm7] [F] 

[A7+5] That mocking [Dm] bird's gonna [Bb6] sail away 
[Am7]   And that big fat old  [Cm7] moon [F7]

[Bb*] It won't be [Eb7] pale, it's gonna

[Ab] Shine just like a [Gm7] spoon. 

[C+5] So no re[F6]grets [F] we'll for[Gm7]get [C7] our fear;

[F] Fling your shoes and [F7] bring that bottle [Bb6] o[Bbm6]ver  here;

[F6] I'll [F] be your [Gm7] ba[C7]by to[F]night. [Gm7] [F] 

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