Saturday 12 November 2016

Singable Limerick-Medley: SONG FOR THE MORNING AFTER (the U.S. Presidential Election)


Leaders Unified for the Transition
POST #137 

SINGABLE LIMERICKS


ORIGINAL SONG: These verses were originally conceived to be sung to  "The Limerick Song", as per YouTube here.






LIMERICK VERSE:  Original poetry was composed by Giorgio Coniglio, and compiled in November 2017. Many of the poems have been published at the OEDILF website (the Omnificent English Dictionary in Limerick Form) by Giorgio Coniglio, 2016-2017. The OEDILF identifying number (#) and the Author's Note accompanying each poem, where relevant, are shown following the first verse. 
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, November 2016.


CONTENTS: 
1. Anagrams (D-O-N-A-L-D T-R-U-M-P)
2. Cleveland, 2016
3. Taking Liberties
4. Democracy




SONG FOR THE MORNING AFTER


(to the tune of "The Limerick Song")






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Friday 4 November 2016

Singable Limerick-Medley: DELIGHTS OF THE GARDEN

laneway scene
beyond a Charleston garden
POST #135        
SINGABLE LIMERICKS ORIGINAL SONG: These verses can be sung to  "The Limerick Song", as in "The Flea and the Fly". See sactoGranny's recording on YouTube here.
ORIGINAL LIMERICK VERSES: Many of the verses have been published at the OEDILF website (the Omnificent English Dictionary in Limerick Form) by Giorgio Coniglio, 2016-2017. The OEDILF identifying number (#), the "defined word", and the Author's Note accompanying the poem, where relevant, are shown beneath the chord-chart slide.

WORDPLAY LINK: Green-thumbed readers as well as wannabees can now

CONTENTS
1. The Charleston Garden (Loutrel Briggs)
2. Creeping Fig
3. Tractor-Seat Plant 
4. Japanese Yew
5. Gazebos
6. Indica Azaleas 














































Hotlink to Wikipedia: "Azaleas"

Hotlink to Wikipedia: "Vidalia onions"






Wednesday 2 November 2016

Singable Limerick-Medley: THE SOUNDS OF GUNFIRE

sactoGranny, singing
 clean limericks
Post #134
PARODY-SONG with GUEST ARTISTS  (various authors contributing limerick verses)
ORIGINAL SONG: These verses can be sung to  "The Limerick Song" as in "The Flea and the Fly". See sactoGranny's recording on YouTube here.
PARODY COMPOSED: Edited by Giorgio Coniglio, June 2016.KEYWORDS: wordplay, poetry, traditional.




MOTHER EMANUEL A.M.E. WorldView 
Folks visiting Charleston are weepful
Contemplating our roof and our steeple
Nine brave souls blown away.
But just trust NRA,
vigil, Charleston SC
 June 2105
Who claim, "Guns don't, but people kill people".

(This verse was written in honour of the victims of the massacre at Mother Emmanuel Church in June 2015, and in tribute to the response of the City of Charleston, S.C)

ORLANDO CAUSATION  Dr Giorgio Coniglio dec
The press thought it incredibly lame - 
The retracted 'fact' spewed by McCain
(Not to mention the Trump
Whose tweets honor a dump-
-ster): That Obama's 'directly' to blame.

REVERENT ASSASSINATION      Bunk'n
church-going hitman named Pluggitt
Taught young thugs this key Sten-gun nugget,
"After gun-swept pew: snug!
Wrap the corpse in a rug,
And be sure to pray after you've dug it."


TRUNCATED  Schort Schrift
A world where each person is armed
Is a world where no good guy is harmed
(Sounds of automatic gun-fire) ...........
...
...

SIBLING RIBALDRY  Soupbone
A duck-hunting dad from Nantucket
Stashed his ammo in daughter Nan's bucket,
'Til bad-apple son Frank
American made - AR15.
Robbed the Pawtucket bank
And as for Nan's bucket, Frank tucket.


ANGER'S BYSTANDERS  Giorgio Coniglio
A bee and bat trapped in a bore
Could foresee what sad fate lay in store.
Said the bat, "Let it be!"
Said the bee, "No doubt that
We'll get zapped if they trigger a war!"

FAILED LEGISLATION  Mrs. Konopka
The grand drama of Chris' filibuster
Brought Democrat pols to the muster
But on-stage, GOP
In their entirety*
Turned in a performance lackluster. 
* an alternate version using the word 'hypocrisy' is possible, but not  recommended.



EDITOR'S NOTE  Giorgio Coniglio
On limerick verse, here's my slant:
Not for mannerly banter or rant
Stanzas stand to your credit;
Just be terse, aim and edit. 
You can't fire off-the-mark, then recant.

(also appearing in OEDILF #95326) 

HEAVY HARRY's CARRY  Lime Rickey
When Harry went forth to meet Mimi
A gun filled his trousers' inseamy
But this concealed carry
Was so big for Harry
Said Mimi, "You're too glad to see me."

UNPREDICTABILITY (MONTREAL)   Mickey Anderson
Big guns are akin to pit bulls
But it's guns has the trigger you pulls.
Folks can state, "By and large,
Careful owners in charge"
But their victims might call those folks, "Fools."


OPEN AGENDA   Pil'
The chief of P.R. NRA,
the frontier of  belligerence
Called for openly arming all gays. 
As for bi's and transgenders,
The new weapons they'd tender
Were designed to discharge either way.

RETORT   Pooganagger
An old hunter and jester named "Rand"
Placed his shots with the best in the land,
Now he'll face this dillemer - 
He's developed a tremor
And his pacing has got out of hand.

 
CANADIAN VIEWPOINT  George O'Canuck
1). We Canucks await a yuuge migration,
From our trigger-loose neighboring nation.
When the Trump rules that land
(NRA in command)
They’ll head North for a gun-free salvation.
     ..................
2). GOP will create a new order;
Gun-control – they prefer to abort ‘er.
“Where’s Cape Breton?” “Up North”.
Yanks give thanks and go forth,
Weapons-stashes must stay at the border.
     ....................
3). “Make America Great Again” – stating
Mandates Second Amendment updating. 
Gun sales mount; must you choose
To shoot whatever moves?
It’s a habit we find rather grating.
     ..................


BUGS' EPITAPH    Trooper
Elmer Fudd, no dim-sighted fanatic,
Wasn't techno- or -logically static,
"I'll ewadicate wabbits
And their wascally habits
With my gun-show semI-automatic."



Saturday 29 October 2016

Singable Medley: Limericks for Halloween "MURDER AND MAYHEM"

POST #133             


SINGABLE LIMERICKS, inspired by a Hallowe'en ukejam theme-night with songs dedicated to "Murder and Mayhem"
ORIGINAL SONG: These verses can be sung to  "The Limerick Song", as in "The Flea and the Fly". See sactoGranny's recording on YouTube here.
LIMERICK VERSES set to music:  Giorgio Coniglio, October 2016. 


CONTENTS: 
1. Firepower
2. Scary Upshot
3. Dispatch
4. Concealed Carry
5. Grisly/Grizzly
6. Cimetiere
7. Untimely Demise
8. By Halves
9. Cemetarians/Zombies

AUTHOR'S NOTE: In general, I am not into black humour. But it is Hallowe'en after all!


MURDER AND MAYHEM

(to the tune of 'The Limerick Song', uncannily transposed to a minor key. Display of the lyrics has been condensed to 4 lines for each verse, with internal rhyming in line 3, rather than the more customary 5-line limerick format.)  


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Monday 17 October 2016

Singable Medley: LIMERICKS ABOUT CHEMAINUS, B.C.


This blogpost is dedicated to P.H., with best holiday and BIRTHDAY wishes, December 2017.

SINGABLE LIMERICKS inspired by a recent visit to Vancouver Island's appealing east coast. 
ORIGINAL SONG: These verses can be sung to  "The Limerick Song", as in "The Flea and the Fly". See sactoGranny's recording on YouTube here. Additionally, it was realized that with a few mild modifications, the same lyrics could be sung to the ballad "Black Velvet Band" as sung by the Irish-Canadian band The Irish Rovers. ballad. A number of verses are displayed using this chord-sequence as well - WIP.
ORIGINAL LIMERICK VERSE:  Giorgio Coniglio, October 2016.


CONTENTS
1. The Chemainus Suite 
2. Nanaimo Bars
3. British Columbia
4. For more songs about Vancouver Island, see the subsequent post "Vancouver's Isle


Lenora Mines at Mt. Sicker
Mural, Peter Bresnen
Chemainus Festival of Murals Society



Blog author inspecting the Historical Mural Series
Chemainus, B.C.





























Local Resident Viewing the Mural
"Arrival of the Reindeer in Horseshoe Bay"
Chemainus, B.C.



















"Second Chemainus Sawmill" muralist Bruce Rickett
Chemainus, B.C. (web-photo)


















Rainbow over Ladysmith Harbour at Saltair
(village just north of Chemainus)






















Ladysmith Harbour during a sunny interlude
 October, 2016. 


















LIMERICKS ABOUT CHEMAINUS, B.C.

(to the tune of "The Limerick Song" . Display of the lyrics has been condensed to 4 lines for each verse, with internal rhyming in line 3, rather than the more customary 5-line limerick format.) 

1. The industrial base of Chemainus
Its historical murals explain us 
A few ancestors thrived  / (logging barely survived) --
Their respect for the land was disdainous.
   On Mt. Sicker o’erlooking the brine
Lived a miner with child Clementine. 
She ran off with a logger / (as retold by this blogger),   
Took his liquor, and shoes number nine.
   Gord, an eco-wise man near Chemainus,
Panned for gold, an old tale to entrain us. 
But it’s not as you think -- / he adored tin or zinc,   
But the ore he deplored was uranous.
   Rex, a royalist chap from Chemainus,
Thought that monarchists’ views should constrain us.
In his note to the Queen /  He expressed why he’s keen, 
“Visit! Come over soon, for you reign us.”
  An astronomy buff from Chemainus
Suffered craving for chocolate most heinous.
He snarfed heavenly Stars, / Milky-Ways and Mars bars,
But his fave nighttime site was Uranus.
  In a bar, not too far from Chemainus, 
Sang a man with guitar to refrain us.
"From your face wipe that grin! / townfolks' patience grows thin:
Your poor verses do not entertain us." 

2. A Nanaimo bar's something you eat,
Not where beer-buffs or barristers meet.
It's not gold mined for bling, / or four beats that you sing,
But for tea or dessert it's a treat.

3. New to British Columbia? Rain
Won't extinguish the anguish and strain.
Frequent downpours and drizzle / can abolish life's sizzle.
Cherish sunny climes? Get on a plane.





HOTLINKS TO OTHER CANADIAN-THEMED SONG-POSTINGS
..AND A FEW LIMERICK-BASED SONGS
Canada Day 2015 (singable limericks)
Limericks About Chemainus, B.C. (see below)



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