Uke-Song: "FICKLE TWIST OF VERSE", as might be sung by Bob Dylan

PARODY-LYRICS, based on traditional poetry (limericks)

MUSICAL UNDERPINNINGS:"Simple Twist of Fate" Bob Dylan 1975; covers by Diana Krall and Sean Costello are recommended.

ORIGINAL POETRY: At Wikipedia (click here), you can find a discussion of limericks dealing with the 'man from Nantucket'.

PARODY-COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, June 2016. 

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

CURRENT CONTENTS: these are limericks presumably chosen by Bob Dylan from the classic repertoire for re-interpretation 
1. "There once was a man from Nantucket" (clean version) -- 3 verses, unattributed.
2. "There once was a man from Nantucket" (dirty version) -- cleaned up by G.C.
3. "A gross, a dozen,  and a score" -- Leigh Mercer
4. "There was an old miser named Clarence" -- Ogden Nash

Chorus. "People say it makes them sick" -- Giorgio Coniglio
5-13. See the link at the bottom of this blog-page.

FICKLE TWIST OF VERSE, part #1

(to the tune of "Simple Twist of Fate")

UKULELE-FRIENDLY FORMAT

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

first stanza:/ There was a family from Nantucket:/ Pa kept cash hid in a bucket,/ 'Til one day his daughter took it -- / Daughter name of Nan./ She ran off with a man./ Pa felt things might get worse, and/ Watched out for a fickle twist of verse. 

 

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second stanza:/ Pa followed couple to Pawtucket -- / Little Nan and cash-filled bucket./ Just before old Pa retook it,/ He said to the man,/  "You’re welcome to keep Nan.”/ He uttered a terse curse, and/ Moved off with a fickle twist of verse. 

third stanza:/ The couple trailed him to Manhasset/ Pa held cash there as an asset./ Pail in question? Nan's man snatched it;/ Re-stole cash and ran/ (Nan with her new man)/ She stuffed it in her purse, and/ Forgot about a fickle twist of verse.

Leigh Mercer, author of the underlying mathematical limerick, is best known for his palindrome, "A man, a plan, a canal, Panama"

CONTINUATION

This song continues - "Bob Dylan Sings More Classic Limerick-Lyrics".



ORIGINAL SONG-LYRICS
(click on any song chart to enlarge and compare the original and parody versions of the song)