PARODY-LYRICS, based on traditional poetry (limericks)
ORIGINAL SONG: "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
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")
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.)
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)
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