Uke-Song: "FICKLE TWIST OF VERSE", part #3

PARODY-LYRICS, based on classical poetry (limericks), a continuation of earlier posts.

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

ORIGINAL POETRY: For this post the underlying poetic works were taken from a variety of authors, with lyrics 'enhanced by Bob Dylan'.

PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, July 2016. To return to the corresponding post on "Daily Illustrated Nonsense" (and to see the lyrics without the chord-chart indications) click HERE. 

prior offerings: (as per the initial post of April 19, 2021)
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 dozen, a gross and a score" - Leigh Mercer

4. "There was an old miser named Clarence" - Ogden Nash

prior offerings: (as per the followup post of August 29, 2021)

5. "There was a brave girl of Connecticut" - Ogden Nash 
6. "There was a young belle of Old Natchez" - Ogden Nash

7. "A flea and a fly in a flue" - author unknown, often attributed to Ogden Nash

CURRENT CONTENTS:

"There was a young lady of station" - Lewis Carroll

"A wonderful bird is the pelican" - Dixon Merritt.

Chorus: "People say it makes them sick" - Giorgio Coniglio

PARODY-LYRICS, based on classical poetry (limericks).

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

ORIGINAL POETRY: For this post the classic poetic 5-line verses are taken  from the extensive work of Ogden Nash and other well-known humorists.

PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, July 2016. 

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

prior offerings: 
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

CURRENT CONTENTS:

5. "There was a brave girl of Connecticut" - Ogden Nash 
6. "There was a young belle of Old Natchez" - Ogden Nash
7. "There was a young lady of station" - Lewis Carroll

8. " A flea and a fly in a flue" - author unknown, attributed to Ogden 

Chorus: "People say it makes them sick" - Giorgio Coniglio

Another SIMPLE TWIST OF VERSE

(to the tune of "A Simple Twist of Fate", lyrics of original verses modified) 

UKULELE-FRIENDLY FORMAT

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

CONTINUATION

This song continues HERE with Bob Dylan singing even more classical limericks.

ORIGINAL SONG-LYRICS

Find them HERE.