This blogpost is dedicated to P.H., with best holiday and BIRTHDAY wishes
SINGABLE LIMERICKS inspired by a recent visit to Vancouver Island's appealing east coast.
MUSICAL UNDERPINNINGS: 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.
ORIGINAL LIMERICK VERSE: the extended poem, representing a 'brief saga', our initial example of this type of formulation, was composed by Giorgio Coniglio, October 2016.
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| Lenora Mines at Mt. Sicker Mural, Peter Bresnen Chemainus Festival of Murals Society |
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| Blog author inspecting the Historical Mural Series Chemainus, B.C. |
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| Local Resident Viewing the Mural "Arrival of the Reindeer in Horseshoe Bay" Chemainus, B.C. |
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| "Second Chemainus Sawmill" muralist Bruce Rickett Chemainus, B.C. (web-photo) |
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| Rainbow over Ladysmith Harbour at Saltair (village just north of Chemainus) |
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| Ladysmith Harbour during a sunny interlude October, 2016. |
UKULELE-FRIENDLY FORMAT
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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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