PARODY LYRICS
MUSICAL UNDERPINNINGS: "Satin Doll". Music written in 1953 by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, lyrics composed years later by Johnny Mercer. Recorded by Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, etc. The second verse of the original lyrics contain the words ... "Speaks Latin, my satin doll."
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, July 2017.
Note that the original idea of for a set of limerick verses devoted to Anglo-Latin and Anglo-Greek had arisen with an earlier poetic concoction, a 'brief saga' entitled "Anglo-Latin" that you can review HERE (or in singable form HERE).
TECHNICAL NOTES: The call 'switcherooney' at the end of the chorus has become an indispensable part of the lyrics of this song which appears to switch keys, but was written to end in the key of C.
For ease of singing, I have transposed the musical key up a half-octave.
SONG-LINK: We have also used the same melody for another parody-song. "Skittish Doll" deals with an early awkward attempt at romance in a paticular enthnic setting. Click HERE. Note that the original idea of for a set of limerick verses devoted to Anglo-Latin and Anglo-Greek had arisen with an earlier poetic concoction, a 'brief saga' entitled "Anglo-Latin" that you can review HERE (or in singable form HERE).
TECHNICAL NOTES: The call 'switcherooney' at the end of the chorus has become an indispensable part of the lyrics of this song which appears to switch keys, but was written to end in the key of C.
For ease of singing, I have transposed the musical key up a half-octave.
ORIGINAL SONG-LYRICS
Click on any chord chart to enlarge and enter thumbnail mode (the slides for both the parody and the original versions can then be enlarged and viewed in any order).
Readers are aked to honour the original artists' creativity, and to use the slides of the original song-lyrics only to ensure familiarity with the suggested style for the spoof version.
Click on any chord chart to enlarge and enter thumbnail mode (the slides for both the parody and the original versions can then be enlarged and viewed in any order).
Readers are aked to honour the original artists' creativity, and to use the slides of the original song-lyrics only to ensure familiarity with the suggested style for the spoof version.
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