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

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

CURRENT CONTENTS: 
9.  "A wonderful bird is the pelican" -- Dixon Merritt 
10. "There was a young lady named Bright" -- Reginald Buller
11. "There was an old man of Peru" -- Edward Lear 
12. "There was a young fellow of Wheeling" -- traditional 
13. "Hickory dickory dock" -- traditional
Chorus: "People say it makes them sick" -- Giorgio Coniglio


(Yet Another) FICKLE TWIST OF VERSE

(to the tune of "Simple Twist of Fate": Lyrics by Bob Dylan, modified from the classic versions)

UKULELE-FRIENDLY FORMAT

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

 

ORIGINAL SONG-LYRICS

Find them HERE.