Limerick-Uke-Saga: "WALRUS and CARPENTER", Carolina Lowcountry Version

A SINGABLE SAGA, derived from limerick lyrics

MUSICAL UNDERPINNINGS: For this post, we will use the melody for the verses of the 1960 hit written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin "Will You (Still) Love Me Tomorrow?". 

ORIGINAL POEM/STORY: "The Walrus and the Carpenter" is a poem recited by Tweedledum and Tweedledee to Alice in chapter 4 of Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll, published in 1871.

POETRY-LYRICS: The third verse of the satire-song was originally composed as a limerick based roughly on the Lewis Carroll poem and submitted to OEDILF, an online humour dictionary, by Giorgio Coniglio in 2018. Giorgio subsequently expanded the poem to the current 6 verses, where it is published as a blogpost on our blog, "DAILY ILLUSTRATED NONSENSE". Click HERE.

 
PARODY-SONG: In this post, the story is set it to the music of the Carole King song, with some minor changes in the lyrics to accomodate differences in scansion. Thanks are due to Steve McNie of Toronto Ukes, whose songbook provided the chord and lyrics slides for the original song. 

WALRUS AND CARPENTER 

Carolina Lowcountry Version

(to the tune of "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?")

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UKULELE-FRIENDLY FORMAT (and guitar, too!)

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

Specifics for C-tuned uke:
Dm7 = 2213;  E7 = 1202;  E7+5 = 1203;  As4= 2200;  Csus = Cs4 = 0013 

For a better understanding of "pluff mud" see the photos accompanying the related poem HERE.

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). 

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