PARODY-SONG with UKULELE CHORDS
MUSICAL UNDERPINNINGS: "Words", Bee Gees, 1968.
PARODY COMPOSED: Dr. G.H. and Giorgio Coniglio, 2015. updated 2018 and 2020.
To return to the corresponding post on "Daily Illustrated Nonsense", where you can find lots of illustrated poems, wordplay and photos (and to see the lyrics without the chord-chart indications) click HERE.
EXPLANATION: This song resulted from our interest in the linguistic phenomenon Word-Pairs, and eventually resulted in the development of extensive lists ('compendia]) of various types, and in the development of nine parody-songs about this fascinating form of wordplay. If you go to our 'full-service' blog "Edifying Nonsense", you can find this instructive material.
For a more didactic take on this topic, check out the Wikipedia article HERE.
PAIRS
(to the tune of "Words")
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).
(Compared to single entities)
Flair, as seen in "wear and tear",
Where pairs submerge identities.
Two nouns joined with conjunction --
AND serves that "form and function", sometimes OR.
Verb-pairs and adjectives unite;
And "fish" and "fowl" with NEITHER/NOR.
"Shouts and murmurs": such a phrase
Explains the "ins and outs" to me.
With "back to front" I'm in a daze,
Enhancing "fears and doubts" to me.
No single words I voice ...
So "near and dear",
Word-pairs are what can make all "guys and dolls" rejoice.
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