Tuesday 19 January 2021

Uke-Song: "REDUPLICATIONS, L to Z"

SONG with UKULELE CHORDS

ORIGINAL SONG: "The Elements", Tom Lehrer, 1959.
Hawaiian sign


PARODY COMPOSED: Dr. G.H. and Giorgio Coniglio,  2015.  This song is the eighth of nine in the series on Word-PairsTo return to the corresponding post on "Daily Illustrated Nonsense" (and to see the lyrics without the chord-chart indications) click HERE.

WORDPLAY LINK: For discussion of reduplications on our sister blogsite "EDIFYING NONSENSE", click HERE 




















                             Ta-Dah !!!



You crave more patter-songs in the style of Tom Lehrer???
T.L. inspired a significant platterful of songs related to our interest in grammatically paired words, including binomials and reduplications. And, you should have your foot in the door, having mastered the complexities of singing and playing our above offering "Reduplications" So, enjoy trying these as well !!!     
1a. "Alliterative Binomials, part#1"
3.  "A Lesson about Reduplications" (not a patter-song)
5.  "No Elements", 3rd declension Latin nouns
6.  "The Uniqueness of Nuclear", Latin adjectival listing, scheduled for April 2024.


Saturday 9 January 2021

Singable Saga: "ITALIAN TREATS"

A SINGABLE SAGA, derived from limerick lyrics


ORIGINAL SONG: F
or this post, we will use the melody for the verses of the 1960 hit "
The Anniversary Song"

POETRY-LYRICS: The lyrics were originally composed in limerick format and submitted to OEDILF, an online humour dictionary, by Giorgio Coniglio in 2017, and can also be found published as a blogposted poem on, "DAILY ILLUSTRATED NONSENSE". Click HERE.