Italian Uke-Pastiche (filastrocca): PISA'S LEAN TRATTORIA

PARODY LYRICS

ORIGINAL SONG: "Santa Lucia" was a traditional song in the Neapolitan language, describing the appeal of an evening boat trip on the harbor in the Borgo (district of) Santa Lucia of Naples; it became a popular song after its translation into Italian by Teodoro Cottrau in 1849; it was the first Neapolitan song to undergo such a change during early enthusiasm for Italian reunification. It has been performed and recorded (links to Youtube) by many operatic singers e.g. Caruso, Lanza, Pavarotti and Bocelli, and also by Elvis Presley.  

PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, January, 2018. (The skeptical reader may surmise that the substituted lyrics are, in fact, about food intolerance), but the Italian setting and song make for a more enchanting experience.

 To return to the corresponding post on "Daily Illustrated Nonsense" (and to see the lyrics without the chord-chart indications) click HERE.

WORDPLAY LINK: An expanded version of these lyrics, slightly modified to suit the format, form part of a poetic submission on our sister blog "Edifying Nonsense" e as this offering told its novel story with four limerick verses, it has been designated 'a brief saga'..

filastrocca: Italian for "nursery rhyme', 'fable','doggerel', or 'rigmarole'.

filastrocca: THE LEAN TRATTORIA OF PISA

(to the tune of "Santa Lucia") 

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At this point you might wish to return to the post 'Singable Lyrics: Novel Melodies for Limericks' HERE. 

ORIGINAL SONG-LYRICS

o) Seventh Inning Uke-Song: "TAKE OUR HATS OFF TO VICTOR", A tribute to Victor Borge ORGE"

PARODY-LYRICS 

ORIGINAL SONG: "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" 1908, Norworth and von Tilzer, as performed by Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly, spoofed by Victor Borge.

PARODY COMPOSED: Dr.G.H. and Giorgio Coniglio, September 2013. 

EXPLANATORY NOTES:
The second verse invokes the sort of patron with whom you sometimes have to share the cheap-seats-section of your local ballpark. This variation on the baseball-park anthem is modified in following verses by the 'traditional' earlier start of lyrics versus music (“Borge-positive version”); the less well-known opposite distortion (“Borge-negative version”) is also shown. 

If you just want to look at the lyrics without the chord indications, you can review those in a near-simultaneous post on our blog "Daily Illustrated Nonsense" HERE.  

TAKE OUR HATS OFF TO BORGE

(to the tune of "Take Me Out To The Ballgame")

Performing Notes

F#7 = 3424; Cm =0333. The rest of the chords are pretty easy. What is tough is getting the cadence right for the lyric-tune-separation versions. You'll probably need to practice those a few times, if you want to perform this as a gig at your local ballpark, bar, or elsewhere!

 

[Bb] Victor's "Clown Prince of [F] Denmark” -

[Bb] Unique musical [F7] gags;

[G7] He detached lyrics and [Cm] melody - 

[C7] Spiffier spoof than an [F7] old parody.

For if [Bb] you can handle the [F7] offset

The [Bb] cadence will hit the [Eb] mark,

Seventh [Cm]In -[F#7]  ning  [Bb] home-run you’ll score

At the [C7] old [F7] ball[Bb]park.

[Bb] Tickets cheap for the [F] ballgame,

[Bb] Seats right up in the [F7] clouds;

[G7] We won’t buy overpriced [Cm] drinks and snacks -

[C7] Friends snuck in with a [F7] couple six-packs.

Let me [Bb] hoot and jeer at the [F7] home-team;

My [Bb] date’s dis[Bb7]mayed that she [Eb] came,

For it’s [Cm7] one, [F#7] two, [Bb] three beers you’re out

At the [C7] old [F7] ball[Bb]game.

(BORGE +ve Version): Lyrics advanced before music

………..   (Tickets)

[Bb] Cheap for the ballgame [F] seats right,

[Bb] Up in the clouds we [F7] won’t

[G7] Buy overpriced drinks and [Cm] snacks  - friends snuck

[C7] In with a couple six-[F7]-packs. Let me

Hoot and [Bb] jeer at the home-team;  [F7] my date’s

Dis[Bb]mayed that she [Bb7] came, for [Eb] it’s

One, two, [Cm7] three [F#7] beers [Bb] you’re out at the

Old ball[C7]game.   xxx-xxx.

(BORGE –ve Version): Lyrics delayed

[Bb] xxx-xxx. Tickets cheap [F] for the

[Bb] Ballgame, seats right up [F7] in
[G7] The clouds, we won’t buy drinks [Cm] overpriced

[C7] And snacks - Friends snuck in [F7] with a couple

 Six-[Bb]packs; let me hoot and jeer [F7] at the

 Home-[Bb]-team, my [Bb7] date’s dismayed [Eb] that

 She came, [Cm7] for  [F#7] it’s [Bb] one, two, three beers

 You’re out [C7] at [F7] the [Bb] old

……….. (ballgame).