Thursday 19 August 2021

The Weakness of Mankind: "MEL and HIS HERNIA"


PARODY-LYRICS
ORIGINAL SONG "Me and My Shadow", Rose, Dreyer and Jolson, 1927 as performed by Perry Como, Maurice Chevalier, and many others. 
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, December 2015. 
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MEL and HIS HERNIA


(to the tune of "Me and My Shadow")

Mel:
Me with my hernia
Shuffling down the promenade
It's disconcerting;
Perhaps that's why for months I haven't played.

It's always in my pants --
Lopsided bulge.
But chicks who check
Don't want to indulge.

For me and my hernia
Time has come to part our ways.

Mel's Friend:
Mel and his hernia
Huffing down the avenue; ("Hey, Mel!")
Fellas discern 'cause
It's so displaced, it's not quite out of view.

"What sets things right? 
Herniorrhaphy.
You're so uptight. 
NOT 'hysterectomy'."

"So, go have your surgery.
Soon, before that thing turns blue."




HOTLINKS TO OTHER MEDICAL-THEMED SONG-POSTINGS
Mel and His Hernia (see below)
...AND A FEW LIMERICK-BASED SONGS
Singable Limerick-Medley #17: Nuclear Cardiology
Singable Limerick-Medley #20: Medical Imaging


UKULELE-FRIENDLY FORMAT

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