Uke-Song: "KOOKY PRESIDENTIAL VIEWS", an American carol

A Holiday Season Parodic Pastiche, with UKULELE CHORDS

ORIGINAL SONG: "Good King Wenceslas", written by English hymnwriter John Mason Neale in 1853, but often now mistakenly referred to as 'traditional'. Neale's piece (based on accounts of the Bohemian Wenceslas legend and a 13th century 'spring-carol' tune), was highly criticized in the 1920s as "ponderous moral doggerel", but as you all know, has become a seasonal classic.
On You-Tube, you can readily find a spectrum of video recordings of the original lyrics, from the Choir of Westminster Abbey, to Bing Crosby and the Irish Rovers (the last-mentioned is highly recommended). 

PARODY COMPOSED:  Giorgio Coniglio, February 2019. To see the lyrics displayed more concisely without the chord-indications (and to return to the corresponding date's post on "Daily Illustrated Nonsense"), click HERE.  

 BTW, if you play guitar or some other stringed instrument, it should be easy to transpose these charts to the key of your choice (or send us a note in the Comments section). 

KOOKY PRESIDENTIAL VIEWS

(to the tune of "Good King Wenceslas")

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.)

ORIGINAL SONG-LYRICS (double-click to enlarge any slide,

then follow the thumbnails at bottom of the field)

  

The Climate-Cynic's Song: "GLOBAL ROASTING CAN BE SET ASIDE"

PARODY-LYRICS

ORIGINAL SONG: "The Christmas Song" written by Wells and Tormé, 1944; recorded by the Nat King Cole Trio in 1946.

PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, in response to an early fall snowstorm, November 2014. To return to the current post on "Daily Illustrated Nonsense" (and to see the lyrics without the chord-chart indications) click HERE.

THE CLIMATE-CYNIC'S SONG
("Global Roasting Can Be Set Aside")

(to the tune of "The Christmas Song")  
 

Al Gore
former U.S. Vice-President

UKULELE-FRIENDLY FORMAT 

A few less common chords are presented here, but they sound beautiful!

Bm7 = 2222;  C#m7 = 4444;  E7 = 1202;  Em7 = 1010;  C#7+5 =2112; F#m = 2120;  Dm6 = 2212;  D#m7 = 3324;  C#M7 = 1113;  CM7 = 0002;
A9= 0102;  DM7 = 2224;  D6 = 2222;  Dm7 = 2213;  CM7 = 0002;  C6 = 0000;  Fdim7 = 1212; G#7 = 1323;  Cdim7 = 2323;  AM7 = 1100;  F#7sus = 6677

 ORIGINAL SONG-LYRICS (double-click to enlarge any slide,

then follow the thumbnails at bottom of the field)

Uke-Song: "VLAD PUTIN'S BLOGGER", upgrade of an American folk-ballad

                                                                                  

SONG with UKULELE-CHORDS

ORIGINAL SONG: "The Frozen Logger", an American folksong of the tall-tale variety, was written by James Stevens in 1928 and published in 1949. It has been recorded by The Weavers in 1951, and subsequently by many other artists including Johnny Cash and Oscar Brand. 

For those interested, the original song is shown in ukulele-friendly form at the bottom of the post. BTW, if you play guitar or other stringed instrument, it should be easy to transpose these charts to the key of your choice (or send me a request or complaint in the Comments section).

 

PARODY COMPOSED:  Dr. G.H. and Giorgio Coniglio, February 2019.

WORDPLAY LINK: A related post showing the song-lyrics only (without the chord indications) has just become available on our sister blog "Daily Illustrated Nonsense".  Click HERE.

FURTHER INFORMATION: A presidential quote from January 2019, in reference to the suspected perpetrators indicted by the Mueller probe.

 "Among the 34 people, many of them were bloggers from Moscow or people who had nothing to do with me, had nothing to do with what they were talking about or there were people who got caught telling stories or lying … I think it's a terrible thing (that has) happened to this country, because this investigation is a witch hunt." 

VLAD PUTIN'S BLOGGER

(to the tune of "The Frozen Logger")

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.)

ORIGINAL SONG-LYRICS

(Click on any verse-slide to enlarge and compare the original and parody-versions)  

SONGLINKS: Readers interested in this topic might also enjoy Giorgio's songs found on previous postings on this lyrics blog. (Click to enjoy them).

  #193: "Get Me Roger Stone - the song" 
  #182: "Anagram-Lyrics for the Fourth of July"
  #180 "The Ballad of Rudy Giuliani, part #2"
  #179 "The Ballad of Rudy Giuliani, part #1"

  #178 "Indiana Song"

  #175 "Rosenstein"

  #173 "Brennan's Tweet"

  #169 "Dark Schemes (Russian Hacking)"

  #158 "First Year on the Range".
 

(NOV 9, 2022): singable saga: Leigh Mercer's palindrome workshop W-I-P

 

ORIGINAL POETRY-LYRICS: The lyrics were originally composed in limerick format and submitted to OEDILF, an online humour dictionary, by Giorgio Coniglio in 2023, and can also be found published as a blogposted poem on, "DAILY ILLUSTRATED NONSENSE". Click HERE.

Uke-Song: "The BALLAD of RUDY GIULIANI, part #2" (the disappointment of Max Boot)

SONG with UKULELE-Chords

ORIGINAL SONG: The Ballad of Davy Crockett , by Bruns and Blackburn, Walt Disney Studios 1954, anthem of the "Crockett craze". Several versions of the song were prominent on the Top Ten in 1955.

You-tube versions of the song by several performers are available via links on the previous post.  

SATIRE COMPOSED: Dr. G.H. and Giorgio Coniglio, June 2018. To return to the corresponding post on "Daily Illustrated Nonsense" (and to see the lyrics without the chord-chart indications) click HERE. 

BACKGROUND INFO: Max Boot's opinion-editorial appeared in our local newspaper on May 8, 2018, under the heading "The long, disappointing fall of Rudy Giuliani". Here are the links to the particular newspaper column, and to the parody lyrics.
Other takes on Giuliani's statements about the Presidents' legal and personal imbroglios are given by Jennifer Rubin HERE, and Amy Sorkin HERE.

SONGLINK: Readers interested in this topic might also enjoy Giorgio's songs on these earlier blogposts ...

 "The Ballad of Rudy Giuliani, part #1"

 "Indiana Song"

  "Rosenstein"

  "Brennan's Tweet"

  "Dark Plans (Russian Hacking)"

  "First Year on the Range".

The BALLAD of GIULIANI, part#2

(to the tune of "The Ballad of Davy Crockett")

 

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.)

* Boot's article mentions other conservative leaders whom he admired and respected previously, including Paul Ryan, Marco Rubio, Chris Christie, Newt Gingrich and Scott Walker. 

ORIGINAL SONG-LYRICS

Uke-Song: "The BALLAD of RUDY GIULIANI, part #1", early years

SONG with UKULELE CHORDS

ORIGINAL SONG: The Ballad of Davy Crockett , by Bruns and Blackburn, Walt Disney Studios 1954, anthem of the "Crockett craze". Several versions of the song were prominent on the Top Ten in 1955.

YouTube versions  by its famous original  performers are available via links below...
Bill Hayes
Fess Parker
Tennessee Ernie Ford  

SATIRE COMPOSED:  Dr. G.H. and Giorgio Coniglio, June 2018. To return to the corresponding post on "Daily Illustrated Nonsense" (and to see the lyrics without the chord-chart indications) click HERE. 

SONGLINK: Readers interested in this topic might also enjoy Giorgio's songs on these earlier blogposts ...

 "Indiana Song"

 "Rosenstein"

 "Brennan's Tweet"

 "Dark Plans (Russian Hacking)"

 "First Year on the Range".

The BALLAD of GIULIANI, part#1

(to the tune of "The Ballad of Davy Crockett")

UKULELE-FRIENDLY FORMAT (and guitar, etc., too!)

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

Original Song-Lyrics