Limerick-Uke-Saga: "BEQUEST"

UKE-SONG, derived from lyrics of a multi-verse limerick.

MUSICAL UNDERPINNINGS: These verses can be sung to "The Anniversary Song".

ORIGINAL POETRY LYRICS: Original verses were composed by registered pseudonym Giorgio Coniglio, 2017. After undergoing their rigorous collaborative editing process, these have been published as a "brief saga", a poetic entity of three or more stanzas, on the poetry website OEDILF (Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form); they have then been displayed as poetry lyrics on our blog "Daily Illustrated Nonsense". Click HERE to review Giorgio's blogged poem.

SETTING WORDS TO MUSIC: Readers might be interested to know that of more than 1000 short poems that we have published, only 50 or so would qualify as "brief sagas". Although almost any limerick verse (e.g. the "Nantucket limericks") can be set to music, we were particularly interested in exploring this transitioning for these multiverse poems that warrant the time and effort to pick up your ukulele.

The tunes we have exploited in this effort include, not surprisingly "The Limerick Song". But on occasion we have also used (minor modifications may be required)  "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?", "The Anniversary Song" as here, "Summertime", "Up", and "Santa Lucia".

SONG-LINKS: Check out all of Giorgio's song-posts dealing with the afterlife: 

first stanza:/ Ere I rise to the Skies, I’ll bequeath/ To my bro ‘Uncle Joe’ left beneath,/ All my parts that still function/ (I’ve received extreme unction),/ Like both lungs, several joints, and some teeth.

second stanza:/ As I soar through that Door, please convey/ To my sis “Auntie Chris’ my dismay,/ Plus the stuff Joe rejects/ (Here’s a list of the specs),/ ’Cause up there you can’t give it away.

third stanza:/ When I sleep in the Deep, here’s my wish,/ My behest for distressed, grieving Trish:/ “Please don’t clear out my gear/ For at least a full year,/ ‘Til I’ve checked out the chances to fish.”

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