PARODY LYRICS
ORIGINAL SONG: "Carnival of Venice" traditional song
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, January 2014.
PHOTOS of the concert "Carnival of Venice" by Uncommon Solutions
Poetic PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, September 2015.
(You can also view the lyrics and commentary (without images or chords, at the parody-lyrics site where they were originally posted online) at AmIRight.com Post""
THE CARNIVAL OF CHARLESTON
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a colleague of 'Rick Shaw'.
departing with tourists from a hotel |
(to the tune of "the Carnival of Venice")
Your rickshaw ride in Charleston
Can't explore that magic town;
The driver's only licensed
A - pick-up, B - set you down.
Official guides in Charleston
Have to pass exams and train;
Rapt carriage-tour riders and foot-groups
Can't block ante-bellum lanes.
A pedicab lurks at your hotel,
Marks you for a heinous crime;
A sleazy eager historian
Who is keen to sell his time.
To stamp out these nasty infractions,
Wired police devised a sting
Attired for entrapment as tourists
Massive fines recordings bring.
Few hours in scenic Charleston ?
Cruise-lined there by Carnival,
Snubbed by snobby South-of-Broad big-shots?
Don't treat 'Rick Shaw' as a pal.
If cruising past Fort Sumter
And re-boarding is a must,
Steer clear of Rick's tempting discussions -
It might be a tourist bust.
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Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor,
as proposed in an early painting |
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Concert of Venetian music in Charleston,
a patron admires the sets
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Performing Notes
Your [A] rickshaw [Asus] ride in [E] Charleston
Can't ex[Bm]plore that [E7] magic [A] town;
The [A] driver's [Asus] only [E] licensed
A - pick- [Bm]up, B - [E7] set you [A] down.
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"Carnival of Venice", March 2014
Chamber Music Charleston Event |
Also, two palindrome-songs have been posted on the current blog at prior blogposts 
