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

A Holiday Season Parodic Pastiche, with UKULELE CHORDS

MUSICAL UNDERPINNINGS: "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 (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 

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Uke-Song: "VLAD PUTIN'S BLOGGER", upgraded American folk-ballad

                                                                                  

PARODY-SONG with UKULELE-CHORDS

MUSICAL UNDERPINNINGS: "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.

EXPLANATORY NOTES. "... 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!)

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ORIGINAL SONG-LYRICS

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

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Limerick-Uke-Saga: "LEIGH MERCER'S PALINDROME WORKSHOP"

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

MUSICAL UNDEPINNINGS: These verses can be sung to  "The Limerick Song", the traditional tune used for singing these verses, bawdy or just entertaining.

ORIGINAL POETRY VERSES: Verses composed by Giorgio Coniglio, November, 2016.  These have been poetically published as a "brief saga" on the collaborative poetry website OEDILF and on our blog "Daily Illustrated Nonsense". Click HERE. The original poem, with 4 verses was composed by Giorgio Coniglio, November 2016, and published online.

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

INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS:

A limerick' a verse that is singable

(If the diction's not flagrantly flingable),

Brings a humorous note

To a view you'd promote -- 

And it rings, like a bell ding-alingable.

Giorgio Coniglio. 

EXPLANATION:

The lyrics describe an imaginary workshop conducted by Leigh Mercer, during which the iconic canal palindrome is almost invented.

LEIGH'S PALINDROME WORKSHOP

(to the tune of "The Limerick Song")

Note: All italicized phrases except the first are legitimate palindromes.

Several of these have been reported for the first time by the author.

UKULELE-FRIENDLY FORMAT (and guitar, too!)

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o) Uke-Song: "UNDER MY OWN STEAM", part #1, a geriatric odyssey

PARODY-LYRICS

MUSICAL UNDERPINNINGS: "I've Been Everywhere", by Lucky Starr, covered by Hank Snow, Johnny Cash, Canadian Stompin' Tom Connors, et al. 

PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, June 2013.  

 To see the lyrics displayed more concisely without the chord-indications (and to return to "Daily Illustrated Nonsense"), click HERE.

UNDER MY OWN STEAM, part #1

(to the tune of "I've Been Everywhere")

UKULELE-FRIENDLY FORMAT

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I like doing this song with progressive key changes, as in the Lucky Starr versions of the song; or if you like you can keep it simple like Johnny Cash did, and leave it all in the key of C.

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

PARODY-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. 

EXPLANATION:  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

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