PARODY-LYRICS
ORIGINAL SONG: "Love Potion Number Nine" , The Clovers
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, December 2012.
From Wikipedia...... In November 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the patent on Viagra was invalid from the beginning as the company had not provided full disclosure.
This song imagines that Madame Ruth had relocated to Toronto towards the end of her career, pursuing her profession in the section known as Corktown - also known for massive ukulele-jam meetings at a local pub.
OFF-PATENT DRUG #NINETEEN
or Madame Ruth's Lament
(to the tune of "Love Potion Number Nine")
If they’d buy my knock-offs they would never flop,
I swirled it in the bathtub with some weird catalysts;
Those vials were smoking green,
UKULELE-FRIENDLY FORMAT
(Click on any chord-chart slide to move to 'song-presentation mode'; then navigate through thumbnails at bottom of page.)
I had some troubles making magic pills,
You’ll know the new ones, like sildenafil;
In ‘62 I palmed some off and then I did some time:
Cop-assault seemed part of ... Love Potion Number Nine.
My new blue Love-Drug could be guys’ delight,
They'd stand to attention for part of the night.
They'd stand to attention for part of the night.
How hard could it be to direct their urge at chicks?
The patent gave the details since ... Nineteen Ninety-Six.
If they’d buy my knock-offs they would never flop,
I could scope out more ingredients and set up shop.
A good place to test it might be “where King meets Queen” -
I needed a success with ... Generic Drug Nineteen.
Got turned around and flustered when I checked out the lists;
The patent called for extracts in a strange solvent mix.
I swirled it in the bathtub with some weird catalysts;
It stank like Potion Nine but I breathed in a few whiffs.
I packed it up though it was smoking green,
And grabbed and cabbed it to the Corktown scene,
But when I kissed the cop down at River Street and Queen,
She broke my 30 vials of ... Off-Patent Drug Nineteen.
Those vials were smoking green,
That lady cop was mean,
Off-Patent Drug Nine-teen !
Off-Patent Drug Nine-teen !
Psst! Psst!
If you have troubles when you’re in a hug,
There’s knock-off drug enough to fill a jug;
But please ignore the fact that the pills are shocking green,
And please avoid the corner of ... River St and Queen.
Off-Patent Drug Nineteen x2
Off-Patent Drug Nineteen x2
Off-Patent Drug Nineteen!
HOTLINKS TO OTHER MEDICAL-THEMED SONG-POSTINGS
Off-Patent Drug#19 (see below)
...AND A FEW LIMERICK-BASED SONGS
Singable Limerick-Medley #17: Nuclear Cardiology
Singable Limerick-Medley #20: Medical Imaging
(Click on any chord-chart slide to move to 'song-presentation mode'; then navigate through thumbnails at bottom of page.)
Enjoy chord-charts and lyrics at the Corktown Ukulele Jam songbook:
Corktunes: Off-Patent Drug Nineteen
Corktunes: Off-Patent Drug Nineteen
HOTLINKS TO OTHER CANADIAN-THEMED SONG-POSTINGS
Off-Patent Drug #19 (see above)
..AND A FEW LIMERICK-BASED SONGS
Canada Day 2015 (singable limericks)
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