Another French Homophone Song: Vis-à-Vis

POST #44
PARODY-LYRICS, a homophone song; see also the previous posts on this blog on March 30th,  April 5th and June 6 

ORIGINAL SONG: "Do-Re-Mi", Rodgers and Hammerstein 1959, performed by Julie Andrews and the cast of "The Sound of Music".

PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, June, 2014.

KEYWORDS: musicaltheatre, multicultural, goldenoldy

Vis-a-vis translates as "by the way". Approximate English equivalent pronunciation for the homophones is shown in grey.   

VIS-à-VIS

(to the tune of "Do-Re-Mi")

Sol (sole) - the fifth note in the scale

Sol (sole) - for soil from Land of Oc

Seau (so)- bright bucket, or a pale

Sceau (so)- means 'seal' and so does 'phoque'

Saut (so) - from pan to fire, a leap

Sault (so) - most Anglos say it 'Soo'

Sole (sole)- swims lonesome in the deep

Weeping willow - it's saule (sole), too.

  Sol, Sol, Seau, Sceau, Saut, Sault, Sole, Saule!

Vis (vee) - the simple past - 'I saw'

Vie (vee) - what happened in your life

Vil (veel)- for someone base or mean

Vile (veel)- and that involves your wife

Ville (veel) - a city like Bordeaux

Vis (veece) - like 'vice' (veece) may mean a screw

Veal- the English word for 'veau' (voh)

That leads vis-à-vis to vous.

   Vis, vie, vil, vile, ville, vis, veal, vous!

Performing Notes

[C] Sol (sole) - the fifth note in the scale

[G7] Sol (sole) - for soil from Land of Oc

[C] Seau (so)- bright bucket, or a pale

[F] Sceau (so)- means 'seal' and so does 'phoque'

[C] Saut (so) - from [C7] pan to fire, a [F] leap

[D7] Sault (so) - most Anglos say it [G] 'Soo'

[E7] Sole (sole)- swims lonesome in the [Am] deep

Weeping [F] willow - [G7] it's saule (sole), [C] too.

[F]  Sol, Sol, Seau, [Dm] Sceau, Saut, [G7] Sault, Sole, [C] Saule!