POST #72
PARODY-LYRICS
ORIGINAL SONG: "That's Amore", Dean Martin, 1953.
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, February 2015.
Explanatory Notes:
As in Dino’s original, there are only a few Italian words you need to learn.
Forse = maybe, perhaps; dal cuore = from the heart.
Explanatory Notes:
As in Dino’s original, there are only a few Italian words you need to learn.
Forse = maybe, perhaps; dal cuore = from the heart.
THAT'S YOUR FORTE
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| Dominion Hotel, painting: David Crichton |
INTRO (Tremolo)
In old T.O., where Queen meets King,
On Wednesday nights, here's what they sing...
When they asked you to play, you accepted half-way
Thatsa forse.
(Maybe thatsa new word, but it shouldn’t be slurred
Say it ‘for-say’)
(Maybe thatsa new word, but it shouldn’t be slurred
Say it ‘for-say’)
You begin, everyone joins in, forty players sing,
Strum their strings - Ukuleles.
Strum their strings - Ukuleles.
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| Dominion Hotel, photo 1945 |
They’re observed chortling gaily.
When you strain to play loud to be heard by the crowd
Thatsa forte.
What your uke-friends expect - in old lyrics inject
A new twist.
When the word-play you’ve subbed rings out in that old pub
Dal cuore,
You’ve invented, you see, ‘Strum-Along Parody’,
That’s your forte.
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| meeting of theCorktown Ukulele Jam |
ORIGINAL SONG
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