PARASITE-ody, The Eagles' succumb to John Keats: "AND NO BIRDS SING"

"La Belle Dame Sans Merci"
Frank Dicksee

"PARASITE-ody":  Substitution of an invading poem, or a second song's words, for the lyrics of an otherwise unrelated song.

ORIGINAL POEM (invader): "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" John Keats, 1819.

ORIGINAL SONG (recipient/host): "Seven Bridges Road", written by Steve Young in 1969, covered by many groups, most famously The Eagles in 1980. For those who need their memories refreshed, a portion of the original song is found on minified slides at the bottom of this post.

UKULELE VERSION: Chordcharts for adaptation to ukulele were provided by Steve McNie at Toronto Ukes; (the key has been been transposed from D to F by G.C.)

PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, August 2017. Note that the verses were reduced from 12 to 9, but the poem was otherwise essentially unchanged from the original.

WORDPLAY LINK: On our sister blog devoted to wordplay, "EDIFYING NONSENSE", you can find "An Undiscovered Poem by John Keats: La Belle Dame Sans Jetski"

 "AND NO BIRDS SING"

(to the tune of "Seven Bridges Road")

 Click on any chord-chart slide to move to 'song-presentation mode'; then navigate through thumbnails at bottom of page.

ORIGINAL SONG: SEVEN BRIDGES ROAD
(as performed by the Eagles)

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Wordy Uke-Song: "REDUPLICATIONS, A to K"

SONG with UKULELE CHORDS

MUSICAL UNDERPINNINGS: "The Elements", Tom Lehrer, 1959.

                              

PARODY COMPOSED: Dr. G.H. and Giorgio Coniglio, 2015. This song is the seventh of nine in the series on Word-Pairs. 

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. 

This post is a follow-up to "The Reduplications: A Lesson"

  This collection of fascinating phrases has been modified somewhat since its original posting on the site AmIRight.com. Thanks are due to Al Silver, Becky Hurwitz and Uncle Paul for suggesting several examples which were incorporated into the current version. 

 The original posting of The Lesson, and this subsequent posting of The Lexicon will contain a total of over 250 examples of reduplication.

WARNING!  Do not attempt to sing this lesson at the pace of a patter-song. The management of this blog will take no responsibility for any injuries sustained.

UKULELE-FRIENDLY FORMAT
(Click on any chord-chart slide to move to 'song-presentation mode'; then navigate through thumbnails at bottom of page.)

I seem to be addicted to this "OS" (original song) as a vehicle for parodies. Try using the search function at the top of the page ("Lehrer" will get you there) to review the 4 previous submissions of this type.

You can play/sing Tom Lehrer's original patter-song, The Elements, by checking out Corktunes, the songbook of the Corktown Ukulele Jam here. The chord-charts have the alternate-line superscript format that many ukers find preferable.

Lehrer had adapted the melody from "The Major General's Song" from Gilbert and Sullivan's "Pirates of Penzance". There are 3 somewhat different melodies/chord-sequences used in alteration through the G/S song, and in Lehrer's derived take-off. 

'honey-bunny', an alternate form

Be sure to continue with  Alliterative Binomials part #2.

ORIGINAL SONG-LYRICS
Click on any chord chart to enlarge and enter thumbnail mode (the slides for both the parody and the original versions can then be enlarged and viewed in any order). 

The remaining 6 slides in Lehrer's original song, "The Elements" can be viewed as a supplement to our parody-song-blogpost "No Elements". Click HERE to proceed.

You crave more patter-songs in the style of Tom Lehrer???
T.L. inspired a whole platterful of songs related to our interest in (i) grammatically paired words, including binomials and reduplications, and (ii) Latin loanwords. And, you should have your foot in the door, having mastered the complexities of singing and playing our above offering "Alliterative Binomials".  So, enjoy singing and playing these as well !!!     
1a. "Alliterative Binomials, part#1"

1b. "Alliterative Binomials, part#2"

2a. "Rhyming Binomials, part#1"

2b. "Rhyming Binomials, part#2"

3.  "A Lesson about Reduplications" (not a patter-song)

(4a. "Reduplications, part#1")

4b. "Reduplications, part#2",

5.  "No Elements", 3rd declension Latin nouns

6.  "The Uniqueness of Nuclear", Latin adjectival listing

of the original songs in our parody suite about word-pairs
7/9 pay tribute to the work of Tom Lehrer

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Limerick-Uke-Saga: "AVIAN DIGESTION"

 

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

ORIGINAL SONG: These verses can be sung to "The Limerick Song", as per YouTube HERE.

ORIGINAL POETRY LYRICS: Original verses were composed by registered pseudonym Giorgio Coniglio, November 2016. After undergoing their rigorous collaborative editing process, these have been published as a "brief saga", a poetic entity of three or more stanzas, on the poetry website OEDILF (Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form); they have then been displayed as poetry lyrics on our blog "Daily Illustrated Nonsense". Click HERE to review Giorgio's blogged poem.

SETTING WORDS TO MUSIC: Readers might be interested to know that of more than 1000 short poems that we have published, only 50 or so would qualify as "brief sagas". Although almost any limerick verse (e.g. the "Nantucket limericks") can be set to music, we were particularly interested in exploring this transitioning for these multiverse poems that warrant the time to pick up your ukulele.

The tunes we have exploited in this effort include, not surprisingly "The Limerick Song". But on occasion we have also used (minor modifications may be required)  "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?", "The Anniversary Song", "Summertime", "Up", and "Santa Lucia".

SONG-LINKS: Check out all of Giorgio's song-posts dealing with birdlore by clicking HERE.  

 

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Tropical Downpour Uke-Song: "ALAJUELA CHORUS"

PARODY LYRICS 

MUSICAL UNDERPINNINGS: The Hallelujah Chorus from "Messiah", composed by George Frideric Handel, with scriptural text by Charles Jennens. The oratorio was first performed as a benefit concert in Dublin in 1742. Under the more cautious title "New Sacred Oratorio" it was performed in London a year later, but with only marginal critical acceptance. Its revival at the Covent Garden Theatre in 1749 under its now-familiar title initiated its iconic role as an inspiring religious work. You can listen to the Royal Choral Society perform the chorus at Albert Hall, a yearly treat, HERE.

PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, August 2017.

INFO-LINKS: This site shows the monthly rainfall pattern in Alajuela, and in other locales in Costa Rica.

 Costa Rica is a fascinating place to visit due to its variety of microclimates and preserved natural environments.

EXPLANATION: For most tourists visiting Costa Rica, the airport of entry is located at Alajuela, a town in the central valley near the capital San José. Some tourists will use the second international airport at Liberia in the drier northwest corner of the country. Alajuela is also the name of the surrounding province which stretches through the central part of the country, north to the Nicaraguan border. 
The name "Alajuela" epitomizes the wonderful musical quality of the Spanish and aboriginal place-names in this great tourist destination.

UKULELE-FRIENDLY FORMAT

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ORIGINAL COMPOSITION'S LYRICS