SONG with UKULELE CHORDS
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| Only occasional binomials show alliteration (e.g. 'one and only') |
PARODY COMPOSED: Dr. G.H. and Giorgio Coniglio, 2015. This song is the second of nine in the series on Word-Pairs. To return to the corresponding post on "Daily Illustrated Nonsense" (and to see the lyrics without the chord-chart indications) click HERE.
WORDPLAY LINK: For discussion of alliterative binomials on our sister blogsite "EDIFYING NONSENSE", click here (You can also find a simpler version of the parody-lyrics displayed without the chords, should you desire.) (A reprise from Post #80, July 4, 2015)
UKULELE-FRIENDLY FORMAT:
(Click on any chord-chart slide to move to 'song-presentation mode'; then navigate through thumbnails at bottom of page.)
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 GandS song, and in Lehrer's derived take-off.
My suggestion for the first 3 verses of the patter-list portion of this parody are shown here, but adapt them as you like! Incidentally, the Eb7 chord may look formidable to some - just use the barred version of D7 one fret higher, than slide back for the D7 that follows!
Pick or strum the way you like, but I have enjoyed the 3,(12),4,(12) picking pattern, continuing through from line to line, except for an index finger 4-string flourish at the end of all the lines of the minor-tone verses, and in lines 3 and 4 of the other verses.
Be sure to continue with Alliterative Binomials part #2.
You crave more patter-songs in the style of Tom Lehrer???
T.L. inspired a whole platterful of songs related to our interest in grammatically paired words, including binomials and reduplications. And, you should have your foot in the door, having mastered the complexities of singing and playing our above offering "Alliterative Binomials". So, enjoy trying these as well !!!
1a. "Alliterative Binomials, part#1"
T.L. inspired a whole platterful of songs related to our interest in grammatically paired words, including binomials and reduplications. And, you should have your foot in the door, having mastered the complexities of singing and playing our above offering "Alliterative Binomials". So, enjoy trying these as well !!!
1a. "Alliterative Binomials, part#1"
3. "A Lesson about Reduplications" (not a patter-song)
4a. "Reduplications, part#1"
4b. "Reduplications, part#2",
6. "The Uniqueness of Nuclear", Latin adjectival listing, scheduled for April 2024.
HOT LINKS to the SONGS (Updated, 2021)
Uke-friendly versions here on "Silly Songs and Satire"
Alliterative Binomials, part #1 (see above)
