PARODY-LYRICS
ORIGINAL SONG: "Heart and Soul", Frank Loesser and Hoagy Carmichael, 1938.
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, February 2015. To return to the corresponding post on "Daily Illustrated Nonsense" (and to see the lyrics without the chord-chart indications) click HERE.
EXPLANATORY NOTES: The star-nosed mole inhabits wet
low-lying areas of Canada and the northeastern US. It has been much less well
known than its lawn-disturbing cousin, the common Eastern mole. National
Geographic recently suggested that it may be the weirdest creature on the
planet.
STAR-NOSED MOLE
(to the tune of "Heart and Soul")
Star-nosed mole – I fail to grasp your charms -
Star-nosed mole – I fail to grasp your charms -
Fleshy snout, thick tail and flipper arms
Slit eyes,
No need to use a mirror:
You won’t be ogled by peers.
Star-nosed mole – a neuroscience find -
Tactile nose, hunts prey though eyes are blind
Feelers (tentacles)
Discern where kisses
land,
Just like an eye or a
hand.
Star-nosed mole – bolts half its weight each day
Stim-response? – Earth’s quickest, Wiki say,
Nostrils
In midst of quivering
nose,
Stay underwater closed.
Strangely evolved for
digging, feeding, swimming.
How do you get to
breeding, her-and-himm-ing?
So, you can ‘see'
By integrating touch,
Brain can ‘watch’- snarf
yummy worms and such.
Somehow
You find cloacal holes
Of other star-nosed moles.
