Song Medley with Adapted Limerick Verses
ORIGINAL SONGS: as per links.
LINKED LIMERICK MEDLEYS: Lyrics set to the music of the indicated songs, that have for the most part been shown in various blogposts.
SATIRE COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, March 2017.
PARODY SONGLINK: Ukulele tabs and chords are presented on "Silly Songs and Satire" HERE to help you accompany the good ole Nantucket story to various other tunes.
NOVEL MELODIES for SINGING the NANTUCKET LIMERICK, part #A
NOVEL MELODIES for SINGING the NANTUCKET LIMERICK, part #A
1. "WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW" (Carole King, 1960)
Original:
Original:
Tonight you're mine completely
You give your love so sweetly.
Tonight the light of love is in your eyes.
Will you still love me to-morrow?
Nantucket Adaptation (No changes from original lyrics needed)
There once was a man from Nantucket,
Who kept all his cash in a bucket,
Til his daughter named Nan / ran away with a man
And as for the bucket – Nan took it.
You give your love so sweetly.
Tonight the light of love is in your eyes.
Will you still love me to-morrow?
Nantucket Adaptation (No changes from original lyrics needed)
There once was a man from Nantucket,
Who kept all his cash in a bucket,
Til his daughter named Nan / ran away with a man
And as for the bucket – Nan took it.
2. "SUMMERTIME" (George Gershwin, 1935)
Original:
Original:
Summertime, and the living is easy;
Fish are jumping, and the cotton is high.
Oh, your Daddy’s rich, and your Ma is good-lookin’,
So hush, little baby, don’t you cry.
Nantucket Adaptation (Minor changes)
Summer guy, lived on the isle of Nantucket:
All his cash he stuffed in a bucket to hide,
Til his daughter Nan / ran away with a Mande
And as for the bucket, “She took it!”, he cried.
Fish are jumping, and the cotton is high.
Oh, your Daddy’s rich, and your Ma is good-lookin’,
So hush, little baby, don’t you cry.
Nantucket Adaptation (Minor changes)
Summer guy, lived on the isle of Nantucket:
All his cash he stuffed in a bucket to hide,
Til his daughter Nan / ran away with a Mande
And as for the bucket, “She took it!”, he cried.
3. "HOME ON THE RANGE" (U.S., ‘traditional’, 1872)
Original:
Original:
Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam,
Where the deer and the antelope play,
Where seldom is heard / a discouraging word
And the skies are not cloudy all day.
Nantucket Adaptation (Minor changes)
A cowboy came west from Nantucket, invested
His cash in a saddle and bucket;
Sad, his daughter named Nan / rode away with a ranch-hand
And as for the bucket – Nan took it.
Where the deer and the antelope play,
Where seldom is heard / a discouraging word
And the skies are not cloudy all day.
Nantucket Adaptation (Minor changes)
A cowboy came west from Nantucket, invested
His cash in a saddle and bucket;
Sad, his daughter named Nan / rode away with a ranch-hand
And as for the bucket – Nan took it.
4. "WAVES OF THE DANUBE" ('traditional' Romanian waltz 1880, popularized as "The ANNIVERSARY SONG" by Al Jolson, 1946)
Original:
Original:
Oh, * * * how we danced * * *
On the night * * * we were wed * * *
We vowed * * * / our true love * * *
Though a word *** wasn’t said.
Nantucket Adaptation: (Minor changes)
The sad story of Stan from Nantucket,
Who stowed cash and stash in a bucket:
Hell, his partner named Jan / ran away with friend Anne.
And their plan? Well, Stan’s bucket – they took it!
On the night * * * we were wed * * *
We vowed * * * / our true love * * *
Though a word *** wasn’t said.
Nantucket Adaptation: (Minor changes)
The sad story of Stan from Nantucket,
Who stowed cash and stash in a bucket:
Hell, his partner named Jan / ran away with friend Anne.
And their plan? Well, Stan’s bucket – they took it!
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