MAY 30, singable satire: "ICELAND" show-tune, written by Gershwin and Coniglio

 

a) Reprise of material posted on May 30 in previous years ...

2020: singable satire, w-i-p (parody lyrics) 
2021: singable satire, Dylan's "Otto" (parody lyrics)
2022: singable satire, The Play's A Sting (parody lyrics)
2023: singable satire, Ewe-Yew-You (parody-lyrics)

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b) Today's Offering (May 30, 2024):  SINGABLE SATIRE

PARODY SONG-LYRICS

ORIGINAL SONG: The melody for the spiritual ballad "Summertime" from the George Gershwin opera "Porgy and Bess".

PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio (registered pseudonym) and Dr. GH, August 2018. 

EVOLUTION of the LYRICS: The song-lyrics originated as limerick verses composed by Giorgio Coniglio 2017, and compiled in January 2017. The details of the lyrics were based on GC's family trip to Iceland in June 2015. Most of the verses also appear, mildly modified, in the online limerick dictionary OEDILF.com. They were subsequently   posted on GC's blog, at that time known as "Ukable Parodies", adapted as a parody-song collage. 

SONGLINK:  Our whole series of songs can be found in a friendly format for ukulele (and guitar)-players on our blog  "SILLY SONGS and SATIRE". Click HERE to proceed and view how to accompany the song-medley "ICELAND" on your favorite instrument.

While visiting there, you might also be on the lookout for a calypso-style song derived from the same visit to Iceland in June 2015 under the title "Nordic Journal: Island in the Sun".                                   

CONTENTS: 

1. Iceland / Ísland  
2. Geysir: OEDILF 
3. Eyjafjallajökull / E15 
4. Second-Hand Geyser
5. Stopover in Reykjavik 

ICELANDIC SAGA

(to the tune of "Summertime") 

1. In the far North Atlantic there’s dry land:
Friendly Iceland – it’s my kind of island.
You’ll be welcomed in Ísland *; cool and damp but at-peace land; 
Summer-sun-all-day-but-you-won’t-fry land.

2. Tourists learn the Norse thermal god plays here;
The Icelandic locale known as ‘Geysir’.
From hot pools steam erupts - belching after he sups.
Then they head for the sign (that says),“Tour Bus Stays Here.”

3. E15, Iceland stratovolcano,
Spews out fog that can clog up your plane, Oh
If explain it I must - it’s just ashes and dust;  
Can’t they flush it away with some Drano?

4. A cheap gift: though Björn thought he’d surprise her,
Björg rejected his second-hand geyser,                                              
“What I’d prize is a freezer. Your poor wife, why displease her?
It just proves you’re a nasty old miser.”

5. If you’re planning an Iceland stopover:
There's no Northern Lights, but come in June or July.  
Reykjavik stays bright, bars stay open 'til morning.  

TourAdvisor warns book early; prices are high.

* pronounced as EES-lahndt.