JAN 20, singable satire: Tom Lehrer sings "REDUPLICATIONS L to Z"

 

PARODY SONG-LYRICS

ORIGINAL SONG: "The Elements", Tom Lehrer, 1959.

PARODY COMPOSED: Dr. G.H. and Giorgio Coniglio, 2015. This song is the eighth of nine in the series on Word Pairs. You can find the links to the lyrics of the previous songs at the bottom of the post. 

EXPLANATION:

 For a discussion of reduplications on an earlier post on this blogsite, click HERE. The current post also honours our previous venture of Feb 15, 2017 entitled 'Abracadabra' to 'Zoom-zoom': possibly the world's largest compendium of reduplications'.  

UKULELE and GUITAR-FRIENDLY LINK: Our whole series of songs can be found in a friendly format for ukulele (and guitar)-players on our sister blog  "SILLY SONGS and SATIRE". Click HERE to proceed to this site. 

Many of these words and phrases have fascinating stories of their origin and subsequent use; the hotlinks highlight those with instructive or amusing information available on the web.

There’s lazy Daisy, loosey-goosey, Ling Ling, and lickety-split
And lovey-dovey, legal eagle, mellow yellow, and nitwit,
And mumbo-jumbo, muck-a-muck, Mau Mau, Bony Moronie
And Mai Tai, mole hole, nitty-gritty, phony (fake)--baloney.

There’s namby-pamby, no-no, ooey-gooey, okey-doke, ping pong,
And pom-pom, palsy-walsy, pasty faced, slap-happy, singalong
And pow-wow, pitter-patter, pooper-scooper, plain Jane, and pell-mell
And poo-poo (scat), pooh-pooh (reject), and pupu (snack); how can you tell?

There’s quick fix, quack-quack, razzle-dazzle, rail trail, ragtag, ring-aling
And razzmattaz, and rumble-tumble, Roger dodger, and Sing Sing.
And ready Freddy, rollick-frolic, “fuddle-duddle” (P. Trudeau)
And roly-poly, rinky-dink and super-duper, or so-so.

There’s shock jock, sure cure, snip-snap, sci-fi, smartcart, shipshape, stunning gun,
And silly billy, speed read, shilly-shally, squish-squash, stumblebum,
And shady lady, seesaw, space race, Star Wars, snail mail, PigglyWig’
And tutti-frutti, tittle-tattle, tiki, tip-top, thing’majig.

There’s teeter-totter, tootsie-wootsie, teentsie-weentsie, and tee-tee
And tom-toms drumming, tartar, tum-tum, tattle-tale, uh-huh, TV
And tubby-wubby, wishy-washy, willy-nilly, woman’s womb
And walkie-talkie, wingding, yo-yo, yoo-hoo! zig-zag and zoom-zoom.

Ta-Dah !!!

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Many of these words and phrases have fascinating stories of their origin and subsequent use; the hotlinks highlight those with instructive or amusing information available on the web, as follows:

Ling Ling, lickety-split, mellow yellow, nitwit, muck-a-muck, Mau Mau, mumbo-jumbo, Bony Moronie, Mai Tai, nitty-gritty, phony-balo-oney, namby-pamby, okey-doke, pom-pom, pow-wow, pell-mell, Roger dodger, Sing Sing, “fuddle-duddle”, roly-poly, rinky-dink,shock jock, sci-fi, stun gun, shady lady, seesaw, space race, tutti-frutti, , tiki, teeter-totter, tom-toms tartar, ,willy-nilly, walkie-talkie, yo-yo, zig-zag and zoom-zoom.

And, for those interested, here's how you find the lyrics-only-version

of the nine songs that make up this cycle. If you would like to  accompany yourself on ukulele or guitar, find relevant chord charts by following the links that will take you to the versions in our blog "Silly Songs and Satire". 

1. PAIRS, to the tune of "Words" in the style of the Beegees

...  the following songs in the style of "The Elements" by Tom Lehrer

2. ALLITERATIVE BINOMIALS, part#1

3. ALLITERATIVE BINOMIALS, part#2

4. RHYMING BINOMIALS, part#1

5. RHYMING BINOMIALS, part#2

6. A LESSON ABOUT REDUPLICATIONS

7. REDUPLICATIONS, part#1

8. REDUPLICATIONS, part#2

9. LEGALISTIC DOUBLETS, in the style of "Supercalifragilistic..." from  the musical "Mary Poppins"