JAN 30, singable satire, "DIETARY NOTES"

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

2020: literature survey, "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" (illustrated poem)
2021: singable satire, Babel-Talky, multilingual 'Jaberwocky (parody lyrics) 
2022: singable satire, Fickle Twist of Verse, #3 (parody lyrics)
2023: singable satire, Nessun Dorma (parody lyrics)

2024: singable satire, While My Uke Wordlessly Sings (parody lyrics)

b) Today's Offering (Jan 30, 2025): SINGABLE SATIRE

ORIGINAL PARODY-LYRICS

MUSICAL UNDERPINNINGS: "Mairzy Doats", Drake, Hoffman, Livingston 1943. THis children's song was  initially recorded by Al Trace, covered by Andrews Sisters, Sharon, Lois and Bram, and many others. 

PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, September 2015, performed at the Corktown Ukulele Jam.

PARODY SONG-LINK:  To find ukulele and guitar chord-charts to help you accompany "DIETARY NOTES" on your favorite instrument, click HERE.

DIETARY NOTES

(to the tune of "Mairzy Doats")

My family thinks I’m nutty as a fruitcake
Have to hunt on menus, find what I can eat.

These lyrics have been moved, along with ukulele chord suggestions, to a posting on our personal song-blog "Silly Songs and Satire".

Scene from "The Elephant Show"

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