MAR 20, singable satire: Al Jolson sings "CALI(fornia)"

 PARODY SONG-LYRICS

ORIGINAL SONG: "Swanee" by Al Jolson.

PARODY COMPOSED: Dr. G.H. and Giorgio Coniglio, April 2019, following a trip to California.

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(to the tune of Gershwin's "Swanee")

CA’s your postal designation – 

Confusion for this old Canuck.

But I recall     

Having a ball                              

(As a kid down there I'd snuck).

I’m going back as an old codger,

To see my son in academe.

The kid’s no fool,     

In graduate school;

Together we’ll explore this meme.

Cali, how I love ya, how I love ya,

My dear old Cali.  

I’d give my URL to be                           

Among the geeks in S-I-L-I-C-O-N,     

That’s ‘Valley’. I could groove there! 

Should I move there? Silicon Valley.

To folks back home, I’ll e-mail or post 

When I get to that old West Coast.

Muni, Muni,

‘Round San Francisco: Muni.

Silicon Valley -

BART’s where I’ll leave my heart.

Cali: Fillmore Jazz and Alcatraz,

In my dear old Cali.  

Historic trolleys - fun

And cable cars climb halfway to the sun     

Or Santa Clara (San Jose – I lost my way!) 

There’s Jack Kerouac Alley

The City Lights will be within reach 

At Little Italy / North Beach. 

Muni, Muni,

I’ll fill my ‘Clipper’, Muni.

(They won’t take toonies)

BART’s where I’ll leave my heart.

Cali, here I come, I’ll sing and strum, 

'Bout my dear old Cali.  

('Cause when I'm gone I'll mourn                           

Not being there in C-A-L-I California.)     

Cali: How to get there? 

I could jet there! I’ll need to rally.

To folks back east, sure, I’ll brag and I’ll boast,

When I go to that West Coast, 

I'll dally at the best coast, 

When I go to that old West Coast.

PARODY LINK

The original song appears to have been parodied only occasionally. Nonetheless, readers may be quite interested to review a parody concocted in 2005 by 'Airfarcewon' on AmIRight, a song-lyrics website with almost 90,000 entries.

Lyrics for the song "Salami" can be found here.