MAY 30, singable satire: Harry Belafonte sings "ISLAND IN THE SUN" (Iceland)

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

2020: singable satire, W-I-P (parody lyrics) 
2021: reptiles, painted turtles (illustrated poem)
2022: singable satire, Wreck of the Danish Royalty (parody lyrics)
2023: singable satire, Ewe-Yew-You (parody-lyrics)

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b) Today's Offering (May 30, 2024): 

 PARODY-LYRICS

ORIGINAL SONG : "Island In the Sun", Harry Belafonte 1957. The original song has been covered in versions in German and Swedish, but not as far as I can tell in Icelandic. 
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, December 2015.

PARODY-SONGLINK: To find ukulele chord-charts to help you accompany "Iceland in the Sun" on your favorite instrument, click HERE.

This song resulted from a family trip to Iceland in June 2015. Our few days there were packed with wonderful sightseeing excursions. The weather was as good as it gets in Iceland (only minimal rain, not interfering with our travels). The highlight of the trip was the recently opened IceCave excursion; after a palpitating ride by giant truck over a huge ice-field, we walked into a system of tunnels in the glacier itself, led by an excellent informative guide.
The Icelandic language, a venerable tongue which has apparently changed little since the first settlers came to the island in the 9th century, seems challenging to learn. Fortunately for us, the friendly locals we encountered, at least in Reykjavik, all spoke English quite well.

Ísland = Iceland , pronounced eess-lant. 
góðan daginn = good morning, hello, pronounced goh-than die-in.
Eyjafjallajökull (j's pronounced as y)  = Island-Mountain-icecap, the subglacial volcano whose brief eruption caused the Icelandic ash problem in 2010; the volcano has now been considered dormant for 5 years.
    

ÍSLAND (Iceland) IN THE SUN

(to the tune of Belafonte's "Island in The Sun")

This year we flew with Icelandair

Europe-bound and stopped halfway there.

We left TO, our kids from DC,

A meet-up trip for our family. 

Oh, Ísland, land of sun

Nights stay bright for the month of June;

Four full days, awesome sights to praise

Geysers, glaciers, volcanoes

IceCave, Langjökull

And Blue Lagoon.

A neat idea, break our trip

Meet at hotel-suite in Reykjavik.

Restos coped with vegg-necessity

And one kid GF lactose-free.

Didn’t know, but they’re eco-smart

Geo-thermal at system’s heart

Hot water piped everywhere you see

Heat all home and greenhouse for free.

Oh, Ísland, northern light

Eyjafjallajökull
eruption March 2010

Four full days touring awesome sights

Hotel choose, or your sleep you’ll lose

Weekends downtown bars

Never close at night.

Recent attraction, not to skip

Monster truck, glacier Ice-Cave trip

Bundle up, walk though colored ice

View crevasse, bottom-up is nice. 

Oh, Ísland, isle of fun

Nights stay bright for the month of June

Four full days, awesome sights to praise

Glacier overlying
 dormant volcano, 2013

Close with steamy bathing

At Blue Lagoon.

I'll greet old friends - “góðan daginn”, soon

When we go back some year in June

Next time stay longer, get my fill - 

Climb, and say, “Eyjafjallajökull”.

Oh, Ísland, isle of sun

Nights stay bright for the month of June;

More full days, awesome sights to praise

Geysers, glaciers, volcanoes

And Blue Lagoon.

tourist-party atop the glacier

 'night'-time hike down volcano
 to a steamy bathing spot