AUG 20, singable satire: "TIPTOE PAST RIPE BERRIES"

 

a) Reprise of material posted on August 20 in previous years ...

2020: singable satire, Alliterative Binomials 2 (parody-lyrics)
2021: singable satire, Mel and His Hernia (parody-lyrics) 
2022: singable satire, Coach the Nestlings (parody-lyrics)
2023: singable satire, Limbo Rocks, or Not; Canto 4 (parody-lyrics)

b) Today's Offering (Aug 20, 2024):  SINGABLE SATIRE

ORIGINAL PARODY-LYRICS

MUSICAL UNDERPINNINGS:  "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" , Burke and Dubin 1929, for early talkie-film musical The Gold Diggers of Broadway, as recorded by Nick Lucas 1929, Tiny Tim 1968, et al.

PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, July 2014.

PARODY-SONGLINK: To find ukulele and guitar chord-charts to help you accompany "Tiptoe Past Ripe Berries" on your favorite instrument, click HERE.

innocuous unripe berries

TIPTOE PAST RIPE BERRIES

(to the tune of "Tiptoe Through The Tulips")

              

             Come...........

Tip-toe  round the messes 'neath the Johnsons' fruiting berry  tree;       

Please tiptoe past mulberries - my plea;               

They stain concrete, and the floor-mats, and our carpets; walk responsibly!

Please tip-toe past mulberries - my plea. 

       

Ripe fruit hot pavement does cook;

Bird-poo; Yuch! - Purple; just  look!  So slip your 

Shoes off at the doorstep, when you're sneaking from your girlfriend's digs

Please tiptoe past the berries - my plea, ......... and 

Tip-toe  round the messes 'neath our neighbors' over-bearing tree;

Our front sidewalk's a jam factory

Blue-stained granite and hall tile-slate, and our carpets; walk responsibly!

Please tip-toe past mulberries - my plea. 

No diff if you're slow or quick;

They'll squish; in shoe-treads they'll stick.  So slip your 

Shoes off at the doorstep, when you're sneaking home well after two....or

The rug-cleaning bill sticks with you.