Lyrics for Singable Satire: "JAILHOUSE, NOW"

The important thing is to wish y'all 

A HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON !!!!!!

PARODY COMPOSED: Dr. G.H. and Giorgio Coniglio, March 2019.

ORIGINAL SONG: "In the Jailhouse Now", Jimmie Rodgers, 1928, recorded by many artists, including Webb Pierce, Merle Haggard, Chet Atkins and Leon Russell; a somewhat different version was recorded by Johnny Cash. Most recently the song, as performed by Tim Blake Nelson and The 'Soggy Bottom Boys' appeared in the filmscript and on the soundtrack of the Coen Brother's film "O Brother, Where Art Thou?". Check out the YouTube video here. 

SONGLINK: See the version of this post designed for ukulele and guitar players on our lyrics-blog 'SILLY SONGS and SATIRE' here. (If you haven't been signed up for that source of lyrical wonderment but crave entry, leave a comment here including your email, in strict confidence).

JAILHOUSE, NOW

(to the tune of "In the Jailhouse Now")

I had a friend named lobbyin' Paul;

Misdemeanors? really quite small -- 

He helped out Putin's vassal in Ukraine.

Got up the nose of Mueller

His sentence just got fuller;

(He'd worked a while on Trump’s ‘Sixteen campaign).

A witness-tamper tale; they done revoked his bail.

Those judges learned the facts

'Bout mortgage fraud and cheat-on-tax --

He's in the jailhouse now.

Paul warn't no copperator,

As Mueller found out later,,

Paul figgered he'd get pardoned by the Chief.

His partner Rick keeps scattin',

There's some that call that rattin',

Rick knew that Paul's the one who'd get relief. 

Gates worked for presidents,

But turned 'state's evidence',

A short time will be spent

For launderin' and embezzlement.

He's in the jailhouse now.

Ah di o-dalee eehee hee

Ah di o-dalee eehee hee

Yode layee-hee

Yode layee-hee

Yode lay-ee.

Before 16's election

Don’s standard for selection

Was helpers that were loyal and quite tough.

They'd had some indiscretions,

But unlike Jeffie Sessions,

They wouldn't chicken out when things got rough.

Good guys like Michael Cohen,

Mike Flynn and Roger Stone,

And here I'm being blunt.

Collusion? No, it's a witch hunt.

Let’s lock up Hillary soon.

Repeat yodelling chorus.

SONGLINKS: Readers interested in this topic might also enjoy Giorgio's songs found on previous postings on our lyrics blog, "SILLY SONGS and SATIRE". (Click to enjoy them).

 #195: "Kooky Presidential Views"
 #194: "Vlad Putin's Blogger"  
 #193: "Get Me Roger Stone - the song" 
 #182: "Anagram-Lyrics for the Fourth of July"
 #180 "The Ballad of Rudy Giuliani, part #2"
 #179 "The Ballad of Rudy Giuliani, part #1"

 #178 "Indiana Song"

 #175 "Rosenstein"

 #173 "Brennan's Tweet"

 #169 "Dark Schemes (Russian Hacking)"

 #158 "First Year on the Range"

INTRODUCTORY CONCLUSION: The TOURISTS' PALINDROMIC GUIDES

WORDPLAY POST #197

The current offering represents a followup to a slew of recent map-art blogposts by Dr. G.H. and Giorgio Coniglio (registered pseudonym) and Dr. GH. 
 - Tourists' Palindromic Guide: The Old World #1
 - Tourists' Palindromic Guide: The Old World #2
 - Tourists' Palindromic Guide: The Old World #3
 - Tourists' Palindromic Guide: The Old World #4
and...
 - Tourists' Palindromic Guide: The Americas #1
 - Tourists' Palindromic Guide: The Americas #2
 - Tourists' Palindromic Guide: The Americas #3
 - Tourists' Palindromic Guide: The Americas #4

"A man, a plan, a canal - Panama"
Readers who are particularly interested in wordplay might also enjoy a fantastical discussion, set to music, on the development of this famous palindrome by Leigh Mercer, in post #185 of our lyrics blog (SILLY SONGS and SATIRE)  ...
"Leigh Mercer's Palindrome Workshop" 

rêve: French for dream.

Tulsa, Oklahoma: a stop on U.S. 'Route 66', as mentioned in the eponymic jazz ballad. Click on Route 66 .

Amana: a religious community, the Pietists, founded this settlement in the state of Iowa in 1856. Click on Amana Colonies.

panama (Ecuadorian hat): a traditional brimmed straw hat of Ecuadorian origin, becoming popular worldwide at the beginning of the 20th century. Click on panama.

Act: The British North America Act paved the way for the  Confederation of Canada in 1867. Click on BNA Act.

And, if you still need a fix of more palindromic fun, go on to "Magical Canal Verses and Palindromes".

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IMPROVED HOLIDAY POSTING 2019

Season Greetings to All from your friends here at NONSENSE CENTRAL..

Giorgio Coniglio (registered pseudonym) and DrGH want to send you and yours all the best for a Happy Chanukah, a Merry Christmas, a prosperous New Year, and freedom from irritating robo-calls (you can pick up to 3 of these choices).

To help you enjoy all the time for socializing and contemplation at this time of year, there is nothing like structured NONSENSE.

And we are delighted to send you some samples and links to the expanding world of nonsense without any obligation on your part. You may have already seen some of this material, but most of it is newly formatted, and may be worth your giving it a second look. (If not, it can be easily sent to TRASH.)

A: SONG-LYRICS NONSENSE

 'TURKEY LEFTOVERS'

Song-lyrics from the 2015 holiday season revisited, based on an article in the journal The Economist entitled "TURKEY'S FLIGHT". 

SUBSTITUTE LYRICS are subbed into TWO original songs, making this a a pair-ody.

ORIGINAL SONG#1: "The Christmas Song" (Chestnuts...), written by Wells and Tormé  in 1944, and recorded by the Nat King Cole Trio 1946.

ORIGINAL SONG#2: "Good King Wenceslas", John Mason Neale 1853, but often now mistakenly referred to as 'traditional'. Neale's piece, (based on accounts of the Bohemian Wenceslas legend, and a 13th century 'spring-carol tune) was highly criticized in the 1920s as "ponderous moral doggerel".

PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio (registered pseudonym) and Dr. GH, January, 2015; updated in 2017.   
SONGLINK: Click here to see the song-lyrics with chord charts formatted for performers on ukulele and guitar (other string instruments can probably benefit as well.)

 For another song-lyrics parody on  "The Christmas Song"  see our earlier posting "The Cynic's Song" here.
But, BE WARNED: The song-lyrics site is now a private blog, so to be allowed access, you will have to leave me a comment here indicating your email address, so I can set up your entrance documentration.

TURKEY LEFTOVERS

part #1(to the tune of The Christmas Song - "Chestnuts Roasting")

Essay featured in Economist,
Turkeys' origins disclosed -
Centerpiece of each year's Yuletide feast,
Subspecies bred in Mexico.

Dolts like me believed that gobblers and that Mid-East land -
Names were mere coincidence.
Ottomans, trading ships, caravans -
I understand, it now makes sense.

You can enjoy the rest of the song by clicking to this link which will lead you to our fascinating blog... (The link is guaranteed to be free of viruses, malware and antibiotic-resistant organisms.)

http://www.edifyingnonsense.com/2019/12/seasonal-reposting-turkey-leftovers.html

or if you prefer to trash this communication, I suspect you know the routine.

B: POETIC NONSENSE REVERSING VERSE: Illustrated Limericks About CLASSIC PALINDROMES WORDPLAY post #196 SATIRE COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio (registered pseudonym) and Dr. GH, 2018-2019. Today's verses have also been published or remain under review at OEDILF.com (Omnificent EnglishDictionary in Limerick Form), an online humour dictionary that has accumulated over 100,000 laboriously edited limericks, including over 300 that we have submitted there. The OEDILFian code number for the verse and its status, 'T' = 'transitional', is indicated below each of our slides.  Palindromes have been featured on our blogsite EDIFYING NONSENSE since its inception. The concept of 'goofy' variants on classical palindromes was honored as the topic of three blog-postings that you can link to here.  A to H post#20 ; I to O post#29 ; P to Z post #40. Indeed, the goofy variants are often the key to teasing rhymes from this otherwise inflexible form of wordplay. Incidentally, artwork, including photos, as well as poetry, are the creation of this website's author-editors unless otherwise indicated.  The original 'inventors' of the classic palindromes have generally not been reported, and are best regarded as having been lost in the sands of time. SONGLINK: For those readers who like poetry set to music: You can find lots of singable limerick medleys on our sister blog "SILLY SONGS and SATIRE".                                                                                  CONTENTS Please note that beyond this point in the presentation, there will be an exclusive correlation between green italicized font and palindromes (phrases or sentences whose letters are ordered identically when they are read backwards as well as forwards) 1. A man, a panama 2. Drawn onward 3. Dennis sinned 4. Gnu dung 5. Yreka bakery 6. Lonely Tylenol 7. UFO tofu 8. Too hot to hoot 9. Never odd or even  10. Sex at noon taxes 11. No 'X' in Nixon 12. A Santa at NASA 13. T. Eliot's toilet 14. Madam, I'm Adam 15. Sex of foxes 16. Able ere Elba 17. A Toyota's a Toyota 18. No lemon; no melon (Fruitless) 19. Mr Owl ate my metal worm 20. Emil's lime 21. Ida's denial 22. Selfless 23. See-saw 24. Canals   "A man, a plan, a canal -- Panama" is one of the best known palindromes in the English language. Read about the deliberations leading to the discovery of this iconic phrase in either poetry or song-lyrics.  You can enjoy the rest of these short poems by clicking on this link which will lead you to... http://www.edifyingnonsense.com/2019/11/reversing-verse-limericks-about-classic.html

Lyrics for Singable Satire: "VLAD PUTIN'S BLOGGER"

PARODY SONG-LYRICS

ORIGINAL SONG: "The Frozen Logger", an American folksong of the tall-tale variety, was written by James Stevens in 1928 and published in 1949. It has been recorded by The Weavers in 1951, and subsequently by many other artists, including  Oscar Brand. Enjoy the YouTube recording by Johnny Cash here. 

PARODY COMPOSED:  Dr. G.H. and Giorgio Coniglio, February 2019. 

Readers interested in this topic might also enjoy Giorgio's lyrics posted on these blogposts...

Dark Schemes

Rosenstein

Brennan's Tweet 

"Get Me Roger Stone - the Song"

SONGLINK: See the version designed for ukulele and guitar players on 'SILLY SONGS and SATIRE' here. BTW, if you are not among the glitterati chosen to have access to our lyrics-blog, and wish to do so, leave me a note to that effect in the Comments section at the bottom of this post, and I will sign you up.

FURTHER INFORMATION: A presidential quote from January 2019, in reference to the suspected perpetrators indicted by the Mueller probe into foreign interference in the 2016 U.S. federal election...

 "Among the 34 people, many of them were bloggers from Moscow or people who had nothing to do with me, had nothing to do with what they were talking about or there were people who got caught telling stories or lying … I think it's a terrible thing (that has) happened to this country, because this investigation is a witch hunt." 

VLAD PUTIN'S BLOGGER

(to the tune of "The Frozen Logger")

As I logged on in Moscow in an internet café,

An English-speaking pop-up troll did these terse words display,

“We know you are a blogger, and not just a common nerd.

Mother Russia wants your hacking help, of this please be assured.”

“And yes, I am Vlad Putin; please excuse my being crass,

But we’ll count on your assistance, or your relatives we’ll gas.

What we ask’s not too much effort, in fact it’s a walk in the park.

We’ll assign a friendly mentor, KGB-trained oligarch.”

“I want to win real elections, just not keen to call my own;           

We’ll monitor the chats and thoughts on each U.S. cellphone.

You’ll scoop the goods for blackmail in a world as dark as night,

And steal e-mail for WikiLeaks to publish on their site.”

“We’ll post you there in Washington, you’ll help us get the clues;
When time is right to dominate, we’ll start our world-wide coups.

We’ll signal in that courtroom that Putin’s time has come;

That’s where you’ll sit ‘til someone moons Bob Mueller with

   his bum.”

SONGLINKS: Readers interested in this topic might also enjoy Giorgio's songs, accompanied by ukulele / guitar notation, as found on previous postings on our lyrics blog, "SILLY SONGS and SATIRE". (Click to enjoy them).

 #195: "Kooky Presidential Views"
 #194: "Vlad Putin's Blogger"  
 #193: "Get Me Roger Stone - the song" 
 #182: "Anagram-Lyrics for the Fourth of July"
 #180 "The Ballad of Rudy Giuliani, part #2"
 #179 "The Ballad of Rudy Giuliani, part #1"

 #178 "Indiana Song"

 #175 "Rosenstein"

 #173 "Brennan's Tweet"

 #169 "Dark Schemes (Russian Hacking)"

 #158 "First Year on the Range"

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TOURISTS' PALINDROMIC GUIDE: The OLD WORLD #4

WORDPLAY POST #192

This post represents a follow-up to these posts...
- Tourists' Palindromic Guide: The Old World #1
- Tourists' Palindromic Guide: The Old World #2
- Tourists' Palindromic Guide: The Old World #3

SATIRE COMPOSED: Dr. G.H. and Giorgio Coniglio (registered pseudonym), 2019. 
WORDPLAY LINK: Geographically focused concoctions are among the many palindromic treasures honored and displayed on this site. Check out the list of entries for "The Palindrome Suite" in the slide at the bottom of blogpost #179. 
SONGLINK: For those readers who like poetry set to music: You can find lots of singable limerick-medleys, as well as other types of song on our sister blog "SILLY SONGS and SATIRE", such as this recent post. In addition, some readers will be delighted (others will continue to groan) at our collection of songs based on palindromic phrases -- check out the links shown on earlier blogposts.

Suomi' is the natives' name for 'Finland'

(You can change directions, and check out the series of helpful palindromes from the Americas, HERE!)

Do you still crave more palindromic fun? Click HERE for 'concluding remarks' about New-World and Old-World palindrome. 

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