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Song Parodies -> "That's Your Forte"
Original Song Title:
"That's Amore"
Original Performer:
Dean Martin
Parody Song Title:
"That's Your Forte"
Parody Written by:
Giorgio Coniglio's Grandson
The Lyrics
This little portrait of Nonno (Grandpa) Giorgio recounts what he used to do at his uke-jam open-mike sessions. As in Dino’s original, there are only a few Italian words you need to learn. Forse = maybe, perhaps; dal cuore = from the heart.
When they asked you to play, you accepted half-way
Thatsa forse
(Maybe thatsa new word, but it shouldn’t be slurred
Say it ‘for-say’)
You begin, everyone joins in, forty players sing
Strum their strings - Ukuleles.
Tune they’ve heard, new satiric words, slides display the chords,
They’re observed chortling gaily.
When you strain to play loud to be heard by the crowd
Thatsa forte.
What your uke-friends expect - in old lyrics inject
A new twist.
When the word-play you’ve subbed rings out in that old pub
Dal cuore,
You’ve invented, you see, ‘Strum-Along Parody’,
That’s your forte.
Thatsa forse
(Maybe thatsa new word, but it shouldn’t be slurred
Say it ‘for-say’)
You begin, everyone joins in, forty players sing
Strum their strings - Ukuleles.
Tune they’ve heard, new satiric words, slides display the chords,
They’re observed chortling gaily.
When you strain to play loud to be heard by the crowd
Thatsa forte.
What your uke-friends expect - in old lyrics inject
A new twist.
When the word-play you’ve subbed rings out in that old pub
Dal cuore,
You’ve invented, you see, ‘Strum-Along Parody’,
That’s your forte.
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When a great one arrives, I'll award it all 5s
That's my vote [you know how to pronounce it]
This was lots of fun, all the pieces work really well together. Dal cuore.
That's my vote [you know how to pronounce it]
This was lots of fun, all the pieces work really well together. Dal cuore.
That's a funny
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