Archive for the ‘Parody’ Category

Just a Sonneteer

Sunday, September 24th, 2023

A parody of “Just a Gigolo”

I’m just a sonneteer and everything I hear
Little songs are words you’re buying
Paid for every rhyme, sometimes just a dime
Ooh, look at me cry

There may come a time when words no longer rhyme
What will they say about me?
The last couplet you hear
Makes me just a sonneteer
Fourteen lines define me

I’m just a sonneteer and everything I hear
Make sonnettics songs for buying
Paid for every rhyme, sometimes just a dime
Ooh, iambic cry

There may come a time when words no longer rhyme
What will they say about me?
The last couplet you hear
Makes me just a sonneteer
Fourteen lines define me. ‘cause

I ain’t got no free verse
No free verse poetry, no free verse
No free verse poetry
Iambs get so lonely
Lonely iambs, lonely iambs
Won’t some sweet quatrain come and take a chance or three?
‘Cause meter ain’t bad

The Lebanon Green

Thursday, August 3rd, 2023

To the tune of “The Farmer in the Dell

I.
Come walk around the green
Come walk around the green
Let's go to Lebanon 
To walk around the green

II.
The green is long and wide
The green is long and wide
Spread out in Lebanon 
The green is long and wide

III.
The Revolution came
The Revolution came
Right through Connecticut 
The Revolution came

IV.
The soldiers marched to war
The soldiers marched to war
Right here, across the green
The soldiers marched to war

V.
Our Revolution's heart
Our Revolution's heart
Beat here in Lebanon 
Our Revolution's heart

VI.
Our history is strong
Our history is strong
Right here in Lebanon 
Our history is strong