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Song Parodies -> "A Song about Latin and Greek Words"

Original Song Title:

"The Limerick Song"

Original Performer:

sactoGranny

Parody Song Title:

"A Song about Latin and Greek Words"

Parody Written by:

Giorgio Coniglio

The Lyrics

A limerick medley for you to enjoy. Many of these verses can also be found at OEDILF.com, the online limerick dictionary.
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Here's a schema to use Anglo-Latin:
Not for spats, chew-the-fats, or curse "Shat!" in.
Lends a scholarly bent
To whatever you've meant;
You'll vent flatus, but never fall flat in.

It's a lingua that sports its regalia,
Like geranium and genitalia,
Fungi, fascia and foci,
Algae, loggia and loci,
And innum'rable others — et alia.

Matching fine, friendly facets to Latin,
Whose euphonious tones flow like satin.
A harmonious tweak:
Pick its peer, Anglo-Greek
For idyllically naming a frat in.

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You've discovered the Greek prefix dys-,
And discerned things have gone quite amiss:
There's dyslexic — can't read,
And dysphagic — can't feed,
And dysuric — too painful to piss.

"Dyspareunic? Not now", she asserts
(We're in bed, after eating desserts).
But the wrong kind of moan
Is invoked, and so (groan)
There's no 'cuddling' on nights when she hurts.

When non-random disorder attacks us,
Peccadilloes throw projects off-axis.
We'll not sit there and dither,
We'll get our sh*t tog*ther,
Or we'll suffer from dyscoprotaxis.

You'll encounter the Greek prefix eu-
Well or good, like the carpenter's "true";
Nothing hyper- or hypo-,
Not even a typo-
So, Eureka! There's nothing askew.

Euphemistic? We say diarrhea:
"What runs through", Ancient Greeks would agrrhea —
Details best left unsaid.
Now, when you're "out of bed",
Don't trot back to that same trattoria.

It's addictively frequent extrusion
Of short verses not void of confusion —
Three rhymes 'A', and two 'B'. Ah!
Could be called 'limerrhea',
For a lexicon lacking conclusion.

I give zeal and direction wide berth.
I prefer mild bemusement to mirth.
I abjure 'love' and 'loathe'
(Though at times I do both).
That's ambivalence - for what it's worth.

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Jeff "Dr Chordate" Moran - November 22, 2016 - Report this comment
I applaud the use of words that both are not often used in amusing writing and sometimes require a dictionary to verify meaning. Prolixious!
? - November 22, 2016 - Report this comment
A limerick medley loosely united by a common theme, as you say. Well done, for what it is. Amusing in places. Verbally challenging. Scholarly. I appreciate the effort. But where is the parody? What are you making fun of? Or where are the surprising alternate lyrics to an established OS? I don't get it. This should stay on your other site. We do parody here. Please write one. No score.
Patrick - November 22, 2016 - Report this comment
Limerick is an established poetic form that lends itself primarily to works of humor and satire. So, this is a parody of every other limerick. Like John Barry, you have a way with words, the tools of our craft, and you use them in a skillful and amusing way. No doubt you are also the first person ever to use the word "dysuric" in a poem.
? - November 22, 2016 - Report this comment
Patrick, this comment will follow an established satirical form, lending itself to disputing another's point of view. Therefore, this is a parody of every other comment. Logical fallacy! Upon a closer reading of this comment, it turns out to be a parody only of your comment!
Giorgio Coniglio - November 22, 2016 - Report this comment
@ "?"(or whomever). Thanks for opening my eyes to my oversight. As I mentioned before, since the demise of Ag+Al+ there has been a relative dearth of top-quality satiric parodies on this site. The favorite songs seem to be IPASOY, "Barney" and soap commercials, which together constitute 20.4% of all submissions since 2013. Perhaps you should remind us of the joys of well-crafted parodies by pointing out a winning example from the archives which wickedly draws on the ethos of each of the classic melodies. Or if need be, composing the lyrics yourself. Looking forward. GC. BTW: Did you enjoy Dr GC dec's medley on "The Morning After..."?
? - November 22, 2016 - Report this comment
Glad you asked. Here's a classic. A jaunty and familiar OS about copyright infringement! http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/carusopavarotti0.shtml I don't know what to make of the symbols for silver and aluminum, but I appreciate anyone who gets his valences right. You are so right about the banality of the alleged parodies perpetrated here. Unfortunately, I'm one of the perps, so I won't inflict myself on you. I'll check out "The Morning After..." again, but I fear it's from your later period, rather than your early Golden Age.
John Lomain - November 22, 2016 - Report this comment
DKTOS but I can imagine Tom Lehrer singing this. Educational and fun
Granddaddy - November 22, 2016 - Report this comment
Horse manure! Doesn't deserve squat Sign of an impotent man.
? - November 23, 2016 - Report this comment
First of all, f*ck Granddaddy!
I had to go to your blog for "The Morning After..." I had read it recently on AIR. All your stuff is clever, precise and literate. The first verse (limerick) traffics in anagrams. I'm not a fan of those. Used in a song, the lyrics have to be seen, not heard, to have meaning. At least to me. The best verse (limerick) ended in "groping."
Writing a song using a series of 5-liners means that the song doesn't have a sustained narrative drive, but "lyricus interruptis." I think Greek/Latin Words inherently has more connective tissue unifying the verses and is therefore more satisfying than Morning After. SactoGranny has, as the common theme, tongue twisters. He also has the Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay chorus between limericks as a needed separator. This is strictly a novelty OS. If SG succeeds in any way, it's in the hope that he can top himself in all the line 5s without losing his dentures. It ain't much, but that's the narrative drive of your OS. The limerick construction of it is a good choice as a vehicle for tongue twisters. The fifth-line punch is the apotheosis of the twisting built up in the first four lines. Suppose your gimmick was, for example, alliteration? Then you'd get into the spirit of SG and you'd have a parody rather than just an exercise in subbing SG's trick limericks with your loosely connected limericks.
Granddaddy - November 23, 2016 - Report this comment
write a genuine parody you damn fool Stop wasting time with superfluous junk
Agree - November 23, 2016 - Report this comment
There once was a doctor GC
Who was supposed to write parodies
Wrote limericks instead
Oh, the audience dread
Here's some 1s for him- all in threes!

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