Parodies, puns and assorted doodles inspired by favored tunes

Bluesette

Bluesette 1962 by Toots Thielemans with lyrics by Norman Gimbel. Poor little, sad little blue Bluesette Don’t you cry, don’t you fret You can bet one lucky day you’ll waken And your blues will be forsaken Some lucky day, lovely love will come your...

Both Sides Now

BACKPAGE TITLE 1968 Joni Mitchell (first recorded by Judy Collins) Rows and flows of angel hair And ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere I’ve looked at clouds that way But now they only block the sun They rain and snow on everyone So many...

Born To Be Blue

Born To Be Blue 1946 by Mel Tormé and Robert Wells. Some folks were meant to live in clover But they are such a chosen few And clovers being green Is something I’ve never seen ‘Cause I was born to be blue When there’s a yellow moon above me They say...

Bananeira

Bananeira 1975 Music by João Donato Lyrics by Gilberto Gil Banana tree I don’t know Banana tree maybe Banana tree I don’t know The best way to see it Banana tree I don’t know Banana tree maybe Banana tree I don’t know That’s up to you...

Baubles, Bangles and Beads

Baubles, Bangles and Beads 1953 by Robert Wright and George Forrest from the musical Kismet The melody was based on works by Alexander Borodin (the second movement of his String Quartet in D). Baubles, bangles, hear how they jing, jinga-linga Baubles, bangles, bright...