Parodies, puns and assorted doodles inspired by favored tunes

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

BACKPAGE TITLE 1939 Music by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Yip Harburg. (also known as ‘Over the Rainbow’) Somewhere over the rainbow Way up high There’s a land that I heard of once in a lullaby Somewhere over the rainbow Skies are blue And the dreams...

Send In the Clowns

Send In the Clowns 1973 Stephen Sondheim Isn’t it rich? Are we a pair? Me here at last on the ground You in mid-air Send in the clowns Isn’t it bliss? Don’t you approve? One who keeps tearing around One who can’t move Where are the clowns? Send...

Swinging on a Star

BACKPAGE TITLE 1944 Jimmy Van Heusen / Lyrics by Johnny Burke Would you like to swing on a star? Carry moonbeams home in a jar? And be better off than you are? Or would you rather be a mule? A mule is an animal with long, funny ears Kicks up at anything he hears His...

String of Pearls

String of Pearls 1941 by Jerry Gray Lyrics by Eddie DeLange. First recorded by Glenn Miller Ba, by, here’s a five-and-dime Ba, by, now’s about the time For a string of pearls à la Woolworth Every pearl’s a star above Shop Products Favorite Recordings...

S’Wonderful

S’Wonderful 1927 George Gershwin,lyrics written Ira Gershwin. From the Broadway musical Funny Face ‘S wonderful! ‘S marvelous! You should care for me! ‘S awful nice! ‘S paradise! ‘S what I love to see! You’ve made my life so...