That's a Gourd, eh?

Rhyme Zone is an online tool for finding rhyming words. In a recent discussion with my musical buddies about the gourd ukelele I've been building, we got into a laughing jag by making up lyrics (a parody) about gourds to the tune of a Frank Sinatra song. It made me wonder what other songs could be made into parodies, and frankly what makes a good parody in the first place?

By using the Rhyme Zone tool I found many, MANY rhyming words for gourd: 1-8 syllable words! In music, only one or two syllable words would be worth pursing but it was interesting to see the possibilities. Mostly, parodies capitalize on a word that sounds like another...I'm rhyming gourd with amore, as in "it's a gourd, eh?" instead of "that's amore!" For example, let's parody the lyrics of Dean Martin's song, That's Amore. Here's the original song:

....and here's the parody!

Here locally, where gourds are king
When craft meets art
Here’s what folks sing:

When the seed hits the ground,
if you look, what is found...That's a gourd, eh?
When it dries on the vine,
and awaits fine design...That's a gourd, eh?

Clean it up, scrub a dub dub, scrub a dub dub
And you'll sing "Gourda bella"
Spruce it up, lots of color play,
seal it with a spray, A fancy Cucurbeta!

Lucky fella!!!

When the shapes make you drool
with ideas so cool...That's a gourd, eh?
When you happen to meet
other gourds on the street, you’re in love.

When the gourd is still green,
dry it fast by green cleaning Senorie
'Scusa me, but you see around here locally
that’s a gourd, eh!

Keep a cracklin' gourd song in your heart!

CAM