Friday 13 May 2016

Palindromic Traditional Song: SIN and REDEMPTION





Post #124
PARODY LYRICS
ORIGINAL SONG: "He's Got the Whole World In His Hands" traditional spiritual, first published in 1927
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, May 2016.

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SIN AND REDEMPTION

(to the tune of "He's Got the Whole World In His Hands")

The Palindromes taught us, "Dennis sinned"
Taught all the sisters "Dennis, Madam, sinned"
Taught us "Dennis lived as a devil sinned"
We're taught to know that "Dennis sinned". 

You've got to know that "Dennis and Edna sinned"
Yes, "Dennis, Nell, Edna and Ellen sinned"
"Dennis, Nell, Edna, Hannah and Ellen sinned"
You know that "Dennis and Edna sinned".

We're taught that "Dennis, Nora, Al, Aaron sinned"
"Dennis, Nell, Edna, Gert, Reg and Ellen sinned"
At "Dennis's Inn: Edna and Ennis sinned"
"Dennis' tennis sin-net sinned".

"Dennis, Nat's DNA and Stan? Sin, Ned"
"Dennis's sensuousness? Sin, Ned"
"Bed Noel, Otto, Leon, Deb"
"Dennis
 lived at a devil's inn, Ed".

Dennis "Evil did deliver, reviled did live"
But if everybody here would just forgive,
It could be "drawn onward" on the wind - 
"Dennis never even sinned".







Performing Notes

F9add 0010; C7 = 0001; C7* = 3433





































































The Palindromic Nature of Sin


0. Dennis never even sinned. 

1. Dennis sinned.

2. Dennis and Edna sinned.

3. Dennis, Enid and Nadine sinned.  

4. Dennis, Enid, Andy D., Nadine sinned.

5. Dennis, Nell, Edna, Otto and Ellen sinned. 

6. Dennis, Nell, Edna, Eva, Dave and Ellen sinned. 

7. Dennis, Nell, Edna, Noel, Hannah, Leon and Ellen sinned. 

8. Dennis, Nell, Edna, Noel, Nat, Stan, Leon and Ellen sinned.

9. Dennis, Nell, Edna, Noel, Nat, Sis, Stan, Leon and Ellen sinned.





















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