Lyr Add: Taco Bell Canon

Subject: Taco Bell Canon
From: Hollowfox
Date: 08 Mar 01 - 11:10 AM

Sometime in the recent past, I promised to post this gem, but I can't find that particular thread at the moment. I learned this at a post National Storytelling Festival party a couple of years ago ('98, I think). The instigator was Ed Stivender, a 'teller from Philadelphia who probably wrote it, as he has *that* kind of humor. He probably wrote it, and I hope he doesn't mind that I'm passing it on without permission. Anyway,
(to the tune of, surprise, Pachelbel's Canon)
And the four parts are:

Enchilada, enchilada, etc

Margarita, margarita, etc

Cheese Burrito, cheese burrito, etc

(descant) Ya, ya, ya, etc.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Taco Bell Canon
From: MMario
Date: 08 Mar 01 - 11:24 AM

I had the pleasure of hearing this sung during a workshop at Old Songs last year.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Taco Bell Canon
From: Hollowfox
Date: 08 Mar 01 - 11:36 AM

Great, thanks, Mmario! That eliminates any guilt about posting something without the creator's permission. (whew)*g*

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Taco Bell Canon
From: Joe Offer
Date: 08 Mar 01 - 06:08 PM

Hmmmm. Out on the West Coast of the U.S., we have the "Jalapeno Chorus," with apologies to G.F. Handel. As you may have guessed, the primary word is "Jalapeno" - and, thankfully, I don't know the rest.

-Joe Offer-

Subject: ADD: Coffee Cantata
From: Mark Cohen
Date: 08 Mar 01 - 08:23 PM

Fantastic! There's also the alternative Coffee Cantata:

You be latte, Deo
I'll be capuccino
He'll be mocha

Aloha,
Mark
(Maybe I should now call it the Kona Cantata. I didn't write it, I should hasten to add: I learned it from Mariide or else from Lani Herrmann)

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Taco Bell Canon
From: Mark Cohen
Date: 08 Mar 01 - 08:26 PM

In case it's not obvious: Jubilate Deo, Jubilate Deo, Hallelujah.

Subject: ADD: One Ton o' Maalox
From: Julia
Date: 08 Mar 01 - 09:45 PM

I started at one time writing "One ton o' Maalox"
(Tune Guantanamara)

Chorus:
One ton o' Maalox,
Oh I need One ton o' Maalox
One ton o' Maalox
Yes I need One ton o' Maalox

Well I ate four burritos
And a whole plate of nachos
Three big enchiladas
And three or four tacos
Now I need One ton o' Maalox
Yes I need One ton o' Maalox

chorus

The words mean "I am a man who has eaten too much..."

Anyone want to help me finish this?

Line Breaks <br> added to enhance the existential quality of this lyrical masterpiece.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Taco Bell Canon
From: kimmers
Date: 09 Mar 01 - 01:25 AM

Mark!! Your version of "Jubilate" is marvelous! I almost choked!!