Lyr Add: Taco Bell Canon

08 Mar 01 - 11:10 AM (#413363)
Subject: Taco Bell Canon
From: Hollowfox

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.

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08 Mar 01 - 11:24 AM (#413371)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Taco Bell Canon
From: MMario

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

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08 Mar 01 - 11:36 AM (#413380)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Taco Bell Canon
From: Hollowfox

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

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08 Mar 01 - 06:08 PM (#413602)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Taco Bell Canon
From: Joe Offer

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-

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08 Mar 01 - 08:23 PM (#413640)
Subject: ADD: Coffee Cantata
From: Mark Cohen

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)

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08 Mar 01 - 08:26 PM (#413642)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Taco Bell Canon
From: Mark Cohen

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

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08 Mar 01 - 09:45 PM (#413683)
Subject: ADD: One Ton o' Maalox
From: Julia

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-

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09 Mar 01 - 01:25 AM (#413783)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Taco Bell Canon
From: kimmers

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

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