Satsumas are the Only Fruit [solo voice]
comic song for solo voice and piano
- Duration 2' 10"
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Satsumas are the Only Fruit
Oh how I love to consume a satsuma!
A satsuma a day will create a good humour.
To get one I would fight a lion or a puma
or risk the revenge of wrathful Montezuma.
For the sweet taste of a single satsuma
I would listen to a two-hour-long concerto for solo tuba,
or learn the three major dialects of Yoruba,
or read the minutes of the 1906 Duma.
Oh how I love to consume a satsuma!
A satsuma a day will create a good humour.
The merest rumour of a buried satsuma
would make me turn fructo-archaeologist/exhumer.
Juicy-sweet segmental sensation!
Luscious litmus-testing, citrus-besting Christmas elation!
How I love to consume a satsuma!
How I'd love to resume: to dispel any gloom just make room to consume a satsuma.
Oh how I'd love a satsuma.
It is also easier to rhyme than orange.
Brian Bilston (adapted and extended)
used and altered by permission
words © Brian Bilston
music © Paul Ayres
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Satsumas are the Only Fruit [original poem]
O how I love to consume a satsuma!
A satsuma a day leads to good humour.
To obtain one I would fight a lion or puma
or risk the revenge of wrathful Montezuma.
For the sweet taste of just one satsuma
I would listen to a concerto of tuba,
learn the three major dialects of Yoruba,
read the minutes of the 1906 Duma.
The merest rumour of a buried satsuma
would see me turn fructo-archaeologist/exhumer.
Juicy-sweet segmental sensation!
Luscious litmus-testing, citrus-besting Christmas elation!
O how I love to consume a Satsuma!
It is also easier to rhyme than orange.