s,o) Uke-Song: "PEN OF RABBITS", a non-hunters' martial melody

Harlech castle, Wales

PARODY-LYRICS

MUSICAL UNDERPINNINGS: "Men of Harlech", traditional Welsh hymn

PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, August 2013.

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(You can also view the lyrics and commentary (without images or chords, at the  parody-lyrics site where they were originally posted online)  at AmIRight.com Post""

Charlotte Church, child diva
 sings "Men of Harlech"

PEN of RABBITS

(to the traditional tune of "Men of Harlech")

Welch rare-bit / rabbit

Singable Introduction:

 

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[1] Charlotte Church aged 13, recorded the traditional ‘Men of Harlech’ 1998.

[2] Ogden Nash’s 2-line poem, ‘The Rabbits’

[3] Dr R. Brasch discusses the origins of ‘Welsh rabbit’ in ‘How Did It Begin’ , MJF Books, 2006.

[4] herbivorous mammals in a zoologic order which includes rabbits and hares.

[5] Best-known spoof  - a Boy-Scout song based on the ancient British tradition of fighting naked in woad dye -  by Eton housemaster W. Hope-Jones, ‘HoJo’, published 1921.

[6] Coniglio = rabbit  (Italian) 










Performing Notes

Enjoy chord-charts and lyrics at the Corktown Ukulele Jam songbook:
Corktunes: Pen of Rabbits

[C] Here’s a [F] song ab[C]out Welsh Rare-bit,

[F] Squarely [Dm] dealing [G] with the [G7] hare-bits -

[C] Seen on [F] fare-bills [C] quite a fair [F] bit,

[C] Patrons [G] seem per[C]plexed. [F] [C]

[G7] Hare terse-verse [G7sus] is [G] Nash’s           

[C] Rare-bit search [Csus] is [C] Brasch’s 

[C] ‘Ho[Csus]Jo’ [C] wrote the spoof ‘Woad Ode’ 

Coniglio penned [Csus] some [C] flashes.

final verse:
[F] Hail a [C] world that [Dm] harms no [C] hopsters,

[F] Fricas[Dm]sees make [G] quail no [G7] squabsters,

[C] Calves should [F] escape [C] es[G]ca[C]lope, [F] sirs !

[C] Peace in [G] field and [C] warren ! [F] [C] 

To play with a 'chimier' sound:

[C] Here’s [G7] a [F] song [G7] ab[C]out [G7] Welsh [C] Rare-[C5]-bit,

[F] Square[Am]ly [Dm] deal[Dm7]ing [G] with the [G7] hare-[G7sus]-bits -

[C] Seen [G7] on [F] fare-[G7] -bills [C] quite [G7] a [C] fair [F] bit,

[C5] Pat[C]rons [G] seem per[C]plexed.  [F]  [C]

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