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| Harlech castle, Wales |
PARODY-LYRICS
ORIGINAL SONG: "Men of Harlech", traditional Welsh hymn
PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, August 2013.
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| Charlotte Church, child diva sings "Men of Harlech" |
PEN of RABBITS
(to the traditional tune of "Men of Harlech")
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| Welch rare-bit / rabbit |
Still today caer Harlech perches,
Dominating YouTube searches -
Startling, stirring [1],
Steals your breath away.
Here’s a song about Welsh Rare-bit [2],
Here’s a song about Welsh Rare-bit [2],
Squarely dealing with the hare-bits -
Seen on fare-bills quite a fair bit,
Patrons seem perplexed.
Rabbit Welsh – offensive nomen-
-clature used by Saxon foemen ?
“No Welsh eats, but cheese and dough, man,
‘less they poach some game.” [3]
Meat-free choice? – Just ask your hostess,
Beer-and-cheese-melt over toast; its
Celtic fans applaud and boast, it’s
Some meat-shunners might eschew it
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Thinking it a hunter’s stew – but
It lacks lagomorphs [4], that’s true – Bugs
It lacks lagomorphs [4], that’s true – Bugs
Outwits Elmer Fudd!
Hare terse-verse is Nash’s [2]
Rare-bit search is Brasch’s [3]
‘HoJo’ wrote the spoof ‘Woad Ode’ [5]
Coniglio [6] penned some flashes.
Hail a dish that harms no hopsters
Hail a dish that harms no hopsters
Not how Newberg hassles lobsters,
Fwycassees can fweak out sqwabsters -
Free the Cornish hen!
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| Easter rabbit hunt, New Zealand |
Satisfies game-lovers’ habits;
Easter special – Braised Brunch-Basket –
Bunny-love abused.
Hard life in the burrows,
Where bereavement’s thorough;
Peters sad, their mom or dad
Got skewered for lunch ‘al burro’.
Hail a world that harms no hopsters,
Fricassees make quail no squabsters,
Calves should escape escalope, sirs !
Peace in field and warren !
[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 [G7] a [F] song [G7] ab[C]out [G7] Welsh [C] Rare-[C5]-bit,
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] 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]
Related Palindromes:
Ate plate, elk cub, ergo ogre, buckle et al. - PETA.
Sleep, eels.
Step on no pets.
Meet animals; laminate 'em.
Pure talk. A yak later up.
Related Palindromes:
Ate plate, elk cub, ergo ogre, buckle et al. - PETA.
Sleep, eels.
Step on no pets.
Meet animals; laminate 'em.
Pure talk. A yak later up.
