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Song Parodies -> "Merely Bits of Cornish"
Original Song Title:
"Early in the Morning"
(MP3)Original Performer:
Vanity Fare
Parody Song Title:
"Merely Bits of Cornish"
Parody Written by:
Merry & Pippin
The Lyrics
If you do not know the OS, a low bit-rate MP3 can be found here
(Pippin)
Feeling like some rhyme, word play
Time for one more par-o-day
Don't know what to do
So I asked you
(Merry)
Then we'll do some bits of Cornish
Oh so many bits that I can formish
I reveal a flair surreal for speech
To share "An kye o gleeb" with all
It's such fun: say "Drew tha hanow?"
Something in unfurling tomes of Kernow
Gwaedor or teeack or poscader:
(Trades) or you can exclaim: "Gof o ve!"
"Deeth daa!" is so clear to me
Those rhymes drekkly dear to me
Tre, car, pen or pol
Onen hag oll!
Though it's merely bits of Cornish
Use 'em and your verbage you'll adornish
I can spiel those truly Corn-orations:
"Fatla gena whye?" to den
If your chy is gwin or noweth
Corne in Parc an Venton you'll avoweth
"Cober, pysk ha sten" is just one way
To mottofy the Ho-o-orne!
(Pippin)
Seething's how I feel today
Cornish stuff's been overplayed
(Merry) "Na vadna cowz Sowznack"
(Pippin) "Ty Woky, you"...
(Merry)
With St. Pirin we'll determine
Over by the fenster (Ooops! - that's German!)
When I feel that Celticness arise
I'm shouting "Ma an gathe war'n bord !"
Unified, Modern or Kemmyn
Even if your name is not Trevennen
You can learn 'hethow' is just 'today'
And conjugate pronouns: "ma hye"
(Pippin)
When I'm hearing bits of Cornish
I don't understand so I admonish
I can feel some parody frustration
Creeping up on me...
(fade)
Feeling like some rhyme, word play
Time for one more par-o-day
Don't know what to do
So I asked you
(Merry)
Then we'll do some bits of Cornish
Oh so many bits that I can formish
I reveal a flair surreal for speech
To share "An kye o gleeb" with all
It's such fun: say "Drew tha hanow?"
Something in unfurling tomes of Kernow
Gwaedor or teeack or poscader:
(Trades) or you can exclaim: "Gof o ve!"
"Deeth daa!" is so clear to me
Those rhymes drekkly dear to me
Tre, car, pen or pol
Onen hag oll!
Though it's merely bits of Cornish
Use 'em and your verbage you'll adornish
I can spiel those truly Corn-orations:
"Fatla gena whye?" to den
If your chy is gwin or noweth
Corne in Parc an Venton you'll avoweth
"Cober, pysk ha sten" is just one way
To mottofy the Ho-o-orne!
(Pippin)
Seething's how I feel today
Cornish stuff's been overplayed
(Merry) "Na vadna cowz Sowznack"
(Pippin) "Ty Woky, you"...
(Merry)
With St. Pirin we'll determine
Over by the fenster (Ooops! - that's German!)
When I feel that Celticness arise
I'm shouting "Ma an gathe war'n bord !"
Unified, Modern or Kemmyn
Even if your name is not Trevennen
You can learn 'hethow' is just 'today'
And conjugate pronouns: "ma hye"
(Pippin)
When I'm hearing bits of Cornish
I don't understand so I admonish
I can feel some parody frustration
Creeping up on me...
(fade)
An kye o gleeb = The dog is wet.; Drew tha hanow? = What is your name?; Gwaeder = weaver, teeack = farmer, poscader = fisherman; Gof o ve! = I am a smith; Deeth daa! = Good day; Tre, car, pen, pol = prefixes common in Cornish place names; Onen hag oll! = One and All (Cornish motto); Fatla gena whye? = How are you?; den = man; chy = house, gwin = white, noweth = new; Parc an Venton = the fountain field (a play on the parody contest of the same name some years back); Pysk, sten, ha cober = Fish, tin and copper (Cornish motto); Na vadna cowz Sowznack = I will not speak English; Ty Woky = you fool; St. Piran = Cornish patron saint; Ma an gathe war an bord = There is a cat on the table; Unified, Modern and Kemmyn = the three recognized forms of Cornish today; ma hye = she is; Note: "fenster" may be German, but the Cornish word for window is almost the same... ;-)
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Two questions: does J.D. Salinger speak Cornish? How do you know these Celto-Germanic languages? Great parody, and thanks for the translation.
there's a thin line between corny and cornish and i think you crossed it.....5s
Say what?
I thought this was gunna be about pasties when I saw the title! Another clever concept :)
Thanks all. We aim to inform and educate - heh heh.
John, he probably speaks Granite. As for me, Cornish is in my blood, so I make it a priority to know these things. Maybe next we should do a parody in Penna. German... ;-)
John, he probably speaks Granite. As for me, Cornish is in my blood, so I make it a priority to know these things. Maybe next we should do a parody in Penna. German... ;-)
Nothin corny here! 5s
Funny premise
Highly Educational
So, Cornish and Yiddish share "drekkly"?? I know of Cornish only as a yummy game hen, but I like the OS and this was a creative spin. Pymp, pymp, pymp. (You guys are just a couple of pymps.)
Grassow, Turtle.
I always heard 'drekkly' as a Cornish/English phrase. Didn't know it was used in Yiddish also - thanks for the info, Tommy! :-) Now, I would have used 'pemp', but then I favour Modern Cornish.... ;-)
Nyah! Now I'm hungry for a pastie.
Peregrin: Online dictionary doesn't have "Grassow", so I assume you told me something obscene, right? :)
Meriadoc: I believe the Yiddishism "drek" ("sh*t") has entered American colloquialism. (It must have, as I DK Yiddish.) Figured you were making a humorous adverb of it... Again, "pymp" came from online sources, but isn't "You guys are just a couple of pymps" ("pimps") a better pun in English than "You guys are just a couple of pemps"? -- TT
Meriadoc: I believe the Yiddishism "drek" ("sh*t") has entered American colloquialism. (It must have, as I DK Yiddish.) Figured you were making a humorous adverb of it... Again, "pymp" came from online sources, but isn't "You guys are just a couple of pymps" ("pimps") a better pun in English than "You guys are just a couple of pemps"? -- TT
Tommy, I believe the Cornish use 'drekkly' as a slurring of directly, as in: "I'll do it drekkly", meaning immediately, soon. Sorry, I caught the pymp joke of course. I think pemp is pronounced the same. Unified Cornish would say pymp, but they take their vocabulary and spelling from medival Cornish. The reason I prefer Modern, is because it takes the language from where it left off, which to me, makes more sense. A controversy rages also as to whether the Cornish language ever officially died, and if so, when. The revival was already underway when the language was in its last throes. Cornish fishermen counted their catch in Cornish as late of the 1930s. Gorthfyl? I see you've discared the shell and legs! ;-D
Couldn't find "turtle" in online dic, but found "reptile". The online dics welcome additions, so could you please fix this glaring omission for them? :)
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