Unutterably Silly Outgrabing your mome raths this weekend?

[alecE]

For absolutely no good reason (or indeed any reason) that I can think of, I realised the other day that 'Jabberwocky' can be sung to a variety of tunes. On the grounds that I don't see why I should be the only person afflicted with this knowledge, herewith the list so far:

The Marselleise; suitably heroic
Deutschland, Deutschland, Uber Alles; suitably majestic
Ode to Joy;
For all the saints;
Jerusalem; Brill!!
Once in Royal David's City;
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing;
In dulce Jubilo;
Bobby Shafto;
The Internationale;
The Red Flag (at last we know what they're singing at the end of the Labour Party conference!)
Greensleeves
Lillibullero
The Campbells are coming
Troika from Lieutenant Kige

Any additions?

[zelda_pinwheel]

oh frabjous news ! this should keep a few of us busy for a while today. and as an added bonus, drive a few of our neighbors pretty crazy...

[RWood]

We should assemble a greatest versions mp3 collection

Maybe Red can perform it to the "Yellow Rose of Texas" and Hugo & Lefty to "Lilly Marlane"

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by RWood

We should assemble a greatest versions mp3 collection

Maybe Red can perform it to the "Yellow Rose of Texas" and Hugo & Lefty to "Lilly Marlane"

excellent idea. i believe hugo has been learning to play the guitar, maybe he could even provide musical accompaniment.

[RWood]

Hugo on guitar, I always figured Hugo for drums, shows what I know. Is Lefty still working on the French Horn?

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by RWood

Hugo on guitar, I always figured Hugo for drums, shows what I know. Is lefty still working on the French Horn?

french horn ? good god, is that what that noise was ??? i thought there was a drunken cow somewhere nearby, i couldn't figure out what it would be doing in the middle of the city !

hugo had to put the drumkit away for a while ; the neighbors complained about the noise. he's still got it though.

[nekokami]

Fruminous!

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

hugo had to put the drumkit away for a while ; the neighbors complained about the noise. he's still got it though.

Would that be the neighbors whose workmen like to hammer at 8am, or the SHUMS?

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by nekokami

Would that be the neighbors whose workmen like to hammer at 8am, or the SHUMS?

the hypocritical, unreasonable ones.

[Patricia]

How brillig!

[phenomshel]

Just tried it with Ode to Joy and Greensleeves. What have you people DONE to me??

[nekokami]

For those who don't have convenient access to a copy (or are too lazy to go find it):

`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"

He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought --
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.

And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.

"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.

`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

Also:

Le Jaseroque
Il brilgue: les tôves lubricilleux
Se gyrent en vrillant dans le guave,
Enmîmés sont les gougebosqueux,
Et le mômerade horsgrave.

Garde-toi du Jaseroque, mon fils!
La gueule qui mord; la griffe qui prend!
Garde-toi de l'oiseau Jube, évite
Le frumieux Band-à-prend.

Son glaive vorpal en mail il va-
T-à la recherche du fauve manscant;
Puis arriveé à l'arbre Té-Té,
Il y reste, réfléchissant.

Pendant qu'il pense, tout uffusé
Le Jaseroque, à l'oeil flambant,
Vient siblant par le bois tullegeais,
Et burbule en venant.

Un deux, un deux, par le milieu,
Le glaive vorpal fait pat-à-pan!
La bête défaite, avec sa tête,
Il rentre gallomphant.

As-tu tué le Jaseroque?
Viens à mon coeur, fils rayonnais!
O jour frabbejeais! Calleau! Callai!
Il cortule dans sa joie.

Il brilgue: les tôves lubricilleux
Se gyrent en vrillant dans le guave,
Enmîmés sont les gougebosqueux,
Et le mômerade horsgrave.

http://webpages.math.luc.edu/~vande/jabfrench.html

or

Der Jammerwoch
Es brillig war. Die schlichte Toven
Wirrten und wimmelten in Waben;
Und aller-mümsige Burggoven
Die mohmen Räth' ausgraben

Bewahre doc vor Jammerwoch!
Die Zähne knirschen, Krallen kratzen!
Bewahr' vor Jubjub--Vogel, vor
Frumiösen Banderschnätzchen!

Er griff sein vorpals Schwertchen zu,
Er suchte lang das manscham' Ding;
Dann, stehend unten Tumtum Baum,
Er an-zu-denken-fing.

Als stand er tief in Andacht auf,
Des Jammerwochen's Augen-feuer
Durch tulgen Wald mit wiffek kam
Ein burbelnd uhgeheuer!

Eins, Zwei! Eins, Zwei! Und durch und durch
Sein vorpals Schwert zerschnifer-schnück,
Da blieb es todt! Er, Kopf in Hand,
Geläumfig zog zurück.

Und schlugst Du ja den Jammerwoch?
Umarme mich, mien B&oumlhm' sches Kind!
O Freuden-Tag! O Halloo-Schlag!
Er chortelt froh-gesinnt.

Es brillig war. Die schlichte Toven
Wirrten und wimmelten in Waben;
Und aller-mümsige Burggoven
Die mohmen Räth' ausgraben

Or perhaps you prefer it in Mandarin? ( http://www.jstor.org/stable/2718830)

[nekokami]

More Jabberwocky translations here:
http://www76.pair.com/keithlim/jabbe...ons/index.html

[Slite]

Ok, this is just mean.... I can't have music on at work now witout trying the Jabberwocky to every song that comes on...

Is very disturbing....

[nekokami]

Works quite well to the "Kyrie" in Mozart's Requiem.

[alecE]

I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done it. The marching choir of acutelated pandaborgs belting it out to 'Jerusalem' and clashing their spears on their shields is getting a bit noisy now.