I'm more of a curmudgeon (or old fart) about this than Andrew, I must
confess:, so I don't find it brilliant. on the page, the new version
sucks, even more than the original; but listening to it, if I cared for
rap, I might find it mildly fun.... as it is, I kinda enjoyed it, the
accent especially....
(now I wish Ernst Jandl's 'German' version was on line [it's not on
ubuweb]).
Doug
On 13-Apr-07, at 6:41 AM, Roger Day wrote:
> http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,2054283,00.html
>
> The original:
>
> I wandered lonely as a cloud
> That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
> When all at once I saw a crowd,
> A host, of golden daffodils;
> Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
> Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
>
> The rap:
>
> I wandered lonely along as if I was a cloud
> That floats on high over vales and hills
> When all at once I looked down and saw a crowd
> And in my path there was a host of golden daffodils
> so Check it!
> The kind of sight that puts your mind at ease
> I saw beside the lake and beneath the trees ...
>
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>
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