FEB 29, (28b), singable satire: "PEN OF RABBITS" (non-hunters' martial melody)

Harlech castle, Wales,
web-photo

 Today's Offering, Feb 29 (28b): SINGABLE SATIRE

ORIGINAL PARODY-LYRICS

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

PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, August 2013; performed at the Corktown Ukulele Jam.

Our whole series of songs can be found in a friendly format for ukulele (and guitar)-players on our sister blog "SILLY SONGS and SATIRE" with chord-charts for both the parody and original song, as well as helpful performing suggestions. 

 To find ukulele and guitar chord-charts to help you accompany "PEN OF RABBITS" on your favorite instrument, click HERE.

You can also view the lyrics and commentary (without images or chords) displayed on a parody-lyrics website where they were first developed at AmIRight.com. 

Charlotte Church, child diva
 sings "Men of Harlech"

PEN of RABBITS

(to the tune of "Men of Harlech")

Welsh 'rarebit';
no rabbits harmed 

Here’s a song about Welsh Rare-bit, 

Squarely dealing with the hare-bits --

Seen on fare-bills quite a fair bit,

Easter rabbit hunt, New Zealand

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

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

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

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

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

[6] Coniglio: name derived from the Italian word for rabbit 

[7] culinary term in Italian for 'prepared in a butter sauce'

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