Bananenbaum
Jan. 9th, 2009 01:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nenya_kanadkaTo continue what appears to be a tradition on my LJ of quoting from Making Light, I present the following lyrics by John M. Ford to the tune "Ode To Joy" (aka "Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee"), translation by his associate elise:
Ja, wir haben kein Bananen
Unter den Bananenbaum,
Schreib' sein Antwort in die Spannen,
Auf der Seite gibt's kein Raum.
Hier Bananen sind betrunken
Wie von Foster anbesicht,
Bring die Freude, bring das Funken
Ach, Bananen sieht man nicht.
Yes, we do have no bananas
Under the banana trees.
Answer briefly if you can, as
Space is short. (Use margin, please.)
All bananas here are drunk
Just as Foster saw them done;
Bring the joy and bring the funk --
But bananas? We got none.
(hattip commenter Lila, 11/25/2008)
Ja, wir haben kein Bananen
Unter den Bananenbaum,
Schreib' sein Antwort in die Spannen,
Auf der Seite gibt's kein Raum.
Hier Bananen sind betrunken
Wie von Foster anbesicht,
Bring die Freude, bring das Funken
Ach, Bananen sieht man nicht.
Yes, we do have no bananas
Under the banana trees.
Answer briefly if you can, as
Space is short. (Use margin, please.)
All bananas here are drunk
Just as Foster saw them done;
Bring the joy and bring the funk --
But bananas? We got none.
(hattip commenter Lila, 11/25/2008)
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Date: 2009-01-09 07:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-09 07:33 pm (UTC)I will be muttering "Bananenbaum" to myself ALL DAY.