The scandal is currently sufficient
May with the sun them on you
that supplements expensive you;
And the pure light with you
to lead your house in the kind.
Anyone recognize the original song?
Hints:
- The song came from an album released in 1968 so there's an age bias in this challenge.
- The album has been reissued on CD -- I was pleased.
- I believe the lyrics were actually borrowed from a traditional folk song.
- Somewhere along the line the translation acquired an extra line (and some extra concepts!) The original verse was four lines long.
- The original lyrics were comprehensible, although I've got to admit you could probably substitute the translated version into the song and few people would notice.
4 comments:
Easy. All i have to do is feed this to a English -> French -> German -> French -> English translator, and i'm don... oh... wait...
My first guess would be Jimi Hendrix's "Are You Experienced," second verse:
That your little world wont let you go
But who in your measly little world, (-uh)
Are you tryin to prove to that you're
Made out of gold and-uh, cant be sold
But, that doesn't feel completely right. Thanks for eating up an hour of my day!
-joe thebeau
I was planning to post the actual lyrics after a decent interval, then the flu happened. Aargh what a awful week.
Hi Joe, haven't heard from or about you in a long time. One of the advantages of a blog is names from the past reappearing.
Anyway, the group was "The Incredible String Band" -- I told you it helped to be "of a certain age."
The song, "A very Cellular Song."
And the lyric:
May the long time sun shine upon you;
All love surround you;
And the clear light within you;
Guide you all the way home.
Hi Dale,
I have no idea what the title to this song is but if you ever find out please post it!
Actually, I was doing a google search on a Dale Wilson who wrote several books on train history and happened on your blog which I found to be quite an interesting read.
stay well,
Don Charbonneau
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