In the spirit of this Christmas season, I thought it might be fun for us to share and translate some of our Christmas carols, from our natlangs or conlangs. I don't just mean traditional Christmas carols, but also parodies of carols if you can find any. If the carol is a parody, please share the original carol in a link so we can share in the joke. No translations of anything specific other than some sort of a carol is necessary; feel free to share what you like.
Let me share some of my favourite English carol parodies below:
While shepherds washed their socks by night,
All seated in the tub,
The angel of the Lord came down,
And gave them a good scrub.
Dashing through the bush
In a rusty Holden Ute
Kicking up the dust
Esky in the boot
Kelpie by my side
Singing Christmas songs
It's Summer time and I am in
My singlet, shorts and thongs
Oh! Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells
Jingle all the way
Christmas in Australia
On a scorching summer's day
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells
Christmas time is beaut
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a rusty Holden Ute.
(Parody) Christmas Carols
(Parody) Christmas Carols
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Conlangs: Hawntow, Yorkish, misc.
she/her
Conlangs: Hawntow, Yorkish, misc.
she/her
Re: (Parody) Christmas Carols
Here is part of a Christmas song translated to griuskant, instead of a carol or parody. Sing along: Wish I wish tonight
I will keep doing what I can do
I will keep wishing 'cause wishes come true
I'm dreaming our Christmas will turn out right
That's the wish I wish, tonight
griuskant (romanised without conscript)
aesk kin oth skisa zhae kanenzhaeth
aesk kin oth zhaeska vezh zhaesk kin skeha
aesk roida zhaed fraeiyeh kin huirian noils
zhae az aeskae zhaesk, shaishuig
/'esk kin ɔθ 'skisa 'ʒe 'kanənʒeθ/
/'esk kin ɔθ 'ʒeska vəʒ 'ʒesk kin 'skəha/
/'esk 'rɔida ʒed 'freijəh kin 'huirian nɔils/
/'ʒe az 'eske 'ʒesk, 'ʃaiʃuig/
I will keep doing what I can do
I will keep wishing 'cause wishes come true
I'm dreaming our Christmas will turn out right
That's the wish I wish, tonight
griuskant (romanised without conscript)
aesk kin oth skisa zhae kanenzhaeth
aesk kin oth zhaeska vezh zhaesk kin skeha
aesk roida zhaed fraeiyeh kin huirian noils
zhae az aeskae zhaesk, shaishuig
/'esk kin ɔθ 'skisa 'ʒe 'kanənʒeθ/
/'esk kin ɔθ 'ʒeska vəʒ 'ʒesk kin 'skəha/
/'esk 'rɔida ʒed 'freijəh kin 'huirian nɔils/
/'ʒe az 'eske 'ʒesk, 'ʃaiʃuig/
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Re: (Parody) Christmas Carols
Well, let's see. What were the schoolyard classics:
Jingle bells, Batman smells,
Robin laid an egg,
the Batmobile lost a wheel,
and the Joker did ballet.
Hey!
and also …
Dashing through the snow
on a pair of broken skis.
Over the fields we go,
bashing into trees.
The snow is turning red.
I think I'll go home instead.
Duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh
I don't remember the rest!
But no really, I don't remember the last two lines, a devastating loss for the American canon, to be sure.
Jingle bells, Batman smells,
Robin laid an egg,
the Batmobile lost a wheel,
and the Joker did ballet.
Hey!
and also …
Dashing through the snow
on a pair of broken skis.
Over the fields we go,
bashing into trees.
The snow is turning red.
I think I'll go home instead.
Duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh
I don't remember the rest!
But no really, I don't remember the last two lines, a devastating loss for the American canon, to be sure.
Re: (Parody) Christmas Carols
I woke up in a hospitalDormouse559 wrote: ↑18 Dec 2017 04:35 Dashing through the snow
on a pair of broken skis.
Over the fields we go,
bashing into trees.
The snow is turning red.
I think I'll go home instead.
Duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh
I don't remember the rest!
But no really, I don't remember the last two lines, a devastating loss for the American canon, to be sure.
With stitches in my head!