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theoldgirl

OOC: Song Lyrics

Mar 13, 2009 00:27

I decided to write down the lyrics of all the songs in Doctor Who And The Pirates (except for Gallifreyan Buccaneer, because that's already online) so I could sing along better, and with a little help from maltese_penguin managed to figure them all out.
( With pestilential monsters that he got a lot of hassle from )

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dbskyler March 13 2009, 02:37:02 UTC

Whoo hoo! I've never heard the Big Finish audio, but I was able to figure out the G&S songs used for all the lyrics -- "The Sun Whose Rays" was a little tricky, but I got it by the end. : ) Thanks -- that was fun!

theoldgirl March 13 2009, 15:49:14 UTC

Wow, you've never heard the BF songs and just figured them out by the lyrics? That's cool. Glad I provided fun!

doctorsmythe March 13 2009, 08:52:54 UTC

*Applauds*

I think I love you. I wanted to do the same thing a long time ago, but never came further than the first song.

There are a few things I heard completely different, but English isn't my first language so was completely wrong some cases. I like that, because it is teaching me new words. I think I even learned the saying his just desert form the sixth Doctor, because I have Colin in my head saying it. But I have no idea on earth what Salmon candy is. I thought it was salmiac candy.

I think Sally sings My heartache deep instead of my heart indeed

I can down a pint or two if it is distillated brew instead of I can down a pint or two of this distillated brew I think he is bragging he can handle any drink, but I'm not sure.

theoldgirl March 13 2009, 16:04:50 UTC

:D It was a lot of fun doing this. English isn't my first language either (German here), but maltese_penguin is American and she went over it and helped me with some issues I had. I love learning new words too - I'd never heard of "malice prepense" or "inchoate" before, and I didn't know "just desert" either. The salmon candy drove me completely mad, because I didn't think "salmon candy" made sense, so I kept googling random word combinations. Couldn't find anything, finally had enough and googled salmon candy - and it's actually a real dish. It might not be in the song, but it's the closest I could get to something that makes sense, lol.

Hmmm, I can't really tell if it's one or the other, but I like "My heartache deep" better, I'll change that, thanks! I think "of this distillated brew" makes a bit more sense though, because Six is right there offering him rum.

maltese_penguin March 13 2009, 16:18:51 UTC

Psh, you did almost all of it, I only helped with a couple words. (I think doctorsmythe is right with the "of distillated brew", but I really can't tell with "my heartache deep" vs "my heart indeed", though the first works better.) I'm not sure I could have done a better job: she caught a lot of lyrics I didn't.

And as a native English speaker, a lot of the lyrics are a bit odd. "Malice prepense" is a legal term, though, which explains why the adjective follows its head; legal English is heavily influenced by Norman French and does a lot of Frenchy things, like the noun-adjective order. And I just learned now what "salmon candy" is, lol. Though it does seem a bit odd that they're eating salmon in the Caribbean, I dunno what else it could be.

And thanks again for doing this, old girl, it's awesome. :)

theoldgirl March 13 2009, 17:34:12 UTC

Awww, thanks! :D

Well if you too think it's "if it's distillated brew", I will of course defer to that opinion. ;) And even if it's not salmon candy, I'm so fed up with that line now that I'm not going to try and find something better, lol.

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d4ni March 13 2009, 14:38:37 UTC

Haha, fabulous! I absolutely love this audio!

theoldgirl March 13 2009, 15:49:36 UTC

Me too! :D

pbristow March 13 2009, 18:56:31 UTC

"She has the fierce and bloodthirsty mean"

The word there is actually "mien": http://dictionary.reference.com/dic?q=mien&search=search

And yeah, there are a lot of unusual and archaic words in there, reflecting the style of W.S.Gilbert's original lyrics. As mondegreens go, the above is perfectly excusable. =:o}

theoldgirl March 13 2009, 19:03:42 UTC

Oooh, thanks for correcting that! I'm glad people are speaking up to help me perfect the lyrics.

pbristow March 13 2009, 21:26:54 UTC

No probs. Thanks for doing this! You've even given me an idea for an evil and fiendish scheme: I wonder if I can interest the British filk community in mounting a production of DW & The Pirates at our next con...? I know we've got several people with plenty of G&S experience! =:o}

theoldgirl March 13 2009, 21:32:25 UTC

Oh, I bet that would be an awesome event. Good luck with it!

Can you point the way to Buccaneer lyrics? anonymous April 30 2009, 16:03:46 UTC

Fantastic job!! quite an achievement.
I am desperately looking for the lyrics to Gallifreyan Buccaneer but can't find them. You said:
"decided to write down the lyrics of all the songs in Doctor Who And The Pirates (except for Gallifreyan Buccaneer, because that's already online)"
Would you mind posting the link to that?
I'd love to have the lyrics so I could sing along to that as well :-)

Re: Can you point the way to Buccaneer lyrics? theoldgirl April 30 2009, 16:33:11 UTC

Oh no problem. http://robvincent.net/journal/arc/2007/01/10/gratuitous-lyrics-post/ It's the first result if you search "Gallifreyan Buccaneer lyrics" in Google. ;)