Tuesday, December 8, 2009

"If you wanna be a Jabberwock"

To the tune of the Spice Girls hit "Wannabe"
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3wgaWAHo2Q&,
from :50 - 2:30, ending on a refrain of the first stanza)

[oh, and pardon the constantly wrenched meter]


'Twas brillig and the toves, the slithy slithy toves,
Did gyre in the wabe, and gimble in the wabe,
All mimsy were the -goves, the boro- borogoves,
And the momey momey raths, the mome raths did outgrabe,
The slithy toves (eh!) the borogoves (eh!)
the gimbling wabe (eh!) raths did outgabe (eh!)
and I wanna really really wanna brilly brig ah!

"If you want my future
beware the Jabberwock my son!
If you wanna get with me the Bandersnatch you'd better shun!
Now don't go wasting the Jubjub bird,
Get your act together now that's my final word!"


"I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want,
So tell me what you want, what you really really want,
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really
really really wanna snicker-snack ah."

He took his vorpal sword, the two were best of friends, (the two were best of friends!)
He sought the manxome foe, his journey never ends,
So he rested by the Tumtum tree, his legs began to give,
He stood awhile in thought, but that's the way it is.

"What do you think about that!" as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock whiffled through the tulgey wood,
"You look quite tasty, I'll give you a try,
If you really bug me then I'll burble goodbye!"

Yo the sword went one-two, one-two one-two one-two,
The sword went straight through and through and through and through,
He left it dead, and took it's head, it's head was dead, that's what I said, and he went galum-
galum- galum- galum- galumphing back.

"If you wanna be my lover, hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Make it last forever, you really walk the walk!
If you wanna be my lover, O frabjous day,
Taking is too easy, but Callooh! Callay!"

'Twas brillig and the toves, the slithy slithy toves,
Did gyre in the wabe, and gimble in the wabe,
All mimsy were the -goves, the boro- borogoves,
And the momey momey raths, the mome raths did outgrabe,
The slithy toves (eh!) the borogoves (eh!)
the gimbling wabe (eh!) raths did outgabe (eh!)
and I wanna really really wanna brilly brig ah!

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