-> "Pen of Rabbits"
Original Song Title:
"Men of Harlech"
Original Performer:
traditional; Charlotte Church
Parody Song Title:
"Pen of Rabbits"
The Lyrics
Here’s a song about Welsh Rare-bit [2],
Squarely dealing with the hare-bits -
Seen on fare-bills quite a fair bit,
Patrons seem perplexed.
‘Rabbit’ Welsh – offensive nomen-
-clature used by Saxon foemen ?
“No Welsh eats, but cheese and dough, man,
‘less they poach some game.” [3]
Meat-free choice? – Just ask your hostess,
Beer-and-cheese-melt over toast; its
Celtic fans applaud and boast, it’s
Cambria’s national meal.
Some meat-shunners might eschew it
Thinking it a hunter’s stew – but
It lacks lagomorphs [4], that’s true – Buggs
Outwits Elmer Fudd !
Hare terse-verse is Nash’s [2]
‘Rare-bit’ search is Brasch’s [3]
‘HoJo’ wrote the spoof ‘Woad Ode’ [5],
Coniglio [6] penned some flashes.
Hail a dish that harms no hopsters
Not how Newberg hassles lobsters,
Fwycassees can fweak out sqwabsters -
Free the Cornish hen!
Sadly, elsewhere, butchered rabbit
Satisfies game-lovers’ habits;
Easter special – braised Brunch-basket –
Bunny-love abused.
Hard life in the burrows,
Where bereavement’s thorough;
Peters sad, their mom or dad
Got skewered for lunch ‘al burro’.
Hail a world that harms no hopsters,
Fricassees make quail no squabsters ;
Calves should escape escalope, sirs !
Peace in field and warren !
[1] Charlotte Church aged 13, recorded the traditional ‘Men of Harlech’ 1998.
[2] Ogden Nash’s 2-line poem, ‘The Rabbits’
[3] Dr R. Brasch discusses the origins of ‘Welsh rabbit’ in ‘How Did It Begin’ , MJF Books, 2006.
[4] Best-known spoof - a Boy-Scout song based on the ancient British tradition of fighting naked in woad dye - by Eton housemaster W. Hope-Jones, ‘HoJo’, published 1921.
[5] herbivorous mammals in a zoologic order which includes rabbits and hares.
[6] Coniglio = rabbit (Italian)
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