01 May 2006

O, o, o!

Read: Teresa Nielsen Hayden's O dere ghod in Making Light.

3 comments:

  1. Anna - Have you ever seen the lyrics to "Shaft" in old English? If you want, I can post them here.

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  2. Please do post them, Spencer. Now you've got me scurrying to find any old English cricket cookie recipes.

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  3. The Theme to Shaft in Chaucer’s English

    Wha be tha blake prevy lawe
    That bene wantoun too alle tha feres?
    SHAFT!
    Ya damne righte!

    Wha be tha carl tha riske is hals wolt
    Fro is allye leve?
    SHAFT!
    Konne ye?

    Wha be tha carl wha ne wolden flee
    Whan peril bene all aboughte?
    SHAFT!
    Verray!

    Alle clepe tha carl ane badde mooder-
    SOFTE!
    Speken of Shaft bene I.
    THAN KONNE ALLES WE!

    He be a man konne unnethes
    Namo save is mayde konnes im.
    JOHN SHAFT!

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