The Moss
Letra:
[English]
Legend has it that the moss grows on
The north side of the trees
Well, legend has it when the rain comes down
All the worms come up to breathe
Well, legend has it when the sunbeams come
All the plants, they eat them with their leaves
Well, legend has it that the world spins 'round
On an axis of 23 degrees
But have you heard the story of the rabbit in the moon?
Or the cow that hopped the planets while straddling a spoon
Or she, who leapt up mountains, while whistling up a tune
And swapped her songs with swallows while riding on a broom
Well, we can all learn things, both many and a-few
From that old hunched-up woman who lived inside a shoe
Or the girl that sang by day and by night she ate tear soup
Or the man who drank too much and he got the brewers' droop
Come listen, all ye fair maids, to how the moral goes
Nobody knew and nobody knows
How the Pobble was robbed of his twice five toes
Or how the Dong came to own a luminous nose
Or how the Jumblies went to sea in a sieve that they rowed
And came to shore by the Chankly Bore where the Bong-trees grow
Where the Jabberwocky's small green tentacles do flow
And the Quangle Wangle plays in the rain and the snow
But have you heard the story of the rabbit in the moon?
Or the cow that hopped the planets while straddling a spoon
Or she, who leapt up mountains, while whistling up a tune
And swapped her songs with swallows while riding on a broom
Well, we can all learn things, both many and a-few
From that old hunched-up woman who lived inside a shoe
Or the girl that sang by day and by night she ate tear soup
Or the man who drank too much and he got the brewers' droop
...
Legend has it that the moss grows on
The north side of the trees
Well, legend has it when the rain comes down
All the worms come up to breathe
Well, legend has it when the sunbeams come
All the plants, they eat them with their leaves
Well, legend has it that the world spins 'round
On an axis of 23 degrees
But have you heard the story of the rabbit in the moon?
Or the cow that hopped the planets while straddling a spoon
Or she, who leapt up mountains, while whistling up a tune
And swapped her songs with swallows while riding on a broom
Well, we can all learn things, both many and a-few
From that old hunched-up woman who lived inside a shoe
Or the girl that sang by day and by night she ate tear soup
Or the man who drank too much and he got the brewers' droop
...
Vocabulario en esta canción:
Vocabulario | Significados |
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legend /ˈlɛdʒənd/ B2 |
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moss /mɒs/ A2 |
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rain /reɪn/ A1 |
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worms /wɜːrmz/ A2 |
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sunbeams /ˈsʌnˌbiːmz/ B2 |
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plants /plænts/ A1 |
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world /wɜːrld/ A2 |
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axes /ˈæk.siːz/ B2 |
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degrees /dɪˈgriːz/ B1 |
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story /ˈstɔː.ri/ A2 |
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moon /muːn/ A1 |
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cow /kaʊ/ A1 |
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planet /ˈplænɪt/ B1 |
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mountains /ˈmaʊntɪnz/ A2 |
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Gramática:
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Legend has it that the moss grows on
➔ Presente simple con 'has it that' para narrar historias o expresiones idiomáticas
➔ La frase 'Legend has it that' introduce una historia tradicional o mítica, usando el presente simple para transmitir atemporalidad.
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Well, legend has it when the rain comes down
➔ Oración condicional con 'when' para indicar el momento de los eventos
➔ 'when' introduce una cláusula subordinada que especifica el momento en que la lluvia cae, funcionando como conjunción temporal.
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All the worms come up to breathe
➔ Presente simple para acciones habituales o verdades generales
➔ 'come up' en presente simple indica un comportamiento habitual o natural de los gusanos que emergen para respirar.
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Or the girl that sang by day and by night she ate tear soup
➔ Oración compuesta con cláusulas coordinadas unidas por 'and'
➔ 'and' une dos acciones que realiza la niña, describiendo sus actividades durante el día y la noche.
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And swapped her songs with swallows while riding on a broom
➔ Frase de participio presente 'while riding' que indica acción simultánea
➔ 'while riding on a broom' es una frase de participio presente que describe la acción simultánea de montar en una escoba mientras cambia sus canciones.
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Because the world spins 'round on an axis of 23 degrees
➔ Presente simple con 'spins' para una verdad general
➔ 'spins' en presente simple, tercera persona singular, expresa un hecho universal sobre la rotación de la Tierra.
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Or the cow that hopped the planets while straddling a spoon
➔ Cláusula relativa con 'that' para especificar qué vaca; participio presente 'straddling' para describir acción simultánea
➔ La cláusula relativa 'that hopped the planets' especifica qué vaca; 'straddling a spoon' es una frase de participio presente que indica una acción simultánea.