The Moss
Paroles:
[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
...
Vocabulaire dans cette chanson:
Vocabulaire | Significations |
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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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Grammaire:
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Legend has it that the moss grows on
➔ Présent simple avec 'has it that' pour raconter ou exprimer des idiomes
➔ L'expression 'Legend has it that' introduit une histoire traditionnelle ou mythique, utilisant le présent simple pour exprimer une universalité.
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Well, legend has it when the rain comes down
➔ Proposition conditionnelle avec 'when' pour indiquer le moment des événements
➔ 'when' introduit une proposition subordonnée qui précise le moment où la pluie tombe, agissant comme une conjonction temporelle.
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All the worms come up to breathe
➔ Présent simple pour des actions habituelles ou des vérités générales
➔ 'come up' au présent simple indique un comportement habituel ou naturel des vers qui sortent pour respirer.
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Or the girl that sang by day and by night she ate tear soup
➔ Phrase composée avec des propositions coordonnées reliées par 'and'
➔ 'and' relie deux actions effectuées par la fille, décrivant ses activités jour et nuit.
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And swapped her songs with swallows while riding on a broom
➔ Groupe de participe présent 'while riding' indiquant une action simultanée
➔ 'while riding on a broom' est une phrase de participe présent qui décrit une action simultanée à celle d'échanger ses chansons.
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Because the world spins 'round on an axis of 23 degrees
➔ Présent simple avec 'spins' pour une vérité générale
➔ 'spins' au présent simple, à la troisième personne du singulier, exprime un fait universel concernant la rotation de la Terre.
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Or the cow that hopped the planets while straddling a spoon
➔ Proposition relative avec 'that' pour préciser la vache; participe présent 'straddling' pour décrire une action simultanée
➔ La proposition relative 'that hopped the planets' précise de quelle vache il s'agit; 'straddling a spoon' est une phrase de participe présent décrivant une action simultanée.