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
...
Vocabulário nesta música:
Vocabulário | 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 simples com 'has it that' para narração ou expressões idiomáticas
➔ A frase 'Legend has it that' introduz uma história tradicional ou mítica, usando o presente simples para transmitir universalidade.
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Well, legend has it when the rain comes down
➔ Cláusula condicional com 'when' para indicar o momento dos eventos
➔ 'when' introduz uma oração subordinada que especifica o momento da chuva, funcionando como uma conjunção temporal.
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All the worms come up to breathe
➔ Presente simples para ações habituais ou verdades gerais
➔ O presente simples 'come up' indica um comportamento habitual ou natural dos vermes saírem para respirar.
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Or the girl that sang by day and by night she ate tear soup
➔ Frase composta com cláusulas coordenadas unidas por 'and'
➔ 'and' liga duas ações realizadas pela menina, descrevendo suas atividades durante o dia e à noite.
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And swapped her songs with swallows while riding on a broom
➔ Locução de particípio presente 'while riding' indicando ação simultânea
➔ 'while riding on a broom' é uma locução de particípio presente que descreve a ação de trocar suas músicas enquanto ela monta em uma vassoura.
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Because the world spins 'round on an axis of 23 degrees
➔ Presente simples com 'spins' para uma verdade geral
➔ O verbo 'spins' no presente simples, na terceira pessoa do singular, expressa um fato universal sobre a rotação da Terra.
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Or the cow that hopped the planets while straddling a spoon
➔ Cláusula relativa com 'that' para especificar qual vaca; particípio presente 'straddling' para descrever ação simultânea
➔ A cláusula relativa 'that hopped the planets' especifica qual vaca; 'straddling a spoon' é uma frase de particípio presente indicando a ação simultânea da vaca.