scamander
to wander about. A rare word, it apparently comes from Skamandros, the name of a river in Homer's Iliad. Another, more familiar English word with the same meaning is meander: this is also based on the name of a river, a real one this time, the Menderes, known in ancient times as the Maiandros.
Originally posted by darvlayIstanbul was Constantinople
Here I come Constantinople
Here I come Constantinople
I am coming Constantinople
Here I come
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night
Every gal in Constantinople
Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
So if you've a date in Constantinople
She'll be waiting in Istanbul
Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can't say
People just liked it better that way
So take me back to Constantinople
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks
Istanbul (Istanbul)
Istanbul (Istanbul)
Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can't say
People just liked it better that way
Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks
So take me back to Constantinople
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks
Originally posted by ark13Ratibor! Und der Fluss Mississippi und die Stadt Honolulu und der See Titicaca; der Popocatepetl liegt nicht in Kanada, sondern in Mexiko, Mexiko, Mexiko.
Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night
Every gal in Constantinople
Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
So if you've a date in Constantinople
She'll be waiting in Istanbul
Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can' ...[text shortened]... le
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks
Originally posted by ark13And constantinople was Byzantium. Hooray...
Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night
Every gal in Constantinople
Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
So if you've a date in Constantinople
She'll be waiting in Istanbul
Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can' ...[text shortened]... le
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks
Originally posted by ark13Just for you, here's the English translation, and some more, too:
Flatky rein blatsume. Popstindle brigney spap.
Trinidad! And the big Mississippi and the town Honolulu and the lake Titicaca,
the Popocateptl is not in Canada, rather in Mexico, Mexico, Mexico!
Canada Malaga Rimini Brindisi Canada Malaga Rimini Brindisi
Canada Malaga Rimini Brindisi Canada Malaga Rimini Brindisi
Yes, Tibet, Tibet, Tibet, Tibet,
Nagasaki, Yokohoma, Nagasaki, Yokohoma
What to do to die today at a minute or two till two
A thing distinctly hard to say, yet harder still to do
For he'll beat a tatoo, at twenty till two
With a rat-tit tat-tat-tit tat-tat-tit t-to
And the dragon will come, when he hears the drum
At a minute to two, to two today
At a minute to two, to two
Bee-Bah Bee-Bah, tee-tee-tee
Bee-Bah Bee-Bah, tee-tee-tee
Bee-Bah Bee-Bah, tee-tee-tee, SSSSSSssssaaaaaa
Bee-Bah Bee-Bah, tee-tee-tee
Bee-Bah Bee-Bah, tee-tee-tee
Bee-Bah Bee-Bah, tee-tee-tee, SSSSSSssssaaaaaa
Aluminum, Lynolium, Aluminum, Lynolium, Aluminum, Lynolyium
Toy boat, Toy boat, Toy boat, Toy boat, Toy boat
Red leather, yellow leather, Red leather, yellow leather, Red leather, yellow leather
Cinnamon, Synonym, Cinnamon, Synonym, Cinnamon, Synonym
Unique New York
Unique New York
Unique New York
Unique New York
Woo-Wah-War-Wow
Woo-Wah-War-Wow
Wooooooo-Wahhhhh-Warrrrr-WOW!
(That was the soprano's text of the "Geographical Fugue" by Ernst Toch in the English translation.)