As the line in the original goes "England has a new Queen", I knew what to rhyme Eugene with, and after some try-outs ("Annne is the last Stuart Queen") I found the satisfying version now in existence. :)
What I did was coyping the entire Billy Joel lyrics and then replacing them line for line with an 18th Century/ Frederician version, trying my best to match the number of syllables and rhyming scheme.
What I did was coyping the entire Billy Joel lyrics and then replacing them line for line with an 18th Century/ Frederician version, trying my best to match the number of syllables and rhyming scheme.
That's exactly what I did with the medieval lyrics, but I didn't finish matching before posting, which is why I'd like a chance to do another pass before we finalize.
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Re: We didn't start the fire, 18th century version
Date: 2024-07-25 05:26 am (UTC)Frederick William, Grumbkow, Soldier King and Gundling
<3 Gundling!
Marlborough, Prince Eugene, Stuarts end with Anne as Queen
Oh, nice patter rhythm there
Zeithain, planned escape, Lieutenant Katte, what a scrape
<3
Algarotti, Newton’s lore, Austrian Succession War
Ha! I wouldn't have thought to rhyme those, but it works!
Young Sophie becomes Catherine, en route to Russia from Berlin
Epic bust up Fritz/Voltaire - let’s see how they further fare!
:DDDD
Slaves get dumped into the sea, Poland partitioned into three
Rousseau fans call liberty, what’s that Guillontine I see?
Ooooof, yeah!
Re: We didn't start the fire, 18th century version
Date: 2024-07-25 03:28 pm (UTC)As the line in the original goes "England has a new Queen", I knew what to rhyme Eugene with, and after some try-outs ("Annne is the last Stuart Queen") I found the satisfying version now in existence. :)
What I did was coyping the entire Billy Joel lyrics and then replacing them line for line with an 18th Century/ Frederician version, trying my best to match the number of syllables and rhyming scheme.
Re: We didn't start the fire, 18th century version
Date: 2024-07-25 03:35 pm (UTC)That's exactly what I did with the medieval lyrics, but I didn't finish matching before posting, which is why I'd like a chance to do another pass before we finalize.