I don't think I could bring myself to do it, but I leave that up to our singer and musician. :) This is also where I have to confess that my version, if you want it to follow the original scansion perfectly, requires pronouncing the 'e' in "Diderot"...but it probably still works if you want to pronounce it with two syllables, Cahn.
"Chatelet" I managed to fit in so that the meter's expecting two syllables.
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Re: We didn't start the fire, 18th century version
Date: 2024-08-07 03:08 pm (UTC)I don't think I could bring myself to do it, but I leave that up to our singer and musician. :) This is also where I have to confess that my version, if you want it to follow the original scansion perfectly, requires pronouncing the 'e' in "Diderot"...but it probably still works if you want to pronounce it with two syllables, Cahn.
"Chatelet" I managed to fit in so that the meter's expecting two syllables.