F Wilhelm (***) dead, dead Emperor: Fritz invades Silesia – I had to change this anyway so the meter worked
I find the first half of this pretty difficult too. Does "triple monarch turnover" work any better for you?
Yeah, I think that's a little better.
World War Zero, Menorca, Austria versus Prussia
Is "four-front war in Prussia" too much of a tongue-twister?
I think that's doable. Four-front war for Prussia is not, though! :)
Crown Prince Fritz, Paris Wits, English Marriage Project – Crown Prince Fritz is a tongue-twister, but I don't know that there's much getting around that!
Teenage Fritz? It's not as historically on point as "Crown Prince", but it covers the period of the English marriage project, and easier to sing.
If not, "young prince Fritz" is just maaaarginally easier for me than "Crown Prince Fritz," because of the lack of diphthong, but "prince Fritz" is the real tongue-twister for me
Teenage Fritz works for singing! But yeah, it's "prince Fritz" that is hard.
Huh, I kind of like "Aging Sun King, War in Spain, Habsburgs gone and goodbye." Thoughts?
I think the word Habsburgs is just hard for me! But I like the alliteration.
Or maybe "Biche is stolen, Fritz upset?" (to rhyme with the earlier Gottsched") - if that's easier to sing, that is)
Or "Fritz sees red," to make the rhyme even closer?
I am voting for "upset" :)
"France in debt, Scottish vets, Yankees won't stop dodging tax"...I can sing it. Cahn, what do you think? The extra two syllables could maybe be improved (and then they could go either before or after "Yankees").
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Re: We didn't start the fire: Anglo-picking
Date: 2025-03-06 04:18 am (UTC)I find the first half of this pretty difficult too. Does "triple monarch turnover" work any better for you?
Yeah, I think that's a little better.
World War Zero, Menorca, Austria versus Prussia
Is "four-front war in Prussia" too much of a tongue-twister?
I think that's doable. Four-front war for Prussia is not, though! :)
Crown Prince Fritz, Paris Wits, English Marriage Project – Crown Prince Fritz is a tongue-twister, but I don't know that there's much getting around that!
Teenage Fritz? It's not as historically on point as "Crown Prince", but it covers the period of the English marriage project, and easier to sing.
If not, "young prince Fritz" is just maaaarginally easier for me than "Crown Prince Fritz," because of the lack of diphthong, but "prince Fritz" is the real tongue-twister for me
Teenage Fritz works for singing! But yeah, it's "prince Fritz" that is hard.
Huh, I kind of like "Aging Sun King, War in Spain, Habsburgs gone and goodbye." Thoughts?
I think the word Habsburgs is just hard for me! But I like the alliteration.
Or maybe "Biche is stolen, Fritz upset?" (to rhyme with the earlier Gottsched") - if that's easier to sing, that is)
Or "Fritz sees red," to make the rhyme even closer?
I am voting for "upset" :)
"France in debt, Scottish vets, Yankees won't stop dodging tax"...I can sing it. Cahn, what do you think? The extra two syllables could maybe be improved (and then they could go either before or after "Yankees").
Yeah, this is better.