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Do You Speak Norscan?

from A Brick Over Troubled Mortar by The Bricks

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We were sailing up the coast of Forinjar,
We were looking out for thralls both near and far,
Then I saw somebody standing on the beach ahead,
So I tapped him on the shoulder
and I snarled at him and said...

Do You Speak Norscan?

He said,
1 - Qu'est que c'est? Je ne vous comprends pas.
Qu'est que c'est? Je ne vous comprends pas.

And as he mumbled some old nonsense in a foreign tongue,
I said captain bring the boat around I think I've found another one.

2 - Vas is das? Sprekken ze Teutonian?
Achtung! Achtung! Ich bin ein Berliner.

3 - 'Ere cor blimey, guv'nor, 'ave a cup of tea,
'Ere cor blimey, guv'nor, 'ave a cup of tea,

4 - Hast thou no manners, thou egregious cur?
Unhand me at once, and kindly address me as sir.

5 - Bore da, Cymrja am byth! (Make Sheep baah-ing sounds..)
Bore da, Cymrja am byth!

6 - Ah begorrah, top of the morning to you!
Feck, girls, that would be an ecumenical matter!

7 - Och aye the noo! Hoots mon, see you Jimmy!
Och aye the noo! Hoots mon, see you Jimmy! (We surrender!)

8 - Fifteen gold to you, and that's cutting my own throat,
It's a top notch piece of gear, worth every groat.

9 - Matron Mummy says don't talk to strangers,
Overground is full of scary dangers.

10 - Sphinx, Pyramid, Stork, Tart with a Cat,
Ankh, Sundial, Two Trees, Man in a Hat.

11 - Shaddupayaface, just one cornetto!
Respect me, respect the family, capiche!

And as he mumbled some old nonsense in a foreign tongue,
I said captain forget the boat, I think he's Siciljan.

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from A Brick Over Troubled Mortar, released August 26, 2004
By Tunar Bluefinnsson (Neil Albrechtsen)

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