Difference between revisions of "I'll dreamt that I'll dwealth mid warblers' walls when throstles and choughs to my sigh hiehied"
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| − | I dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls | + | * Mutliation of "[[I dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls]] / With vassals and serfs at my si-i-ide", sung in the opera ''The Bohemian Girl'' by Michael Balfe and Alfred Bunn. |
| + | ** This song is also sung in ''Dubliners''. | ||
| − | + | * '''throstle''': a species of Old World thrush, especially a song thrush | |
| − | + | * '''warbler''': any of various songbirds, of the family Parulidae in the New World and the family Silviidae in the Old World | |
| − | + | * '''warbler''': someone who warbles or sings | |
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| + | * '''chough''': a crow-like Old World species of the family Corvidae. | ||
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| + | * In addition to the explicit appearance of '''birds''', '''pheasants''', '''ducks''', and '''goose''', other bird species mentioned on [[Page 450]] include: | ||
| + | ** ''swift, any of various small, fast insectivorous birds of the family Apodidae | ||
| + | ** ''swellaw → swallow, any of various small and graceful perching birds of the family Hirundinidae, found worldwide | ||
| + | ** ''spoonfind → spoonbill | ||
| + | ** ''Ipostila → apostle-bird: a name applied to several species of bird in Australia, including the grey jumper and the grey-crowned babbler | ||
| + | ** ''maurdering row → a murder, or group, of crows | ||
| + | ** ''owledclock → owl and cock | ||
| + | ** ''Saint Grouseus → grouse | ||
| + | ** ''hoopoe: a cinnamon-colored Old World woodland bird of the family Upupidae, which features prominently in Aristophanes' ''The Birds'' and Attar's ''The Conference of the Birds'' | ||
| + | ** ''drummling → dunlin, a brown and white species of sandpiper | ||
| + | ** ''snipers → snipe, any of various shore birds of the family Scolopacidae | ||
| + | ** ''peepet! peepet! → pipit, a brownish songbird related to warblers and thrushes | ||
| + | ** ''whippoor willy → whippoorwill, a North American nocturnal goatsucker with mottled grey, brown and white plumage | ||
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| + | [[Category: Birds]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Song lyrics]] | ||
Revision as of 17:37, 27 July 2006
- Mutliation of "I dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls / With vassals and serfs at my si-i-ide", sung in the opera The Bohemian Girl by Michael Balfe and Alfred Bunn.
- This song is also sung in Dubliners.
- throstle: a species of Old World thrush, especially a song thrush
- warbler: any of various songbirds, of the family Parulidae in the New World and the family Silviidae in the Old World
- warbler: someone who warbles or sings
- chough: a crow-like Old World species of the family Corvidae.
- In addition to the explicit appearance of birds, pheasants, ducks, and goose, other bird species mentioned on Page 450 include:
- swift, any of various small, fast insectivorous birds of the family Apodidae
- swellaw → swallow, any of various small and graceful perching birds of the family Hirundinidae, found worldwide
- spoonfind → spoonbill
- Ipostila → apostle-bird: a name applied to several species of bird in Australia, including the grey jumper and the grey-crowned babbler
- maurdering row → a murder, or group, of crows
- owledclock → owl and cock
- Saint Grouseus → grouse
- hoopoe: a cinnamon-colored Old World woodland bird of the family Upupidae, which features prominently in Aristophanes' The Birds and Attar's The Conference of the Birds
- drummling → dunlin, a brown and white species of sandpiper
- snipers → snipe, any of various shore birds of the family Scolopacidae
- peepet! peepet! → pipit, a brownish songbird related to warblers and thrushes
- whippoor willy → whippoorwill, a North American nocturnal goatsucker with mottled grey, brown and white plumage
