2P Choral Speaking - "The Owl and The Pussycat" (by Edward Lear)

The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea In a beautiful pea green boat,
They took some honey, and plenty of money, Wrapped up in a five pound note.
The Owl looked up to the stars above, And sang to a small guitar,
'O lovely Pussy! O Pussy my love, What a beautiful Pussy you are, You are, You are!
What a beautiful Pussy you are!'

Pussy said to the Owl, 'You elegant fowl! How charmingly sweet you sing!
O let us be married! too long we have tarried: But what shall we do for a ring?'
They sailed away, for a year and a day, To the land where the Bong-tree grows
And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood With a ring at the end of his nose, His nose, His nose,
With a ring at the end of his nose.

'Dear pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling Your ring?' Said the Piggy, 'I will.'
So they took it away, and were married next day By the Turkey who lives on the hill.
They dined on mince, and slices of quince, Which they ate with a runcible spoon;
And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand, They danced by the light of the moon, The moon, The moon,
They danced by the light of the moon.

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[dashpoet]

Delightful performance - I'll add this to my favourite YouTube videos. I hadn't thought of poetry as way of learning languages, it all seems to be music movies and textbooks, but you have shown how effective it can be. Thank you for sharing!

[fywssTV]

Many thanks for your encouraging comment! It's a great blessing for us to have such a wonderful "teacher" like you far far away! Praise the Lord!

[kaiyuenfung]

好好,清左好多啦

[fywssTV]

Thanks for your support!

[Caspar33]

2. The possibilities are limitless. And the element of theater is huge. Hope you will continue to do more and more - and do please share them. Very best wishes and well done!

[Caspar33]

1. Great fun. A real pleasure to see this old art-form resurrected. When I was at drama school we were lucky enough to be taught by a lady already in her eighties who had been a champion of choral speaking and had even pubished a book about it 'Choral Speaking' by Mona Swann. It was revelation. There are so many, many poems that would benefit from the orchestration of group voices, with all female, all male, smaller sub-sections and solo voices used to enhance the dynamics of a given poem.

[janeczka]

Very good idea! I like the way you did it!

[Idlinfarm]

This is truly wonderful!

[medicinesocks]

this is so lovely. the owl and the pussycat is a great favorite of ours since we were very young children. we very much enjoyed this spirited performance.

[dashpoet]

We have much to learn from each other. Best wishes to you all, Mark.

[libefan]

Really nice!!