Re: Hilares sumus

[L_Cahan <L_Cahan...>]

That's fairly hilarious!  Anyone care to open the can of worms again about
who *really* wrote that song?
Lorele

Judith R Cohen wrote:

> Hi, just returned from the medieval congress at Kalamazoo, where I
> picked up Latin versions of the Cat in the Hat and the Grinch to add to
> the Latin versions I already had of Maria Poppina and Winnie Ille Pu.
> Also, a small Latin songbook; thought I should share with you the
> following immortal translation of a song we all know:
> Hilares sumus (3x)
> Laetissimi!
> Omnes cantemus nunc (3x)
> Iubilemus nunc!
> Laeta, laeta fratres,
> Corda laeta habeamus (3x)
> Corcula sint (2x)
> Hilara nostra!
>
> You all know what it is, don't you?
> Cheers, Judith
>
> (other titles in the collection include "Cum avulo Sloop John B", "Filia
> Clementinula","Actumst de te, Tom Dooley" and "Est fissura in hama,
> Elisa, Elisa".)
>

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