Hi everyone, this video is my version of ‘The Story of The Hare Who Lost His Spectacles.’
This is a song, you could call it a spoken word song, a folky kind of song, it’s something
completely original so it’s hard to put in a genre that comes from all the way back
in 1973 and it was by a band called Jethro Tull.
And it’s child-like, it’s imaginative, it’s fun, it’s funny, it’s very witty,
it’s very clever, there’s a lot of word play in it. And I loved it so much I wanted
to do my own version. My own version is not a hundred percent mimic of the original: number
one, I can’t do that because I don’t have the music, and number two, I don’t really
see the point in copying something a hundred percent without putting a bit of yourself
into it. So, I tried to put a bit of myself into this version.
What else is there to say about it? Errm, Yea, it’s in a Northern accent, although
more correctly you could say it’s a theatrical, voice acting kind of Northern accent because
it’s very exaggerated and it’s not consistent. It switches between different Northern dialects.
I had a lot of fun recording this and I hope you enjoy it too. You can watch it now…
Owl loved to rest quietly whilst no one was watching
Sitting on a fence one day, he was surprised when suddenly a kangaroo ran close by
Now this may not seem strange, but when Owl overheard Kangaroo whisper to no one in particular
"The hare has lost his spectacles," well, he began to wonder.
Presently, the moon appeared from behind a cloud and there, lying on the grass was hare
In the stream that flowed by the grass a newt And sitting astride a twig of a bush a bee
Ostensibly motionless, the hare was trembling with excitement
For without his spectacles he appeared completely helpless
Where were his spectacles? Could someone have stolen them?
Had he mislaid them? What was he to do?
Bee wanted to help, and thinking he had the answer began:
"You probably are them, thinking they were a carrot."
"No!" interrupted Owl, who was wise
"I have good eye-sight, insight, and foresight.
How could an intelligent hare make such a silly mistake?"
But all this time, Owl had been sitting on the fence, scowling!
A Kangaroo were hopping mad at this sort of talk
She thought herself far superior in intelligence to the others
She was their leader, their guru. She had the answer:
"Hare, you must go in search of the optician."
But then she realized that Hare were completely helpless without his spectacles
And so, Kangaroo loudly proclaimed, "I can't send Hare in search of anything!"
"You can guru, you can!" shouted Newt
"You can send him with Owl." But Owl had gone to sleep
Newt knew too much to be stopped by so small a problem
"You can take him in your pouch."
But alas, Hare was much too big to fit into kangaroo's pouch.
All this time, it had been quite plain to hare that the others knew nothing about spectacles.
And as for all their tempting ideas, well Hare didn't care!
The lost spectacles were his own affair
And after all, Hare did have a spare a-pair!
Thank you for watching my version of ‘The Story of the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles’.
I hope you love it as much as I do.
I had great fun recording that, and it was, I keep talking in a Northern accent now, I can’t help it...
I enjoyed it so much, I think I might be a Northerner from now on.
Erm, what else [is] there to say? Yea, I suggest that you go and watch the original because
it’s so fantastic the link’s in the description, the original song, and also if you have any
suggestions of things you’d like me to voice record or perform as speech in future videos,
let me know in the comment section. And if I like them I will do them in future videos.
Thank you for watching and I will see you again soon.