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Lyrics from the sing-along?


Does anyone have the lyrics to Charabia/The Nonsense song? I know it's not in a language but they have the sing-along lyrics on the dvd. I'm being Charlie Chaplin for Halloween and want to learn it.

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Here it is:

Se bella giu satore
Je notre so cafore
Je notre si cavore
Je la tu la ti la twah

La spinash o la bouchon
Cigaretto portobello
Si rakish spaghaletto
Ti la tu la ti la twah

(pause)

Senora pilasina
Voulez-vous le taximeter?...
Le ziontta su la seata...
Tu la tu la tu la wa

Sa montia si n'amora...
La sontia so gravora...
La zontcha...con sora...
Je la possa ti la twah

Je notre so lamina
Je notre so cosina...
Je le se tro savita...
Je la tossa vi la twah

Se motra so la sonta
Chi vossa l'otra volta...
Li zoscha si catonta...
Tra la la la la la la

Le deu...le ceu...pawnbroka...
Li deu c'est peu how mucha...
Li ze comtess e croota...
Ponka wa la ponka wa

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When I was a kid, I thought when he said "pawnbroka", he was actually saying Tom Brokaw...LOL. I was like, man...that guy is old.

That's my opinion and I'm sticking with it.

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if you could,please translate it..

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To tranlate this song, I would think it necessary to be fluent in Italian, French and, of course English.
And when You got to the end the 'anti-four-letter-word-machine' of this site would probably ban the whole thing.

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