A Hen in My HatThis is a song I wrote in early 2015 for no particular reason. At first I just wanted to incorporate the phrase 'My hovercraft is full of eels' into a song, then I decided to make it multilingual. So far it's in English, French, Mandarin Chinese, Welsh and Irish (Gaelic). I may add other languages at some point.
There's a hen in my hat
Said the cat on the mat
And an elephant in my bath
There are dogs doing deals
And seals on wheels
And my hovercraft is full of eels
My hovercraft is full of eels, of eels
My hovercraft is full of eels
My hovercraft is full, my hovercraft is full
My hovercraft is full of eels
Il y a un chat dans le champ
qui chant un chanson
Et un chien qui regrette rien
Et il y a une grande granouille
Qui mange des jonquilles
Et mon aéroglisseur est pleines des anguilles
Mon aéroglisseur est pleines des anguilles, des anguilles
Mon aéroglisseur est pleines des anguilles
Mon aéroglisseur est pleines, mon aéroglisseur est pleines
Mon aéroglisseur est pleines des anguilles
Mae broch a brân
yn pendwpian ger y tân
ac yn breuddwydio am frechdanau caws
Ac mae phïod a malwod
yn malu awyr efo llewod
ac mae fy hofrenfad yn llawn llyswennod
Mae fy hofrenfad yn llawn llyswennod, llyswennod
Mae fy hofrenfad yn llawn llyswennod
Mae fy hofrenfad yn llawn, mae fy hofrenfad yn llawn
Mae fy hofrenfad yn llawn llyswennod
有駱駝在桌上
和老虎在書房
在吃巧克 力
各處都有動物
在唱歌和跳舞
而我的氣墊船裝滿了鱔魚
我的氣墊船裝滿了鱔魚，鱔魚
我的氣墊船裝滿了鱔魚
我的氣墊船裝滿，我的氣墊船裝滿
我的氣墊船裝滿了鱔魚
Tá capall sa chistin
agus cú sa gháirdín
ag ól cupáin tae
Agus tá muc agus easóg
ag rince le easpag
agus tá m'árthach foluaineach lán d'eascanna
Tá m'árthach foluaineach lán d'eascanna, d’eascanna
Tá m'árthach foluaineach lán d'eascanna
Tá m'árthach foluaineach lán, tá m'árthach foluaineach lán
Tá m'árthach foluaineach lán d'eascanna
Here are translations of the non-English verses
There's a cat in the field, singing a song, and a dog who regrets nothing, and there's a large frog, who's eating daffodils, and my hovercraft is full of eels.
A badger and a crow are dozing by the fire and dreaming of cheese sandwiches, and magpies and snails are waffling with lions, and my hovercraft is full of eels.
There's a camel on the table and a tiger in the study eating choclate. Everywhere there are animals singing songs and dancing, and my hovercraft is full of eels.
There's a horse in the kitchen and a dog in the garden drinking cups of tea, and there's a pig and a weasel dancing with a bishop, and my hovercraft is full of eels.
Here's a recording:
The Elephant Song | When you get to jiggit | Chaos | Winter | Everyday adventures | Hints of Blossom | A Panda in a Poncho | Plinkin Plookplooks | Spollagyn son tey | How Many Roads? | A Gnu in My Shoe | A Hen in My Hat | The Ballad of the Wug and the Cra | La Plume de ma Tante | Ukuleles On The Shore | Echoes on the Tongue | Dardledumdue | It's Okay To Be Odd | Monday Morning | Tall Tales | Sail Across The Sky | Two Left Feet | Thunder River | Ning | Lazybones | Goats | The Toaster Song | Hello Hi Hey | Thingamajig | Jolly Yuletide | The Pliffploff | Bubbles | Distraction | Little Lions | The Little Green Owl | Pannas Owen | Seize The Day | Music in the Air | Pocket Hedgehogs | Dust | Lillilu | Lost in a Good Book | Quiet Please | Ffaldiral | Melting 😅 | That's When We'll Do That Thing | As Easy As | What Did I Come In Here For? | Upside Down | Thoir An Aire! | Ho Ha Hey | Patience | Time | Farewell | Stuff and Nonsense | Ruith Air Falbh / Run Away! | The Other Side | Colourless Green Ideas | Noodling | Off To Sea | Cats & Dogs | Terms & Conditions
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