Baba Brinkman has recast the Pardoner’s Tale from Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales as a rap song, illustrated by Erik Brinkman. It actually works very well.
You can read the original in modern or Middle English.
The Pardoner’s Tale, as rap
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This is funny:
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That’s fantastic! Apparently there’s a cheesy rap version of Wordsworth’s “Daffodils” floating around on YouTube somewhere too, though I’ve seen it and that, unfortunately, doesn’t work so well.
Hope Ottawa’s treating you well so far. I need to catch up on reading your blog more fully.
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