Old King Cole was a merry old soul

Old King Cole was a merry old soul,
And a merry old soul was he.
He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl,
And he called for his fiddlers three.

Every fiddler had a fiddle fine,
And a very fine fiddle had he, had he.
Tweedle dum, tweedle dee, went the fiddlers three,
Tweedle dum dee, dum dee deedle dee.

Tweedle dum, tweedle dee, went the fiddlers three,
Tweedle dum dee, dum dee deedle dee.

お年寄りのコオル王は愉快なお爺、
愉快なお爺、
すぐにパイプめして、お酒杯めしてね、
そして胡弓ひきを三人ほどおめしで。


どれの胡弓ひきもよい胡弓もちでよ、
中で一番なは王さまの胡弓よ、
ツウイ・ツウイズル・デイ、ツウイズル・デイ。……
それそれ胡弓ひきがひきだしたよ、おききな。
だれにくらびょうか、めったにまたなかろ、
コオル王さまとその胡弓ひきよね。

[ɔ:] called

[ou] old/ cole/ soul/ bowl

[ i ] fiddle/ fiddlers

[ai] fine/

[i:]  he/ dee/ deedle/ tweedle/ three

【歴史】

コオル王は3世紀の英国を治め、Colcjesterの町を作った王です。町には、'King Cole's Kitchen'と呼ばれるローマン様式の砂利の劇場の敷石が残っています。

ぬりえ