THE FURNITURE (PART 7: THE BUREAU)
Aha! La oficina.
La oficina ha sido picotiada por muchos pollos
Y la puertas se han caido.
La oficina ha sido picotiada por muchos pollos
Y la puertas se han caido.

Ah, the bureau.
The bureau has been pecked by a great many chickens
And the doors have fallen off.
The bureau has been pecked by a great many chickens
And the doors have fallen off.

Eran una cortina agredable del marron.
Pense que eran horrible!
Usted tio el es porke usted neude espantoso.

That’s a shame, they were an agreeable shade of brown.
I thought they were horrible!
You would and that’s because you smell appalling, uncle.

Words by A. Richardson/G. Davies. Copyright © Explicit Music 2012.

Lyrics by Andy Richardson/George Davies.
Music by Andy Richardson/George Davies.

Recorded, engineered, mixed, produced and mastered at Wud Records Studio One, Exeter, by George Davies, Autumn 2012.

Performers:

Q. Wim Lijkkes – acoustic rhythm guitar and Spanish voices
Yuri Nation – acoustic lead guitar and English voices

Album cover artwork by Blueprint Studios.

Copyright © 2012 Wud Records.
Copyright ℗ 2012 Explicit Music.

Facts:

• The story of The Furniture / Los Muebles is a traditional northern Spanish sea shanty from the Asturias region.
• It tells a tale of how a disfunctional family of linguistically challenged fishermen lost and then found some furniture following a flood, and the consequences.
• Linguistically challenged means, in this case, they were not terribly bright and could not even speak their own language very well.
• The Spanish version has been loosely translated into English by The Bastard Sons of Dennis.
• From an idea by Daniel Richardson.
• This song and its anomalies of translation make a great teaching aid, if one happens to have students learning English or Spanish.