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| I Wandered Lonely As A Clod |
| 2007-04-11 |
THE contemplative poems of William Wordsworth have drawn lovers of literature to England's peaceful Lake District for two centuries. Even without a hip hop beat.
But in an effort to make the region's most famous poet more relevant to a younger audience, local tourism officials have released a rap version of Wordsworth's 200-year-old classic of Romantic verse: I wandered lonely as a cloud.
The reworking manages to "stay true to the original sentiment with some slight variation of the lyrics", Cumbria Tourism insisted.
Accompanying the hip-hop theme on its website is a video featuring "MC Nuts" - a giant dancing red squirrel... |
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