This is a song I wrote in September / October 2014 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 write each verse in a different language: English, French, Welsh, Mandarin Chinese and Irish. This recording was made in November 2018 with harmonies, tenor and baritone ukuleles and shaky egg.

A Hen in My Hat

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 isfull 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
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

(French)
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.

(Welsh)
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.

(Mandarin Chinese)
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.

(Irish)
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.

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