• The new WDWMAGIC iOS app is here!
    Stay up to date with the latest Disney news, photos, and discussions right from your iPhone. The app is free to download and gives you quick access to news articles, forums, photo galleries, park hours, weather and Lightning Lane pricing. Learn More
  • Welcome to the WDWMAGIC.COM Forums!
    Please take a look around, and feel free to sign up and join the community.

Tapestry of Dreams Words?

K

Kingdom WDW

New Member
Original Poster
Does anyone know what the words in Tapestry of Nations mean? It kinda sounds like the words in the beginning of Jimmy Buffett's "One Particular Harbour", but I assumed that the words meant something along the lines of the lyrics of "Promise" or "Celebrate the Future Hand in Hand".

Can't get enough of the Milenium Celebration Album...
 
Testtrack321

Testtrack321

Well-Known Member
Translated from Klingon it means....

London calling to the faraway towns
Now war is declared - and battle come down
London calling to the underworld
Come out of the cupboard,you boys and girls
London calling, now don't look to us
Phoney Beatlemania has bitten the dust
London calling, see we ain't got no swing
'Cept for the reign of that truncheon thing

just kidding...

Tapestry of Nations' singing is just random sounds, not actual lyrics. They're there to sound like an ancient language and to convey emotion, while the puppets and their interactions carry the message.

NOW, with Tapestry of Dreams... yeah...
 
Chezman1399

Chezman1399

Active Member
If I remember it correctly it's something like:
Ayla, Wayla, Ayla, Wayla, Way Yay, oh Way Yay. I think there was a speaking part before or after it, but it was not nearly as annoying so I don't remember it.
 
Rob562

Rob562

Well-Known Member
The beginning of the official lyrics are:

“Wé la oh mé la wé-la, wé-é yey-yé oh é yé.
Wé la oh mé la dé lé oh wé-é yay-yé oh é yé.”

Got this from the first page of the sheet music on Sheet Music Direct. (I haven't bought the full thing yet, and you can only view the first page for free)

Another reason why the Tapestry words were made up, as well as why the lyrics and melody repeat so much (though in different tempos and keys) was so that anyone viewing the parade, no matter where they were from or what language they spoke, could join in and sing along with it by the middle of the parade, emphasizing the overall theme of unity and celebration.

-Rob
 
ears2you

ears2you

New Member
Rob562 said:
The beginning of the official lyrics are:

“Wé la oh mé la wé-la, wé-é yey-yé oh é yé.
Wé la oh mé la dé lé oh wé-é yay-yé oh é yé.”

Got this from the first page of the sheet music on Sheet Music Direct. (I haven't bought the full thing yet, and you can only view the first page for free)

Another reason why the Tapestry words were made up, as well as why the lyrics and melody repeat so much (though in different tempos and keys) was so that anyone viewing the parade, no matter where they were from or what language they spoke, could join in and sing along with it by the middle of the parade, emphasizing the overall theme of unity and celebration.

-Rob
Click to expand...

leave it to disney to make even something as dull as a made up language with a few repeating words to be magical. its amazing.....
 
K

Kingdom WDW

New Member
Original Poster
I have the instrumental version, but when I hear the ones with words on internet radio, I almost puke.

"I dream of riding the dinousaurs"

And then some stuff about Walt Disney...
 

Register on WDWMAGIC. This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.

Back
Top Bottom