The Canterbury Tales ("California Dreamin" by the Mamas and the Papas)

[@simonmhalstead]

The Middle English pronunciation is perfect, and from distant Hawaii

[@no_yourea_sheep8287]

My English teacher showed this to us in class, and we all got high and watched it again later that day and it was fucking amazing.

[@olly6584]

No_YOU'RE a_sheep same here

[@primsiren1740]

No_YOU'RE a_sheep ayy Ollie

[@Cemburgrace_27]

No_YOU'RE a_sheep is and you have

[@Cemburgrace_27]

love OK call tomorrow or you can I have ClaraWell fo if you haverDo you have work for me Sunday my perfect

[@Cemburgrace_27]

love OK call tomorrow or you can I have ClaraWell fo if you haverDo you have work for me Sunday my perfect

[@Scully1981]

This is fantastic. I showed it to my seniors today to get them primed for our Canterbury Tales unit.

[@OptimalAmoeba2012]

I am a history teacher and Grad Student at MS State University. WHAT AN AWESOME WAY TO TEACH HISTORY! You inspire me to get a band and visit every high school I can, to spread the words of history! Thank you so much. The world needs more creative teachers like you!

[@dominickp8454]

This is a masterpiece brings a tear to my eye every time i hear it

[@deborahdavis6743]

Thank you all SO much! You've taught me so much in 2 and a half minutes of music and song and the lesson will stick with me because of the unusual way it was imparted!

[@paynebates8465]

I really liked the way that this video was very unsettling but I think that my trip to the hospital afterwards was well worth it though.

[@sorcress18]

Out of high school and in the Navy, and yet I still have desires to watch my teacher sing about this crazy story. Lolol

[@draxpendragon]

Bards of old relaying knowledge through verse and song...Education--some people get..some people Don't...and some people Rock It...glad i found you/subscribed.

[@doctorm5516]

I love this so much. I applaud the makers so hard my hands hurt.

[@francesjesusaclaudio5711]

This is really amazing! (however it has become blurred, perhaps we could view it in HD, with the subtitles much clearer). I plan to use this in my class. Thanks so much!!!

[@poetrysungacapella8876]

Speaking as a retired university professor emeritus of English language and literature, I found this to be inspirational. I wish I had discovered when I was first starting out on my career 45 years ago.

[@waterbird91]

Ya lost me @ Medieval speech contest. Which sounds like my brother & I on the phone ! This was funny, keep em' coming !

[@hobbitomm]

And in fact, it works in another way, in that the Canterbury Tales themselves were also popular entertainment, as you say, in the vernacular, so you have a popular verse being performed to the tune of a popular verse. Perfect.

[@laurenmiertschin]

This is my favorite one so far!

[@Lencyclopedie]

Stunning! Many of these of videos are so funny and enjoyable because they provide the very things pop and rock songs are usually devoid of - beyond the fads and fashions of the day - namely, the sense of history and context. But "The Canterbury Tales" is marvelous in a different way. The original is one of the finest pop songs ever written and it captured perfectly the spirit of the moment. Hence this version does not feel like a (friendly) spoof, but a tongue-in-cheek hommage...Well done!...:)

[@curt_allred]

I love this and I love you guys for making it!

[@alyssaeunicification]

I am really crazy about your videos! I love them! Hurray for historyteachers!

[@vespandiana]

I simply love it! You are fantastic!

[@fetteranton]

I am so going to introduce this to my English teachers. You are awesome.

[@Fionnuala1969]

I've watched all of your videos and I have a top 3 favorites. This is one of them. Love the original song, love your lyrics, and really love Mr. H's rap!!!! All around, it is the pinnacle of awesomeness!!!! Thanks!

[@BtLit13]

That is *awesome* I am totally using that in my student teaching this semester! My CT is going to love it. Thank you thank you thank you! :)

[@LesliePost]

I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!!! Amazing and creative... You guys ROCK!!

[@Fistandantilusdh]

History Teachers thank you so much for these videos. I have recently found them on youtube and using them in class. All my students are loving them and asking for more :)

[@MariMiniattL]

Years ago (i'm in my 40's) my english teacher had us memorize the first 8 lines in middle english. I still remember them by heart today.

[@Laceykat66]

Why the heck am I the first to comment on this one? This is your most creative, in the use of language, you have done yet. I would put this on my MP3 player just for the listening pleasure.

[@starmanof1972]

Love these songs. I had to read this for a class and one test was to recite the verses the guy in this sings.

[@ruthatkins5204]

this is toooooo coooool! you leave old geoffroi a tough act to follow...

[@rross702]

These are brilliant - more so than School House Rock! Good job!!

[@sundayINmorning]

we need more crazy history teachers in the world! Great video!!

[@emiliasosapassarino3672]

IT´S A GREAT WAY TO TEACH!! CONGRATS!!!

[@brycerice1]

Wow.. incredibly impressed! Great work

[@taliajung1553]

This is unironically really good

[@fridgnetha]

I watched this in LA today... oh CHaucer, thank you for finding this...

[@MsLyd11]

thank you great work. great teachers

[@ButterflyLullabyLtd]

Excellent! What a brilliant video well done history teacher and singers! What programme did you use? I am currently trying to find out if my Nan was related to the Lefevres who used to own the Lefevres Drapers in Canterbury. Her French Gran's maiden name was Lefevre and she lived in Bayswater. Lefevres is now Debenhams.

[@coachflorencio]

Brilliant. Just Brilliant. Well done.

[@anastasiacherkashova5990]

A masterpiece.

[@HiroTheWonderDog]

Love the videos. Any on U.S. history? I'd love to use it with my 5th graders.

[@dancingpengiun123]

Man, I wish my teachers we're as cool as you guys :) We watched this video in history class today. Everyone thought it was awesome. (i'm in 7th grade by the way)

[@historyteachers]

@Laceykat66 Thanks! It's one of my personal favs, too. Mr. H wrote the lyrics to this one, and, I think, does a fab job reciting the Middle English! - Mrs. B

[@99smite]

So awesome...

[@rachelyourlame]

Wow I love this, this is really great!

[@dtvrij74]

I saw this in English class!!!!!!! this song is so much more comprehensible than even the translated version of the Canterbury Tales

[@chiglia]

no vabbè applausi like se sei italiano e la tua prof ti ha detto di riguardartelo a casa

[@soniscaffidi9010]

Idem😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@soniscaffidi9010]

E pensa che a loro gli piace😂😂😂

[@francescovoltolina1636]

epicooo

[@niccolomarchi8977]

Reffati vecio

[@hod-avb]

@@niccolomarchi8977 eh?

[@Kyromone]

i had to hear this every day for a canterbury tales play

[@rocketraccoon7847]

Wonderful!

[@UnamGirl85]

This is the BEST WAY to teach History! =)

[@yankeefan82079]

I love this song. I think I have said that before. That being said I was listening to the radio and California Dreamin' came on and....dammit!!... I was struggling to remember the words to the THEIR song. LMAO...awesome!!!

[@Pur9leRain]

This is fantastic but the clothes change in every shot unnerved me. The singing and olde english in the middle were superb.

[@joannaturbow3664]

I can't wait to usethis in class, tooooo cool.

[@joeldavila5204]

Reminds me english class in high school

[@historyteachers]

@Lencyclopedie loved your comment - it IS an homage- I grew up in SoCal in the 70s! Also, if you look at one of the original vids of them performing this, they actually wear a Russian-type hat

[@dominickp8454]

Best song ever written

[@TKDmidgit]

This. Was. AWESOME!!!

[@VulcanTrekkie45]

Who here thinks that Middle English sounds wonderful?

[@SuperSeadog123]

Your Videos are AmAzInG!!!!! How do you put backgrounds on your videos? I have a video camera....

[@Melimelum]

Great job!!!

[@jamesswindley9599]

Please come back!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@JaneHyder]

very good.

[@frankwalker5921]

Oh shit, here comes the British literature

[@TechBearSeattle]

Brilliant.

[@beinganangeltreon]

insanely great

[@elli8099]

lol i remember watching this 3626272261 times in class and laughing my ass off everytime

[@deanndu2374]

Awesome! :)

[@historyteachers]

@dgendgen no- we are teachers located in Hawaii, USA

[@dgendgen]

are sorry but are you ( the creators of this video ) teachers at cats canterbery college? and if yes wich graded do you teach ? year 10 ?

[@historyteachers]

@jessicaadsit - you are officially the most creative commenter - loved the one on Pompeii, too! Thanks!

[@Dermacrosis]

Given how many "cover" versions of this have been removed from YT it says something that there is no takedown request against this. It's not vernacular as that is a modern term. I found CT boring I preferred Julian Of Norwich myself.

[@Kez269]

My entire arts degree has been leading up to finding this video

[@PierreaSweedieCat]

Are there, really, any songs more pleasurable, and easy to listen to, repeatedly, than these 50 some songs? Are there any videos, really, that do as much, show as much, and tell as much, and are as pleasurable, and easy to view, repeatedly, than these 50 some videos? I think not. But if there are, I would go take a peek! (And come right back here!)

[@PierreaSweedieCat]

Well Done! Love the lyrics and the recital of the Middle English text! As usual, the background graphics are really well done. And you are all dressed similarly enough to the originals to fit the part. (Not to mention that you are all gorgeous, but I won't mention that.) With such voices, you should be famous, not just KZbin famous. My cat likes this one, and I assure you, this feline has excellent taste!

[@GiuseppeGazerro]

Giuseppe Gazerro 1 second ago excellent idea!

[@TheVenkat74]

Very good. If, as well as history, you are a fan of Flight of the Conchords, check out videos by historicalconchords, including Hitlerpotamus vs. Weimarnoceros, Inner Kingdom Prussia, Hitler's Hurt Feelings, Foux du French Revolution and more to come soon. All made by three Year 11 students.

[@SarothCyngus]

Why aren't my teachers this cool. D:

[@frozenpeaches2114]

We watched this in language arts toda.Were studying Chaucer.This is so funny......

[@doom_bug]

i have to watch this for a class and its a little unsettling...

[@timcastelein6598]

Me too lmao

[@zen5109]

same lol

[@mr.picklethanos7340]

Which AOT opening is this?

[@historyteachers]

@AKhomiakov- we do have Inferno and Odyssey- please enjoy!

[@dtvrij74]

cramming for my exam tomorrow...

[@PleasantLittleAlice]

what's the original of this song?

[@geekykitten7824]

dope

[@AKhomiakov]

Okay, gang. The Inferno's next. Maybe the Iliad or the Odyssey after that.

[@Mike420Mayhem]

BRIIILLLLLIANT!!!!! HA!!!

[@schramrock6138]

my house burned down from how hot that was

[@hans-georgmiljanovic6238]

Ðie Dame hat eine Stimme wie samt. ❤

[@Xyneks]

My Class has to watch this. HI GUYS!!!

[@cronan1041]

Need a song for the Battle of Dien Bien Phu.

[@walterbell1529]

To be honest, i don't find this unsettling at all

[@jessicaadsit]

It's like Chaucer made love with the goddess of Awesome who then gave birth a baby who grew up and did it with Mama Cass who then gave birth to this video! And to the dude reading the first lines of CT: well done, my friend. Well done.

[@sincerepet1]

California Dreamin by the Mama's and the Papas

[@ralphiegiordaschnozz5660]

I didn't get this one. Or anything, if you want to know.

[@PierreaSweedieCat]

+Ralphie Giordaschnozz An incentive therefore, for you to go to a library, and borrow and read the ancient book Canterbury Tales.....

[@elizabethconnor5834]

My history teacher uses these to teach us

[@whycuzimabeast2773]

we watched this in my class ps im in 6th grade not a teacher

[@paulaccbp]

In mine either , we're starting to Read the book next week

[@deyanmarinov4727]

+WHY CUZ I'M A BEAST me too OMG i was shocked

[@schramrock6138]

+WHY CUZ I'M A BEAST nerd

[@abel5695]

Middle english looks very much like dutch

[@jeremypeters-fransen1901]

For me California dreaming now sounds wrong without the middle English during the courses now.

[@ZF_radal88]

wow..

[@schramrock6138]

+Ade Harahap nerd

[@videogamecommandos]

:B hey, one step ahead.

[@BethanyxJean]

[@allisonmackay3818]

bom bom bom * SACKBUT SOLO *