Rhiannon
Fleetwood Mac · 1975
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Will you ever win?
- She is like a cat in the dark
- And then she is to darkness
- She rules her life like a fine skylark
Echo the hook
- Taken by taken by the sky
- (Ah-ah)
- Taken by taken by the sky
- (Ah-ah)
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory
Exercises
Exercise 1
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Exercise 2
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Exercise 3
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Exercise 4
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Exercise 5
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Exercise 6
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Exercise 7
Translate this line to Portuguese:
And wouldn't you love to love her?
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Would you stay if she promised you heaven?
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
She is like a cat in the dark
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
She rules her life like a fine skylark
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Rhiannon rings like a bell through the night
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Rhiannon ? like a bell through the night
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
Takes to the sky like a ? in flight
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
Would you ? if she promised you heaven?
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
She ? her life like a fine skylark
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
She rings like a ? through the night
Exercise 17
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 18
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Exercise 19
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Exercise 20
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Exercise 21
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Exercise 22
How many times do you hear the word "taken" in the whole song?
"taken"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "rhiannon" in the whole song?
"rhiannon"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- And who will be her lover?
- Rhiannon rings like a bell through the night
- She rules her life like a fine skylark
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- And wouldn't you love to love her?
- Will you ever win?
- Would you stay if she promised you heaven?
Exercise 26
If you could ask Fleetwood Mac one question about "Rhiannon", what would it be and why?
Exercise 27
Rewrite the chorus of "Rhiannon" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).
Exercise 28
If you had to summarize "Rhiannon" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
wouldn't→you've→
Exercise 30
Describe the mood of "Rhiannon" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?