Song of the Week - All Groups - Girl Loves Me by David Bowie

Following on from last week's reading on secret anti-languages http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160211-the-secret-anti-languages-youre-not-supposed-to-know

is a song from David Bowie's last album Backstar. Girl Loves Me features examples of both Polari, which was mentioned in the article, and Nadsat, the artificial language created by Anthony Burgess  for his characters in the novel A Clockwork Orange. A form of Russian influenced English, Nadsat was used as a special argot by the teenage characters in both the book and Stanley Kubrick's film adaptation. A Clockwork Orange was one of Bowie's favourite books swell as George Orwell's 1984 which is also referenced in the song. The line, "sitting in the chestnut tree" is a reference to the Chestnut Tree Cafe - the criminal meeting place used by the protagonist, Winston Smith, in Orwell's novel. 

Examples of Polari include:

titi = pretty

nanti = no/not

omi (omee) = man

Examples of Nadsat include:

cheena = woman

malchick = boy

moodge = man

polly = money

Listen to the song and see if you can decipher the meaning of the song. 

For a discussion of the lyrics go to http://genius.com/David-bowie-girl-loves-me-lyrics

[Verse 1]
Cheena so sound, so titi up this malchick, say
Party up moodge, nanti vellocet round on Tuesday
Real bad dizzy snatch making all the omees mad - Thursday
Popo blind to the polly in the hole by Friday
Where the fuck did Monday go?
I'm cold to this pig and pug show
I'm sittin' in the chestnut tree
Who the fuck's gonna mess with me?

[Chorus]
Girl loves me
Hey cheena
Girl loves me
Girl loves me
Hey cheena
Girl loves me

[Bridge]
Where the fuck did Monday go?
I'm cold to this pig and pug show
Where the fuck did Monday go?

[Verse 2]
You viddy at the cheena
Choodesny with the red rot
Libbilubbing litso-fitso
Devotchka watch her garbles
Spatchko at the rozz-shop
Split a ded from his deng deng
Viddy viddy at the cheena

[Chorus]
Girl loves me
Hey cheena
Girl loves me
Girl loves me
Hey cheena
Girl loves me
Girl loves me
Hey cheena
Girl loves me

[Refrain]
Where the fuck did Monday go?
Where the fuck did Monday go?
Where the fuck did Monday go?

[Chorus]
Girl loves me
Hey cheena
Girl loves me
Girl loves me
Hey cheena
Girl loves me

[Refrain]
Where the fuck did Monday go?
Where the fuck did Monday go?