It was a real Cole Porter rhyme -- he inserts foreign words into lyrics -- an homage to Cole Porter without meaning to be.
I love to look up the lyrics to foreign language songs and translate them line-by-line.
She introduced the use of subtitles for foreign language operas so that American audiences could understand the lyrics.
In several "self-portrait" poems the lyric "I" emerges as if translated into a common yet foreign language.
Zimmer also had to write foreign-language lyrics for the 32 dubbed versions of the song when the film was released internationally.
In many places, bands started out imitating foreign rockers while writing lyrics in Spanish; gradually, however, local idioms peeked through.
Aiming to dispel rumours that the virus was a government conspiracy to secure foreign aid, and with lyrics offering advice on preventing its spread, the song was recorded by local artists FA, Soul Fresh and DenG for Unicef and radio station Hott FM.
Christianity Today has proposed the lyrics in "Foreign" may have been inspired by their departure from Sparrow Records.
Over the past decade, artists have taken to adapting foreign songs with invented new lyrics, rather than translating the original songs.
"[Drunk in Love exploits her voice] to evoke foreign eroticism alongside the sexually intense lyrics performed by Beyoncé and Jay Z".
