You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch - Dr. Seuss & Albert Hague

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 31 December 2005, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

EXPLANATION OF THE GLOSSING SYSTEM
(to understand how I describe the signs in this translation).

CRAZY-FOR, YOU MEAN, M-R GRINCH G-R-I-N-C-H!
YOU TRUE-BIZ VILLAIN.
YOU UNCOMFORTABLE IDEA~LIKE BEE STING,
YOU GROSS IDEA~LIKE FART.
M-R GRINCH.

YOU SPOIL BANANA.
GREASY AND BLACK.

YOU MONSTER M-R GRINCH.
YOUR HEART GONE, THAT SAD.
YOUR BRAIN FULL SPIDER.
HAVE ONION IN YOUR SOUL,
M-R GRINCH.

ME REFUSE TOUCH YOU
WITH WOOD LONG-POLE POKE.

YOU STINK*, M-R GRINCH.
LIKE BIG*, FAT* SKUNK.
YOUR HEART FULL FILTHY SOCKS.
YOUR SOUL FULL STICKY STUFF,
M-R GRINCH.

THREE WORD DESCRIBE YOU BEST
"WHAT"? STINK*, STINK*, STINK*.

YOU DISGUSTING, M-R GRINCH.
ME LOOK-AT-you, FEEL SICK-AS-A-DOG.
YOU PERVERTED HORSEMAN
AND YOUR HORSE PERVERTED TOO,
M-R GRINCH.

YOU TRIPLE SANDWICH INSIDE "WHAT"? GARBAGE MIX WITH LEMON.
(pause) PLUS POISON SAUCE. (wait for last note) YUCK!


Notes: CRAZY-FOR - [5:], PO > singer, FO up, is shaken slightly from side to side.

GRINCH - As a name sign I use (2h)[G] to outline a frown.

TRUE-BIZ - TRUE + (2h)[S], POs down, FOs away, DH brushes from side to side across NDH wrist.

VILLAIN - (2h)[O^] are held at end of mouth and arc downwards while changing to (2h)[A], as if twirling a handlebar moustache the way villains did in silent movies.

IDEA~LIKE - a blending where IDEA has a [Y] instead of an [I] in anticipation of LIKE which is signed smoothly right afterwards.

BEE - Thumb and index of [F], PO away, FO up, touch cheek, then [Bb] brushes the bee away.

STING - [X] strikes [S], PO down, FO away.

GROSS - (2h)[open 8], POs ><, FOs up, hands poke at each other several times with a negative face.

FART - Palm of [B] is held against NDH [S], PO down, FO > DS, then twists open and closed.

GREASY - DH [open 8], PO up, FO away, grasps at [B], PO > DS, FO away, from below and pulls down several times while NDH stays in place with a negative facial expression.

MONSTER - [5:], POs down, FOs away, are held high like claws.

LONG-POLE POKE - (2h)[F], POs down, FOs away, touch and separate, then (2h)[S] hold pole normal (perpendicular) to the body and poke with pole.

SKUNK - [K] draws a line above the head and down the center to show the skunk's white line. For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - skunk.

FILTHY - [S], PO down, FO > NDS, is held against chin and explodes open while maintaining contact with an appropriately negative facial expression.

STUFF - (2h)[bO], POs up, FOs away, are held in together in place while thumbs rub against FTs. This motion is sometimes called "pill rolling".

SICK-AS-A-DOG - (2h)[V:], POs ><, FOs away, move as if they are being thrown over the DS shoulder.

PERVERTED - Index finger touches brain + (2h)[B], DH is held, PO > NDS, against NDPO up, FO away, and moves forward while DH FT curl > DS and HS become (B^] and facial expression is extremely negative.

HORSEMAN - Thumb of [3] touches DS temple, then moves down so that the index and middle finger straddle NDH [B], PO > DS, FO away, like mounting a horse + AGENT.

Lyrics:

You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch.
You really are a heel.
You're as cuddly as a cactus,
You're as charming as an eel.
Mr. Grinch.

You're a bad banana
With a greasy black peel.

You're a monster, Mr. Grinch.
Your heart's an empty hole.
Your brain is full of spiders,
You've got garlic in your soul.
Mr. Grinch.

I wouldn't touch you, with a
thirty-nine-and-a-half foot pole.

You're a foul one, Mr. Grinch.
You're a nasty, wasty skunk.
Your heart is full of unwashed socks
Your soul is full of gunk.
Mr. Grinch.

The three words that best describe you,
are, and I quote: "Stink. Stank. Stunk."

You nauseate me, Mr. Grinch.
With a nauseaus super-naus.
You're a crooked jerky jockey
And you drive a crooked horse.
Mr. Grinch.

You're a three decker saurkraut and toadstool sandwich
With arsenic sauce.

treble clef as a symbol for musicTo hear the music (without words), go to Christmas song lyrics - You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch and click on "Play midi."

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