"it just goes on and on my friends / some people started singing it not knowing what it was"

I tossed "The Windhover" through Bad Translator (a Lost in Translation for a new generation), and got:

I : today in the morning, in the morning, the son of, the king.
Not day, the Prince, the color of dawn, the trained Falcon, horse riding
The roles of the static air
Because the stages of childhood, wimpling wing
Participation in the climax. Then swing
Who knows, with clean water and smooth bow-bend : the spear of sliding
The answer is a big wind. The heart of freedom.
Pink bird take-off; the power!

Brute beauty and valour and act, air, honor, feathers, here
Fasten your seat belts! The fire, which is you billion dollars
Never say beautiful, it is still dangerous, Chevalier!

This is not surprising : clear screen protector for plug down sillion
Bright blue, black, dark grey, dear.
Autumn ends ... red.

Lands the ending surprisingly well. Despite the seat belts. (widget via, where there are more examples)

---L.

Subject quote from "The Song That Never Ends".