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Re: Beat the War Posts: Humorous Poems and Limericks
Thanks to John Cole. Mr. Porter was quite the songster!
Continuation of poem from "Through the Looking Glass" ..... His accents mild took up the tale: He said "I go my ways, And when I find a mountain-rill, I set it in a blaze; And thence they make a stuff they call Rowland's Macassar Oil - Yet twopence-halfpenny is all They give me for my toil." But I was thinking of a way To feed oneself on batter, And so go on from day to day Getting a little fatter. I shook him well from side to side, Until his face was blue: "come, tell me how you live," I cried "And what it is you do!" He said "I hut for haddocks' eyes Among the heather bright, And work them into waistcoat-buttons In the silent night. And these I do not sell for gold Or coin of silvery shine, But for a copper halfpenny, And that will purchase nine. "I sometimes dig for buttered rolls, Or set limed twigs for crabs; I sometimes search the grassy knolls For wheels of hansom-cabs. And that's the way" (he gave a wink) "By which I get my wealth - And very gladly will I drink Your Honour's noble health." more to come....Last "verse" [img]/forums/images/icons/smirk.gif[/img] -Zeno |
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