The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #15799   Message #145113
Posted By: Al
05-Dec-99 - 05:51 PM
Thread Name: Chords Req: Madeira, M'Dear (Flanders & Swann)
Subject: RE: CHORDS REQUEST: Have Some Madeira, M'dea
The use of a single verb with a list of actions is a figure of speech called ZEUGMA or SYLLEPSIS. The three examples in Madiera M'Dear are three direct hits by Michael Flanders. On my recording of "At the drop of a hat" the line is "..a beard in her ear hole"