Miss Lemon, Crowdercref and Hawker obviously know them, but their approach to this thread seems to be to work us through the text a line or two at a time, and damn the torpedos! ;-)

We must all breath deeply and sip slowly. I'll compile the accumulated lines as they come in (or anyone else may).

The one thing that seems to be missing in the process is the chorus...

~ Becky in Tucson


A is for Agar the aristocrat,
B is for Busy, the bal that went scat,
C is for Crofty the biggest and best,
D is for Dolcoath the queen of the West.
E is for Emily the pride of Penwith,
F is for Fuse and the Great Bickford Smith.
G is for Geevor, they're singing there still,
And H is for Holman, the man with the drill.
I is Imperia; (which it was not),
J- Cousin Jack who is never forgot.
K is for kibble, a bloody big pail!