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22 Feb 03 - 07:18 PM (#896181) Subject: BS: Childhood Poetry Verse Hunt From: vindelis I have a friend who remembers the following lines of verse from childhood and wonders a) who wrote it and b) how does it end (he hasn't given me a title either): Do you wonder when in bed what it's like when you are dead? They wrap you in a big white sheet And drop you down several feet After about a week Then the coffin starts to leak And turns a Mucky? shade of green And what comes out is salad cream..... It's at this point that his memory gets hazy. Is there more to follow? If anyone can help I would be grateful. Many thanks Julie. |
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22 Feb 03 - 07:21 PM (#896184) Subject: RE: BS: Childhood Poetry Verse Hunt From: SINSULL The worms crawl in; the worms crawl out. There have been a few threads on this. Look for worms in the search. |
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22 Feb 03 - 07:51 PM (#896210) Subject: RE: BS: Childhood Poetry Verse Hunt From: vindelis Another success, many thanks. |
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22 Feb 03 - 10:36 PM (#896304) Subject: RE: BS: Childhood Poetry Verse Hunt From: Stilly River Sage Eeeyuuooo!!That's a particularly gruesome version of the song! And what comes out is salad cream--yuck! (I'll bet the kids love it.) SRS |
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22 Feb 03 - 11:26 PM (#896334) Subject: RE: BS: Childhood Poetry Verse Hunt From: GUEST,maddy i think what you have there is genuine, un-messed-around-with oral tradition - kids teach that rhyme, along with its sing-song tune to each other. |
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23 Feb 03 - 12:15 AM (#896375) Subject: RE: BS: Childhood Poetry Verse Hunt From: Cluin I always heard it: "...And when you turn a ghastly green The pus runs out like whipping cream..." |
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23 Feb 03 - 12:18 AM (#896379) Subject: RE: BS: Childhood Poetry Verse Hunt From: Cluin and it was the ants who "play pinochle on your snout" |
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23 Feb 03 - 12:16 PM (#896664) Subject: RE: BS: Childhood Poetry Verse Hunt From: Neighmond Dont ever laugh as the hearse rolls by, for you may be the next to die |
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23 Feb 03 - 12:51 PM (#896685) Subject: RE: BS: Childhood Poetry Verse Hunt From: Stilly River Sage Yes--all of these things in the last several posts are in the version I learned. I think the image of salad dressing (colorful, greasy, recumbent on the greens) versus whipping cream (white and generally more fluffy, less intimidating somehow) is really inspired. SRS |
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23 Feb 03 - 01:07 PM (#896700) Subject: RE: BS: Childhood Poetry Verse Hunt From: Metchosin I recall at the end we all chorused "and me without my spoon!" |