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Thread #102439   Message #2077417
Posted By: Joe_F
14-Jun-07 - 09:24 PM
Thread Name: BS: How are the wabes where you live?
Subject: RE: BS: How are the wabes where you live?
We had all the songs from the Alice books sung on a 78 when I was little. I still remember the tunes. The one for "Jabberwocky" (in solfa, drmfsltD) went

s.m.r.d.m.s.D.s..
sf.f.l.l.s.f.m..
sm.r.d.m.s.D.s..
sl.l.t.s.D.....

It should be noted that most of the words are explained by a more authoritative source than either Rapaire or Carroll, viz. Humpty Dumpty himself. A mome rath, IIRC, is a green pig that has lost its way.