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Thread #123801 Message #2734534
Posted By: The Vulgar Boatman
29-Sep-09 - 06:04 PM
Thread Name: Origins: The Devil and the Feathery Wife
Subject: RE: Origins: The Devil and the Feathery Wife
When 'Omer smote 'is bloomin' lyre, He'd 'eard men sing by land an' sea; An' what he thought 'e might require, 'E went an' took - the same as me!
The market-girls an' fishermen, The shepherds an' the sailors, too, They 'eard old songs turn up again, But kep' it quiet - same as you!
They knew 'e stole; 'e knew they knowed, They didn't tell, nor make a fuss, But winked at 'Omer down the road, An' 'e winked back - the same as us!
It's a pity Kipling and Bert never met. The lesson could well be, don't labour the point - just wink in the general direction of Bert's memory.