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Thread #9724   Message #743411
Posted By: Amos
06-Jul-02 - 03:25 PM
Thread Name: Discussion: King of the Cannibal Islands
Subject: RE: LYR REQ & ADD: king of the cannibals
The version my grandfather taught my mother, which she then taught me, includes these verses:

He dined on clergyman cold and raw
A bone from whom got stuck in his craw
The very last meal that he ever saw
The King of the Cannibal Islands

The last words of this monarch bold
Were not bequeathing his lands or gold The King of the Cannibal Islands!

Cho:

Oh, Hokey Poley, Winky Wung
Calamaroo, Calamarung
Wangery, Changery, Chingery Chung,
The King of the Cannibal Islands!

But then of course there is the folk process to be considered! :>)

A