M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!

Subject: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: katlaughing
Date: 29 Oct 99 - 06:30 PM

The creative genius of LeeJ strikes again! Instead of letting this get buried in the Thoguht for the day thread, I've transferred the few post to this over to here.

Come...addeth thine own verse....

From LeeJ:

Whan that Octobre it's Leaves had shed
That from the gustes of Autumne had falln and flede
Seeking succoure we pilgrimmes did arrive to chatte
within the anciente confines of the Aulde Mudcatte.

-The Catterbury Tails

From Bert:

and to the aulde tavern do we wende
to drinken vile liquour blackke and trende
and bathe inne gelled limoo grene and woubblee
to easen us of alle oure cares and troubbles

From Kat:

thenne wenndeing oure way
we doth threade ande weave
inne and aboot the wordes of
thou beffore and thou abafft

Bert:

and whan thou art abafft the 'possums ende
be shoure to blaw and whistle full and hende
and from the mouth shalle come asound full straunge
that maketh alle folkes minds deraunge

Kat:

the insanitty witche raineth there
was noot for oughte
for greate melodiees issueded forth
and the words, they were a'stranged

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: katlaughing
Date: 29 Oct 99 - 06:33 PM

misseded thee loine breaks, sorreey:

the insanitty witche raineth there
was noot for oughte
for greate melodiees issueded forth
and the words, they were a'stranged

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 29 Oct 99 - 08:06 PM

"Hoo" quoth an ancien and an hairy bumme "hwen forst I pleyd this musick wid ye drumme

I wos but littel and an comely youth

but now my mouth hast but one lonlie tooth.

In Godde's name giv me summe black bogg beer, for soon I feer we alle must leaven here"

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 29 Oct 99 - 08:19 PM

(Aftewr doing that last poast I saw the translate buton, and I coulnt resist it - so here it is from "Engluish " to "French, and back.) " Hoo " quoth ancien et un bumme velu " hwen le pleyd du forst I les OES de ce de musick de wid drumme I de ye mais le littel et une jeunesse avenante mais maintenant mon hast de bouche mais une dent de lonlie.

Dans le giv nommé de Godde je bière noire de bogg de summe, parce que bientôt le feer de I que nous l'alle devons faire lever ici "

old " Hoo " quoth and a hairy bumme " hwen the pleyd of the forst I OES of it of musick of wid drumme I of ye but the littel and a pleasing youth but maintaining my hast of mouth but a tooth of lonlie. In the giv named of Godde I black beer of bogg of summe, because soon the feer of I that we alle must make it raise here "

Kevin

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: katlaughing
Date: 29 Oct 99 - 08:53 PM

Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 29 Oct 99 - 09:34 PM

One man came before them, dressed in muckle finerie
His namme was Maximillian, and he woulde theire Leader be
Who,with a bolde Knighte Templar, Sir Bertrand was his namme
Vowed to go the righteous waye, and nought the Pathe of Shame

There stood a red-topped Giante, who was a man of Eire
His tempere was a fierie as his top-knotte of redde haire
A cooke of Grete Reknowne he was, for he hadde been schooled in Brussels
Ande he coulde cooke a salmon welle, and also shrimpe and mussels

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: _gargoyle
Date: 29 Oct 99 - 10:23 PM

Ahhh....Nice....very nice Kat...it is encouraging to see that Joe has a "squire-in-waiting." No Sarky

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: katlaughing
Date: 30 Oct 99 - 09:51 AM

and thenne comest the pipere with drones fitted fine
the skirl of kiltte flasshed in the moonlighte above
twas the highlande man, fore hiss honoure and bloode
calling the ghoste horde to the battle oncest more.

sent a chill doon oure spines and stillest our tonngues
whilst wattching in horrorre, they didst takke uppe the ffighte
and the sounnde of theyyre pipes in the nightte we shall hearre
forevere and evvere on Alle Halloww's Nightte.

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 30 Oct 99 - 01:10 PM

A lasse ther was, hight cat as it was seide and syn she weare a cat upon her heade, and eke she sang, her voice was leik a bleide thicke was nat ony meke and gentil meid. And jewelle chains she shake them in the aire That fright the ghostes and drove them far from heere.

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: katlaughing
Date: 30 Oct 99 - 02:06 PM

McGrath! LMAO! Nice photo by the way!

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 10 Nov 99 - 07:36 PM

A fox nearby was knowne to dwelle, and Harry he was called
Ande though he was of small stature, was feared by one and alle
Said he "show me thy licenses, or singe your songes no more!"
But we showed him cutlasses insteade, ande stretched himme on the floore

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: katlaughing
Date: 10 Nov 99 - 08:54 PM

Drawne and quatereded there he laye
Whene the houndes didst seeke to baye
Foundst we his ghostie did not, for ere we laide
Him in the grave, we piecemeal of him mayde!

Tho', juste to showe our kindliness an' alle
We put the pieces backe together and place-ed him on a pall
Withe bits of thise and bits of that, we strung them in a row
So he could dance a jig, amongst the rig, to our fiddler's wicked bowe!

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: MMario
Date: 10 Nov 99 - 09:05 PM

Alas hyse spyrit did aryse;and cryde out loudlie to the skyes
that jigge I feare tis lycensed notte;thence the fyddler he did smitte
aybout the heade and torso thusse; wythe notyces and parchment writ
conserned wythe unholey matters; for thee eyen unseemlie fitte

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 11 Nov 99 - 06:47 PM

Then Maximillian did syng out "be-still thy tedious chatter!
And knowe there is no nobler aime than to be a Mudcatter!
Whilst thou wouldst taxe the very byrdes to enlarge thy trove of treassure
We seek to fill each wooded glenne with merrie myrthe and measure!

Our Pylgimmage is one, mayhap, you will not understande
For it is our wishe to save the anciente music of our lande
for doing this we aske no fee, and neither do we charge one
To any roamyng minstrel free,be he a smalle or large one."

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 11 Nov 99 - 07:54 PM

This was no Reynard fierce and proud but eke a Weasel grown too stoute who crawled and crept from out the draines and sucked the bloode from out the veines of silly birdes who sang sweete notes and as they sang, he cut there throates.

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 11 Nov 99 - 08:17 PM

LOL McGrath!

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Caitrin
Date: 11 Nov 99 - 10:21 PM

*laughing hysterically as she recalls the many hours she has spent in the last week studying Chaucer for her AP English class and wishing she were proficient enough to add a verse*

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: katlaughing
Date: 12 Nov 99 - 12:50 AM

O, thy fayre younglyng wot was frought wyth studdye
Wrack-ed her brayne for wordes lyke puddee
Tho much afeared of what was spelt
She casteth the hand wot she waseth dealt!

O, come ye, fayre mayden, tell us thy wordes
Tis none so fayre could not be hearde
Your voyce we longe for on thyse nighte
No manner thye tellyng, 'twylle be aryght!

For thyse Kat, O', knoweth yew not?
The studye of Chaucer she had not gotte
Indulgence of her Muddercatte fryends
Has leant her courage, to posteth agayn!

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: katlaughing
Date: 12 Nov 99 - 12:52 PM

Refresheth thyse thread
O maketh ite to ryse
For wyse worddes or wyttey
Bryngs teares to myne eyes!

Uplyft and fyndde lyffe
'Mongst the troubles and care
Make lytte of oure hearts
In the myrthe we fyndde there.

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Caitrin
Date: 12 Nov 99 - 10:18 PM

The Hye Schoolere's Prologue:

With thym was a hye schoole mayde Newe unto Mudcatte and its thraydes Her lyf was of schoole, the serche for college Songes too, and playes were its usage tyme whiche she shoulde spende onne papyr writyng instedde she did spende uponne Mudcatting

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: katlaughing
Date: 02 Aug 00 - 06:11 PM

refresh for the fun of it....come add on some updates!

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Sorcha
Date: 02 Aug 00 - 06:38 PM

OH! how marvelous!! I can read it, but I can't spell in ME!! oh, my I may just have to dig out the GBD!!(greatbigdictionary)........what fun!! It should be in the SongBook.

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Bradypus
Date: 02 Aug 00 - 07:08 PM

Ye Centurie is waning faste Yette meseems all Men have Tyme to waste Wi muckle Sangs an muckle Myrthe Here is the beste place in all ye Earthe

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: A Wandering Minstrel
Date: 03 Aug 00 - 08:48 AM

Sich wordy witte, ande lerning heyre displayed
To adde but my groate's worthe be I dismayed
Bot reading these fewe rymes didde not suppose
Thatte I shold laffe til milke came downe my nose!

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: MMario
Date: 03 Aug 00 - 09:01 AM

Thet challynge be forthwythe on shew
To scrybe olde lyrics knowe aknewe
ande sette themme alle to toons of olde
thin synge themme fourth loude and bolde!

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Kim C
Date: 03 Aug 00 - 12:06 PM

Thys scrybe she sittes, mich bored at hyr deske Wuld rather be at knyttyng or at reste Or mayhap hyr fydle to employe To playe a tune for othres to enjoye

Alack, she sittes wyth paperes left to pushe But dreameth oft of songe and dance and suche She longeth for the workenweke to ende Tomorrow it be Frydaye, saye Aymen!

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Kim C
Date: 03 Aug 00 - 12:09 PM

oopes, I mayde the wronge tagges. I begge thy forgiveness.

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: katlaughing
Date: 03 Aug 00 - 12:19 PM

Bravo! Keepeth themme comyngg!!

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Mbo
Date: 03 Aug 00 - 12:45 PM

Um, this is weird. How are you doing this?

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: MMario
Date: 03 Aug 00 - 01:29 PM

Mbo - four lines, consisting of two couplets. Usually AABB; and spell creativly! Through in the odd word you happen to know and "Voila"

Iff Matte the rudh in veritie shoulde
Thusse maketh verse, in soothe he coulde
Thenne shalle he bee moste nigh as clevyr
As hath beene, a muddecattyr evyr!

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Mbo
Date: 03 Aug 00 - 01:41 PM

Maathew wasse a yuthfyll fuul
Owayses he deed thynkest ruul
Aind ony teeme whenne he wyldst pley themme
Peepyle aycted liek he wasse Satane.

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: MMario
Date: 03 Aug 00 - 01:50 PM

Yn soothe youngge Maatheu wasse na fuul
Fore thatt he knoweth EOL rooles!
Yf folke haffe thatte he be Satyn thotte
Kwoweth thye betwxt devyl and angyl knotte !

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Morticia
Date: 03 Aug 00 - 01:58 PM

Bravo, Mathew!!

the cattyrs theye gathereed to lissten awhyle to syngers and players of lute and smyle atte joyfulle sounds,made bye the Mbo youthe and agree Owaysis rule inne truthe

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Morticia
Date: 03 Aug 00 - 02:08 PM

A bold wyf, Morticia hight
thought to trye a verse onne nighte
Butte of shame and woe wast wotte
when she, her HTML tagges forgotte

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Kim C
Date: 03 Aug 00 - 04:03 PM

HTML! Tis a mysterie,
That I typen, and my wordes notte be
The way that I envisioned in my mind
Perhaps in the PermaThread a clue I'll fynde...

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Morticia
Date: 03 Aug 00 - 07:26 PM

The gentil knighte, hight Mmario
Didst challenge Cattyrs and therefore, Lo
I will scrybe olde lyrics and if thou guess
The title, thou willst I snog and bless

Lo, be-cymballed minstrel
Play thine refrains for mine amusement
I am unvisited by Morpheus
And have no pilgrimage to embark upon
Lo, be-cymballed minstrel
Play thine refrains for mine amusement
In the discordant fore-noon hours
I shall go wheresoever thou goest

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Mbo
Date: 03 Aug 00 - 07:45 PM

Hey Mr.Tambourine Man!

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Morticia
Date: 04 Aug 00 - 06:55 AM

Similar to a small winged rodent from the netherworld I departeth in the light of dawn
Similar to a small winged rodent from the netherworld I shall depart, vanisheth, retreate,
When the day is compleet and the sun descendeth And the moonlight bestoweth its rays
Then similar to a miscreant before the portals of paradise I shall returneth prostrate to thee

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: MMario
Date: 04 Aug 00 - 08:19 AM

Like a bat out of hell....something....

Marvelous renditions, btw

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Morticia
Date: 04 Aug 00 - 12:04 PM

Farewell maiden pastry of the America's
Drove my conveyance to ye brooke
Howsoever ye brooke, it runneth not
Ye splendid fellowes sippeth mead and porter
Carolling thys shalle be the day of mine demise,
Thys shalle be the day of mine demise

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: MMario
Date: 04 Aug 00 - 12:31 PM

ahah! Forsoothe y hafe cotte thee owt
fore "dyke" shouldst "brooke" replaceth
Aynde thoe thyne affortte be fore nought
Itt dothe myne eyen moste pleaseth

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Mbo
Date: 04 Aug 00 - 12:45 PM

HEY where's my snog? ;-)

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Kim C
Date: 04 Aug 00 - 01:28 PM

I recognyze Americaine Pye. Do I notte gett a snogge too? :)

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Irish sergeant
Date: 04 Aug 00 - 02:09 PM

Twas late thee hour whenn acrost the sea he came. six stryngs of guitar and only a name. Wythe a warrior's heart and the soul or a bard, A song to add and two cats in the yard.

He sitteth at the feet of more learned muses and found no deception or ruses "Irish sergeant is my name I say, And to this mudcat, I come to stay."

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Morticia
Date: 04 Aug 00 - 03:06 PM

Stay, felowe catyrs,I am not done
Long didst mine penne runne onne
A snog shall be the reward of thee
For whom most songges guessed bee

For what reason do songbirds appear?
Fore alle time in thine presence
Verily, they wouldst, as wouldst I
Bear thee company

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: MMario
Date: 04 Aug 00 - 03:17 PM

Onne the daye thatte thou wast borne
The choires of the LORD camme dunne
Ane dycyded to cryate ane fantasie coyme trew!

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Mbo
Date: 04 Aug 00 - 03:19 PM

Wel the fyste twa wert eyssye enoffe,
Gie usse somme thaat art mair toffe!

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: MMario
Date: 04 Aug 00 - 03:27 PM

o ye who luste ayfter eyallo
doth thou hafe tunys fore twa poste
Narrie a wan hath aye scene come fromme thee
Lydee Sorcha hath batten thee trews fromme thee

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Mbo
Date: 04 Aug 00 - 03:33 PM

Ho theere Mario, nae gette a bee ine thy bonette
A' hae plaentie to posste, A' amme workyn onnitte!

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Kim C
Date: 04 Aug 00 - 04:52 PM

heeheeheeee

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 04 Aug 00 - 05:19 PM

There was a man among that companie
And he had been a vendor for his fee
In yeres long passed, and he was of youthe a Tutor
And oft of Whiskie he would take a snooter
He dwelled beside a River grete and wide
And now his work to his hause was appleyed
There chylddren were wont to ramble and to roame
In safetie of that garden of his home
A creature formed of clay he oft woulde bryng
And blowe upon its arse,and dance and syng

Pritthee, what Mudcatter hath been described herein?

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Mbo
Date: 04 Aug 00 - 05:25 PM

it's about SPAW!!!!

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 04 Aug 00 - 05:35 PM

Nimbly done, Mbo

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: MMario
Date: 04 Aug 00 - 06:31 PM

*dang* I thought it was Art Thieme!

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Morticia
Date: 04 Aug 00 - 07:51 PM

Fornication and alchemy and musike that is loude
Is alle mine minde and body requireth
Fornication and alchemy and musike that is loude
Is most pleasaunte to alle

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Mbo
Date: 04 Aug 00 - 07:54 PM

Sex Drugs and ROCK AND ROLL!!!

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 04 Aug 00 - 08:00 PM

Callest thou the Just Sayeth Nay Hotte Line, Morticia, lest thou do thyselfe a mischief.

Do notte ye schlep in the Subwaye,Darlynge.

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: katlaughing
Date: 04 Aug 00 - 10:55 PM

Yea, and standeth not thyself in the drenchynge of the Hevvynes,
for the nichte is longe

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: katlaughing
Date: 04 Aug 00 - 11:17 PM

Didst thou heare notte the puir wylle
Syghynge siche a toone of greeffe?
There's not the wylle to hold lyfe to its breaste
Puir thynge beinge that afyxeded wyth by itselfe..

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Mbo
Date: 04 Aug 00 - 11:28 PM

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry...

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: katlaughing
Date: 04 Aug 00 - 11:37 PM

Right...too obvious?

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Mbo
Date: 04 Aug 00 - 11:52 PM

Took a minute or two. :)

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Morticia
Date: 05 Aug 00 - 06:58 AM

Thou art naught butte an cur Interminably disconsolate Thou art nothing butte an cur Interminably disconsolate Thou art ill fated as a huntynge hounde Thou hast beene naught companyone of myne

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: katlaughing
Date: 05 Aug 00 - 10:35 AM

YOu ain't nothin' but a hound dog!

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: katlaughing
Date: 05 Aug 00 - 01:16 PM

We are the faireste offsprynge of thy flora
Yet for none of the myghtier do we redden
We are the faireste offsprynge of thy flora
Thou darest not resyste what we shall demande!

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: GUEST,Amos
Date: 05 Aug 00 - 03:53 PM

Inqyred mayney men and wimmen too How coulde yt Bee that such an one had knew That in his Hart the Luve he therin found Would ever bloome, and neyvere be caste Doun?

Twas in the chorus of Sweete Naytures way, Ye moust now understande, I then did saye; For though heart's flame is known not Bye by the Wyse; Still doe the Cynders of it tear Thyne Eies.

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Mbo
Date: 05 Aug 00 - 04:02 PM

Smoke Gets in Yer Eyes!

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: katlaughing
Date: 05 Aug 00 - 05:03 PM

Still no guesses on my last one? Hint: it is a protest song, of sorts...

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: wysiwyg
Date: 05 Aug 00 - 05:26 PM

Flowers of Peace?

~S~

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Morticia
Date: 05 Aug 00 - 06:13 PM

Thou hast departeth at an inauspicious hour Lucille
With four progeny that starveth
And produce in the pasture
I hath witnessed tragedy and I hath witnessed sorrow But verily I am afeared mine agonie wille notte bee assuaged
Thou hast departeth at an inauspicious hour Lucille

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: GUEST,AJ
Date: 05 Aug 00 - 06:20 PM

Departeth is third person present singular Morticia! "Ya chose a Fine Time To Leave me, Lucille!" clearly. Kat, ya got me stumped -- it isn't Blowing in the Wind, is it? .

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Mbo
Date: 05 Aug 00 - 06:21 PM

You Picked The Wrong Time To Leave Me Lucille!

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: katlaughing
Date: 05 Aug 00 - 06:28 PM

It's "You Picked A Fine Time to Leave Me, Lucille" and mine is.....

"Rosa's Lovely Daughters"

If you are not familiar with it, type the name in the search box and there is a nice thread on it.

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Morticia
Date: 05 Aug 00 - 07:40 PM

Geez, a grammar lesson....I waz just tryin' to be funny.....not clever.....guess I failed.

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: katlaughing
Date: 05 Aug 00 - 09:47 PM

Ah, Mortee, don't let it bother ya, fun is what it is all about, well, that and the Hokey Pokey..besides ole' AJ got the song title slightly off, so yer even!**BG**

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: GUEST
Date: 06 Aug 00 - 12:29 AM

The Dummard's Tale

I din men ta due eh, I swar, et were an axeedeh, Ba whe she fall, upooon er face, er Grace, Come what may, un et de, It were funny!... She were nigh ontuh a hunard yarn ole, Un she war souch bootyfowl gowns, Magnificen dressays of blues an reds...an browns,... Day cull er da Queen Mudder. Naught da she were gay, da thawt I shudder, Bu she were ole, thas awl. Ann thar I were, jess doin' me job, Stanin' ih line for da queen Mudder, Ann I chuse to eet, sum trohpecal froot, Whilst I were waitin' for da Mudder. Tossing da peel a da bananna ah et, Ore me shoulder da Queen's iyes me met, An she so majestic down da isle she strode, One step a smile, one step bold, Diamonds an rubies, she were sooch a si, Til she slip on me peel, an her majesty dye! Nare were sooch a tarable si, O da Mudder's...leggs fly hi. Ge oop me lady, arr yee al ri? I hollars tu er, she says eye. Well for God's sake lady, push down yer dress!! Says I.

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Mbo
Date: 06 Aug 00 - 12:40 AM

HA HA HA!!! Funny!

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Bradypus
Date: 06 Aug 00 - 07:29 AM

When ye worlde first beganne did I jigge
On moone, starres and sunne did I bigge
To ye erthe did I cumme, and danced there
Een in Bethlehemme's tounne ever fayre

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Morticia
Date: 06 Aug 00 - 11:58 AM

Lord of the Dance??

The tithe collector taketh alle mine groats Leaveth me to languishe inne mine castle Reclining on a temperate afternoon

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Mbo
Date: 06 Aug 00 - 05:31 PM

Lazing On A Sunny Afternoon, by the Kinks.

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Kim C
Date: 07 Aug 00 - 10:51 AM

heeheeheeheeheeeheeheeheee :)

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: katlaughing
Date: 07 Aug 00 - 12:50 PM

Yn the crooke of the allopathe
Orygyne of myne natal event
Lyv-ed ummarryede a lyght-complected mayde
Caus-ed buttocks astryde to be quyte sore
Her nameth it waseth ????

(can't give it away, now can I?)

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Mbo
Date: 07 Aug 00 - 12:55 PM

Barbara Allen.

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Morticia
Date: 07 Aug 00 - 01:02 PM

What is the cost of that cur in yonder casement?
The hound with an appendage so gay
What is the cost of that cur in yonder casement?
I am wishful that yon hounde may be for barter

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Mbo
Date: 07 Aug 00 - 01:19 PM

Too easy! How much is that doggy in the window!

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: katlaughing
Date: 07 Aug 00 - 02:11 PM

Ah, but Mbo, WHICH Barbara Allen? It has a specific location which may help.

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Mbo
Date: 07 Aug 00 - 03:06 PM

Medicine Bow.

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: katlaughing
Date: 07 Aug 00 - 03:22 PM

Oh, you are good, but the actual title is "THe Cowboy's Barbara Allen"....well done, Mbo!

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Morticia
Date: 07 Aug 00 - 03:32 PM

Atte thys pointe, I do claime and vowe Thatte Matthew be mine Victor nowe And as surelie as fallinge offen a logge I awardeth hyme a greatte, bigge snogge :)

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Kim C
Date: 07 Aug 00 - 03:47 PM

smoochie woochie ;)

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Mbo
Date: 07 Aug 00 - 03:57 PM

Thynks be! A' mosste nearlie hath fallene offe mine chaire
Fromme the snoggies offe sae mony damsyles faire!

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: GUEST,eric
Date: 08 Aug 00 - 12:29 AM

The Goul's Tale

Thars a eech en me tail, ouchy owchy eechy. Pleez pleez whone somune skratch eht fer me? Iz a har liff beune a goool, boot ay... arder beune a foool (an doon I no eh). I were bore en a kross fyre hurkane, und da moon und da mud und da howlin' rayn. Boo eh alree nu, uh uh uh, en fac es a naushious. Yumpin' Yahova es a splash, splash, splash!!

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: katlaughing
Date: 02 Jul 01 - 01:30 PM

refreshing a favourite for newbies to enjoy and possibly join in

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: katlaughing
Date: 16 Mar 05 - 11:38 PM

Good for another read through, every few years, eh?

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Morticia
Date: 17 Mar 05 - 03:49 AM

definitely, Kat.........I'd forgotten this one.

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: katlaughing
Date: 16 Feb 06 - 10:44 PM

Reading the "Mother Tongue" and was reminded of how much fun this thread was! Worth a yearly refresh, methinks!

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Amos
Date: 16 Feb 06 - 11:29 PM

Came yester e'en, the straugest Dreeme hadde Iye
That ner before this time has crost mine Eye
In dreeming saw Iye menne and Worlde agree
Thate e'er more therefrome wuld Peaseful be.

In dreeeming saw Iye thene a Room full large
Of menne so fulle it was, Iye nowe do sware
Who mightily onPayres long did penne
The vow that ne'er woulde theye Fought agin.

And when with writting papyres alle wer donne,
Tenne thousand times ten thousande writs were made.
And alle swordes ande kniffes and gonnes too
Upon the mudde were alle carelessly laide.

Came yester e'en, the straugest Dreeme hadde Iye
That ner before this time has crost mine Eye
In dreeming saw Iye menne and Worlde agree
Thate e'er more therefrome wuld Peaseful be.

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: JennyO
Date: 16 Feb 06 - 11:45 PM

"Last night I had the strangest dream" - easy.

Actually, the old style English sorta suits it!

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: JennyO
Date: 17 Feb 06 - 12:53 AM

Caskets fashionned well by Chambers are so fyne
Wrought from fragrante woodes lyke sandalewoode and pyne
Iffe the wunnes thou love'st depart this earthley forme
Thou can'st ease their trippe wyth Chambers caskes so warme
Iffe thy love'd wunnes muste to heavenlie regiones go
Presse thy fynggers onne Columbia tripple-ohh
Those withe needes for Chambers services alle synge
Fromme their graves belowe, "Oh Death, whereis thy stynge?"

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: JennyO
Date: 17 Feb 06 - 12:53 AM

This threade hath been deserted now, I fear
so methinkes I'll take the hundredth poste in here,

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: MMario
Date: 27 Feb 06 - 11:11 AM

Mathew the ladde be sorelie missed
For Daypth of knowledge and readie witte!

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: *Laura*
Date: 27 Feb 06 - 03:39 PM

I'm taking a break from writing an essay on Chaucher - I come on Mudcat for *a break* and WHAT do I find!?!?
More of the stuff. dear oh dear.
although considerably funnier :-)

xLx

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Amos
Date: 14 Nov 06 - 01:41 PM

Whilom ther was dwellynge at Tarrietoune
An bouchere's ladd, full welle I knewe,
To mee mayde hee courte, bothe ye Nighte and ye Daye
And nouwe thereto at Houme will he Notte staye.

Digge wyde and deep my grayve, do I privee,
Ande may herbes of wylde goose growe there overe me.


A

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: MMario
Date: 14 Nov 06 - 01:53 PM

Oh Lord of the Prance - didst thou mean "privee" or "prithee"?

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: katlaughing
Date: 28 May 07 - 05:08 PM

refresh...it was so much fun!

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Bert
Date: 28 May 07 - 11:22 PM

Smale caskets on the Wolden syde
Of the middens contents were derive
Smale caskets on the Wolden syde
betwixt them alle ne difference coulde decide

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 29 May 07 - 07:11 PM

But soone returned that grat dispute that did the companee divyde
"Oh watt is folk? and watt is not?" - for eche one sware the other lide.
And bak and forth in bluddy strife from morning till the set of sun,
And through the nicht they still did ficht in battel that was never dun.
"Ficht on ficht on my gallant friends, ficht on, ficht on and take yore stand
Beneeth the banner of the horse, the noble horse that never sang."

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: katlaughing
Date: 29 May 07 - 07:20 PM

Well done, lads!

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: katlaughing
Date: 08 Jan 09 - 09:46 PM

Anither guid reade for a'winter's eve!

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Morticia
Date: 09 Jan 09 - 07:24 AM

Good heavens, I clearly had a lot more time on my hands back in those days.

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: katlaughing
Date: 12 Dec 09 - 06:30 PM

refresh just for fun, again!

Subject: RE: M'Catterbury Tales-add a verse!
From: Amos
Date: 12 Dec 09 - 07:37 PM

Ye Tayle of Oure Mother of All Follyes


As cruced yee Sonne across the towering Skye
To myne companions bolde I sayde, sayde I,
"Gude friendes, for Jesu' sake, then strive,
For wee are at syxtene and saevin-nynety-five!

"And fayne I woulde Oure Mothere Fayre uplift,
Ande unto Herre bestow the rairest Gyfte,
By gentle Spyryte and bye Helpin Hande,
To bring herre to Ye Seyventeen of Grande!"

Up spayke the Knighte, the bold Rapaire Yclept,
And said, "The land arounde I have beSwepte!
No Ennemie nor Hurdle lurketh there!"
And so assured us alle, Ye Bold Rapaire.

And thene stept Upp ye tender maiden Stilly,
Who blushing sayde, "An it does note Sounde Sillye,
I wille Myselfe to show here Any Manne,
That I in postes Out Number alle canne."

Thene chimed up Mario, a Manne of Emms,
Who well-reknownd was for Verse and Phlegm,
Ande kindly sayde, "Goode lasse, Bee note afrayde!"
Ande att her Feete, hise Posting Swourd he layde.