Lyr Add: Casabianca: boy stood on the burning deck

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Casabianca: boy stood on the burning
From: GUEST,Sarah Walker
Date: 24 Oct 07 - 05:37 AM

There was a wee lass sitting at the bar, a big thug walks up to him and hits him, he says; "That's a karatti chop from Japan!"
The same thug walks up to him and hits him again and says; "That's a karitti chop from Sout Karea!" The wee guy goes out and later comes back and hits the thug out cold! Then says to the barman; "When that big B***ard wakes up tell him; that's a crow bar from B&Q!"
How cool my brother taught me this when I was 12.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Casabianca: boy stood on the burning
From: GUEST,Sarah Walker
Date: 24 Oct 07 - 05:33 AM

Do you remember the time I shuvved my butt out the window, can you remember shuvving your face out the window, en=veryone laughed and said; "WOW, is it me or are they twins?"

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Casabianca: boy stood on the burning deck
From: GUEST,Dealas
Date: 23 Oct 07 - 06:39 PM

The boy stood on the burning deck whence all but he had fled,
He said - It,s much more warmer here than in my cauld cauld bed.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Casabianca: boy stood on the burning deck
From: GUEST,Mikle
Date: 30 Jul 07 - 11:03 AM

The boy stood on the burning deck
his lips were all a quiver...
he gave a cough
his leg fell off
and floated down the river.

Subject: RE: Add: Casabianca: The boy stood on the burning
From: GUEST
Date: 13 Jul 07 - 01:59 PM

The boy stood on the burning deck
eating peanuts by the peck
beside him stood his sister true
who wished she had a peck or two

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Subject: RE: Add: Casabianca: The boy stood on the burning deck
From: radriano
Date: 25 May 07 - 03:03 PM

Noble? Idiotic is more like it. If you're too stupid to move out of the fire you deserve to die.

Subject: RE: Add: Casabianca: The boy stood on the burning
From: GUEST,Christine Moreno
Date: 25 May 07 - 02:50 PM

My Mother Rose Marie Curry Bonner use to dare us to recite this poem whenever we had to memorize one for school.

The Boy Stood on the Burning Deck
His Feet Were Full of Blisters
He Tore His Pants Upon a Nail
And Now He Wears His Sisters

Subject: RE: Add: Casabianca: The boy stood on the burning deck
From: GUEST,bhil.com
Date: 24 Apr 07 - 07:36 PM

The boy stood on the burning deck
Eating peanuts by the peck.
His father called,
He could not go
Because he loved those peanuts so.

Subject: RE: Add: Casabianca: The boy stood on the burning
From: GUEST,mary in los angeles
Date: 13 Apr 07 - 11:43 PM

As kids in Lancashire, my dad used to recite his version (he might have made up the last part -- he used to do that kind of thing)

The boy stood on the burning deck
selling peas a penny a peck
did he wash his dirty neck?
Did 'e 'eck.

The boy stood on the burning deck
his feet were full of blisters
the captain said: Antonio, tell us a tale...
And the tale went on as follows:

The boy stood on the burning deck,
etc... etc...

Subject: RE: Add: Casabianca: The boy stood on the burning deck
From: GUEST,jay
Date: 13 Apr 07 - 11:30 PM

My version similar to many others. Don,t know where I learned it but it's been in my head for 50 years.

The boy stood on the burning deck
His feet were full of blisters
He used to wear his mother's drawers
But now he wears his sister's.

Subject: RE: Add: Casabianca: The boy stood on the burning deck
From: Gulliver
Date: 09 Apr 07 - 09:00 PM

The boy stands on the burning deck
The flame around him flickers
He doesn't burn, the reason is,
He's on asbestos knickers!

Morecambe and Wise

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Casabianca: 'The boy stood on the burning
From: leeneia
Date: 08 Apr 07 - 09:21 PM

I usually don't care for parodies, but parodies of a poem so noxious are a different matter.

the boy stood on the burning deck
with his sister Molly.
the deck was very hot to him,
and also hot to Molly (hot tamale)

Illinois, c. 1956

Subject: RE: The boy stood on the burning deck
From: Charley Noble
Date: 12 Jan 07 - 08:18 PM

The girl stood on the burning deck,
Eating curds and whey;
Along came a spider an' sat down beside 'er
An' they both got blown away!

That should clear the decks!

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: The boy stood on the burning deck
From: Greg B
Date: 12 Jan 07 - 06:22 PM

>The Boy stood on the burning deck,
>Whence all but him had fled;

Idjit!

Subject: RE: The boy stood on the burning deck
From: GUEST,chris
Date: 12 Jan 07 - 05:02 PM

The boy stood on the burning deck
Playing a game of cricket
The ball rolled up his trouser leg
and stumped his middle wicket.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: 'The boy stood on the burning deck...'
From: GUEST
Date: 29 Aug 06 - 07:55 PM

A boy stood on the burning deck,
Eating peanuts by the peck,
While his brother stood on the upper deck,
spitting clams on his brothers neck.

Subject: RE: The boy stood on the burning deck
From: freda underhill
Date: 02 Mar 06 - 06:11 AM

the boy stood on the burning deck
his head was in a whirl
his eyes and mouth were full of hair
and his arms were full of girl..

Subject: RE: The boy stood on the burning deck
From: Hrothgar
Date: 02 Mar 06 - 05:56 AM

The boy stood on the burning deck
The ship was sinking fast
He said, "Don't worry lads,
"I'll -
Glug! Glug! Glug!"

Learned fron the late Phil Brown.

Subject: RE: The boy stood on the burning deck
From: HuwG
Date: 01 Mar 06 - 10:16 PM

The boy stood on the burning deck
The flames, he couldn't stop 'em
One flame shot up his trouser leg
And burned the - STOP !!!

Thanks and apologies to Ernie Wise and Eric Morecambe.

Subject: RE: The boy stood on the burning deck
From: GUEST, Ghost
Date: 01 Mar 06 - 06:09 PM

The Boy stood on the burning deck
His fleece was white as snow
He stuck a feather in his cap
John Anderson, my jo!

Ghost

Subject: RE: The boy stood on the burning deck
From: GUEST,Dr Price
Date: 01 Mar 06 - 04:51 AM

Here's an old one, which I learned as a mere boy...

The boy stood on the burning deck
Wishing he'd never been born;
His father said: "You wouldn't have been
If the Durex hadn't have torn."

Subject: RE: The boy stood on the burning deck
From: Barry Finn
Date: 28 Feb 06 - 11:59 AM

Goodbye My Lover Goodbye (Great Lakes Shanty)

A farmer boy stood on the deck
Good bye my lover goodbye
He's eating peanuts by the peck
Goodbye my lover goodbye

CH: Goodbye, goodbye my love
    Goodbye my lover goodbye

Hecame onboard with his Sunday close
Goodbye my lover goodbye
His Sunday hat & his Sunday hose
Goodbye my lover goodbye
CH:
He walks the deck with his farmers feet
He don't know a caspan from a sheet

Barry

Subject: RE: The boy stood on the burning deck
From: Flash Company
Date: 28 Feb 06 - 11:21 AM

I seem to recall from Salford:

The boy stood on the burning deck,
Sellin peas, a penny a peck,
Did he wash his mucky neck?
No, did he heck!

FC

Subject: RE: The boy stood on the burning deck
From: frogprince
Date: 27 Feb 06 - 06:14 PM

The dog stood on the burning deck;
the flames leaped up around his neck;
          Hot Dog!
To soothe his burning appetite,
He ate a stick of dynamite;
          Doggone!

Subject: RE: The boy stood on the burning deck
From: Amos
Date: 27 Feb 06 - 02:26 PM

The boy stood on the burning deck,
Because he was afraid.
He could not swim to save his neck,
And that is why he stayed.

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Anonymous, circa 1958 IIRC :D


A

Subject: RE: The boy stood on the burning deck
From: MMario
Date: 27 Feb 06 - 01:27 PM

Whereas I learned:

The boy stood on the burning deck
Eating goobers by the peck
Shoving them right down his neck
He'll throw up - that's a bet!

Subject: RE: The boy stood on the burning deck
From: nutty
Date: 27 Feb 06 - 01:25 PM

I learnt this from my dad ...... a Yorkshireman

The boy stood on the burning deck
Selling peas a penny a peck
Did he brek his blooming neck?
Did he heck!

Subject: RE: The boy stood on the burning deck
From: Dave (the ancient mariner)
Date: 27 Feb 06 - 11:58 AM

Royal Navy (lower deck version)

The boy stood on the burning deck
His arse up to the mast
He dare not move a single inch
till bummer Jake had passed

But bummer Jake was a sly old sod
he threw the lad a fritter
And when he bent down to pick it up
Wham! six inches up his shitter

Subject: RE: The boy stood on the burning deck
From: Den
Date: 27 Feb 06 - 11:42 AM

The boy stood in the witness box
Picking his nose like fury
He rolled them into little balls
And threw them at the Jury.

Subject: RE: The boy stood on the burning deck
From: JohnB
Date: 27 Feb 06 - 10:45 AM

This is the crude version that somehow my perverted mind has retained for over 40 years.

The boy stood on the burning deck
his arse against the mast
for fear that the bum-boy
would happen there to pass

the bum-boy was a slimy git
he tossed the boy a kipper
the boy bent down to pick it up
ten inches up his shitter.

JohnB

Subject: RE: The boy stood on the burning deck
From: JohnB
Date: 27 Feb 06 - 10:40 AM

The boy stood on the burning deck
his feet dangling in the water
"Longfellow"
JohnB

Subject: RE: The boy stood on the burning deck
From: GUEST,Anon
Date: 27 Feb 06 - 09:35 AM

The boy stood on the burning deck,
His back against the mast.
He said, "I will not budge an inch,
Till Oscar Wild goes past."
Now, Oscar was a cunning chap,
He threw that boy a plum.
But when he went to pick it up,
He kicked him up the bottle of sars!

Subject: RE: The boy stood on the burning deck
From: fox4zero
Date: 24 Sep 00 - 04:45 AM

From a long-gone Australian Dernatology professor:

The boy stood on the burning deck His back was to the mast He would not move a single step Till Oscar Wild had passed.

Larry Parish

Subject: RE: The boy stood on the burning deck
From: Gervase
Date: 23 Sep 00 - 09:32 AM

The boy stood on the burning deck,
His pockets full of crackers.
A spark flew up his trouser leg
And pulverised his knackers

London, early to mid Sixties (Bugger, showing my age!)

Subject: RE: The boy stood on the burning deck
From: mousethief
Date: 22 Sep 00 - 04:42 PM

The boy stood on the burning deck
The flames grew all around
He took one look and said, "oh heck!",
Jumped in the sea, and drowned.

Alex
O..O
=o=

Subject: RE: The boy stood on the burning deck
From: Jim Krause
Date: 22 Sep 00 - 04:30 PM

Well, I can't speak for all Americans, but I personally have never heard of Spike Milligan. I think I would in all probability fall off my chair laughing.

Subject: RE: The boy stood on the burning deck
From: GUEST,John B
Date: 22 Sep 00 - 11:02 AM

People who live in glass houses, should pull the blinds before removing their trousers.

Another Spike Milligan, and yes - he deserves a thread of his own without doubt

John

Subject: RE: The boy stood on the burning deck
From: okthen
Date: 21 Sep 00 - 02:09 PM

do americans know of Spike Milligan?

he who wrote,

"i must go down to the sea again,the lonely sea and the sky,

i left my vest and socks there, i wonder if they're dry"

milligan deserves a thread of his own.

cheers

bill

Subject: RE: The boy stood on the burning deck
From: wildlone
Date: 21 Sep 00 - 01:47 PM

I found this and think it is Worth a look .
Come on any of you poets out there can you do as well

Subject: RE: The boy stood on the burning deck
From: Peter T.
Date: 21 Sep 00 - 01:16 PM

Thanks for the Elizabeth Bishop poem. yours, Peter T. We need a recitations thread!

Subject: RE: The boy stood on the burning deck
From: Trevor
Date: 21 Sep 00 - 06:22 AM

What a curious thing is the nose It grows and it grows and it grows When you're lying in bed It sticks out of your head At the opposite end to your toes.

Boom Boom

Milligan, I think.

Talking of noses, does anyone remember the monologue the Victor Borge used to do about his conk?

Subject: RE: The boy stood on the burning deck
From: Joe Offer
Date: 21 Sep 00 - 12:19 AM

I harvested the poem for the database. Do you think I should include all the parodies? These are too cool.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: The boy stood on the burning deck
From: Bluebeard
Date: 20 Sep 00 - 11:06 PM

From the lads in Manchester (circa 1962)

The boy stood on the burning deck, Eating chips and scallops, A spark flew up his trouser leg And synged him on his bollocks.

Subject: RE: The boy stood on the burning deck
From: Catrin
Date: 20 Sep 00 - 02:39 PM

'I never felt finer' said the king of China
Sitting down to dine
Then he fell down dead, he died he did,
It was only half past nine

Spike Milligan

Subject: Parody: The boy stood on the burning deck
From: Jim Krause
Date: 20 Sep 00 - 02:33 PM

From the New Lost City Ramblers, and who knows where they got it? Oh the boy stood on the burning deck His feet were burnt to blisters The flames reached up and burnt his pants So now he wears his sister's CHORUS Oh it ain't gonna rain no more It ain't gonna rain no more So how in the heck will I wash my neck If it ain't gonna rain no more.

Subject: RE: The boy stood on the burning deck
From: Cavia_P
Date: 19 Sep 00 - 06:24 PM

The Boy stoood on the burning deck
Tying crackers on a whale
A spark flew up his trowser leg
and burned him on the tail

Trad. arr. South Hunsley School!

Cavia_P

Subject: RE: The boy stood on the burning deck
From: GUEST,Paddy(1)
Date: 19 Sep 00 - 06:09 PM

The boy stood on the burning deck A pistol in his britches The gun went off, oh what a wreck, The boy got 14 stitches!

Paddy(1)

Subject: RE: The boy stood on the burning deck
From: BanjoRay
Date: 18 Sep 00 - 08:15 PM

What we used to chant aged about 8 (around 1950)was

The boy stood on the burning deck
A string of sausages round his neck
He ate the first, he ate the last
And shoved the rest of them up his arse

Cheers
Ray

Subject: RE: The boy stood on the burning deck
From: Charlie Baum
Date: 17 Sep 00 - 09:34 PM

The boy stood on the burning deck
A-sweltering in the heat.
His eyes were filled with briny sweat
His shoes were filled with feet.

At least, that's the way I heard it.

--Charlie Baum

Subject: RE: The boy stood on the burning deck
From: Bill D
Date: 17 Sep 00 - 06:46 PM

now THIS is Folklore, folks...that boy on that deck got around more than Kilroy!...and did more while he was there!