The Lost Macduff Reforms In Ely
His cranium, by some accounts
Was made of Gouda cheese
And in his scullery, they say,
He'd ripen by degrees
'Til, gasping for some sweeter air
He'd pound the door they'd locked
Yet, since his chums were seldom there
His head grew hard and pocked
One two, one two, and through and through
What's the point of knowing who is who?
We suffered from his bellowings
But less than from his musk
Which, seeping through the keyhole dim
And seeking out a tusk
Upset the balance of the house
And set the cats amok
The capercaillie and the grouse
(Or Sybil Fawlty in her frock)
Three four, three four, and more and more
What's good for the goose is food for the whore!
His cranium, or what remained
When haddock fled the Seas,
Was hollowed out in divers wise
And gi'en to sundry bees,
Whose song, in diapson glib
And measured by the drum,
Is etched athwart the gourmet's bib
And renders him quite dumb -
Five six, five six, our former tricks
Make her a proud executrix
But then, with fresh asparagus
As harvested that June,
We wrought a vile, depressing pie
That met its match too soon
For Gouda cheese, before it rots
And seeps into the Seas,
Is greatly to the taste of Scots
Though shunned by sundry bees
Eight, seven, ten, nine
I can't think how to end this line
Contributors: | loaf, Arnold the Sly Ape, Kansas Sam, Lewis, P, Apsley, Chevalier. |
Poem finished: | 16th November 2005 by Arnold the Sly Ape. |