> Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 17:03:24 -0700
> From: Danny Wier <dawier@...>
>
> --- Lars Henrik Mathiesen <thorinn@...> wrote:
>
> > There's a much longer one that's traditional in Danish:
> >
> > Tre små kinesere på Højbro plads
> > stod og spillede på kontrabas.
> > Så kom en betjent,
> > spurgte hvad der var hændt.
> > Tre små kinesere på Højbro plads.
> >
> > To be sung on all nine vowels of the alphabet.
>
> A Danish limerick? ¦¬]
I did see the similarity in line lengths when I was typing it. But
there isn't any specific metrical pattern to it when spoken --- the
lines I gave correspond to the phrasing of the melody.
Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT marked)