Re: poetry

In a message dated 2000:09:20 5:30:43 AM, pbrown@POLARIS.UMUC.EDU writes:

>Jowcko Regen-
>
>il beccos Jowcko wen montant
>        persa mbecken mbowren ech,
>al-lath le pub destar ys wen
>        il sendo dech "ne saz punn lech?
>"ta mbowren ech aci destar
>         al-lath le pubbe ne tu poz mech!"
>"A Mhaystoer Sendae, a to nioch,
>        il ke do mi fatoer la lech,
>ma mbowren ech aci destar
>        potu en eo, ammi il rech!"
>
>Little King Jocko
>
>Little King Jocko came riding,
>        on his wee poor nag,
>to park before the pub he came
>        the old men said "don't you know the law?
>"to park thy poor nag here
>        before the pub thou may not at all!"
>"O Master Gaffer, at thy games,
>        who reads to me the law,
>to park my poor nag here
>        I can for I'm the King!"
    Hmm, sorta like a political ditty, eh? IIRC, "Humpty-Dumpty" was a
political ditty.

    czHANg