Comments on: Ca the Ewes http://www.afolksongaday.com/2012/08/09/ca-the-ewes/  Jon Boden Sat, 18 May 2013 09:36:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Diana http://www.afolksongaday.com/2012/08/09/ca-the-ewes/comment-page-1/#comment-18393 Diana Fri, 10 Aug 2012 08:56:03 +0000 http://www.afolksongaday.com/?p=344#comment-18393 I saw a quote somewhere the other day which said "if Yorkshire was a country it would be well up with up in the medals table" or words to that effect. To the late deceased I would say a fond farewell, and do stop wandering over Ilkley Moor cos you are scaring the natives. I saw a quote somewhere the other day which said “if Yorkshire was a country it would be well up with up in the medals table” or words to that effect.

To the late deceased I would say a fond farewell, and do stop wandering over Ilkley Moor cos you are scaring the natives.

]]> By: Edmund ClerihewBentley(deceased) http://www.afolksongaday.com/2012/08/09/ca-the-ewes/comment-page-1/#comment-18389 Edmund ClerihewBentley(deceased) Fri, 10 Aug 2012 07:17:53 +0000 http://www.afolksongaday.com/?p=344#comment-18389 Before I return to my ethereal rest (caused by wandering Ilkly Moor baht 'at) Golds and silver by the ton Ee by gum, a lot's been won By lads and lasses on track and bikes A tough, rum lot they Yarkshire Tykes Before I return to my ethereal rest (caused by wandering Ilkly Moor baht ‘at)

Golds and silver by the ton
Ee by gum, a lot’s been won
By lads and lasses on track and bikes
A tough, rum lot they Yarkshire Tykes

]]> By: Jane Ramsden http://www.afolksongaday.com/2012/08/09/ca-the-ewes/comment-page-1/#comment-18375 Jane Ramsden Thu, 09 Aug 2012 19:23:46 +0000 http://www.afolksongaday.com/?p=344#comment-18375 @ Diana: Your clerihew - 'muzzle that man' - inspired! Hahahahahahahahaha! @ Muzza: I think Mr Bentley should remain where he was Little Mus-graved! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! @ Diana: Your clerihew – ‘muzzle that man’ – inspired! Hahahahahahahahaha!

@ Muzza: I think Mr Bentley should remain where he was Little Mus-graved! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

]]> By: Diana http://www.afolksongaday.com/2012/08/09/ca-the-ewes/comment-page-1/#comment-18371 Diana Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:42:29 +0000 http://www.afolksongaday.com/?p=344#comment-18371 I am not sure that I care to be corresponding with the dear departed. They seem to be really lively spirits who keep coming back to haunt us mortals! I am not sure that I care to be corresponding with the dear departed. They seem to be really lively spirits who keep coming back to haunt us mortals!

]]> By: Edmund ClerihewBentley(deceased) http://www.afolksongaday.com/2012/08/09/ca-the-ewes/comment-page-1/#comment-18370 Edmund ClerihewBentley(deceased) Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:19:19 +0000 http://www.afolksongaday.com/?p=344#comment-18370 From Edmund Clerihew Bentley came a sigh I want to be remembered when I die Whimsical, biographical..make fun of a few Dammit..I'll call it a Bentley! From Edmund Clerihew Bentley came a sigh
I want to be remembered when I die
Whimsical, biographical..make fun of a few
Dammit..I’ll call it a Bentley!

]]> By: Diana http://www.afolksongaday.com/2012/08/09/ca-the-ewes/comment-page-1/#comment-18369 Diana Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:16:24 +0000 http://www.afolksongaday.com/?p=344#comment-18369 I believe I see a certain person's hand in this. Muzza at it yet again. Diana and Jane Try hard in vain To muzzle that man Doesn't look like we can I believe I see a certain person’s hand in this. Muzza at it yet again.

Diana and Jane
Try hard in vain
To muzzle that man
Doesn’t look like we can

]]> By: Edmund ClerihewBentley(deceased) http://www.afolksongaday.com/2012/08/09/ca-the-ewes/comment-page-1/#comment-18368 Edmund ClerihewBentley(deceased) Thu, 09 Aug 2012 14:56:45 +0000 http://www.afolksongaday.com/?p=344#comment-18368 Jons(Johns) Boden and Spiers Been Together for years A true music sensation Delighting the nation Jons(Johns) Boden and Spiers
Been Together for years
A true music sensation
Delighting the nation

]]> By: Edmund ClerihewBentley(deceased) http://www.afolksongaday.com/2012/08/09/ca-the-ewes/comment-page-1/#comment-18367 Edmund ClerihewBentley(deceased) Thu, 09 Aug 2012 14:52:58 +0000 http://www.afolksongaday.com/?p=344#comment-18367 Diana and Jane Keep their comments quite sane That strange Muzza fella What a wild story teller! Diana and Jane
Keep their comments quite sane
That strange Muzza fella
What a wild story teller!

]]> By: Diana http://www.afolksongaday.com/2012/08/09/ca-the-ewes/comment-page-1/#comment-18363 Diana Thu, 09 Aug 2012 12:19:56 +0000 http://www.afolksongaday.com/?p=344#comment-18363 I did enjoy this song but also thought all the above poetry was excellent. There are some clever clogs about! I did enjoy this song but also thought all the above poetry was excellent. There are some clever clogs about!

]]> By: Joe Fineman http://www.afolksongaday.com/2012/08/09/ca-the-ewes/comment-page-1/#comment-18356 Joe Fineman Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:54:42 +0000 http://www.afolksongaday.com/?p=344#comment-18356 The old Lincluden abbey is mentioned in another of Burns's poems, a much more profane & pretty hilarious one, "Grim Grizzle". At the very end of the poem, its walls echo the curses of a lady whose cows refuse to -- well, look it up. A scientific clerihew by the eponym himself: Sir James Dewar Is smarter that you are. None of you asses Can condense gases. A more recent one: Alan Turing Must have been very alluring To have been made a don So early on. The old Lincluden abbey is mentioned in another of Burns’s poems, a much more profane & pretty hilarious one, “Grim Grizzle”. At the very end of the poem, its walls echo the curses of a lady whose cows refuse to — well, look it up.

A scientific clerihew by the eponym himself:

Sir James Dewar
Is smarter that you are.
None of you asses
Can condense gases.

A more recent one:

Alan Turing
Must have been very alluring
To have been made a don
So early on.

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