A satirical look at EU governance
A million miles from Hackney – a surprising result until you hear….
Humour
Deck the hall
| Pure Chocolate’s Christmas greeting |
Deck the hall – Parri Ddall, Rhiwabon
Traditional – but with a difference
Deck the hall with Pure Chocolate
© 2003 Coco
Deck the hall with Pure Choc’late
Tra la la la laa, tra la la la.
‘Tis the sea-son to eat choc’late
Tra la la la laa, tra la la la.
Please remember, please remember
Chocolate should never be
Ever less than fifty two percent
Tra la la la laa, tra la la la.
Bitte denkt daran dass Schokolade
nie weniger als zwei und fünfzig
prozent haben darf und immer
mit Sorgfalt gehandhabt werden müss.
Please remember, please remember
Chocolate should always be handled with care
Deck the hall with Pure Choc’late
Tra la la la laa, tra la la la.
Tra la la la laa, tra la la la.
ChoralWiki and NoteWorthy Scriptorium
Nice mice
Mice are nice – RBE Fyleman 6 March 1877 – 1 August 1957
For my friends in the IC: Credo enim delicatus mures sunt
I think mice
Are rather nice
Their tails are long
Their faces small
They haven’t any
Chins at all.
Their ears are pink
Their teeth are white
They run about
the house at night.
They nibble things
They shouldn’t touch
And no one seems
To like them much
But I think mice
Are nice.
© Rose Amy Fyleman
ChoralWiki and NoteWorthy Scriptorium
The copyright of the music is held by Stuart Moffatt (© 2003).
The midi file was produced using Noteworthy Composer.
The mp3/ogg were produced using Myriad software.
Black cats
Bad kittens – Elizabeth Coatsworth (31 May 31 1893 – 31 August 1986)
You may call, you may call
But the little black cats won’t hear you at all
The little black cats are ma-ddened
By the bright green light of the moon
They are whirling and running and hiding
They are wild who once were so confiding
They are crazed when the moon is riding
You will not catch the kittens soon.
They care not for saucers of milk,
They think not of pillows of silk,
Your softest, crooningest call
Is less than the buzzing of flies.
They are seeing more than you see,
They are hearing more than you hear,
And out of the darkness they peer
With a goblin light in their eyes.
© Elizabeth Coatsworth
The copyright of the music is held by Stuart Moffatt (© 2003).
The midi file was produced using Noteworthy Composer.
The mp3/ogg were produced using Myriad software.
Andersen too
Coco has written only a small part of the content of this page.
He hopes by it to suggest an answer to the question that everyone is asking but afraid to voice:
Did it really happen?
Here lies a tree
Here lies a tree by Pooh
House at Pooh Corner
1 Here lies a tree which Owl (a bird)
Was fond of when it stood on end
And Owl was talking to a friend
Called me (in case you hadn’t heard)
When something Oo occurred
2 For Lo! the wind was blusterous
And flattened out his favourite tree;
And things looked bad for him and we
Looked bad, I mean, for he_and us
I’ve never known them wuss.
3 Then Piglet (Piglet) thought a thing:
“Courage!” he said. “There’s always hope.
I want a thinnish piece of rope.
Or, if there isn’t any, bring
A thickish piece of string.”
4 So to the letter box he rose,
While Pooh and Owl! said “Oh” and “Hum!”
And where the letters always come
(Called “Letters only”) Piglet sqoze
His head and then his toes.
© AA Milne
5 O gallant Piglet (Piglet)! Ho!
Did Piglet tremble? did he blinch?
No, no, he struggled inch by inch
Through Letters Only, as I know
Because I saw him go.
6 He ran and ran, and then he stood
And shouted, “Help for Owl, a bird,
And Pooh, a bear!” until he heard
The others coming through_the wood
As quickly as they could.
7 “Help, help and Rescue!” Piglet cried,
And showed the others where to go.
[Sing ho! for Piglet (Piglet) ho!]
And soon the door was opened wide,
And we were both outside!
Sing ho! for Piglet, ho!
Ho!
Uncertain words
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Words of rebuke
Nothing to do
| Well Moffatt, It is obvious You haven’t much to do If you have time to sit and write A ditty, straight out of the blue Now Sam, she had her reasons Argue as you might To give us all a ticking off (and with it, quite a fright!) | For it really is quite horrid When expecting packs galore To open up the cupboard doors And find we need some more So show some consideration Next time you need a pack Don’t take the last one on the shelf Or you’ll be sure to get a whack |
Inspired by a cause of rebuke
A cause of rebuke
How much Sam was hassled
When she dug in the cupboard
To fetch out a demo pack;
For when she got there
The cupboard was bare,
So tcs suffered the lack.
She took a clean sheet
To print some more out;
But on the repeat
The toner ran out.
The Potter made a curtsey,
The Brazier made a bow;
The Kenny said, “You’re joking!”
The Duncumb said, “Now now!”
A fitting response was received in a word of rebuke