Thanks Ian, I know some - or parts - of the old songs and rhymes but those that have been quoted in the recent string are new to me. I know bits of the hippo rhyme too from the song (from a musical?) I wonder if anyone out there in the Listworld would be willing to write up some of these old rhymes, sayings, etc to share with the rest of us. Suggestion: Lynne, maybe that could be a monthly theme for this List ;) Cheers Linda NSW Oz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Winterbottom" <i.winterbottom@ntlworld.com> To: "Linda Holland" <lmholland@kooee.com.au> Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 10:24 PM Subject: Re: [LANCSLIFE] Flanders and Swann > Unfortunately, Linda, the quotes in my mail are almost all I can remember. > The Hippopotamus' chorus goes something like, > Mud, mud, glorious mud! > There's nothing quite like it for cooling the blood! > So follow me, follow, > Down to the Hollow, > And there we will wallow > In glorious mud! > Then there are several actual verses regarding the "daily life" of said > Hippo, mentioning " "A Hippo-Potarmus in silken Pyjamas" - a glorious > thought - and the Hippo father watching his children, "He murmurs > "God-rot-'em" as he watches them play..." The other two were funny too, > but so long ago I have forgotten any more of them. A pity, I'd love to > hear them again! Ian > >

Linda Holland wrote: > <snip> > I wonder if anyone out there in the Listworld would be willing to > write up some of these old rhymes, sayings, etc to share with the rest > of us. > > Suggestion: Lynne, maybe that could be a monthly theme for this List ;) Hi Linda Well, that's sorta' the theme for every month on this list. ;-) Of course, this month's theme seems to be worms! <vbg> Beryl, the worms in your wormery (!!!) might be dead, but you can still have compost. It might be that the pile heated up quite a bit, which is very good for compost, just not so good for worms. Best wishes, Lynne