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  • False Memory Syndrome?

    Don't know why, but lately I have had a line from a poem buzzing around in my head.
    I distinctly remember reading this poem at Junior school ( 200 years ago).
    It was a poem about a shipwreck and the crew being adrift in a boat. As the poem progressed, so did their plight and they ended up eating each other!
    It sounds very gruesome, but it was actually written in a quite amusing way - or that's how I remember it.
    The only line I can remember is
    "..Next we ate the Bosun, who much resembled pork....."
    Please, someone tell me I am not suffering from some sort of false memory! I have tried looking on some of the "Find a Poem" search engines, but nothing comes up.
    Anyone else recall reading such a poem?
    When the Devil gives you Cowpats - make Satanic Compost!

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    'The Yarn O' The Nancy Bell'

    The Yarn of the 'Nancy Bell'

    You haven't made it up, although it was 'pig' he resembled, not pork

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    • #3
      THANK YOU SARZ!!!!
      Did you know it or did you find it for me? Crikey! It was a bit gruesome for a ten year old wasn't it! Do you think it would still be on the reading list in todays schools?
      When the Devil gives you Cowpats - make Satanic Compost!

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      • #4
        Found it, but it's great, I love it! And I would imagine that 10 year olds would be quite amused by it

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        • #5
          I like it. Don't mind pork also!
          Last edited by Snadger; 21-04-2011, 06:07 AM.
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          to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

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          • #6
            Like that, never seen it before Creemteez, thanks for finding it Sarz!
            Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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            • #7
              Excellent - never heard of it, but thanks for posting!
              All the best - Glutton 4 Punishment
              Freelance shrub butcher and weed removal operative.

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              • #8
                Children love anything gruesome! My sister and I used to sit in the local graveyard and recite a poem that had the line : "worms crawled in and worms crawled out and 2 played ping pong on his snout"..... can't remember any of the rest!

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                • #9
                  I'm sure Sarz will find it for you!
                  When the Devil gives you Cowpats - make Satanic Compost!

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                  • #10
                    'The Hearse Song' Patchninja: The Hearse Song
                    Seems like there's at least a couple of versions of it!
                    Last edited by SarzWix; 21-04-2011, 06:47 PM.

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                    • #11
                      Now that's just gruesome!
                      Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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                      • #12
                        I was vaguely familiar with the 'nancy bell' one, a sort of chorus about "I am a cook and a captain bold.... and the crew of the captain's gig" (didn't look at the link, I just remember that chorussy bit).
                        I'm a bit short of time for following links (computer is pretty near steam driven, BB likewise)
                        Flowers come in too many colours to see the world in black-and-white.

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                        • #13
                          I heard a different version of the hearse song in the military but on this forum only the last line can be told.

                          'and now my story I have related I think I would sooner be cremated'

                          Colin
                          Potty by name Potty by nature.

                          By appointment of VeggieChicken Member of the Nutters club.


                          We hang petty thieves and appoint great ones to public office.

                          Aesop 620BC-560BC

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