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- From: lordSnooty@cup.portal.com (Andrew - Palfreyman)
- Newsgroups: talk.bizarre
- Subject: Re: <None> of William MacGonagall
- Message-ID: <62672@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 12:19:01 PDT
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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- References: <1992Jul17.165403.28529@nmsu.edu>
- <1992Jul23.014817.4366@verifone.com>
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- aaah.. a Will G post. bizarre yes although derivative and thus mildly
- to be frowned upon.
-
- this man led a truly singular life. so convinced of his intrinsic poetic
- genius was he that he left his Highlands retreat for London, where
- he petitioned the queen in person for his appointment as the next Poet
- Laureate of Britain.
-
- he had never understood "peer pressure" or "millions of people can't be
- wrong".
-
- here's a little brogue offering of MacGonagall's "Scots haiku" style.
-
- i saw a coo
- upon a hill
- it's nae there noo
- it mustae shufted
-
- read the Spike Milligan book on the lad.
- We Miss You Bill.
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