Adrian Mitchell’s Famous Weak Bladder Blues
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Urine, you’re out.
Let there be no doubt;
when I “one” to pee
I do so merrily.
I sneak a leak
and as I do I sqeak:
Urine, you’re out.
Oh, that was marvelous. Something to sing while visiting the closet we call a bathroom!
But you know, “the fastest cock alive” would be a mixed blessing, to say the least.
Okay, I googled, but can’t find it - is that a real song? I must know!
Very much so. Adrian Mitchell is a somewhat daft English poet, with a strong underlay of political commentary. I got that one from The Penguin Book of Unrespectable Verse (sort of “The Hidden Lives of All Those Fancy Poets; or, Poems They Won’t Teach in High School”). Well worth checking out if it’s still in print.
There’s a poety forum that has some of his stuff available that you might want to browse: The Wondering Minstrels. See his To Whom It May Concern on the Vietnam War, or one of my favourites, Ten Ways to Avoid Lending Your Wheelbarrow to Anybody:
Since this thread seems to be taking a literary tone, would a friendly mod consider moving it to Café Society?
Nifty!
Your link for the wheelbarrow bit is wrong, though:
http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/623.html
I’ll have to check the site out.
bother. I hate it when my links don’t work.
Northern Piper, we don’t allow posting complete works due to copyright concerns. Please don’t do this again.
Links are okay.
Cajun Man ~ SDMB Moderator