# Rewrite the second line of a well-known poem or song **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 2, 2021, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-the-second-line-of-a-well-known-poem-or-song/951790 "2021-10-02T21:59:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2021, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-the-second-line-of-a-well-known-poem-or-song/951790/1 "2021-10-02T21:59:17Z")
This thread asks you to take the first line of a popular song or poem, then change the second line to whatever you want. The outlook wasn’t brilliant for the Mudville nine that day. Four players had tested positive And weren’t allowed to play… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2021, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-the-second-line-of-a-well-known-poem-or-song/951790/2 "2021-10-02T22:07:03Z")
I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: “A king built many monuments to himself, many of which still stand. Sure, over the centuries, some of them got wrecked; but some survived much better than you might expect…” ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-the-second-line-of-a-well-known-poem-or-song/951790/3 "2021-10-02T22:18:52Z")
Great timing…I came up with this yesterday: What’ll I do When you Won’t vaccinate? It’s a mandate What’ll I do? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2021, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-the-second-line-of-a-well-known-poem-or-song/951790/4 "2021-10-02T22:35:41Z")
Early one morning, the sun was shinin’, I was layin’ in bed… Workin’ from home is pretty cool, but if the boss FaceTime’s, I’m dead. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2021, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-the-second-line-of-a-well-known-poem-or-song/951790/5 "2021-10-02T22:35:57Z")
Should auld acquaintance be forgot You’ll buy less Christmas crap (a lot). ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2021, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-the-second-line-of-a-well-known-poem-or-song/951790/6 "2021-10-02T22:38:58Z")
The highwayman came riding, riding, riding. To sell to you clean furnace ducts. And aluminium siding. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2021, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-the-second-line-of-a-well-known-poem-or-song/951790/7 "2021-10-03T01:39:58Z")
I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked I was a Jeopardy contestant ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2021, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-the-second-line-of-a-well-known-poem-or-song/951790/8 "2021-10-03T03:57:41Z")
Australians all let us rejoice For we have prawns and tubes of ice cold beer. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2021, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-the-second-line-of-a-well-known-poem-or-song/951790/9 "2021-10-03T04:17:08Z")
The boy stood on the burning deck whence all but he had fled. “_I told them if I wasn’t paid I’d torch this tub._” he said. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2021, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-the-second-line-of-a-well-known-poem-or-song/951790/10 "2021-10-03T04:20:07Z")
Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To mark his woods with yellow snow. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2021, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-the-second-line-of-a-well-known-poem-or-song/951790/11 "2021-10-03T09:15:20Z")
The boy stood on the burning deck, whence all but he had fled: But this was scarcely odd because the poor little lad was dead. ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2021, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-the-second-line-of-a-well-known-poem-or-song/951790/12 "2021-10-03T10:53:38Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Early one morning, the sun was shinin’, > I was layin’ in bed… > Workin’ from home is pretty cool, > but if the boss FaceTime’s, I’m dead. Cos it’s his wife with whom I’m in bed. ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2021, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-the-second-line-of-a-well-known-poem-or-song/951790/13 "2021-10-03T11:04:03Z")
**Hello darkness, my old friend. I’ve come to talk with you again** **The lights are out and the moon don’t shine** **I stumble around but I won’t whine** **To put me down would be humane** **But maybe it would be better to abstain** ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2021, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-the-second-line-of-a-well-known-poem-or-song/951790/14 "2021-10-03T11:26:49Z")
As I was walking down the street one day A man came up to me and asked me what the time was that was on my watch, yeah And I said “3:35 AM. Or maybe it’s 3:34. It’s so hard to read these analog watches in the dark.” ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2021, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-the-second-line-of-a-well-known-poem-or-song/951790/15 "2021-10-03T12:47:29Z")
> [@PatrickLondon](#): > > The boy stood on the burning deck, whence all but he had fled: > But this was scarcely odd because the poor little lad was dead. The boy stood on the burning deck Eating peanuts by the peck. “I don’t care,” he loudly boasted, “Because I like my peanuts roasted.” My dad used to recite that one. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2021, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-the-second-line-of-a-well-known-poem-or-song/951790/16 "2021-10-03T12:58:13Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > Whose woods these are I think I know. > His house is in the village though; > He will not see me stopping here > To mark his woods with yellow snow. I whip it out 'cause no one’s near I should have skipped that final beer One last squirt and then a shake As steam clouds disappear ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2021, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-the-second-line-of-a-well-known-poem-or-song/951790/17 "2021-10-03T13:00:12Z")
The boy stood on the burning deck, Picking his nose like mad. He rolled it into little balls And flicked them at his dad. or a more intellectual one: The boy stood on the burning deck. Alas, he is no more For what he thought was H2O Was H2S04. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2021, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-the-second-line-of-a-well-known-poem-or-song/951790/18 "2021-10-03T18:11:34Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > As I was walking down the street one day > A man came up to me and asked me what the time was that was on my watch, yeah > And I said > “3:35 AM. Or maybe it’s 3:34. It’s so hard to read these analog watches in the dark.” I saw what you did there. I came up with this for my wife over 30 years ago: > Come live with me and be my love > And I’ll buy you a baseball glove. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2021, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-the-second-line-of-a-well-known-poem-or-song/951790/19 "2021-10-03T18:34:17Z")
Oh, say can you see Any bedbugs on me? If you do, pick a few ‘cause I caught them from you. (Courtesy of my Mom) ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-the-second-line-of-a-well-known-poem-or-song/951790/20 "2021-10-03T18:47:40Z")
A poem by Hans Moleman: > I think that I shall never see > My cataracts are blinding me [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-the-second-line-of-a-well-known-poem-or-song/951790.md?page=2)