tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post7170749625682928686..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: What classical music can learn from jumping fleasUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-37137927051380884702013-11-14T12:40:47.614+00:002013-11-14T12:40:47.614+00:00Then there's this counterexample:
Once upon a...Then there's this counterexample:<br /><br />Once upon a time lived a king <br />Who owned a handsome flea…. <br />....a flea, hahahahaha .....a flea. <br /><br />He cherished him and loved him <br />As though a son were he… <br />A flea, hahahahaha ...a flea ha etc….a flea… <br /><br />He called the royal tailor <br />Who toiled for days and nights <br />To make the flea a doublet <br />And fancy purple tights. <br />….purple tights. <br /><br />A flea hahahaetc <br /><br />Our flea is dressed in velvet <br />And silks of golden hue <br />A ribbon o'er his shoulder <br />A jewelled order too... <br />...a flea! hahahaha...a flea! <br /><br />A minister they made him <br />A diamond star he wore <br />And all his poor relations <br />Got orders galore... <br /><br />The courtiers, male and female, <br />They were no longer gay. <br />The queen and all her ladies <br />Were pestered night and day, ha ha! <br /><br />To scratch they were forbidden, <br />They had to bear the prick. <br />But we, when we are bitten <br />Know how to scratch... and kick! <br /><br />http://youtu.be/EC0JS3MuE54Elaine Finehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248422399226824168noreply@blogger.com