These 3 ladies are Willow's prompt for the week. Enlarge the picture and you can see they are armed with skates!
You can see from my photograph alongside that I do not smile easy! So blame Herr Waldteufel and the cold weather for encouraging me to compose this pastiche. The fall-out is that my husband Caddoc has learned to play the tune on his wretched saxophone. Which would be fine if I could skate!
"Les Patineurs" (Emile Waldteufel, 1882)
(Sing Along to the music.
Wait for the intro . . . Now, after me . . One, Two, THREE!)
Skating on snow.
Ever so slow.
Skates catch in skirts
and then down.You. Go!
Down on your ar**
Oh, what a farce
Might as well try to
Skate. On. Grass
Where did you/all get those/funny hats/funny hats?
Aren't you a/trio of/silly prats/silly prats?
O.K., lets/see three ice/acrobats/acrobats
skating like/ar-ice-to/CRATS/ -to CRATS!
Why don't you/look for the/frozen stuff/frozen stuff?
Dare you to/swish and spin/in the buff/in the buff.
I'll heat some/soup when you've/had enough/had enough.
Don't look so/sour girls, don't/TAKE/the HUFF!
Get your skates on, then, girls
Try some figures and whirls
Awesome toe-loops and twirls
Or some lifting and hurls.
You're a joy to behold,
but you look very cold.
Are you much too old
Undersold
Over bowled
Growing mould
'bout to fold
So . . I'm . . . told
Waldteufel's Waltz
danced without faultz!
Three perfect "tens"
when the music haltz
Mag Forty Nine
really was fine.
God Bless you Willow,
and yours, and mine!
Get your skates on, then, girls
Try some figures and whirls
Awesome toe-loops and twirls
Or some lifting and hurls.
You're a joy to behold,
but you look very cold.
Are you much too old
Undersold
Over bowled
Growing mould
'bout to fold
So . . I'm . . . told
Waldteufel's Waltz
danced without faultz!
Three perfect "tens"
when the music haltz
Mag Forty Nine
really was fine.
God Bless you Willow,
and yours, and mine!
Loved the video clip - and your harsh words!
ReplyDeleteBeloved- you need to be more careful of your tenses! "HAS learned to play" does not incorporate NO LONGER PLAYS!
ReplyDeleteYours, (Silently)
Cad x
I thought you might have only critical and harsh words for three such captivating ladies. No wonder Ada finds you difficult to live with, to put it mildly.
ReplyDeleteMe again, I might of course be wrong and you might actually be Ada in spite of signing yourself . . . . eh? which . . . .
ReplyDeleteI can never work out whether you're he / she / or it.
Friko! The clue is in the post! I clearly referred to "my husbnd Caddoc" and in my book that makes me his wife, Mrs Ada Trelliss no less... Has your fame amongst the Magpie Community gone to yout head? I couldn't help noticing, when I passed by earlier, that you have half a mile of comments. Do you get paid extra, or does Blogger charge you an entertainment tax? Do tell...
ReplyDeleteI actually had to sing your words along with the music. I quite enjoyed myself! Great Magpie :)
ReplyDeleteFun, fun, fun.
ReplyDeleteJust so clever and funny (as usual)! And... please stay married to the cranky old bat so you can keep writing about it for our amusement!
ReplyDeleteWho are you calling a cranky old bat, Sir? Caddoc or Ada? you could cause my Beloved and I to come to blows, methinks, with such libellous insinuations...
ReplyDeleteYrs,
huffily,
Caddoc
Clever rhyming, fun...
ReplyDeleteThis is so damn funny!! I swear you two are Hinge and Bracket?? Remember them???
ReplyDeleteYes, Bee. One must agree. But which is which? Or do they switch? For mysteree!
ReplyDeleteThey probably switch for mysteree!
ReplyDeleteVery funny Doctor!