Do not take a bath in Jordan, Gordon,
On the holy Sabbath, on the peaceful day! '
Said the huntsman, playing on his old bagpipe,
Boring to death the pheasant and the snipe
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I had to memorize this in an English class in 1975. I mis-remembered some of the phrases, but it’s still magical. Thank you to the late Kermit Long, my English teacher at Berlin American High School, for this gift.
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I had to memorize this in an English class in 1975. I mis-remembered some of the phrases, but it’s still magical. Thank you to the late Kermit Long, my English teacher at Berlin American High School, for this gift.