Pen mentioned Tennyson... who can do better? There's Tennyson's Charge of the Light Brigade, that remembers a fight Twixt the Russkies and us; But he makes such a fuss Of a half a league cavalry flight.
I want Michel Barnier's job For the pay, and the chance to play hob With ces perfides Anglais, And to say sans regret "Oh Boris, won't you shut your gob?" [CdM] I'll stick to the light-humoured topical stuff. More my line.
When I was young and in my prime I'd a wit as sharp as a silver dime Nae more, as one can gauge - I have improved with age With half a brain I've writ this rhyme
My Dad told me this one: There was a young lady from Stornaway Who had her virginity torn away She said "Never mind I've had a good grind And taken that young fellow's horn away"