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Old 05-08-2008, 04:58 PM   #7
Urbane Guerrilla
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"How doth the little crocodile
Improve his shining tail?
And pours the waters of the Nile
O'er ev'ry golden scale

How cheerfully he seems to grin
How neatly spreads his claws
And welcomes little fishes in
With gently smiling jaws!"

Now sing it to O Little Town of Bethlehem.
And Saint Patrick's Breastplate.
And Halifax...And have the bright immensities...?
And for something distinctly offbeat -- to Lledrod.
But not Cwm Rhondda. You can force-fit it into Hyfrydol. But you have to really pound it with a scansion hammer.

It's really much easier to sing it to British Grenadiers. Which I hadn't seen a hymn text set to, come to that, until today. Cyberhymnal has this for it -- The Joyful Morn Is Breaking. Hmm.
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