We Three Kings: Variant Versions

[poliphilo]

Here's a version from the 40s or 50s...

We three spivs of Leicester Square,
Selling Ladies underwear:
How fantastic,
No elastic,
Only a shilling a pair.

And another from the 60s

We three Beatles of Liverpool are
John in a taxi, Paul in a car,
George on a scooter,
Bipping the hooter,
Following Ringo Starr.

There must be loads more...

Comments

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

Maybe even schoolchildren have the sense not to meddle with a punchline. Think of "Be kind to your webfooted friends" breaking off at "Well, you may think that this is the end--"

Cartoons took a lot from vaudeville, and schoolyard cuture stole from both. We were still singing "Tar-ra-ra-boom-de-ay." Probably thanks to Bugs Bunny or some other Warner Brothers wise guy.

Nine