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"Mary Had A Little Lamb",,,,, I seriously don't believe she REALLY had a small animal, even a lamb, who would ever admit to being the father?

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It made me think of an English language and Logic Puzzle posed by an American humorist and comedian.
Who was he.?
He took the nursery rhyme "Little Bo Peep" and asked the listener to eliminate all the unnecessary and conflicting statements.
So what did we end up with and who the heck was the guy ?
Baz

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[This message was edited by basilh on 06 October 2006 at 04:13 PM.]

So far so good, :- Has lost her sheep, TOTALLY necessary, the crux of the story.

And doesn't know where to find them ?. Unnecessary, just repeating that she's lost them, how would she know where to find them ?

Leave them alone, unnecessary, how could she do anything else but leave them alone, she's lost them.

They'll come home.. Right on, this is the happy ending we all want, Keep this statement in.

Wagging their tails behind them, unnecessary if they're going home they are bound to be happy so they would be expected to wag their tails, and behind them ? where else would they be ?

I have the record, "It's In The Book". I put it on MP3 and if there is genuine interest, I'll email it along.

[This message was edited by Robert Leaman on 06 October 2006 at 07:18 PM.]

Bob Clampetor or Cecil & Beanie had nothing to do with this record. Here's the information.

The record was issued by Capitol F2249 as a Monlogue (45-10633) with Johnny Standley and Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights.

You can probably buy it in any good record shop.

[This message was edited by Robert Leaman on 06 October 2006 at 07:25 PM.]

It says here, "Little Bo Peep" -- who was a little girl -- "has lost her sheep, and doesn't know where to find them." Now that's reasonable, isn't it? It's ... it's reasonable to assume if Little Bo Peep had lost her sheep, it's only natural that she wouldn't know where to find them. That, that basically is reasonable, but, uh, "leave them alone". Now that overwhelms me … completely overwhelms me. The man said she lost her sheep, turns right around and boldly states, "She doesn't know where to find them". And then has the stupid audacity to say, "Leave them alone!" Now! Now, now think for a moment! Think! If the sheep were lost, and you couldn't find them, you'd have to leave them alone, wouldn't you? So, "Leave them alone". "Leave them alone". It's in the book!

"Leave them alone and they" -- they being the sheep -- "they will come home". Ah yes, they'll come home. Oh, there'll be a brighter day tomorrow, they will come home! It's in the book.

"They will come home… a-waggin' their tails…". Pray tell me what else could they wag? "They will come home a-waggin' their tails behind them… behind them!" Did we think they'd wag them in front? Of course, they might have come home in reverse. They could have done that, I really don't know. But, none the less, it's in the book.

So now if you will, kindly pick up your books, and turn to page 222. We'll ask you all to sing. You'll find your books on the backs of your seats. Are we ready?

Everyone, 222. Let's really enjoy ourselves, let's live it up. All together.

Do you remember grandma's lye soap?
Good for everything in the home,
And the secret was in the scrubbing,
It wouldn't suds and couldn't foam.

Then let us sing right out of grandma's, of grandma's lye soap
Used for - for everything, everything on the place,
For pots and kettles, the dirty dishes,
And for your hands and for your face.

So we'll now sing the second verse. Let's get it with great exuberance, let's live it up. It's not raining inside tonight. Everyone, let's have a happy time. Are we ready? All together, the second verse.

Little Herman and brother Thurman
Had an aversion to washing their ears
Grandma scrubbed them with the lye soap.
And they haven't heard a word in years.

Then let us sing right out of grandma's, of grandma's lye soap.
Sing all out, all over the place.
For pots and kettles, the dirty dishes,
And for your hands and for your face.

Well, let's sing what's left of the last verse. Let's have a happy time, everyone. The last verse, all together. Every one!

Mrs. O'Malley, out in the valley,
Suffered from Ulcers, I understand.
She swallowed a cake of grandma's lye soap,
Has the cleanest ulcers in the land.

I think the fellow that recorded this was
Bob Clampet , He was also the voice of a
very early TV show here on the west
coast , called " Cecil & Beanie "

Hick

Actually the school house exists.
or something tied to the poem anyway.

I been there, it's in my home town now.
See here
http://www.wayside.org/POPUPfiles/schoolpopup.html

[This message was edited by David L. Donald on 13 October 2006 at 09:46 PM.]

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