Re: A monologue


"Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°°5 +" <flyingnun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> I think it's been done before, but it's worth
reading again:
>
> There's a famous seaside place called Blackpool,
> That's noted for fresh air and fun,
> And Mr and Mrs Ramsbottom
> Went there with young Albert, their son.
>
>
> A grand little lad was young Albert,
> All dressed in his best; quite a swell
> With a stick with an 'orse's 'ead 'andle,
> The finest that Woolworth's could sell.
>
>
> They didn't think much to the Ocean:
> The waves, they was fiddlin' and small,
> There was no wrecks and nobody drownded,
> Fact, nothing to laugh at at all.
>
>
> So, seeking for further amusement,
> They paid and went into the Zoo,
> Where they'd lions and tigers and camels,
> And old ale and sandwiches too.
>
>
> There was one great big Lion called Wallace;
> His nose were all covered with scars -
> He lay in a somnolent posture,
> With the side of his face on the bars.
>
>
> Now Albert had heard about Lions,
> How they was ferocious and wild -
> To see Wallace lying so peaceful,
> Well, it didn't seem right to the child.
>
>
> So straightway the brave little feller,
> Not showing a morsel of fear,
> Took his stick with it's 'orse's 'ead 'andle
> And pushed it in Wallace's ear.
>
>
> You could see that the Lion didn't like it,
> For giving a kind of a roll,
> It pulled Albert inside the cage with 'im,
> And swallowed the little lad 'ole.
>
>
> The Pa, who had seen the occurence,
> And didn't know what to do next,
> Said 'Mother! Yon Lion's 'et Albert'.
> And Mother said 'Well, I am vexed!'
>
>
> Then Mr and Mrs Ramsbottom -
> Quite rightly, when all's said and done -
> Complained to the Animal Keeper,
> That the Lion had eaten their son.
>
>
> The keeper was quite nice about it;
> He said 'What a nasty mishap.
> Are you sure that it's your boy he's eaten?'
> Pa said 'Am I sure? There's his cap!'
>
>
> The manager had to be sent for.
> He came and he said 'What's to do?'
> Pa said 'Yon Lion's 'et Albert,'
> And 'im in his Sunday clothes, too'.
>
>
> Then Mother said 'Right's right, young feller;
> I think it's a shame and a sin,
> For a Lion to go and eat Albert,
> And after we paid to come in.'
>
>
> The manager wanted no trouble,
> He took out his purse right away,
> Saying 'How much to settle the matter?'
> And Pa said 'What do you usually pay?'
>
>
> But Mother had turned a bit awkward
> When she thought where her Albert had gone.
> She said 'No! Someone's got to be summonsed' -
> So that were decided upon.
>
>
> Then off they went to the P'lice Station,
> In front of the Magistrate chap;
> They told 'im what happened to Albert,
> And proved it by showing his cap.
>
>
> The Magistrate gave his opinion
> That no one was really to blame
> And he said that he hoped the Ramsbottoms
> Would have further sons to their name.
>
>
> At that Mother turned proper blazing,
> 'And thank you, sir, kindly,' said she.
> 'What waste all our lives raising children
> To feed ruddy Lions? Not me!'
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Heard melodies are sweet, but those Unheard
melodies are sweeter
> flyingnun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx FN 2°°5 +, Mungo
Brandybuck of Buckland
>
>
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> .....That was a Gem wasn't it.... Forgotten
about that.... Do you have any of the other
Albert Monologues - partic when they were going to
London - to the *Metrollops* (I quote). Thanks
F-N.

Marg. ;o ))))


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