matriarch
Rotund retiree
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Sent to me by a friend.........interesting:
A lapsed engineer, Keith McKenry is by training an environmental scientist, by inclination a folklorist and by profession a senior public servant. A fine performance poet, he interweaves original verse with bush poetry producing an amalgam of history, humour and social comment that doesn't fit readily into any familiar stereotype. He delights in presenting scripted concerts on Australian folklore and social history.
"A Study In Linguistics" was written in 1980 and is based on a true incident. This innocent poem supposedly emptied the Sydney Opera House, closed down the Mapleton Yarn Festival and caused "Disgusted of Horsham" to call for my permanent black-banning from folk festivals. It has also entered oral tradition and, in the mid-80s, was collected by the actor Leonard Teale in the Nothern Territory.
It is very popular with children.
With true obscenity all around us, in the form of violence, racism and the like, what matters the prejudicial sound of words?
No matter how you try,
For "fucking" is an ugly word
That grates the ear and eye.
But still you must admire it,
It's as versatile as hell;
It does you for a noun, a verb,
And adjective as well.
Bill Murphy just the other day
Had stripped his engine down.
And grease and sweat and blood and hate
Adorned his ugly crown.
He couldn;t quite express himself
'Til from the air he plucked.
"Fuck the fucking fucker, Fred -
The fucking fucker's fucked!"
Now I defy you, friends, I do,
To find another word
That's half as versatile as that -
The prospect is absurd!
So here's to "fucking", friends I say
It's fucking without peer;
And if it weren't for fucking fucking friends,
We'd fucking not be here!
A lapsed engineer, Keith McKenry is by training an environmental scientist, by inclination a folklorist and by profession a senior public servant. A fine performance poet, he interweaves original verse with bush poetry producing an amalgam of history, humour and social comment that doesn't fit readily into any familiar stereotype. He delights in presenting scripted concerts on Australian folklore and social history.
"A Study In Linguistics" was written in 1980 and is based on a true incident. This innocent poem supposedly emptied the Sydney Opera House, closed down the Mapleton Yarn Festival and caused "Disgusted of Horsham" to call for my permanent black-banning from folk festivals. It has also entered oral tradition and, in the mid-80s, was collected by the actor Leonard Teale in the Nothern Territory.
It is very popular with children.
With true obscenity all around us, in the form of violence, racism and the like, what matters the prejudicial sound of words?
A STUDY IN LINGUISTICS
You can't make "fucking" funny,No matter how you try,
For "fucking" is an ugly word
That grates the ear and eye.
But still you must admire it,
It's as versatile as hell;
It does you for a noun, a verb,
And adjective as well.
Bill Murphy just the other day
Had stripped his engine down.
And grease and sweat and blood and hate
Adorned his ugly crown.
He couldn;t quite express himself
'Til from the air he plucked.
"Fuck the fucking fucker, Fred -
The fucking fucker's fucked!"
Now I defy you, friends, I do,
To find another word
That's half as versatile as that -
The prospect is absurd!
So here's to "fucking", friends I say
It's fucking without peer;
And if it weren't for fucking fucking friends,
We'd fucking not be here!
" Etfuckingcetera.
