obama's victory

[David Morris]

We Need Phonetics for the real Aussie feel!

On Friday, November 9, 2012, Prashant Kumar wrote:

> The Australian short i does lend it a certain poetry....sheeet, miiiit.
> Also, fucker ends in a Schwa in Australian (as does most everything else).
>
> P.
>
> On Saturday, 10 November 2012, Markekohut wrote:
>
>> Agree with this...I groaned...but I groaned thru it all cause I'm a
>> humorless Puritan at heart and I hear this is only hearable to an
>> Austrailian anyway (and Jochen)....
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On Nov 9, 2012, at 2:20 PM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Phoney moroni...that's from 3rd grade, I think.
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 10:41 AM, jochen stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> But the rhyme "Moroni - phoney" has its merits, don't you think?
>>>
>>> 2012/11/9 Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>:
>>> > For the rhythm, I think one should drop the "thes" before stairs and
>>> > cares...
>>> > Drop "It's ours for"....
>>> >
>>> > Drop the "Frankly"
>>> >
>>> > Drop the "but" or the "Great"
>>> >
>>> > From: jochen stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com>
>>> > To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>>> > Sent: Friday, November 9, 2012 2:11 AM
>>> > Subject: obama's victory
>>> >
>>> > A poem sent to me by an eccentric observer from down under:
>>> >
>>> > TO THE MUSIC OF HANDEL
>>> >
>>> > 'Twas the night after Victory
>>> > and through the White House,
>>> > nought could be heard stirring,
>>> > not even a mouse -
>>> >
>>> > till the Dawn brings a fanfare
>>> > and clashing of cymbals,
>>> > like to throw the poor ecosphere
>>> > clean off its gimbals,
>>> > and a thunderous drum
>>> > to announce Kingdom Come:
>>> >
>>> > Obamas
>>> > in pyjamas
>>> > come dancing down the stairs -
>>> > Obamas in pyjamas
>>> > now free from all their cares!
>>> > "Allelujah! Allelujah!
>>> > It's ours for four more years!"
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > While in Boston sour Mitt,
>>> > said: "Frankly, I don't give a shit!
>>> > But I shall pray for our Great Land
>>> > under that black half-wit!
>>> > Yet I sure do regret all those billions of cash,
>>> > that inflated my air-ship - 'cause the mother's gone crash!
>>> > Sure, I put my whole faith in the Angel Moroni,
>>> > but there's this nagging doubt
>>> > (but don't noise it about!)
>>> > that the fucker's a phoney!"
>>> >
>>> > Obamas in pyjamas... (da capo ut supra)
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Oh, our Great USA,
>>> > Mortgaged Home of the Free,
>>> > what a ruinous way
>>> > to buy back Liberty!
>>> > Allelujah! Allelujah!
>>> > What a crazy outlay
>>> > to recoup Liberty!
>>> > Al - le - lu - jah! (da capo ad infinitum)
>>> >
>>> > What do you think?
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
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