This is a weird ditty I remember from when I was a kid. I also, years latter remember reading it in the back of a book. Can’t remember what the book was, but it was an art book, and I vaguely remember the name Ian Miller being associated with it. Anyway, if anyone knows anything about it I would be intrested in knowing.
I went to the theatre tomorrow
I got a front seat at the back
I fell from the floor to the ceiling
And I broke a front bone in my back.
I went round a straight, crooked corner
I saw a dead donkey die
I pulled out my pistol to stab him
And he kicked me in the eye
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In a similar vein:
Entrance free!
(Pay at the door)
See what you never saw before!
A living lion, stuffed with straw,
Eating boiled potatoes raw.
Oh, and:
One fine day, in the middle of the night
Two dead men got up to fight.
Back to back, they faced each other,
Drew their swords and shot each other.
They both are of a similar vein. While I hadn’t heard that first one before, the second one rings bells, so I must of heard a version of it at some point.