documentate!!

[Beverly Flanigan]

Alas, we sang it as kids in Minnesota too, early '50s.

At 05:15 PM 4/1/2005, you wrote:
>In a message dated Tue, 29 Mar 2005 03:51:53 -0800,
>From:     Jonathan Lighter _wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM_
>(mailto:wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM)   pontifices:
>
> > "Me three kings of orientate  are."
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>This reminds me of the following pastiche, which I learned in the late
>1950's:
>
>We three kings of Orient are
>Trying to light a rubber cigar
>It was loaded
>It exploded
>Pop
>Bang
>
>
>We two kings of Orient are
>Trying to light a rubber cigar
>It was loaded
>It exploded
>Pop
>Bang
>
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>
>We one king of Orient are
>Trying to light a rubber cigar
>It was loaded
>It exploded
>Pop
>Bang
>Sigh
>
>Is this a well-known parody, or was it local to my elementary-school  clique?
>
>Gotta run now.  Orientate is playing Washington on TV.
>
>       - James A.  Landau