documentate!!

[Jonathan Lighter]

Not local. Have known this for a dozen years or more in this pithy version :

We three kings of orient are,
Puffing on a big cigar.
It was loaded, it exploded,
POWWWW!!!!!!!

JL

"James A. Landau" <JJJRLandau at AOL.COM> wrote:
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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."




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



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


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