does anyone know the derogatory rhyme about earl marshall haig?
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'Good morning, Good morning !' the General said\nWhen we met him last week on our way to the line.\nNow the soldiers he smiled at are most of 'em dead,\nAnd we're cursing his staff for incompetent swine.\n'He's a cherry old card', grunted Harry to Jack\nAs they slogged up to Arras with rifle and pack.\n\nBut he did for them both with his plan of attack.
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So many questions, Fair Rie! Six at a blow!\n\nThe song, apparently, is an English parody of a Dutch Harvest song which went 'Yanker dudel doodle down ...'.  I am not sure what it means but 'bagpipe' is 'dudelsack' in German and if you recall those harvest pictures by the Brueghels, there is usually a paunchy little man playing the dudelsack somewhere in them. \n\nBut I digress. \n\nThe song arrived in England around the time when Oliver Cromwell was around and by a process of esquimbulating the words were transmogrified into "Yankee Doodle came to town ..".  Yankee, it is related, is a mispronunciation of the Dutch word Engels, meaning Englishman and a doodle is, of course, a silly person, hence 'Stupid Englishman'. He rides upon a pony because country bumpkins ride on ponies, not horses. He sticks a feather in his hat to look (as he thinks) smart and up to the fashion of the day. So why does he call it macaroni? Surely not because it rhymes with 'pony'? No indeedy! In them thar days there was a Gentlemans Club for the idle rich where the young dandies vied to dress in as outrageous and colourful manner as possible. This club was named after an exotic food, recently imported from Italy, called Macaroni. Hence for the dandy bumpkin, Yankee Doodle, to stick a feather in his hat was, he thought, outrageous and clever and so he called it macaroni.\n\nAt the time of the Revolution (the American one, no less) the British troops remembered this song and used it to pour scorn and ridicule on the colonials, who they considered to be mere bumpkins (who grew pumpkins and were, perhaps, assisted in this task by the Fairy Dimmock - recently reincarnated as a proper charlie ... but I digress). Thus far we have the story of Mr Yankee Doodle and his holey noodles. (See ref. 1)\n\nYou wish to know also, why Peter Pan and Robin Hood also had feathers in their caps? Then I shall attempt an elucidation.\n\nAt reference 2, please observe the genuine article in a rather off shade of Lincoln Green with Scarlet trimmings (as modeled by a rather nervous man from the Accounting Department of SillyJokes). Now, this same article is sold, slightly beaten about, as the Tyrolean Hat (check the link at the side). Same pukey green, same scarlet trimming, a size smaller and ... oops ... same Mervin from Accounts. Hah! How do we change a Tyrolean hat into a Robin Hood hat? Simple! By the application of a little piggery-pokery and a 10" Turkey Feather ... bootiful!\n\nPeter Pan also has a very similar hat to Robin Hood. In fact the same article is sold by many outlets as a Peter Pan/Elf/Robin Hood hat. (Reference 3 shows just one style - this time closer to Lincoln Green). My surmise is that the feather is added so that the passing customer doesn't exclaim "Oh, look at that lovely green bicycle saddle cover! Just the thing for Graham!" \n\nI hope that I have flumbagated your question correctly, Fairy Snodquillop, and have delivered thee with a fair and rumbuginous answer.
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Somewhere I hear a maniacal laugh! Muah ha ha ha! \n\nWith that permanent sneer on the Dick's lips he seems like just the character to shoot a buddy while hunting Quayle! Ooops! I mean Quail. Not Dan Quayle?  \n\nFine, what kind of arrogant elite goes Quail Hunting with his 78 Year-old millionaire lawyer pal while he sends YOUR Husbands, Brothers and Sons halfway across the globe to Die in an illegal war? He speaks for the Multinational Corporate Bottom Lines; his Oil & Power Addiction. \n\nAnd what kind of Faulty Intelligence did the Vice President have when he pulled the trigger? What kind of Half-Baked Soldiers are at the top of the organization?
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Robin Hood, Men in Tights.\n\nAlthough the quote is:\n"Pissed off?  If I was in your position I'd be more worried about being pissed on!"  Or something very, very similiar.
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The poem wasn't racist...it was fact and very tongue in cheek...It just shows that Cameron has NO sense of humour!
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Well, I have amused myself by reading it.  I think it speaks something about society.  I've never read anything particularly funny, usually the tired old ditties starting out with "Here I sit all broken-hearted tried to s--t but only f----d.  Not particularly funny or ingenious rhyme.
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well they were right\nhttp://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/conley-earl-thomas/somewhere-between-right-and-wrong-10709.html\n\n(Earl Thomas Conley)
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Ed "Hercules" Hocule\n\nHe hates the Vikings
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Gomer... rhymes with Homer.\n\nD'oh!
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"not guilty your honor"\n\njust kidding you might as well put "who dey" although that's more of a fan chant
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I don't know for sure if the one you are looking for is here, but there is one that sounds like it.   I can't believe how many versions I found of this poem!!!
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It's from "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story."  Spoken by Patches O'Houlihan (played by Rip Torn).
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If it is this one by Charles Swindel, it is here\nhttp://www.employees.org/~afoss/pat/contents/Attitude.html\nI found it by going to www.ixquick.com and using "poem entitled attitude" as the keywords.
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I CAN TELL EARL LOVES ELECTIVE WARS OF CHOICE BASED ON A FALSE PREMISE.  YOU GOTTA LOVE THOSE RIGHT WING WACKOS!
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Who do you think gave Cochran the line "If the glove doesn't fit, you must acquit?"\n\nNobody can bust out the rhymes like Me!
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It's a black on black insult used to accuse a black person of selling out or otherwise betray his race. It's a reference to Uncle Tom's Cabin by Hariet Beecher Stowe. \n\nIn recent times, it has been used by blacks or whites to refer to those blacks who might be conservative or Republican.
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so not funny. I was going to do some research on it for you, but haider is the better expert here being a sufferer of it (good you keep your sense of humor and perspective there, haider).\n\nBest of luck to both of you. I will keep you in my prayers, if that doesn't offend you. ;-)