14/08/20 -
I am currently reading a biography of Tom Driberg. It seems that he
and Constant Lambert ( I've no idea who he was ) would from time to
time leave each other the first 2 lines of a limerick which the
other was expected to complete. The example given in the book is,
"The Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway, Preferred Artie Shaw to Cab
Calloway". Unfortunately the finished limerick does not
appear in the book. I wondered if, as an extension of the quizzes,
some of your readers (notably Jon Muskett) might care to finish this
off. - Roger Williamson.
16/08/20 -
I see I’ve been volunteered to replace
some missing limerick lines. I wasn’t aware that my knowledge of
(largely smutty) limericks was well-known (the brain now can recall
very little else). - John Muskett
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The Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway
Preferred Artie Shaw to Cab Calloway.
Ho De Ho not his scene,
But Begin The Beguine
He would hum reading Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway. |
OR
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The Bishop
of Glasgow and Galloway
Preferred Artie Shaw to Cab Calloway.
The clarinet's tones
So excited his bones
His impulse was to throw his hymnal away. |
16/08/20 -
An entry from Graham
Martindale
The Bishop
of Glasgow and Galloway
Preferred Artie Shaw to Cab Calloway
His meeting with Cab
Was met with a jab
To his jaw in a dark Gorbals alleyway
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17/08/20 -
An entry from Barrie Marshall
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The
Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway
Preferred Artie Shaw to Cab Calloway.
He
would not shout Hi De Ho
But
his clarinet he'd blow
To
keep the Hi De Ho fans away |
17/08/20 -
My offering..... The last rhyme fits slightly better if
tried in a Black Country accent, although I imagine Laurie's
opinion may well be the same as for the original - "Don't
bother!" Keith Garner
The Bishop
of Glasgow and Galloway
Preferred Artie Shaw to Cab Calloway
If truth now is told,
Minnie's Mooch left him cold,
While Summit Ridge Drive had him well
away!
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17/08/20 -
An
entry from Jeff Roberts
The
Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway
Prefered
Artie Shaw to Cab Calloway
Now his
technique was lax
When
playing his sax
And the
choir all groaned
Not that
away !
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18/08/20 -
Can
I throw another into the limerick challenge? Some of your
'older' readers may remember that Artie Shaw was married to
the delightful Ava Gardner, without that nugget of info' it
doesn't make sense. - Bernard Selby
The Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway
Prefered Artie Shaw to Cab Calloway
The former he said,
Was much better in bed,
Well according to Ava anyway.
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18/08/20 -
I
suppose I better enter the fray on behalf of jazz promoters
- Norman Gibson
The Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway
Preferred Artie Shaw to Cab Calloway
Cab's stage antics were his joy
As he bounced around like a silly boy
But Artie believed he acted in the wally
way
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or this
smutty one for John Muskett
The Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway
Preferred Artie Shaw to Cab Calloway
But John prefers Cab to Artie
Cos' the beans he eat made him xxxxx
Then he acted in a shallow way
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19/08/20 -
Can't stop
Fred. Apologies, Jeff Roberts
The bishop of Glasgow and Galloway
Preferred Artie Shaw to Cab Calloway
He would sing songs with ease
Particularly 'Breeze'
Until they took his 'gal away'
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20/08/20 -
I bet you’ll be more pleased than most when/if things get
back to normal.- Frank Slater
The Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway
Preferred Artie Shaw to Cab Calloway
But then came the killer
His friend liked Glenn Miller!!!!
Shamed Bishop told all – gave his pal
away
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