Hi Sally,
There's great rhythm in this ditty!
In my mouth I read it as "Most likely my daughter will wait till she's
fifty" (ie not "she is fifty") but that might just be a matter of accent -
which is something to do with how we stress the sounds of words, but it
isn't everything!
A fun piece!
Bob
>From: Sally James <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: A fun poem
>Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 10:42:04 +0100
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>Thongs ain’t what they used to be.
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>Grandma was into big knickers when she was twenty
>Mum into them at thirty
>I decided forty was the right big knicker stage for me
>Most likely my daughter will wait till she is fifty
>my granddaughter still in thongs at sixty
>and her daughter, who knows?
>Maybe fig leaves will be back in fashion
>and big knickers just a thong of the past.
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>
>Sally James
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