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From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@KeithLynch.net>
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Subject: Re: Household Algebra
Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2024 02:11:34 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: United Individualist
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Kevrob <kjrobinson@mail.com> wrote:
> Tim Merrigan wrote:
>> "Evelyn C. Leeper" <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Willie, Willie, Harry, Stee,
>>> Harry, Dick, John, Harry three;
>>> One two three Neds, Richard two,
>>> Harrys four five six, ... then who?
>>> Edwards four five, Dick the bad,
>>> Harrys (twain), Ned six (the lad);
>>> Mary, Bessie, James you ken,
>>> Then Charlie, Charlie, James again;
>>> Will and Mary, Anna Gloria,
>>> Georges four, Will four, Victoria;
>>> Edward seven, George and Ted,
>>> George the sixth, now Liz instead.

>> And one more Charlie.

> He's not dead.
> Will he also lose his head?

That recent post of Evelyn's was the first time I'd ever seen that
poem.  And then I saw it again in a YouTube video:

Story Beast: All the Kings and Queens of England

.... except that it continues for another thousand-odd years.
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