This section reveals earthy versions
Of classic works, tinged with perversions,
They're mostly 'bout lust;
If prudish you must,
Keep clear - find some other diversions.
Poetry and songs.
Barbara Allen
Masefield's Cargoes - The view from the lower decks
The Mountains of Mourne
The Deadwood Stage..
By the time I get to....
Wordsworth's Daffodils
Grey's Elegy
Excelsior!
Are You Lonesome Tonight.
Hiawatha
Meg Merrilies
And another Keats thing:
The Eve of St Agnes Day.
A lustful response to Elizabeth Barrett Browning:
How do I love thee?
Play up, and play the game.
Not quite the traditional song
Matty Groves.
Up the airy mountain, down the rushy glen,
You'll not find any fairies, Ogg's been there again...
Allingham's Fairies.
Leisure... you'll know it if you click here.
The Ancient Mariner
At last a bit of Betjeman bashing.
Indoor games near Newbury
Christina Rossetti's "Song"
"When I am dead..."
And another poke at the dear girl...
Daughter of Eve
Come into the Garden, Maud
Belloc's Tarantella
Old Shep.
Widdecombe Fair
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan?
Plays and novels.
Alice in Wonderland
Around the world in 80 lays.
Jeeves and Wooster..
Rebecca....
The unexpurgated little Noddy.
Dracula
Moby dick
Lady Baskerville's Lover
My Fair Lady
Robinson Crusoe
Carmen
Gullible's troubles
Jude the Obscure.
The Lion, The Witch and ....
Peter Pan
Great Expectations
The Tale of Ronnie MacBeth.
Othello
Something almost serious for once:
This Property Is Condemned.
Romeo and Juliet
A Christmas Carol
1001 Naughty nights
The Wizard of Oz
Tarzan tripe forever
Treasure Island
Tom and Huck
Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Stories
Billy Goats Gruff
Wenceslas and the Spud Stalk
I'm sure you'll figure out what inspired that.
Rumpelstiltskin
Bo Peep
Cinderella
The Frog Prince.
Hansel and Gretel
Jack and Jill
Red Riding Hood
Dick Whittington
The 3 little pigs - the practical version
The Elves and the Shoemaker.
The Sleeping Beauty
What started out as an Afghan fairy story:
Three Sisters
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Tuesday, May 15, 2007