Walrus and the Carpenter, The

DESCRIPTION: "If all the whores with dirty drawers Were lying in the Strand, Do you suppose, the Walrus said, That we could raise a stand?" The Carpenter is doubtful. The second verse seems to be about an old woman and my be unrelated
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1967 (Morgan/Green-RugbySongs)
KEYWORDS: derivative animal sex age
FOUND IN: Britain(England)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Morgan/Green-RugbySongs, p. 182, "The Walrus and the Carpenter" (1 text)
Roud #10251
NOTES [108 words]: An obvious parody of Lewis Carroll's "The Walrus and the Carpenter," from Through the Looking Glass, Chapter IV, "Tweedledum and Tweedledee" (recited by Tweedledee). The meter matches, and the text of the first stanza is reminiscent of Carroll's verse
'If seven maids with seven mops
Swept it for half a year,
Do you suppose,' the Walrus said,
'That they could get it clear?'
'I doubt it," said the Carpenter,
And shed a bitter tear.
Note however that the verse in the parody has eight lines; Carroll's poem is entirely in six line stanzas.
I wonder if the second stanza of the Morgan/Green-RugbySongs text is an addition; it seems unrelated. - RBW
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