I saw *Kevin on the telly the other night saying, “I support history being in the national curriculum – content-based history – let’s also look at content-based English, literacy first and on top of that, the great authors of the past – Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Jane Austen.’
Come on! Wordsworth?! He could choose any writer and he chose Wordsworth? What sort of person does that? I hope that careless choice is not going to lose him the next election
Before anyone could whine, ‘What about our sunburnt country, a land of sweeping plains, of rugged mountain ranges,of droughts and flooding rains? Huh? What about that then?’, he threw in Henry Lawson, Banjo Paterson, and Miles Franklin
But what I particularly liked were the news headings from News Limited:
Don’t forget about the poets, says Rudd
Yes, because when I think of great versifiers I immediately think of Jane Austen and Miles Franklin, don’t we all?
After all, who can forget this classic?
I’ve a Pain in my Head
‘I’ve a pain in my head’
Said the suffering Beckford;
To her Doctor so dread.
‘Oh! what shall I take for’t?’
Said this Doctor so dread
Whose name it was Newnham.
‘For this pain in your head
Ah! What can you do Ma’am?’
Said Miss Beckford, ‘Suppose
If you think there’s no risk,
I take a good Dose
Of calomel brisk.’–
‘What a praise worthy Notion.’
Replied Mr. Newnham.
‘You shall have such a potion
And so will I too Ma’am.’
Jane Austen
*For people not in the know, Kevin Rudd is the leader of the federal Australian Labor Party
2 responses so far ↓
1 warthog // Oct 13, 2007 at 10:11 am
“Come on! Wordsworth?!”
Your wish is my command although I always preferred “Genius of Love” meself…
What are words worth
What are words worth
Words
Words in papers words in books
Words on TV words for crooks
Words for comfort words for peace
Words to make the fighting cease
Words can tell you what to do
Words are working hard for you
Eat your words but don’t go hungry
Words have always nearly hung me
Ran sumsumsa Ran sumsum
hootycooty hootycooty Ran sumsum
Hi kye yay yippie yi kye yay
Awoo awoo ayee kie chi
What are words worth
What are words worth
Words
Words of no-uns words of skill
and words of romance are a thrill
Words are stupid (Which are fun)
Words can put you on the run
Mots presses, mots senses,
Mots qui disent la verite
Mots maudits, mots mentis,
Mots qui manquent le fruit d’esprit
It’s a rap racing fast pace
concrete words
object words
crazy words
and lying words
hasty words
and dying words
words of fame on the talent scene
bad words and swear words
Good words and bad words
Words can make you pay and pay
four letter words i cannot say
panty toilet dirty double
what’s the trouble
words are subtle
words of anger words of hate
words over here words out there
in the air and everywhere
words of wisdom words of strife
words that write the book of life
words wont find the right solution
(they prove the planet earth’s pollution)
say the right word make a million
words are like a silly person
(Can’t say what they mean Don’t mean what they say)
With a Rap Rap here
and a Rap Rap there
here a Rap there a Rap everywhere a Rap Rap
Rap it up for the common good
let us enlist the neighbourhood
(It’s ok i’ve overstood)
This is a Wordy Rapping Hood
Ok Bye
Words
What are words worth (x4)
It’s ok i’ve overstood
This is a Wordy Rapping Hood
Words in papers words in books
Words on TV words for crooks
Words of comfort words of peace
Words to make the fighting cease
What are words worth
What are words worth
Heel stop
Don’t stop
Stop
Heel stop
Don’t stop
Stop
2 squib // Oct 14, 2007 at 1:26 am
Your music collections is very ummm…. eclectic Warty
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