Yankee View Of The British
Yanks can't understand whyThe British remain so loyal
And continue to glorify
Their pain, undeniably royal
Yanks can't comprehend why
The English spend their lifetime
With little scotch or rye
Bound in ritual tea-time
Yanks always wonder how
The people known as the British
Have always managed somehow
Keeping the rest of us skittish
Yanks, though, honor their Shakespeare
And other great British writers
Who in this world have no peer
As literary delighters
Yanks find it hard to conceive
They think it's so willy-nilly
That Brits do really believe
The greatness of Piccadilly
Yanks think the Brits are mistaken
For their ravings, so curiously gung-ho
Since Yanks are not visibly shaken
By the British-y site known as Soho
Yanks don't dig cockney dialect
But it's also true of most Brits
It is hard on most cultured intellect
Even Brits think cockney's the pits
Yanks ponder why in Ireland Brits stay
When the Irish favor self rule
The British should keep out of that fray
And end this unfortunate duel
Yanks would never liberty barter
For without it they'd certainly perish
Living with the Brit's Magna Carta
The Irish would allowably cherish
Yanks respect Oxford and Cambridge
Love English bars they abound in
Would enjoy strolling that famed bridge
That bridge once located in London
The Yank views are not only cons
They have pros in their Brit observations
With their friends far over the pond
They represent two wonderful nations
by Stan Cooper...2/2000 graphic by Don Hunt
Poetry by Stan Cooper
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Written on 2007-04-09 at 14:42
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