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With acknowledgements to Professor Stanley Unwin and the Flower Pot Men

O D'NOTINGROBLE

ooO diddle blop quip flip slo hi/
Urf uk r trople distlet dorn –
Slip-slop glop glid ep bonk l skli/
Ooch! Ep "nae mair" glop flibble fli
Oba mli sumble-blumble lorn:

Noo soop r obelog blod ob weeb/
Prostroble / notingroble groop/
Grimbly iI bleef d' blop doo bleeb –
Opple d' ibol ep/ yep i-deeb/
Slunp 'n r reb ploo blop 'e sloop:

Dib glop sik r rinblop la?
Dib glop chissel flip-flop sta?
Wob d' fluf quip pas fr braib
Boggleded b' floffel raib/
Si yr fither wingkel roz
Ip o war l eaud' floz?
Wlop'd glop glo o ol d' trobbel
Ib fr zilch slibble notingroble?

Wlop shloop iI dlop noo blop nit slinge?
Oofel 'e li/ ep wursel groab......
Zingle/ mli graaae slel stert o DINGE!
Op frob l schedd iI schuvle bringe/
Op-skrap d' blop ep tak 'e hobe:

Bizzel-dee-bobble-dee hambs ep flete/
Plat/ nif ep flawk o tabbel cum –
Diddle blop lo ye slinge si swete
Luv iI d' blop-schlop morr quam d' twete:
O' nobble d' notingroble (!) yum yum yum::
(1978)
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photo: Stephen Alsford

Created: November 17, 2014. © Stephen Alsford