Re: Household Algebra

Kevrob <kjrobinson@mail.com> wrote:

Tim Merrigan wrote:

"Evelyn C. Leeper" <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> wrote:

Willie, Willie, Harry, Stee,
Harry, Dick, John, Harry three;
One two three Neds, Richard two,
Harrys four five six, ... then who?
Edwards four five, Dick the bad,
Harrys (twain), Ned six (the lad);
Mary, Bessie, James you ken,
Then Charlie, Charlie, James again;
Will and Mary, Anna Gloria,
Georges four, Will four, Victoria;
Edward seven, George and Ted,
George the sixth, now Liz instead.

And one more Charlie.

He's not dead.
Will he also lose his head?

That recent post of Evelyn's was the first time I'd ever seen that
poem.  And then I saw it again in a YouTube video:

Story Beast: All the Kings and Queens of England

... except that it continues for another thousand-odd years.
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