BERTIE BOO: AN ODE.

Mainly posting this here so it is not lost among the comments, but also because Bertie doesn't get the appreciation she deserves.

BERTIE BOO: AN ODE.

O! BERTIE, WITH YOUR FUR SO SOFT,
WITH COBWEBS. YOUR FEET, WITH PAWS,
SO PRIM AND TIDY THAT YOUR LACK OF TAIL,
DOES NOT LOOK CONSPICUOUS.

O! BERTIE, SITTING IN A BOX,
WITH EYES O' FAUN RIMM'D WITH DUSK,
SUCH THAT MODELS TURN DEEPEST EMERALD PURE,
WITH MOST CARDINAL OF SIN.

O! BERTIE, BEWEBBÉD, AND JEW'LL'D,
FINE SPECIMEN OF FELINE,
EVEN BASTET WOULD BLUSH AT THE SIGHT OF YOUR
GODLY FORM. BERTIE CONSIDINE.

Il pleure dans mon coeur

Comme il pleut sur la ville.

Quelle est cette langeur

Qui pénetre mon coeur?

Il pleure sans raison

Dans le coeur qui s'ecoeure

Quoi! nulle trahison?

Ce deuil est sans raison.

Barriers To Civil Rights: A Ballad.

There once was a man called Booker,
Who wondered what civil rights were –
His accomodationist aim,
Led to political fame,
Until some problems began to occur…


Without sufficient organisation,
He put emphasis on education,
“If we want some improvement,
We don’t need a movement,
We should focus upon work preparation.”


Though the white men turned in his favour,
Others trust in him began to waver.
His best chum Du Bois,
Said he “ you won’t get very far,
Through such accepting and conformist behaviour.”


Most black people lacked land and employment,
And had no money to aid life’s enjoyment,
So they formed a committee,
To take on New York City,
And assert their general discontent.


The South weren’t so fond of such sights
As the pressure groups wanting their rights,
The KKK took to lynching,
The Deep South unflinching,
In the Supreme Court, corruption ignites.


Jim Crow’s laws enforced race segregation,
Which depended on state destination,
Southern court collusion,
Prevented black inclusion,
And led to further social degradation.