>> Dexter J wrote:
>>ahh - it's the bricklayer's lament then?
>That put a smile on my face.
>I'm sure I've seen it before, but it must have been a long time ago.
Actually - I think it's from BBC in the 30's, but I don't know. They throw a newer version on the CBC whenever they are doing a Goon Show radio revival. I'm afraid I did it from memory, so I don't know if its exactly right. Still, sounded like it would give the prescribed chuckle given the circumstances.
With regrets to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, here's my own tribute to spring in Nova Scotia:
Water water everywhere, my neighbours gutters are not clear. We live in townhouses you see my dear, So tonight we find our leaks I fear.
Had I made the time to help last year, I would not now find this water here. So help me now move these boxes there, Time for ebay auctions is not yet near.