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Dear JazzO: My dictionary gives as third definition " A person who commits suicide."
From Gilbert and Sullivan:
On a tree by a river a little tom-tit
Sang "Willow, titwillow, titwillow!"
And I said to him, "Dicky-bird, why do you sit
Singing 'Willow, titwillow, titwillow'?"
"Is it weakness of intellect, birdie?" I cried,
"Or a rather tough worm in your little inside?"
With a shake of his poor little head, he replied,
"Oh, willow, titwillow, titwillow!"
He slapped at his chest, as he sat on that bough,
Singing "Willow, titwillow, titwillow!"
And a cold perspiration bespangled his brow,
Oh, willow, titwillow, titwillow!
He sobbed and he sighed, and a gurgle he gave,
Then he plunged himself into the billowy wave,
And an echo arose from the suicide's grave--
"Oh, willow, titwillow, titwillow!"
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Suicide Jazzoctopus 03/26/02 10:35 PM Re: Suicide wwh 03/26/02 10:40 PM Re: Suicide Keiva 03/28/02 10:17 PM Résumé Angel 03/28/02 11:38 PM Re: Résumé TheFallibleFiend 03/29/02 01:58 PM Re: Résumé TEd Remington 04/01/02 12:31 AM Re: Résumé wwh 04/01/02 01:43 AM M*A*S*H TEd Remington 04/01/02 12:39 PM Re: Suicide wwh 03/29/02 12:51 AM Re: Suicide hev 03/26/02 10:56 PM Re: Suicide Sparteye 03/27/02 02:30 PM Re: Suicide TheFallibleFiend 03/27/02 01:49 PM
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