Which brings me to a piece of doggerel I learned as a child. I'd be grateful if anyone can tell me the author:

"William the Conqueror, 1066,
Said to his barons 'I mean to affix
England to Normandy; go out and borrow
some bows and some arrows, we're starting tomorrow.'
So William went conquering hither and thither
Till Angles and Saxons were all of a dither.
He conquered so quickly
You could not keep count of the counties he conquered.
Ten or a dozen, or maybe a score
And I haven't a doubt he'd have conquered some more,
But death put an end to his tactics, thank Heaven
Of William the Conqueror, 1087".

[out-of-breath -e]


The idiot also known as Capfka ...