ORIGINAL POEM/STORY: "The Walrus and the Carpenter" is a poem recited by Tweedledum and Tweedledee to Alice in chapter 4 of Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll, published in 1871.
POETRY-LYRICS: The third verse of the satire was originally composed as a limerick based roughly on the Lewis Carroll poem and submitted to OEDILF, an online humour dictionary, by Giorgio Coniglio in 2018. Giorgio subsequently expanded the poem to the current 6 verses.
PARODY-SONGLINK: These verses were originally conceived as poetic lyrics. However, they can, like almost all limericks, be easily sung using certain well-known tunes; in this case, Carole King's "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?".
Click HERE to access ukulele and guitar chord-charts to help you accompany the song ("Walrus and Carpenter", lowcountry version) on your favorite instrument.
But, if you are interested only in the lyrics, continue with the presentation that follows ...
For the purpose of this blog, a 'brief saga' is defined as a poem, usually narrative, but occasionally expository, that tell its story in at least 15 lines. Most commonly, the format involves three stanzas in limerick form. Your blogging team has been presenting these concoctions at the rate of one per month, mixed in with the shorter poems, wordplay and other and other general offerings.
To access the next 'brief saga' on this blog, proceed to 'Claire's celerity' (words and nonsense).
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