Annie Smith had a right long nose She earned her living washing clothes Once, dealing with a knicker tangle, She got her snout caught up int? mangle. ?Stop winding Madge, you gormless mare!? She gasped as t?mangle grabbed her hair. Madge was deaf, and reading t?Beano, Annie?s plight ? well how would she know? Madge kept winding fast as owt, The mangle was on Annie?s throat ?By gum!? thought Madge whilst turning t?page, ?I must be weakening due to age! This mangle ?andle?s very stiff!? (Of course it was: poor Annie Smith!) Annie passed right through t' rollers, She nearly spat out all her molars. Doctor said he could do nowt, ?But Annie, please do not emote! You?re wide and rather elongated, And also somewhat corrugated. But look on?t bright side lass and think Although I cannot make you shrink, You?re very tall; your arms are long, You?ll find a job where you belong.? So Annie went to t?council yard. Street lighting gaffer thought quite hard. It wasn?t long before he had her Changing mantles with no ladder.
Bill