tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19918057.post113641290780566442..comments2024-02-16T04:44:50.172+00:00Comments on The Bookworm: Book Review: Modern Rhymes About Ancient TimesThe Bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08139740404665123205noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19918057.post-1136571182043480682006-01-06T18:13:00.000+00:002006-01-06T18:13:00.000+00:00The only thing I can think of (and it doesn't soun...The only thing I can think of (and it doesn't sound as though it is the book you found) is Kings and Queens by Eleanor Farjeon. I found this sample online:<BR/><BR/>George I<BR/><BR/>George the First, when he was young,<BR/>Couldn’t speak the English tongue;<BR/>In Hanover, where he was born,<BR/>He spoke in German night and morn.<BR/><BR/>George, George, in England they<BR/>Want you for their King to-day!<BR/>Say you will, with heart and soul!-<BR/>George, delighted, said Jawohl!<BR/><BR/>George the First, till he was dead,<BR/>Still his prayers in German said.<BR/>Wasn’t that a funny thing<BR/>For one who was an English king?<BR/><BR/>Sound familiar?The Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08139740404665123205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19918057.post-1136505894806412952006-01-06T00:04:00.000+00:002006-01-06T00:04:00.000+00:00Kathryn,There was a hilarious poem about British m...Kathryn,<BR/><BR/>There was a hilarious poem about British monarchy and history (in book form) that I got from the library last year.<BR/><BR/>Do you remember what it's called?Mary Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17295815960754677983noreply@blogger.com