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Here is a cumulative toast. Do you know any toasts that are like this?
Here's to the Crooked Crabtree
Here's to the grass that goes around the crooked crabtree.
Here's to the cow with the crooked horn that ate the crooked grass that
grows around the crooked crabtree.
And here's to the woman with the crooked arm who milked the crooked cow with
the crooked horn that ate the crooked grass that grows around the crooked
crabtree.
Now here's to the man with the crooked leg who married the crooked woman
with the crooked arm that milks the crooked cow with the crooked horn that
ate the crooked grass that grows around the crooked crabtree.
And here's to the Minister with the crooked book who married the crooked man
with the crooked leg to the crooked woman with the crooked arm that milked
the crooked cow with the crooked horn that ate the crooked grass that grows
around the crooked crabtree.
Now here's to the tailor with the crooked needle who sewed a crooked suit of
clothes for the crooked the Minister with the crooked book who married the
crooked man with the crooked leg to the crooked woman with the crooked arm
that milked the crooked cow with the crooked horn that ate the crooked grass
that grows around the crooked crabtree.
And here's to the rooster with the crooked crow who woke the crooked the
tailor with the crooked needle who sewed a crooked suit of clothes for the
crooked the Minister with the crooked book who married the crooked man with
the crooked leg to the crooked woman with the crooked arm that milked the
crooked cow with the crooked horn that ate the crooked grass that grows
around the crooked crabtree.
And here's to the dog with the crooked bark who woke the crooked the rooster
with the crooked crow who woke the crooked the tailor with the crooked
needle who sewed a crooked suit of clothes for the crooked the Minister with
the crooked book who married the crooked man with the crooked leg to the
crooked woman with the crooked arm that milked the crooked cow with the
crooked horn that ate the crooked grass that grows around the crooked
crabtree.
And here's to the rest of you.
[02 April 2005. Retrieved 2010-01-11 from here: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/musicshow/stories/2005/1351709.htm
. Jim Payne and The Crowd of Bold Sharemen
discussing the folk traditions of Newfoundland].
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