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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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