margo wrote:lezzles wrote:"Do You Remember An Inn Miranda?" You didn't have to do the Eisteddfod bit too, did you? Poor thing!
Yes....aaarrrrgggghhhh!!
and I still can't talk proper 
I still find myself reciting that poem -
...and the beeze that teeze in the high Pyraneeeeze..
and -
A dapper little man had a shop in our street
Selling pork pies and peas, all ready to eat.
Even people of position appeared to meet
For the piping hot pies from the shop in our street.
for dlowan -
The City of Sydney Eisteddfod, held every year, was the bane of school children who had to do the really thrilling 'extra' subjects such as elocution, singing, Scottish dancing, etc. (Still is for all I know!) "Miranda" and the "Dapper Little Man" were two of the set pieces for the elocution torture.
(Every 'P' must be clean and clear and heard in the back of the room!)
