Ronald Maxwell Segel

Ronald Maxwell Segel Jul 2012

There was the oddest bloke
Who had a bath in Coke
He licked himself dry
And with a little cry
He exploded in a cloud of smoke.

Ronald Maxwell Segel Jul 2012

There was a girl named Louise
Who sat amongst the trees
She had a dream
About peaches and cream
And suddenly she began to sneeze

Ronald Maxwell Segel Jul 2012

There was a silly old whale
Who went to a bargain sale
He bought a coat
On which he wrote
“In case I get caught in a gale.”

Ronald Maxwell Segel Apr 2012

There was a man called Venter
Who married an old yenta
He became Magaya
And said, “I’m no liar,
My name has changed to Centner!”

© Ronald Maxwell Segel 2008
Venter - Afrikaans surname
Yenta – old woman, Yiddish
Magaya – become Jewish, Yiddish

Ronald Maxwell Segel Apr 2012

There was a truck, a chorrie
Some people would call it a lorry
It backfired one day
And was heard to say,
‘Jislaaik, I’m blerry sorry.’

© Ronald Maxwell Segel 2008
Chorrie - an old vehicle, afrikaans slang
blerry – very
jislaaik – no literal translation

Ronald Maxwell Segel Apr 2012

Good old Ludwig von Beethoven
Wrote music that was greathoven
His deafness didn’t preclude
The greatness of this dude
But now, alas, he is latehoven

Ronald Maxwell Segel Apr 2012

A battered VW Beetle named Dusty
Whose bodywork was decidedly rusty
Still was able to travel
On tarmac and gravel
In a manner observably trusty.