Verse and Worse

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When the world outside begins to look a little bleak most of us have a comfort blanket of some sort to fall back on. From thumb sucking to religion, it can range from strong drink to soft drugs, from the company of a trusted friend to the solitude of a quiet walk. I’ve tried most of these in my time but the thing that I keep coming back to is a battered, paperback book first published in 1952 and compiled by a cheery fellow called Arnold Silcock. It is called‘ Verse and Worse - A Private Collection’.

This is a gathering of poetry, verse, and rhymes, ranging in length between a couple of lines, to a couple of pages. It was assembled by Mr Silcock in-between writing books on the history of Art Chinese and the decorative use of wrought iron. It includes the witty, the somber, the lewd, the sweet, and the tasteless. The perfect thing to pick up for only a few minutes here or there.

CONTENTS

PART I

THE BABY'S BAEDEKER

i. Abroad

ii. United States of America

iii. Great Britain

iv. Scotland

v. Ireland

vi. Wales

vii. China

viii. France

ix. Germany

x. Holland

xi. Iceland

xii. Italy

xiii. Japan

xiv. Portugal

xv. Russia

xvi. Spain

xvii. Switzerland

xviii Turkey

xix. Dreamland

xx. Stageland

xxi. Loverland

xxii. Homeland

PART II

CHILDISH COMPLAINTS AND OTHER RUTHLESS RHYMES

Childish Complaints—

Prelude

Appendicitis

Whooping-Cough

Measles

Adenoids

Croup

Ruthless Rhymes—

i. Mother-Wit

ii. Uncle Joe

iii. Aunt Eliza

iv. Absent-mindedness

v. John

vi. Baby

vii. The Cat

PART III PERVERTED PROVERBS

i. 'Virtue is its own Reward'

ii. 'Enough is as Good as a Feast'

iii. 'Don't Buy a Pig in a Poke'

iv. 'Learn to Take Things Easily'

v. 'A Rolling Stone Gathers no Moss'

vi. 'It is Never Too Late to Mend'

vii. 'A Bad Workman Complains of his Tools'

viii. 'Don't Look a Gift-horse in the Mouth'

ix. Potpourri

PART IV Bill

The Legend of the Author

The Motriot

The Ballad of the Artist

The Ballad of Ping-pong

The Pessimist

The Place where the Old Cleek Broke

The Homes of London

The Happiest Land

A London Involuntary

Bluebeard

The Woman with the Dead Soles

Rosemary (A Ballad of the Boudoir)

Portknockie's Porter

The Ballad of the Little Jinglander

Afterword

Envoi

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