On Sun, 16 Nov 2003, Mark A Mandel wrote: > > What's the use of wearing braces*, > Hats and spats and shoes with laces, > Things you buy in fancy places > Down on Brompton Road? > What's the use of shirts of cotton, > Studs that always get forgotten? > Such affairs are simply rotten, > Better far is woad! > > -- Mark A. Mandel > http://cracksandshards.com > a Steven Brust Dragaera fan website > > -- Mark A. Mandel, The Filker With No Nickname > http://world.std.com/~mam/filk.html > Now on the Filker's Bardic Webring! *Woad Ode NATIONAL ANTHEM OF THE ANCIENT BRITONS (to the tune of "Men of Harlech") by Colin Douthwaite