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Mr Wag

We really rather love our Mr Wag. A bag of music, music in a bag. Such masterpieces did he once produce. We listen every day to Mr Wag. Oh such a man, a wit was Mr Wag. Oh what a dish of gifts, oh what a bag. A Ring he made for us to hear, not wear. The Nibelungen sent by Mr Wag. So Rheingold was the first from Mr Wag. And then we had Walküre in the bag. The Ring then brought us Siegfried as the third. The fourth one's hard to say, dear Mr Wag. Could cause some difficulty, Mr Wag, for Götterdämmerung is in this bag and can be hard, this Götterdämmerung. You see that “o” and “a” there, Mr Wag? There's also that name here, oh Mr Wag. We say as Vahgner, and it's in the bag. So “Wag”, you see, is “Wagner”, that OK? For that word's in the bag now, Mr Wag. (16 Jul 2023)

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Date: 7/25/2023 7:25:00 PM
so witty . Reminds me a bit of Dr. Seuss or that jabberwocky poem from Alice in Wonderland
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Andrew John
Date: 7/26/2023 1:25:00 AM
Thank you, AD. Our Mr Wag got some criticism on another site I contribute to, because, well, we know Wagner was a strange sort of character; but, hey, I fancied a bit of fun. Nice to hear from you. (Don't think I've ever done a samey, repeated AABA rhyme scheme!)

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