Prime Cuts

Ten days afloat in a very small boat Since watching their aeroplane sink When one of them died the rest took a vote There was nothing to eat or to drink One said we should eat him to keep us alive There should be sufficient to fill us If some bits are poison we may not survive How do we know which bits won’t kill us Harry said frankly I haven’t a clue Perhaps this will do for a start The town of my birth hints at what I should do It’s Hertford so I’ll eat his heart Len said there’s logic in your line of reason So maybe I’ll sample a sliver My home football team won the trophy this season It’s Liverpool, I’ll eat his liver What about you Tom, you look a bit sick And Tom said I know that you’re mocking I don’t like your system so how can I pick When I live in a village called Cocking * [Cocking is a village near Chichester, England]