Literature
To Ah Ippocampus
To Ah ‘Ippocahmpus (Written in a Cockney Dialect)
‘Oo, ‘lih-il ‘fing awl spiny ‘ahn ‘smoll,
Tayl grips the ‘slahmy weeds ‘sah ‘toll,
‘Ovah ‘fishies cah-naut see you ah ‘oll,
As ‘yah drift to ‘ahn fro in ‘thah waves,
Alun wyth thah burden yah hall’,
Hahsh curr-ents and temps do yah braves.
Yah cahn hahdly floahed upri-igh’,
Wrap ‘roun ah reed ahn hol’ ohn ti-igh’,
Vere be noh sleehp fehr yah too-nigh’,
Dihfihcoolt task fehr yah aht han’,
Yah hohld fahst ahs thah sea sterhms byte’,
Pertectin yah clutch ehs