I guess u all remember Sheila E's rap in It's Gonna B a Beautiful Night. Well, as pointed out by Per Nilsen in his excellent book DMSR (too bad it doesn't cover the 90's by the way), this rap is actually a poem by Edward Lear! (the king of limericks). As the text is really fun, surreal and witty, thought you orgers may like reading it. Here it goes:

Said the Table to the Chair,
'You can hardly be aware
How I suffer from the heat,
And from chilblains on my feet!
If we took a little walk,
We might have a little talk!
Pray let us take the air!'
Said the Table to the Chair.

Said the Chair unto the Table,
'Now you know we are not able!
How foolishly you talk,
When you know we cannot walk!'
Said the Table with a sigh,
'It can do no harm to try;
I've as many legs as you;
Why can't we walk on two?'

So they both went slowly down,
And walked about the town
With a cheerful bumpy sound,
As they toddled round and round.
And everybody cried,
As they hastened to their side,
'See! the Table and the Chair
Have come out to take the air!'

But, in going down an alley
To a castle in the valley,
They completely lost their way,
And wandered all the day
Till, to see them safely back,
They paid a Ducky-quack,
And a Beetle, and a Mouse,
Who took them to their house.

Then they whispered to each other,
'O delightful little brother!
What a lovely walk we've taken!
Let us dine on Beans and Bacon!'
So the Ducky and the leetle
Browny-Mousy and the Beetle
Dined, and danced upon their heads
Till they toddled to their beds.

So somebody 'bout to get sued, huh?

Is there still a Prince fan left that doesn't know this?

That's it, if I see one more "what is Camille", "what is Dream Factory thread" I'm gonna scream!

Good God! Uh.

Thanks 4 the words. Always wanted to rap that with her only thing I could hear was "The Table 2 the Chair". Thanks again.

Romance1600 said:

Well, apparently My heartfelt apologies for this blatant ignorance of such a crucial part of Prince's musical heritage.

As a penance, I shall listen to Diamonds and Pearls (the song), Graffiti Bridge (the song) and Jughead during 10 straight hours. It already hurts...

nitab said:

My genuine pleasure nitab

DaFunkFreak said:

Heck, even serial killers don't deserve that punishment!

Romance1600 said:

Thanks for your indulgence!!!

bananacologne said:

She was on tour.

Romance1600 said:

I didn't know that. How fascinating (yawn). Now, can anyone tell me, who is this camille person?

you forgot the best part, the ending. "good god"!

I still think he should've used the cat and the fiddle instead.

slvrhrt7 said:

by James Brown