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    #26
    If the great songwriters only wrote clerihews

    Aqualung
    Having fallen to society's bottom rung
    Sleeps rough, and has, without question
    Severe nasal congestion

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      #27
      If the great songwriters only wrote clerihews

      Fiery Jack
      Likes to snack
      On hot dogs and pies
      While denouncing what he sees as socialistic lies.

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        #28
        If the great songwriters only wrote clerihews

        Bernie Rhodes
        When he speaks of gangsters' threats, goads
        Me into observing that in the course of his job
        He behaves just like the Mob.

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          #29
          If the great songwriters only wrote clerihews

          Jake Burns
          Often returns
          But of Henry Cluney on bass
          There's no trace.

          Bonehead and the Hedge
          Are famous, they allege
          But Adam and Larry aren't the same
          On the streets with no nickname.

          Van Morrison with Them
          Was Belfast's wee gem
          Until US bound, damn it
          With his bird, Janet Planet.

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            #30
            If the great songwriters only wrote clerihews

            Elisa Day
            Moved in not-so-mysterious ways
            With a head half-hollow and holed you'd think
            It would have been easier to make her sink

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              #31
              If the great songwriters only wrote clerihews

              David Watts
              Embodies lots
              Of the qualities of attractiveness and success
              I'd like to possess.

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                #32
                If the great songwriters only wrote clerihews

                Mr Watts' tune, so grand
                Inspired Tom Robinson's band
                Another Ray Davies protege
                Who was glad to be gay.

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                  #33
                  If the great songwriters only wrote clerihews

                  Sweet Little Sixteen
                  When she arrives on the scene
                  Is pursued by men whose predilections
                  Lie in those directions.

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                    #34
                    If the great songwriters only wrote clerihews

                    Chuck Berry's best disc
                    Inspired by playing with his whisk
                    But his output got sillier
                    Influenced by coprophilia

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                      #35
                      If the great songwriters only wrote clerihews

                      Peggy Sue
                      Were she familiar to you
                      Would leave you in no doubt
                      Concerning what my current melancholia is about.

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                        #36
                        If the great songwriters only wrote clerihews

                        Layla
                        Exhibited foolish pride such that Eric Clapton would bewail her.
                        (It was actually Eric's pseudonymous way of referring to Patti Harrison
                        Because to admit outright to having a thing for the wife of a Beatle could have been a bit embarrison.)

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                          #37
                          If the great songwriters only wrote clerihews

                          Layla
                          Exhibited foolish pride such that Eric Clapton would bewail her.
                          (It was actually Eric's pseudonymous way of referring to Patti Harrison
                          Because to admit outright to having a thing for the wife of a Beatle could have been a bit embarrison.)

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                            #38
                            If the great songwriters only wrote clerihews

                            Willie O'Conley
                            With his aces was overly free
                            But try not to judge him too severely
                            He did a lot for charidee.

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                              #39
                              If the great songwriters only wrote clerihews

                              Joe Roberts
                              Discovered that being let down by your brother hurts
                              But with a chance to put him away
                              He let him cross the border, eh?

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                                #40
                                If the great songwriters only wrote clerihews

                                Michelle
                                Inspires words of affection that gel
                                Into neat phrases. However, the words of my devotion I try to sing you'll
                                Tend to come out all multilingule.

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                                  #41
                                  If the great songwriters only wrote clerihews

                                  John Wesley Harding
                                  Though likeable, had violent ways he made no attempt at discarding
                                  Risky indeed!
                                  Luckily, there was insufficient evidence to proceed.

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                                    #42
                                    If the great songwriters only wrote clerihews

                                    tom joad
                                    buried grandpa by the road
                                    and struck a man who died
                                    but it's okay because through hard times he'll remain by your side

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                                      #43
                                      If the great songwriters only wrote clerihews

                                      pretty boy floyd
                                      outlaw, unemployed
                                      but none did more
                                      to provide charitable support to the poor

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                                        #44
                                        If the great songwriters only wrote clerihews

                                        Big Jim and the Jack of Hearts
                                        Rivals for a couple of tarts
                                        But the whole case was fudged
                                        By a drunk hanging judge.

                                        Said Rafa to his muckers
                                        "We must remain fuckers"
                                        But after Rise's boo-boo
                                        They're tangled up in blue.

                                        You cheated on me uptown
                                        Hence this snidey putdown
                                        Though the rhyme's nothing fancy
                                        As I'm crossing Delancey.

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                                          #45
                                          If the great songwriters only wrote clerihews

                                          Ernie
                                          Delivered milk somewhere in the West Country: Nailsea, perhaps, or possibly Barrow Gurney
                                          But is now, after an altercation with Two-Ton Ted,
                                          Dead.

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                                            #46
                                            If the great songwriters only wrote clerihews

                                            Dunc - the first line has to be a proper name, and only a proper name...

                                            John Henry
                                            Sure weren't no orenry
                                            N****r. Why, that boy once drilled
                                            more'n a steam drill, though it got him killed.

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                                              #47
                                              If the great songwriters only wrote clerihews

                                              Sean South
                                              Was from County Limerick (rather than, say, County Louth).
                                              Insufficient stealth
                                              Proved disastrous for his health.

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                                                #48
                                                If the great songwriters only wrote clerihews

                                                Dunc - the first line has to be a proper name, and only a proper name
                                                Fair point, I cheated a bit there.

                                                Benitez (Rafael)
                                                And his team, went through hell
                                                But after Rise's boo-boo
                                                They're tangled up in blue

                                                Basil Brookeborough
                                                Thought his local coppers quite thorough
                                                With some hot lead in the mouth
                                                For that culchie gunman, Sean South

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                                                  #49
                                                  If the great songwriters only wrote clerihews

                                                  What songs are those?

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                                                    #50
                                                    If the great songwriters only wrote clerihews

                                                    Jesus,
                                                    After curing many diseases,
                                                    Died for somebody's
                                                    sins, but not Patti's.

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