McGonagall
Liner notes
This one came from a Write Me A Song prompt set by Findlay Napier to write a song about a real person, a historical figure. The next podcast on the feed was Tim Harford discussing whether William McGonagall knew exactly what he was doing. I've always loved the opening to his (McGonagall's) Autobiographical Notes, which begins 'The first time a publican threw peas at me...'Her Majesty is not at home to you, sir
The letter seems a forgery to me
We've really no requirement for recitals
I suggest you head back to Dundee
But undiminished, undeterred
McGonagall demanded to be heard
For literary crimes in his scansion and his rhyme
He will be remembered
For a very long time
"Fool, why don't you fall?" the actor muttered
McGonagall refused to die his death
Macduff, enraged, chased him round the stage
An unusually comical Macbeth
But undiminished, undeterred
McGonagall demanded to be heard
For literary crimes in his scansion and his rhyme
He will be remembered
For a very long time
15 bob a night at Brummel's circus
They pelted him with food as he declaimed
He wouldn't let a little herring faze him
He bowed and took his encore just the same
But undiminished, undeterred
McGonagall demanded to be heard
For literary crimes in his scansion and his rhyme
He will be remembered
For a very long time