From: MELLLOAOAOAOAOAWWWW@GOOP.BOP.VJ   
      
   "Martha Bridegam"  wrote in message   
   news:zDugf.16719$D13.3280@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com...   
      
   >   
   > The line that got me was "God save strawberry jam and all   
   > the different varieties." To which one can only answer,   
   > "Particularly the Cox's Orange Pippin."   
      
   It's an extroardinary meter. Davies said he was being satirical, but meaning   
   some of it, somehow. See his 'Victoria'.   
      
   >   
   > "Tiny shops," too, though IIRC Orwell wasn't much on either   
   > china cups or virginity.   
      
   Every line's good but I like:   
      
    We are the custard pie appreciation consortium   
   God save the george cross and all those who were awarded them.   
      
   The chorus is 'neato' too...   
      
   ROBBIE   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)