Gnome Overboard

Three men and a gnome went out to sea
to slay the mighty whale
but they never came home to kiss their wives
for their ship went down in a gale
as they floated on down to their watery graves
to make the seabed their home
Tim flannery Hall turned to his two friends
and said, “Just blame the gnome!”

five curses and spite live in each gnome
this truth can’t be ignored
The best way to get rid of a gnome
is to throw that gnome overboard.

Their souls were taken by the judge of the deep
Old Roper was his name
Said the judge to the four, as was his want
which one of you is to blame,
The men did discuss, quite fast and quick,
with a grunt, a grumble and a groan
Said John McNash, with a finger upraised
“It was that grat bloitting gnome!”

five curses and spite live in each gnome
this truth can’t be ignored
The best way to get rid of a gnome
is to throw that gnome overboard.

The men went to heaven and the gnome to hell
As Roper justly decreed
And the men sat looking down on the gnome
just watching his spirit bleed.
When an angel with a rock came floating by
and said “What should we do with this stone?
Pat Callaghan laughed and pointed at hell
and said “Let’s all stone the gnome!

five curses and spite live in each gnome
this truth can’t be ignored
The best way to get rid of a gnome
is to throw that gnome overboard.