22nd day of xmas

[Noah Haverkamp]

I think the prefix "a-" should only be placed before words where another syllable is required to make the rythm correct.  So: 
"16 pins a-pomelled" is good. but "20 beckets a-buckling" adds an extra syllable. "20 beckets buckling" sounds good. 
   
   
   With twenty two hammers a-hobbling
   Twenty one crusty keypins
   Twenty beckets a-buckling
   Nineteen shanks a-squiggling
   Eighteen keys a-knocking
   Seventeen barren backchecks
   Sixteen pins a-pommelled
   Fifteen butts a-bounding
   Fourteen wobbly whippens
   Thirteen coins a-clinking,
   Twelve tubby bass strings,
   Eleven  jacks a-jumping,
   Ten grungy grommets,
   Nine brittle bridles,
   Eight damaged dampers,
   Seven fractured flanges,
   Six errant elbows,
   Five broken strings !
   Four coats of paint,
   Three warped posts,
   Two pedals bent,
   From a Parson who wants it fixed free !



Noah Haverkamp
Know-a Piano
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