[Dixielandjazz] Frozen rear ends (warning - no jazz content)

[Brian Towers]

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> Don Ingle complains about the cold in northern Michigan: well, here in
> Newcastle, England we are very poor and backwards compared to you Yanks.
We
> have warm beer and cold houses. In fact, in our house, the only means of
> heating is a candle. We all sit around and look at it, and if it gets
REALLY
> cold, we light it. So there.
>
> Mike D.

Candle?  Candle?    That were LUXURY!
When I were a young lad in Yorkshire,  we 'ad it really tuff.
We used to strike t'match and huddle round it, just to keep warm.
Then me and my ten brothers would teck it in turns to hold the burnt stub,
just to stop from freezing to death.

Brian Towers
Now in the real frozen North
Canada.