MythTickle by Justin Thompson for September 02, 2013

What’s the use of wearing braces?Spats and hats and boots with laces?Vests and pants you buy in placesDown on Brompton Road?What’s the use of shirts of cotton?Studs that always get forgotten?These affairs are simply rotten,Better far is woad.Woad’s the stuff to clothe men.Woad to scare your foemen.Boil it to a brilliant hueAnd rub it on your back and your abdomen.Ancient Britons never hit onAnything as good as woad to fit onNecks or knees or where you sit on.Tailors you be blowed!!Romans came across the ChannelAll wrapped up in tin and flannelHalf a pint of woad per man’llClothe us more than these.Saxons used to waste their stitchesBuilding beds for bugs in britchesWe have woad to clothe us which isNot a nest for fleasRomans keep your armours.Saxons your pyjamas.Hairy coats were meant for goats,Gorillas, yaks, retriever dogs and llamas.Tramp up Snowdon with your woad on,Never mind if you get rained or snowed onNever need a button sewed on.Go it Ancient Bs!!