Butchers son Johnny and Teachers maths sticks

[william williams]

Butchers son Johnny and Teachers Math’s sticks

And she came out there from the city, to back of Burke, that’s not so pretty.
She bought her little coloured stick, to teach the pupils maths so quick.

Little Johnny who was nearly eight quickly opened up a math’s debate.
Now teacher will you come with me, in that paddock, what could there be.

Now I see, there are ten lambs said she, wrong said Johnny proud was he.
Just you add up, what I’m telling ye, two legs of lamb are on each wee beast.

That’s twenty roasts I’ll have you know, two forequarters each lamb has so.
That’s twenty baked in the oven slow, there’s eight loin chops on each side.

That’s sixteen on his back so wide, why that’s one hundred and sixty chops.
Two flaps each beast that’s twenty, used in soup or stews it will be plenty.

Adds to two hundred and twenty in a song, please miss correct me if I am wrong
Them math stick they have, have had the gong



Written by Bill Williams ©

[Dave Smith]

And if it's full grown mutton one would feed Mum n Dad with five kids for a foftnight. an' thats no Bull.

Goodonya Bill.

TTFN