Fersommlinge is a feast
Celebrated on
Candlemas day
In south-eastern
Pennsylvania
In the “Fancy Dutch”
way
Where in the Groundhog
Lodges
Traditional foods are
served
In their typically
sociable way
Speeches are made and
to entertain
They perform g'spiel
skits and plays
But only Pennsylvania
Dutch is spoken
So, for English
there’s a penalty to pay
Jour de la Marmotte
As the French
Canadians say
Grundsaudaag or Murmeltiertag
Is the Pennsylvania
German way
But for the rest of us
We just call it Groundhog
Day
I heard that Punxsutawney Phil had last year
Bitten the towns
Mayor's on the ear
It spoilt the photo
opportunity alright
I wonder if that would
be a sound bite?
According to German folklore,
If the skies are
cloudy
When from its burrow,
A groundhog emerges
On Groundhog Day,
Then spring will come
early
But if the skies are
sunny,
And the groundhog
Sees its own shadow
It will return to its
burrow
And Winter will continue
For six more weeks
If Candlemas is sunny and bright
We will again feel Winters bite.
If Candlemas brings cloudy skies
Spring will be an early surprise
So, if it is correct that
The plural of tooth is
teeth
Then why isn’t the
plural
Of booth, beeth
It is a sad fact of life that is
Something of a curse
Left to themselves
things
