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you would laugh when I told you the name of the ch'uu.
'Dang me if it isn't a great big white whale
got into our river; that sure makes a tale !'
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Peter was happy once we'd been inside
the Trashigang dzong with its floorboards so wide.
But as for the rest of the travelling herd,
our Peter was clear - he just gave them the bird.
No, that's not quite fair; he's Hon. Sec. of the RAS,
and has to make sure that good things come to pass.
In the matter of birthdays, a party to make,
there's never a doubt that our Pete takes the cake!
Marlene came a cropper on the road from Pele La;
fell down on the black ice - nearly got hit by a car.
But she came up smiling - Marlene's never sad for long.
She was right as rain next morning when we visited a dzong.
And finally, Kevin and Sarah and Rocky,
my time's nearly up - you should count yourselves lucky.