Your Money or your Life!
'Stand and deliver!', for in winter we shiver,
'No-man-jack to pass!'
Daring the gallows, embracing All Hallows,
'Dandies, gentry, your brass!'
.... Auld Victorian Highwayman chant
Note: OK, guys, hyphens may be cheating, so replace with 'Noonelse'
- oh no, another cheat, what can I say?
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Reminds me of Adam and the Ants (♥)
As always you rise to the challenges set by Julia each week. Fitting to the rhythm is more important than the word count for this one (IMO) says she who couldn’t stick to the word count.
Ta, Anna, all that I could think that rhymed with shiver was deliver at the time and kind of spun on from there. Think it works quite well, but, admittedly, a tough call. Adam could have sung it! What were his lyrics, I’ll look them up. Sort of thing he would sing! 🙂
Another really clever one Monsieur. I’m sure no-one is counting the words so you should get away with it!
Btw have emailed you about your prize 🙂
THanks, SJ, brummy graves and ghouls, here I come!
Read like lyrics to a song, Robin
Stand and Deliver, your money or your life da da da dahhh!
Oooh, that was clever! I like how it read — I could just about see the outlaw in my mind.
In a dark place after halloween, so theme had to be dark.
Ooh topical and historical, all at once. An excellent piece.
I liked it, and i don’t think it was possible to do this without a little creative manipulation of language.
you’re not wrong, Lisa. My brain hurts 🙂
Thanks, Alison, Julia takes no prisoners either, apparently.
I’m not one to pick favourites but, after mine, this is my favourite. I am impressed particularly by ‘no-man-jack’ – is that a certified historic term or something of your own creation? Hyphens are a brilliant way to keep the word-count down. Wish I’d thought of it – instead I spent about an hour searching the web for a three-syllable verb, since my muse was absent after 11pm!
Its historic, or strictly speaking, man-jack is. No-man-Jack is my assumed extension, but it seems to fit. Thanks for the thumbs up. Like ‘after mine, this is my favourite’ 😉
Very, very good – I really like it 🙂 And what’s a little cheating between friends?!
Quite, will be looking at others 2nite …
Love it – possibly the only entry that isn’t primarily about the weather. Well done!
Thanks, mlsm, try to be different 🙂
Another great entry from the Ventahl stable! Nicely done with the hyphens 🙂
I love the cockiness of this highwayman…can imagine him, hand on hip, saying the last line. Great take on the theme
I was reading the poem and I saw Adam and The Ants and then scrolling down saw that Anna Halford had the same idea. Good one.
I love how there are so many variation of themes for this prompt. Great origninal idea.
Cheers, Jo. Think I was still shooting the breeze from Halloween.
Great fun V! Many thanks for doing more than the one. As it’s you, you’re forgiven the hyphens. What’s a little line between friends! 🙂
oooh fab! Very old fashioned but I adore it because of that!
Really enjoyed this but kept reading it to the Adam Ant song. Took me a bit to get that out of my head. 🙂