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Peter Pindar, sent to me by Jodi Owens.
Sparse Grey Hackle (Alfred W. Miller)
Izaac Walton
Anonymous, circa 1982. Appeared on men's bathroom stall, Founders Hall, Haverford College, Haverford, PA. Submitted by Gary Connell. His citation is accurate, but incomplete, see below.
(Chorus and first verse) Ask a fish head anything you want to (chorus) I took a fish head out to see a movie (chorus) They don't play baseball (chorus) Rolypoly fishheads are never Yeah! Fish heads fish heads YEEAAHHHH!!!!!! (Click on picture to go to Barnes and Barnes web page)
Fish heads fish heads
Roly poly fish heads
fish heads fish heads
eat them up, yum!
they won't answer they can't talk.
didnt have to pay to get it in.
they don't wear sweaters
they're not good dancers
They don't play drums!!
seen drinking cappuccino in Italian restaurants
with oriental women!!!!!
roly poly fish heads
fish heads fish heads
eat them up Yum!
From the Dr. Demento Show, submitted by Janetta Stallons.
This poem speaks eloquently about cell commitment and the determination of muscle cell identity. "She" is obviously a metaphor for the notochord, and what "she" says clearly refers to hedgehog signaling. --S.H. Devoto