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    How is the rhyme “The big ship sails on the ally-ally-oh” related to Independence Day in Gaborone?

    Question #110205. Asked by BRY2K. (Oct 26 09 6:36 PM)


    serpa

    The big ship sails on the last day of September; September 30, 1966 Independence Day of Botswana.

    The Big Ship Sails on The Alley, Alley O.

    The big ship sails on the alley, alley O,
    The alley, alley O, the alley, alley O.
    The big ship sails on the alley, alley O,
    On the last day of September.

    Then:
    a) The captain said " It will never, never do etc..
    b) The big ship sank to the bottom of the sea etc..

    c) We all dip our hands in the deep, blue sea,
    The deep, blue sea, the deep, blue sea,
    We all dip our hands in the deep, blue sea,
    On the last day of September.
    http://nurseryrhymes4u.com/NURSERY_RHYMES/Page_599.html

    Gaborone (Tswana /χa.bʊˈrʊ.nɪ/; English pronunciation: /ˌɡæbəˈroʊniː/ or /ˌxɑːbəˈroʊneɪ/, named after Chief Kgosi Gaborone) is the capital and largest city of Botswana with a population of 186,007 based on the 2001 census[5]. It is the administrative capital of the South-East District as well as the sub-district of Gaborone. Locals often refer to the city asGabs[9].
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaborone

    The Republic of Botswana (Tswana: Lefatshe la Botswana) is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Citizens of Botswana are called "Batswana" (singular: Motswana), regardless of ethnicity. Formerly a British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana

    Ho do you come up with this stuff? Amazing.

    Oct 26 09, 7:15 PM
    BRY2K

    sera: Ho do you come up with this stuff? Amazing

    ME: The amazement is not in the question, serpa, but in the creative responses that you give.

    Well done my friend.


    Oct 26 09, 7:37 PM


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