The Spoonbill Generator

Peel an onion? - for a jape?       [Apsley ]

Tie your mouth with masking tape       [Surlaw ]

For suggesting such a thing!       [Apsley ]

Here I stand, the Queen of Frowns       [Surlaw ]

In quite a patchery of gowns,       [Apsley ]

Silent but for bellowing:       [Surlaw ]

'Bring your dead down to the stream!'       [Apsley ]

Then the pass-the-parcel team       [Surlaw ]

'Will entrance them with their string'       [Apsley ]

Though the marsh may slide and seep       [Surlaw ]

Mixed-up maidens who do weep       [Apsley ]

Sometimes lose the urge to sing       [Surlaw ]

Ballads of their uttering       [Apsley ]