Marriott Edgar oldpoetry.com/oauthor/show/Marriott_Edgar and his friend Stanley Holloway (oldpoetry.com/oauthor/show/Stanley_Holloway ) had a unique way of making people laugh back in the 1930’s and 40’s.
Spoken and written in Lancastrian dialect their monologues were simply put: Hilarious.
One of the best known of Edgar’s monologues was of course ‘Albert and the Lion’ read and memorised by thousands of people.
'Mother! Yon Lion's 'et Albert',
And Mother said 'Well, I am vexed!'
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There were a few Albert adventures, ‘Albert’s Return’
oldpoetry.com/opoem/14021 when the Lion decided to regurgitate the poor lad.And `e coughed, and `e sneezed, and `e gargled
`Till Albert shot out - like a cork!
Albert also travelled to Australia with the help of Wallace (the Lion) as he and Albert were by now very well acquainted. oldpoetry.com/opoem/25924
The lion were none other than Wallace,
He were going to Sydney, too.
Another ‘Albert’ adventure from Stanley Holloway is ‘Albert’s Evacuation’, an adventure from WW2, from the pen of Stanley Holloway. Having spent so much time with Marriott Edgar, the style of writing is so similar and perhaps a tribute, and a mark of respect for Edgar too. oldpoetry.com/opoem/40712
With his mother, clean socks and a toothbrush,
Some Syrup of Figs and a comb
Edgar also had plenty to say of the events in History. King Canute didn’t get away with much when Edgar wrote about him:
These 'ere flatterers told me,
That the sea would obey me, and so
oldpoetry.com/opoem/14026 for a Dane he spoke with a very pronounced Lancashire accent! The story of Jonah and the Whale has a new look under Edgar’s guidance and a funny tale (no pun intended) is the result.
oldpoetry.com/opoem/14033 even the Grampus has a Lancashire accent.
Said Jonah "I've eaten a kipper or two,
But I never thought one would eat me
Who could resist ‘Little Aggie’ the little Elephant who was nearly killed on the railway line on a Sunday morning walk Ahhhh!! 
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But Aggie won't walk at the back any more,
'Cos an elephant never forgets
If you want to out why a dog has a cold nose then this is the poem for you, ‘The ‘Ole in the Ark’, the story of Mr and Mrs Noah, who took the animals in two by two and the trouble they had keeping them dry.
The bloodhound tried hard to keep water in check,
By lapping it up with his tongue
Edgar’s quirky take on history is once again made most enjoyable, even with a ring of truth. King Richard the Lionheart: oldpoetry.com/opoem/14039
‘Richard Coeur de Lion’.
He cut off their heads in such numbers,
That the hatmakers lodged a protest.
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