"I see said the blind man to his deaf wife,
As his crippled son ran up the stairs."

Two dead boys (Many different versions)

one fine day in the middle of the night
two dead men got up to fight
back to back they faced each other
drew their swords and shot each other
the blind man saw
the deaf man heard
the crippled man ran for help



"One fine day in the middle of the night,
A fire broke out in the ocean,
A deaf man heard it,
A blind man saw it."
"A man with no legs ran for the fire engine,
The fire engine was drawn by four dead donkeys,
Sitting at a square round table,
Eating vinegar with a fork."

"One fine day in the middle of the night
A bucket of water caught alight.
A blind man saw it
A deaf man heard it
And the dumb man shouted for the fire brigade.
The fire engine came pulled by 2 dead horses
Ran over a dead cat and half killed it."

"One fine day in the middle of the night,
The ocean caught alight,
The blind man saw it,
The deaf man heard it,
And the man with no legs ran after the fire engine.
The engine arrived drawn by six dead horses,
Ran over the dead dog,
And half killed it."

"One bright day in the middle of the night,
The Pacific Ocean caught alight.
The blind man saw it, The deaf man heard it,
The dumb man called the fire brigade."
These lines were followed by the following concepts, but in an order that Galen could not exactly remember:

"The fire brigade arrived ten minutes before the fire started,
On the way they ran over a dead cat and half killed it,
And put out the fire with petrol." [gasoline/oil]