THIS MONTH’S PARODY (May 14) Willow, Titwillow

‘Willow, Titwillow’ from The Mikado W S Gilbert There have been many parodies of the ‘Tit Willow’ song, sung by Ko-Ko in Act 2 of Gilbert & Sullivan’s light opera. In fact Gilbert himself may have consciously (or unconsciously) been parodying the lines of the poet Nicholas Rowe (1674-1718):            …