Steven Sondheim wrote the following verse but, as he said: <br /> <br />To find a rhyme for silver <br />Or any ‘rhymeless’ rhyme <br />Requires only will, ver- <br />Bosity and time. <br /> <br />Silver - willver! <br /> <br />So, likewise with me: <br /> <br />To find a rhyme for Gauteng <br />Or any ‘rhymeless’ rhyme <br />Just give me Hau! teng <br />minutes of your time……… <br /> <br />Ergo Gauteng - Hauteng! <br /> <br /> <br />All of which leads to…….. <br /> <br />A student of math in Gauteng <br />To his pal was heard saying ‘Hau! teng <br />Quid to a dollar <br />My Dad I will follow <br />To that great seat of learning Rauteng.’ <br /> <br />If bells rang out over Monaheng <br />And indeed over all of Gauteng <br />We’d shout out ‘Halala * * Halala – celebrate <br />No more bulala Bulala – killing <br />Teng-aleng, teng-aleng, teng-aleng.’ <br /> <br />All sorts of people in Lekaneng <br />Lonehill and right through Gauteng <br />Like Smarties all colours <br />The brights and the dullers <br />We’re sweeties galore, mix ‘n meng. <br /> <br />There’s talk of renaming Gauteng <br />And the poodles have chosen Bowteng <br />But the point although moo-t <br />Leaves no one in doo-t <br />That the bovines will win with Cowteng<br /><br />Margaret Kollmer<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/gauteng-limericks-a-south-african-province/
