European capitals

 

 

	Lots of restaurants in BRUSSELS Are great for a BELGIAN who guzzles. Nouvelle cuisine Is seldom seen Instead there is beer, chips and mussels.
	DENMARK’S famous for lego and bacon And the lur, which the dead would awaken. But the best of the bargain Is old COPENHAGEN Its main city, if I’m not mistaken.
	That fine FINNISH city HELSINKI Is not in the slightest bit kinki In the long winter’s night You could still get a bite And a fair chance of finding a drinki.
	If we go to La Belle PARIS In FRANCE there is masses to see Let's climb Eiffel's Tower See the lot in an hour And have time for a nice cup of tea.
	A wall once divided BERLIN The GERMAN said with a grin Now you don’t have to wait And the Brandenburg Gate Welcomes all visitors in.
	An old woman from BUDAPEST Found she never needed to rest If she ate her goulasch With potatoes (mashed) HUNGARY, she thought, is the best!
	A famous jewel thief went to GREECE And was chased by the ATHENS police So far and so fast That he had to at last Give up and hand over the rubies.
	REKYAVIK's volcanic geyser Makes life considerably easier The warmth that's accrued Heats bodies and food So ICELAND's less like a deep freezer.
	Drinking Guinness in DUBLIN is iffy For the IRISH who tend to get squiffy. It makes them worry When they must hurry In case they fall into the Liffey.
	An Englishman visiting ROME Said, 'I really would love to go home. The ITALIANS assure me I am drinking coffee But its covered with horrible foam'.
	UKRAINE, home of KIEV and Chernobyl Has threatened catastrophe global. Radiation so high You must wonder why Nuclear power ever seemed clean and noble.
	There was a young lady from RIGA Who made dinner one day for a tiger. In LATVIA's zoo You can feed him too. Very tasty, he said, Yes, I liked her!
	A foolish farmer from MOLDOVA Turned all his pigs loose in the clover You could hear the row From CHISINAU All the way to the straits of Dover.
	Young women from LITHUANIA Find that nothing is zanier Than to visit a mill'ner In their home town of VILNA And buy hats for a day that is rainier.
	There was a DUTCH boy from the HAGUE Who at directions was terribly vague He said "If I can I do take the tram Or I tend to get lost on the way(gue).
	Crowds of Viking enthusiasts go To see the Oseberg ship in OSLO T'was preserved in red clay In the sea where it lay Till the NORWEGIANS gave it the heave-ho.
	EDINBURGH’s SCOTLAND’s pride So’s Glasgow on the other side. In fact, that land Is really grand, Except perhaps the Clyde
	MADRID is a very fine place For flamenco and old SPANISH lace. But the pick of the bunch Is tapas for lunch With rioja and such by the case
	A young SWEDISH model, I hear, Was very much into mod gear. She said “I’m from STOCKHOLM: And must take this frock home. It’s only on loan from IKEA.”
	The SWISS capital is easy to learn: It’s short, it’s simple, it’s BERN. There are a few fountains And millions of mountains And valleys with grass and some ferns.
	Kamel’s known as the father of TURKEY: Before him, its affairs were quite murky. If you’re ANKARA-bound No doubt you’ll have found That these days people there are quite perky.
	Come to LONDON (UK) the Mayor said, Travel round in our big buses (red) For by car you will pay A full £5 a day Or more in a taxi instead.
	Few call the VATICAN home It's just a small part of Rome Its flag is square That's very rare! And St Peter's has a great dome.
	When asked if he'd like to watch WALES Dai dreamt of blue seas and white sails But in CARDIFF t'was bums Rising out of the scrums That he saw, not the tails of whales.