a cornucopia of clerihews consisting of a chronology of crackpots
A stone age Chieftain called Ug Who some thought a bit of a thug He tethered a stick to a stone From then on the club was born The Emperor Julius caesar Was an imperious geezer He was bound to set all Rome a quiver When he forded that famed Gallic river The tyrannical Genghis Khan Was a very dangerous man In fact there was no one crazier In the whole continent of Asia And it's onwards and viva Jo Stalin Cos he was a right little darling He had quite a talent for moreism When imposing Siberian tourism Let's raise a glass for Sir Winston He'd more soldier in him than Princeton Left feeling a bit of a nelly When he reached for that soft underbelly Although Hitler looked very funny His outlook wasn't so sunny But eventually he came undone In a bunker with old Eva Brun And as for that Idi Amin He was more than a little bit mean He set everybody to shiver Chowing down on his enemies liver I feel I must mention the Trump Some say he's a bit of a chump But