[Douglas G. Brown]

One of my favorite TV shows in the early 1960s was "Mr. Ed", whose title character was a talking horse. The theme song, which can be found on a web search ( I want to avoid copyright issues here ) begins

"A horse is a horse, of course, of course,"

Anyway, here in my entry in this sweepstakes, based on Mr. Ed's theme song;

A horse is a horse, of course, of course,
And Englishmen never dine on horse -
Unless, of course, that bloody horse
Is ground up with their beef.

xxxxx The Frenchman loves his wine, you know,
xxxxx And likes his women petite;
xxxxx But he will never touch cheveaux
xxxxx Unless he wants something to eat.

The hippophilic English race
Has suffered a minor loss of face.
But, Limeys, there’s not much disgrace
To be conned by the French.

xxxxx The North Korean eats rice, of course,
xxxxx That’s fried in the fat of a hog.
xxxxx But he will never sup on horse
xxxxx Until he has run out of dog.

The denizens of the Sceptred Isle
Will rouse a smugly smirking smile
In other nations for a while
Because of what they ate.