Venerable Mother Toothache
Climb down from the white battlements,
Stop twisting in your yellow fingers
The fourfold rope of nerves;
And tomorrow I will give you a tot of whisky
To hold in your cupped hands,
A garland of anise flowers,
And three cloves like nails.


'A Charm Against the Toothache' (1954)


Venerable Mother Toothache Climb down from the white battlements, Stop twisting in your yellow fingers The fourfold rope of nerves; And tomorrow I...

Venerable Mother Toothache Climb down from the white battlements, Stop twisting in your yellow fingers The fourfold rope of nerves; And tomorrow I...

Venerable Mother Toothache Climb down from the white battlements, Stop twisting in your yellow fingers The fourfold rope of nerves; And tomorrow I...

Venerable Mother Toothache Climb down from the white battlements, Stop twisting in your yellow fingers The fourfold rope of nerves; And tomorrow I...