abu ben adam may his tribe increase--who wrote this?

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abu ben adam may his tribe increase--who wrote this?

who is the poet

2006-10-29 05:48:31 · 5 answers · asked by bharat b 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors

5 answers

James Henry Leigh Hunt.

2006-10-29 05:52:29 · answer #1 · answered by anna 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋

Leigh Hunt (1784-1859).

2006-10-29 06:15:42 · answer #2 · answered by bot_parody 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋

James Leigh Hunt. My mother told me that, as a child, she thought the poem was about a Scottish gentleman. She thought it was: 'Abou (about) Ben Adam' etc.
Rowan Atkinson's version came much later!

2006-10-29 23:22:02 · answer #3 · answered by cymry3jones 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋

Rowan Atkinson or Griff Rhys Jones on Not the 9'o'clock News.

2006-10-29 05:56:35 · answer #4 · answered by Phlodgeybodge 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋

It wasn't his wives.

2006-10-29 07:29:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋