"Help" [gnomic verse]

It is rumored that when the famous linguist William Jacobsen was struck by a car, he shouted, "Help!" in 47 languages.

                    per: Denise Duhamel

        How many lingos are needed
        to cry for
help?!
        The Beatles' song & eponymous film
        appeared when I was
nine
        Is it an accident
        it rhymes with
yelp?!
        "Come in" she said   "feel free to help
        yourself"   "the water's
fine"