Randomness Friday - Random Poems from Childhood...

 

Random poems from Childhood...

Eletelephony

Once there was an elephant

Who tried to use the telephant

Oh no, I mean an elephone

Who tried to use the telephone

(Dear me, I am not certain quite

That even now I've got it right)

How'ere it was, he got his trunk

Entangled in the telephunk

The more he tried to get it free

The louder buzzed the telephee

(I fear I'd better drop the song

Of elephop and telephong)

-Laura Richards 

The Little Girl

There was a little girl

Who had a little curl

Right in the middle of her forehead

And when she was good

She was very good indeed

But when she was bad, she was horrid.

-Anon

Old Mother Hubbard

Old Mother Hubbard
Went to the cupboard,
To give the poor dog a bone;
When she came there
The cupboard was bare,
And so the poor dog had none.

She went to the baker's
To buy him some bread;
When she came back
The dog was dead.

She went to the undertaker's
To buy him a coffin;
When she came back
The dog was laughing.

She took a clean dish
To get him some tripe;
When she came back
He was smoking a pipe.

She went to the fruiterer's
To buy him some fruit;
When she came back
He was playing the flute.

She went to the tailor's
To buy him a coat;
When she came back
He was riding a goat.

She went to the hatter's
To buy him a hat;
When she came back
He was feeding the cat.

She went to the barber's
To buy him a wig;
When she came back
He was dancing a jig.

She went to the cobbler's
To buy him some shoes;
When she came back
He was reading the news.

She went to the seamstress
To buy him some linen;
When she came back
The dog was spinning.

She went to the hosier's
To buy him some hose;
When she came back
He was dressed in his clothes.

The dame made a curtsy,

The dog made made a bow;

The dame said, "Your servant,"

The dog said, "Bow-wow."

 -Sarah Catherine Marine

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