Well, that was a bit of fun last week digging up some old ‘Nother Goose rhymes, so I thought I’d try another round this week.
Burning Sensation
Jack be numskull
Jack perspire
Jack now finds
His pants on fire!.
Shopping List
Snakes, steaks, abalone,
Chocolate cheesecake, macaroni,
Carburetors, alligators,
Coffee for the percolator,Ham hocks, salt, and chili sauce,
Bottles, swamp gas, slimy moss,
A musty, rusty old cheese grater,
Buttons from an elevator,Wigs, figs, cauliflower
Several puddings, Sweet and sour,
Horseshoes from a Shetland pony,
Soap flakes, dried-up pepperoniLicorice whips and gravy mix
Egg shells, sheep dip, garlic bricks
Moisturizer, fertilizer,
A broken popcorn sanitizerGingerbread, a telephone
Beans and franks, a doggy bone…All the things that Mother Hubbard
Used to have inside her cupboard!.
Thrush Mush
Four-and-twenty blackbirds
Met an awful fate.
Packed inside a pastry,
Now it’s much too late.Every Simple Simon,
Any child of five,
Knows that birds from ovens
Don’t come out alive.
It’s Poetry Friday, do you know where your couplets are? Why not check the roundup over at Great Kid Books and see if they aren’t hanging out over there.
Hahah – that last one is going to give me nightmares. As a very literal child, I *ALWAYS* thought the end scenario of that tale was false. They sang when the pie was opened?? Really??
it’s odd at times how verging toward the grimm some mother goose rhymes end up. i was always a little freaked out about humpty dumpty. made me rethink sitting on high walls for a spell out of fear my head would crack open like a shell.
maybe that was the point?
Funny! Mother Hubbard has nothing on my neighbor’s garage.
i had the same neighbor growing up, or maybe an older relative. maybe they’re the ones who stole everything from old mother hubbard.
I love the Mother Hubbard poem. If only my shopping lists were so interesting and whimsical, alas, just “butter, frozen peas and yogurt.”
butter, frozen peas, and yogurt… you’re a can of tomatoes and a handful of spices away from a nice little curry there!
i know i made the list, but i keep getting caught up with swamp gas. how is it packaged? what is it used for? is old mother hubbard and all her ingredients… a witch?
Love these, especially the shopping list. Thought I heard echoes of Dylan in the 4th stanza. :)
Sent you a message via your LJ account yesterday. Hope you got it!
i did get the message, jama, and i’m just swamped right now, but i’ll be in touch. with good news.
huh. mother hubbard as walking blues… maybe more woody guthrie than dylan.