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Nonsense verse and songs
Self-portrait of the laureate of nonsense
The Owl and the Pussy-cat
I
The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to seaIn a beautiful pea-green boat,They took some honey, and plenty of money,Wrapped up in a five-pound note.The Owl looked up to the stars above,And sang to a small guitar,“O lovely Pussy! O Pussy, my love,What a beautiful Pussy you are, You are, You are!What a beautiful Pussy you are!” II
Pussy said to the Owl, “You elegant fowl!How charmingly sweet you sing!O let us be married! too long we have tarried:But what shall we do for a ring?”Thwy sailed away, for a year and a day,To the land where the Bong-tree growsAnd there in a wood a Piggy-wig stoodWith a ring at the end of his nose, His nose, His nose,With a ring at the end of his nose. III
“Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shillingYour ring?” Said the Piggy, “I will.”So they took it away, and were married next dayBy the Turkey who lives on the hill.They dined on mince, and slices of quince,Which they ate with a runcible spoon;And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,They danced by the light of the moon, The moon, The moon,They danced by the light of the moon. The Children of the Owl and the Pussy-cat
The Duck and the Kangaroo
I
Said the Duck to the Kangaroo,“Good gracious! how you hop!Over the fields and the water too,As if you never would stop!My life is a bore in this nasty pond,And I long to go out in the world beyond!I wish I could hop like you!”Said the Duck to the Kangaroo. II
“Please give me a ride on your back!”Said the Duck to the Kangaroo.“I would sit quite still, and say nothing but “Quack”,Te whole of the long day through!And we’d go to the Dee, and the Jelly Bo Lee,Over the land, and over the sea; —Please take me a ride! O do!”Said the Duck to the Kangaroo.III
Said the Kangaroo to the Duck,“This requires some little reflection;Perhaps on the whole it might bring me luck,And there seems but one objection,Which is, if you’ll let me speak so bold,Your feet are unpleasantly wet and cold,And would probably give me the roo-Matiz!” said the Kangaroo. IV
Said the Duck, “As I sate on the rocks,I have thought over that completely,And I bought four pairs of worsted socksWhich fit my web-fit neatly.And to keep out the cold I’ve bought a cloak,And every day a cigar I’l smoke,All to follow my own dear trueLove of Kangaroo!”V
Said the Kangaroo, “I’m ready!All in the moonlight pale;But to balance me well, dear Duck, sit steady!And quite at the end of my tail!”So away they went with a hop and a bound,And they hopped the whole world three times roundAnd who so happy, – O who,As the Duck and the Kangaroo? The Daddy Long-legs and the Fly
I
Once Mr. Daddy Long-legs,Dressed in brown and gray,Walked about upon the sandsUpon a summer’s day;And there among the pebbles,When the wind was rather cold,He met with Mr. Floppy Fly,All dressed in blue and gold.And as it was too soon to dine,They drank some Periwinkle-wine,And played an hour or two, or more,At battlecock and shuttledoor. II
Said Mr. Daddy Long-legsTo Mr. Floppy Fly,“Why do you never come to court?I wish you’d tell me why.All gold and shine, in dress so fine,You’d quite delight the court.Why do you never go at all?I really think you ough!And if you went, you’d see such sights!Such rugs! and jugs! and candle-lights!And more than all, the King and Queen,One in red, and one in green!”
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