Last night Dad read a poem about Some kid’s cradle in a treetop. The wind blew so hard that it caused The kid and cradle both to drop. There’s not a clue about the kid; What happened after he fell down? Did he end up like poor old Jack, Who tripped and fell and broke […]
Category: Mangled Nursery Rhymes
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Nursery Crimes
December 28th, 2020 — Mangled Nursery Rhymes
Little Boy Blue
December 12th, 2020 — Mangled Nursery Rhymes
Why do you suppose Little Boy Blue turned blue When the cows got into the corn? Do you think, maybe, It had something to do With the way that he blew his horn?
Candle Stick Jack
October 31st, 2020 — Mangled Nursery Rhymes, Poems for Children
Was Jack so nimble? Was Jack so quick? Or was it the fire On the candlestick?
The Dance Contest
October 13th, 2020 — Mangled Nursery Rhymes
Hi diddle diddle The Cat dumped the fiddle And now plays the electric guitar. The Cow and her friends said they wouldn’t “Jump” ‘Cause “The Moon” was out a little too far. Little Dog’s band laughed at the dish But they laughed a little too soon. ‘Cause she and her partner won the contest With […]
Arachnophobia
September 24th, 2020 — Mangled Nursery Rhymes
Little Miss Willow Sat on a pillow And there she was going to stay. But a spider beside ’er Convinced our Miss Willow That she should go elsewhere to play. By R. Wayne Edwards