adam had a monkey
eve had a horse
the race had a track
and the river had a oourse
king henry had a falcon
king john had a fool
they all joined the circus
and broke their mama’s rule
maybe genghis khan
but omar khayyam
king richard had a couple of eggs
but he didn’t have no ham
the lion had a tamer
the tiger had a stripe
one at a time is good fishing
said moses, smoking his pipe
jonah wore a black top hat
and had a shine upon his shoes
and he would have whipped the whale
but he couldn’t stay off the booze
king herod was a lazy man
and let salome dance
he could have sold her to the king of china
but he dared not take the chance
george washington got drunk at noon
abe lincoln helped him up
the little drummer boy beat his drum
hup hup hup hup hup
robert e lee had a pair of kings
grant had a pair of aces
they stopped the war when it started to rain
and went to the camptown races
i know everything that happened
because i never went to school
i make it up as i go along
because i’m a natural born fool
this poem is not working out
as well as i expected
i will bury it in the piney woods
and maybe some day resurrect it
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