Archive for the 'silly verse' Category
Such are husbandly foibles,
but there are moments when a
foible ceases to be a foible.
Next time you ask for a glass of water,
and when he brings it you have a needle almost threaded,
and instead of setting it down,
he stands there holding it out to you,
just kick him fairly hard in the stomach,
you will find it thoroughly [...]
It seems like a Spike Milligan poem, yet it is not. No doubt, Spike could very likely have created his own version and recited it. It is however based on a traditional form of folk poetry.
Ladies and jellyspoons
Ladies and jellyspoons, hobos and tramps,
cross-eyed mosquitos and bow-legged ants,
I stand before you to sit behind you
to tell [...]
