NONSENSE.
Margery Maggot,
She lighted a faggot,
To cook a repast for her cat.
But instead of a bone,
She made soup of a stone,
And gave the poor animal that.
Barney O’Groggan,
He bought a toboggan,
But he soon tumbled off,
And came home with a cough,
And his grandmother gave him a pill.
Triptolemus Tupper,
Came home to his supper,
And called for a pelican pie.
But ’twas covered with fat,
And when he saw that,
Poor Trippy was ready to die.
Peter Polacko
Was fond of tobacco,
And purchased a pipe for to smoke.
But against his desire
His whiskers caught fire,
And Peter was made into coke.
Prudence Pedantic,
She nearly went frantic
Because her small nephew said, “’Taint!”
But when her big brother
Said “Hain’t got none, nuther!”
She fell on the floor in a faint.