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Jingles

Chapter 11: Woes Caused By Whooping Bugs
By Winifred Sackville Stoner
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A compact anthology of short rhymes and playful verse written in early childhood and arranged by the ages at which they were composed. The pieces use a childlike voice to render animal songs, holiday verses, riddles, light moral observations, and wordplay, occasionally experimenting with other languages and invented turns of phrase. Humorous sketches and simple portraits of daily life alternate with fanciful imaginings, and lively illustrations accompany the poems to emphasize their spontaneous charm and the development of a young poet’s imagination.

Woes Caused By Whooping Bugs

(Written for Cousin Harvey Stoner, Jr.)

If you don't believe that whooping cough causes lots of woe,
Just catch a few of whooping germs and then I guess you'll know
That whoopee-whoop! and wheepee-wheeps! are not one bit of fun,
When you see others playing games where all must jump and run,
For if you jump or if you run, you start the whoop-oop-oop!
And even when you're tired you can't sleep for the croup,
Caused by the awful whooping bugs, which lurk within your throat
And make your voice sound hoarser than the singing of a goat.
For fear of spreading whooping-bugs you certainly can't go
To Sunday-school or other school, or even to a show,
But you must stay at home ALONE from three to six long weeks,
And listen to your croaking voice, which whoops and sometimes squeaks.
So therefore take the good advice of a little girl who knows,
And stay away from WHOOPING-COUGH, which causes lots of woes.