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November 1,
Silly Poems and Rhymes # 6 - The Worms

Have you ever seen a hearse go by,
And wondered what happens when you die?
They wrap you in a big white sheet
And throw you down, six feet deep.
They put you in a little box,
And cover you up with earth and rocks.

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October 1,
Silly Poems and Rhymes # 5 - Bathing the baby

(This is written using the Cockney dialect, and this is the way it should be read, I have done my best to read it, but, if there are any Cockneys out there who think they can do better, please let me know. )

A muvver was barfin 'er biby one night,
The youngest of ten and a tiny young mite,
The muvver was poor and the biby was thin,
Only a skelington covered in skin;

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September 1,
Silly Poems and Rhymes # 4 - A horse and a flea

A horse, a flea, and three blind mice,Sat on a curbstone shooting dice.The horse, he slipped and fell on the flea.The flea said, "Whoops, there's a horse on me."

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August 1,
Silly Poems and Rhymes # 3 - Humpty Dumpty


Humpty Dumpty

A new version of Humpty Dumpty  (a famous chidren's nursery rhyme - click on Read More for the original)

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
He didn't get bruised,
He didn't get bumped,
Humpty Dumpty bungee jumped!

 

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July 1,
Silly Poems and Rhymes # 2 - Betty Botter

Listen to this tongue twister online, and have a go yourself!

Betty's bitter butter batter - a tongue twister

Betty Botter bought some butter
But she said this butter's bitter.
If I put it in my batter,
It will make my batter bitter,
But a bit of better butter
Will surely make my batter better.

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June 1,
Silly Poems and Rhymes # 1 - In Days of Old
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In days of old
When knights were bold
And toilet lights were dim
You'd hear a crash
And then a splash
OH GOD! He's fallen in!

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