Ballad of Charlie and Molly

(This is a parody of "Frankie and Johnny") Charlie and Molly were playmates. Golly, how they could play. Mornings they'd meet at a corner to plan how they'd spend summer days. He was her pal, and she was his gal! Molly ran down to their corner, a melody filling her head. The ice cream man was a-coming. She searched for her Charlie instead. He was her pal, and she was his gal. She asked the ice cream vendor, "Has my Charlie-boy been by?" "I seen him with some cutie-pie back there," was his reply. He was her chum, but he was a bum! Molly took off like a rocket, for she knew who the "cutie-pie" was. And sure enough she found him. She lost it right there because he was her chum, but he was a bum. There by a scummy ditch as he kissed her neighbor Grace, Molly unwrapped her ice cream bar and smeared it all over his face. Then she kicked that bum into the scum! "Pick me up and quick. Pick me up from this ditch. Now I've nothing," said Johnny "when once I was so rich. I was your pal . . . now I've lost my gal." April 10, 2023